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those far-away Hudson Bay stores that you do not read in 
the newspaper. It would be fun to make the trip. Not 
ten white inen ever went from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to 
Ungava Bay, across country. We know less of that great 
peninsula than we do of Central Africa. I have seen Dr. 
Robert Bell quoted as saying that the grizzly lives east of 
Hudson Bay. I do not believe he said it, but who can 
say it is not so? We know a lot about Alaska. There 
are half a million square miles of eastern Canada that no 
man knows much about. And it is a country where a 
canoe will go, too, and there are paths over the portages 
as plain as Broadway, and a good deal older. 
And out in Manitoba, east of Lake Winnipeg, and up at 
Little Slave Lake, and out in British Columbia, where I 
was last fall — but for heaven's sake, this rambling screed 
is twenty-one pages long, now. I tell you, boys, when I 
git to talkin' about this here Canady, I sort of fergit 
myself! Frederic Irland. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Chickeas in the Northwest. 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 11.— Mr. Geo. E. Bowers, the able 
game warden of North Dakota, writes a very welcome 
letter, under date of Aug. 7, regarding the cliicken and 
duck prospects of his goodly commonwealth. His letter 
follows : 
"Office of State Game Warden, Fargo, N. D., Aug. 7. 
— It has been some time since I heard from you except 
through the columns of Forest and Stream, so I thought 
I would drop j'ou a line and at the same time let you 
know that the boys still shoot as of yore. The prospect 
was never better for good duck and prarie chickens than 
this year. We had a very dry season, which is the proper 
thing for young prarie chickens, though hard on the far- 
mer. I woud like to have you join us on our annual hunt 
on the opening of the season, Aug. 20. We haven't got the 
old liner and white pointer, or the black bitch that you 
hunted over when you were last here, for they have since 
gone to the happy hunting grounds, but we have some 
of their offspring, also some setters which we consider 
good dogs. If you can come out this season I will try 
to give you a run for your money. Ct)me, and bring your 
Jcnitting and enjoy yourself." 
I would like the best v/ay in the world to get out into 
Dakota again, and I presume the best thing that ever could 
happen would be to have Mr. Bowers, the Chief with 
Two Stomachs, and myself get out into Gokey's duck 
country once more. I am afraid, h-owever, that it is going 
to be impossible for me to get that far away from home 
at that time. Mr. Neal Brown of Wausau, Wis., wants 
me to come up there to shoot again this fall, and I have 
promised Mr. W. A. Powel to come down to his place in 
Illinois. Meantime comes an occasional bit of business that 
has to be done, so I think I will compromise the chicken 
opening by staying home and working — rather novel sen- 
sation, and not altogether welcome, but we have to do it 
once in a \vh^ in this business. I am sure the Fargo boys 
will duly and properly open the season, and that they 
will have plenty of birds to shoot at, too. 
All reports seem to agree as to the great abundance of 
birds in Minnesota and Dakota this fall. Mr. W. L. 
Agnew, advertising agent of the Great Northern Railway, 
tells me that he is getting in carefully compiled reports 
from the agents along their lines, and the stories are pleas- 
ingly different from those of this time last year. The 
season has been perfect, and the crop is unexpectedly 
good. Mr. Agnew says, however, that the sooners are at 
work and have been for some time, in many points of the 
Northwest; and it goes without saying that more than 
half the chicken crop will have been harvested before 
opening day arrives. There are a good many birds, really, 
in many parts of the Northwest, but they are hunted so 
hard and so early, by so many men, that they do not show 
up very big a little later in the fall. There is an army of 
guns out each day at the first of the season; and each 
night before the season. 
I fio open and flagrant has been the violation of the Min« 
inesota game laws by early shooters, and such the un- 
doubted evidences in the markets of St. Paul and Minne- 
apolis, that the sportsmen of the two cities have united 
for a systematic war against the abuse. They are joined 
by Gov. Lind, who has expressed his wish that the move- 
ment may be carried on most vigorously. The St. Paul 
jRod and Gun Club has called a meeting for this after- 
jioon, will raise a fund and appoint special detectives to 
Serret out the offenders. Among other men interested in 
this work are the following: Drs. C. A. Wheaton J. A 
Quinn, W. D. Kelly, J. F. Rogers, J. F. Fulton, L. W. 
