FOREST AND STREAM. 
ti^ov. I, igb2. 
The A^if ondacfc Man Killingfs* 
S,4itor FoTist and Stream: 
A I'etlet from the Adirondacks states that snow fell 
t.hel^- last Monday afternoon. This reminds me of Adi- 
voHtiack interests and of some in particular whi-ch T 
■do not remember having seen mentioned in your Col- 
umns. I refer to the relation between the present game 
laws and the killing of men by mistake. JUst after otit 
'of the sad tragedies early this fall, I met an old r'e'si- 
'dent on a mountain road. Commenting oh tile s5l\00t- 
ing he said: "We didn't use to kill so mai\y men in the 
old days when hotinding was allowed, t tell you iVir. 
^ — they have got things down altogether too fine-.'* 
A few days later 1 mentioned this remark to One of 
the most intelligent guides in the AdirOhdacks, and he 
replied: "Ttiat's so. In the old times shooting a man 
was almost unheard of, \Vh'4lfe Since the present Anii- 
hoxmding law went into effect about one hundred and 
fifty people have bee'n sliot in the Adironvla'cks by mis- 
take for deer." He had been keeping tally of the re- 
ported shootings in the five ye'&fs with that result. He 
Said not all the shootings were fatal, but thought the 
majority were, and added: "I submit that the lives of 
th-esfe people killed by mistake were of more value than 
all the deer in the Adirondacks." 
Might it not be well for some of the overwiSe I'egi^li- 
tors to consider such facts as these? Aful should iib't 
both candidates and voters in th6 present campaign re- 
member that eternal vrgilance fe th'e pH&e o-f ^our 
forests in the Adiron'dacks?*' 
Any State ofh'cer whose com-se is subservient to the 
lumber interests 'there is rte^reant to a public trust. At 
least that is the ■opini<5ri bf Juven.\l. 
Longf Island Shootingf. 
TBayport, 1>. I., Oct. 27. — The ducking season opetieid 
liefe under very favorable conditions, the weather ofeiftg 
■all that could be desired. More than the average parties 
Avere out battery shooting from the neighborhood, an-i 
good bags were made, one gun bagging sixty-five ducks, 
■and several others from twenty-five to f ort.y each the 
first day. They are moslly broadbills, though several 
iredheads have been included iii the bag. I was out 
Saturday with guide Le Roy Still, and the number, of 
ducks in the bay would have to be seen to be credited, for 
-so many never have been Icnown here at one time. 
Enormous flocks from a quarter to hali a mile in length 
were a common sight. Though 'as yet they are rather 
wild, our bag for tlie day was twenty-four broadbills, one 
Teadhead. one coot. ViX a tramp through the woods the 
other day, I came on several coveys of quail, and have 
learned sincfe that they have done exceptionally well this 
•Season, fientlemen coming here after Nov. i, from pfes- 
ent prospects and weather permitting, will have no CaUse 
to iregret their visit. HenRy Sf()KES. 
Adttondack Moose and Elfc. 
The State of New York having liberated several 
moose and elk in the Adirondack forests, notice is hereby 
given that the killing of these animals is prohibited by 
law; and that the penalty of $200 for killing an elk, and 
$.350 for killing a moose, will be promptly enforced. 
The same penalties will be enforced where any person 
or party is found with a part of portion of said animals 
in bis or their possession. By order of 
The ForesTj Fish and Game Commission. 
Albany, N. Y. 
Nothing: £of Himself* 
"How much do you want for your services?" asked 
the amateur sportsman. 
The guide noted the way his would-be employer 
handled his gun, and Avas thoughtful. 
"Nothin' fer me," he answered at last. "It don't look 
to me like I'd need nothin' by the time you're through 
with me. But you'll have to take out an insurance policy 
on me in favor of my wife an' children afore I'll go." — 
Chicago Evening Post. 
A Matter of Maffesmanship* 
Shot well — Didn't you ever go shooting? 
Sportless — Never in my life. 
Shotwell — You don't know what you've missed. — In- 
dianapolis News. 
A Joke of the Yeat 1859. 
It is said that the hogs in Iowa have such long noses 
that the settlers employ them to plow the fields. The prac- 
tice is to bury a corn cob on one side of the lot and 
place the hog opposite to it on the other side, when the 
porker scenting it, immediately digs his snout into the 
soil, and pressing forward turns a furrow equal to that 
made by the best plow right up to the cob. If a stump 
should lie in the direct road the Iowa hog does not hesi- 
tate, or work around it, but splits it open with his snout 
and goes on. This is following the nose to some purpose. 
— Porter's Spirit of the Times, Jan. 15, 1859. 
In a prostscript to a note from Mrs. Carlyle to John 
Forster in 1849, the following incident is related; "I 
forgot to tell you I have got a little dog, and Mr. C. 
has accepted it with an amiability. To be sure, when 
he comes down gloomy in the morning, or comes in 
wearied from his walk, the infatuated little beast dances 
round h'm on its hind legs as I ought to do and can't; 
and he feels flattered and surprised by such unwonted 
capers to his honor and glory." That Carlyle's "ami- 
ability" soon grew to something very like affection for 
the dog is shown by what he wrote of its death eleven 
years later: "I could not have believed my grief then 
and since would have been the twentieth part of what it 
was — nay, that the want