Lyons, Messrs. J. C. Corcoran, Jacob Danz. Charles 
Hauser, Paul Gotzian, Albert Fischer, Dudley Finch, A. 
Fonda, J. B. Emerson, J. L. D. Morrison, M. L. Country- 
man, Frank Novotny, Edwin Isle, John L. Townley, C. R. 
Wilkinson, Joseph Henry, Charles Librook, George Som- 
mers, Jr., George Benz, Jr., Charles Thompson, J. C. 
Highhouse, H. N. Cook, M. N. Goss, Judge Olin B. 
Lewis, Dr. S. M. Kirkwood, president; A. E. Perry, 
secretary. 
Mr. A. W. Hooper, for a long time vice-president of 
the Winchester Repeating Fire Arms Company, though 
recently resigned from the more active managerial work 
of that great concern, starts this week for a six weeks' 
tour and hunting trip in the Rocky Mountains. He will 
be guided by Billy Hofer. who leaves Chicago to- 
morrow night, to join Mr. Hooper at Gardiner, Mont., 
Aug. 15. The first part of the trip will be through the 
Vellowstone Park. About Sept. I the party will go from 
he Park into Wyoming, southeast of the Park, in all like- 
ihood. and the beautiful fall season of the Rocky Moun- 
tains will then be enjoyed by Mr. Hooper for nearlv a 
"nonth. After that he returns East and goes to l^ew 
Brunswick for a hunt after caribou and moose. In all 
ikelihood, Mr. Hooper will shoot a Winchester, and will 
jet game with it. 
Billy Hofer takes out irt October, after Mr. Hooper's 
■eturn, Mr. W. D. Eaton and wife, of Burlington la., ' 
*vho will be in the Park and adjacent country until snow 
irives them out. Mr. Eaton is local attorney for the C. 
B. & Q. Railroad. Mr. Hofer now has out in the Park, 
mder charge of "Doc" Hall, a party of four, who. at last 
vord. were having a good time — Messrs. Storer. Lund 
ind Snow, with a lady or two of the party. They will see 
the Park very nicely thus. The stage line drivers call the 
Park guides the ".savages," and this is the term by which 
the guides know .each other. Yet such ^savagery is very 
pleasant. E. HouGH. 
Hartfoku Building, Chicago, 111. 
The Virginia Game Outlook. 
Chase City, Va., Aug. g.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
The inclosed is from the Richmond, Va., Times of last 
Sunday. I do not know who the author is, but it very 
correctly gives a forecast of the game prospects in this 
State. w. D. Paxton. 
Within a few weeks now the turning point of the year's 
seasons will have come, the nights will be cool and there 
will be a frostiness in the early morning. That will cause 
the huntsman to feel again that life is worth the living and 
fill him with that impatient eagerness for the fields of 
thick stubble, and the bare woods, with their brown beds 
of leaves, from which the quail and the woodcock will 
whir, when flushed, into deeper cover. All the memories 
of seasons past, of long tramps and no shooting, the 
exact spot where the birds rose, where they scattered in 
the open, and where he broke his record, and the work 
of his favorite dog— all these, so dear to the hunter's heart, 
will come with fresh interest with the approach of fall. 
The old pointer will sniff the air as he recognizes the 
coming season, and take on new energy after the lack-in- 
terest, sleepy life he has been forced to lead throughout 
the passing peace of the summer. The familiar Bob 
White, the call of the quail, has been the constant music 
in the farm lands of Virginia during the past summer, 
coming from every green clump and stream's brink, above 
the rattle of .the binder, in the wheat's golden sheen, as 
sweet music to the ear of the harvester and a note of 
promise to the passing hunter. 
It is predicted now that birds will be more plentiful in 
Virginia next season than for ten years. As there have 
been no heavy and lasting snows through the winter, great 
numbers of them survived, and the summer, so far, has 
been free from hard and driving rains which are so de- 
structive when the birds are yet young. To these favors 
of the season are attributed the abundance of the birds in 
the State, which promises such royal .sport for the true 
sportsmen. 
While the last Legislature was in session there was a 
concerted effort on the part of the huntsmen of the State 
to have enacted a uniform game law, but unfortunately 
politics were allowed to enter into the discussion of the 
law, and it was defeated ; so that for the coming season the 
old game laws of the State remain in force. 
In some counties, the season opens as early as Oct. i. 
and in others on the 15th, but in most of them quail can- 
not be shot until Nov. i, which is by far the best date, as 
prior to that time some coveys are found scarce feathered 
and almost fall at the crack of the gun, not having been 
struck by a shot. These young birds will invariably utter 
a peculiar little note as they rise, and it takes a novice in 
the field or a man mean enough to shoot birds on the 
ground to pull a trigger on one of them.- When a covey 
so young is found the proper thing to do is to move on 
to the next field, as they are too small to serve on toast, 
and not have j'our friends suspect you of killing larks or 
sparrows. Nor is there any honor or sport in bagging 
them. 
Around Richmond the birds are plentiful, but soon after 
the season opens they are well killed out, as the nearness 
to the city causes the country to be closely hunted. Armies 
of men and scores of dogs are constantly in the field. 
The promise for turkey hunting in those counties where 
they are usually found is said to almost equal that of the 
quail, and there is in store some old-time turkey hunting. 
In the counties of Amelia and Buckingham, where they 
have always been found, they are reported in unusual 
number. There is about turkey hunting an indescribable 
fascmation that, as the advertisements say. must be felt 
to be appreciated. One a victim to it will have days 
during "the season" when it is useless for him to try to 
accomplish anything, for the woods are calling and he 
must go, any means, for the turkey, of all game birds, is 
the wariest— well-called the monarch of game birds. But 
whether he return with a fine gobbler tied to his saddle 
ring or empty-handed, he has had a day of enjoyment 
and excitement. What could be finer than to see the sun 
glistening on the early morning frost, the trees resplendent 
in their many-colored dress, rivaling the rainbow in the 
brightness of their tints? 
This is enjoyable when the turkey has flown to haunts 
unknown of man. but when fortunate enough to start a 
flock, then there is royal sport. The dog's sharp bark, as 
he rushes into the flock, and the "put-put" of alarm, as 
they arise for their beautiful, swift, graceful flight is 
sweeter far than "lovers' tongues by night, like softest 
music to the attending ear." 
A Florida Game Preserve. 
A Tampa correspondent of the Jacksonville Times- 
Union and Citizen says that a large land deal has just 
been closed there by Hendrv & Knight, who have handled 
so much property within the last few months. The deal 
mentioned is a little out of the ordinary, both for the size 
and for the purpose to which the land is to be put. The 
sale was of 63,710 acres of prairie land in Manatee coun- 
ty, which lies in a solid body, and has for years been the 
property of the Plant Investment Company. The land has 
been bought by Messrs. T. S., F. J.. E. C. and C. L. 
Knight, all of Chariotte Harbor, and they will inclose the 
land for a game preserve, which will be the largest in the 
State. The tract, in addition to a little the purchasers 
already owned there, comprises three solid townships. It 
is so watered and wooded as to make it an ideal game 
preserve. The new owners will devote their energies 
toward making this place one that will be well worth own- 
ing. All of the gentlemen are sportsmen, and they do 
not like to see the game disappear so rapidly as it has, so 
they have determined to have a place where thev can 
do as they please and keep the pot-hunters out. 
The Forest ahd Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and as mueh ««r]i«r «s practicable. 
Guides and Employers. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
It seems to me that Coureur des Bois has given 
some very poor advice to novices and does not under- 
stand the sturdy independence of out Atnerican guides. 
They are not servants nor slaves, but more of compan- 
ions and friend, who feel responsible for the welfare and 
enjoyment of the person or persons who place therrt- 
selves in their cha.'-ge. 
Whoever engages the services ul a guide upon this 
plan will never have anything to complain of, hut who- 
ever is unwise enough to treat ihem as servants and 
navvies will have just cause to complain. 
As ^ the great Scotch poet has said, "A man's a- man 
for a' that, and the .glorious old woods arc great lev- 
elers, where money and style and the fads of fashion 
do not count for much. So when the novice goes to the 
woods I advise hitn to secure -the companionship of an 
honest, noble, natural woodsman and make him a friend 
and companion instead of a servant. And there will 
come nothing of it but a first-class, enjoyable vacation. 
If one wishes to run everything and have his own way. 
then go it alone and do not draw the contempt of good 
men by showing ignorance and arrogance. 
I do not know what kind of men Coureur des Bois 
has employed, but if he has held them under him as 
servants he cannot get the best out of them — not if they 
are like Americans. Bbavek. 
In the Maine Woods. 
Dead River, Me., Aug. 10.— Game seemingly was 
never so plenty as this year. Moose are seen by almost 
every party that goes for a fishing trip. Four were seen 
last week by Harvey and Herman Harlow at Black Brook 
Pond. Deer are more common than sheep in this section 
Miss Eva Parsons, of this place, has a little fawn which 
was got in the Dead River nearly drowned and starved. 
It is doing well now. Partridge are to be seen in good- 
sized broods on every hand. Great fun is expected at all 
kinds of small game. Fishing, some good catches of big 
trout have been made all through July and August so far 
Mr. Fred H. Butterfield, Walter Butterfield and Mr 
Stephen Perry, of New Bedford, Mass., got eight one day 
at Round Pond that weighed 2}i and 3% pounds each, 
ihey were here for two weeks. They also made a trip 
to the famous Spencer Stream region — they got some 
good ones there, ^hey got about 500 during their stay 
saw lots of deer, and photographed several big bucks at 
very short range. More people are coming to Maine this 
season than ever before. Big crowds are expected at all 
the resorts here for September shooting. 
Jim Harlow, Registered Guide. 
Another Game Preserve. 
Hewlett's. L. L, Aug. 13.— The lands between this 
village and East Rockaway, south of Main street, have 
been legally set aside as a game preserve by the owners.- 
There are already several flocks of quail on the property, 
and the ponds and streams are favorite haunts of wood- 
cock. The lower meadows, fronting on the bay, are feed- 
ing grounds for s.nipe and meadow hens. 
Meadow Hen Season Open. 
East Rockaway, L. L, Aug. 13.— The meadow hen 
open season begins on the i6th inst. The birds are in 
good condition, but they are not very plenty, owing, doubt- ' 
less, to the way in which they have been slaughtered in 
previous years. The awkward birds are an easy target for 
amateur gunners and small boys, who often get so close to 
the birds that they blow them all to pieces. 
ANGLING NOTES. 
The Ristigoucfac. 
Looking out of the open door at Alford's this fcold 
ramy morning, I can see the waters of the Ristigouche 
of the old maps and grants, and the Restieouche of the 
modern maps and raihvay folders, hurrying down to 
Matapedia post-office and Matapedia railway station, and 
I have good reason to believe that there are salmon in 
the very water I look upon from the house, but they are 
safe so far as the salmon fisherman is concerned, for this 
IS Sunday, and the salmon rods are unjointed and stand 
in the corner of the hall, and lines are unwound from 
the reels and drying in the bedrooms. 
On the New Brunswick side of the river, and just above 
Alford s, where the Upsalguitcli comes in, the American 
and British flags are flying above Camp Harmony, show- 
ing that the members of the cUib are at home but the 
evidence of the flags is not necessary, for I have seen Mr 
Dean Sage, Mr. Wm. Sage, Mr. J. W. Burdick, Cob 
btackpole and Judge Hamilton on the river, some of them 
in the act of killing fish, or losing them, and Mr. Mitchell 
and I are to dine there later in the day. The river 
guardian has just walked out of his .shanty on the oppo- 
site shore, just below the Capt, Sweny cottage, and is 
taking a look at water and sky. As he was out all night 
protecting the river and watching for net drifters I pre- 
sume he can tell just how hard it did rain 'in the 
night, and if we may expect the river to run down still 
more, as we hope, so that salmon will lie in the Alford 
water, or expect it to remain stationer J^ so that when 
Monday comes we must go down to Grog Island, where 
yesterday I lost a big salmon— my only rise— from the 
parting of a knot m my leader, and where Mr F W Ayer 
killed three fish. The Upsalquitch shows that it is still 
good water, for the stones under the water break at 
Camp Harmony, which niark its decadence for big fish 
when they appear, or stilL under water. I fished it in a 
pouring ram one day and killed a salmon of 17K pounds 
which took out all my casting line and a good part of 
my back hne and gave me more sport than a 24r.^-pound 
fish m th^ mam river. The following day Mr Mitchell 
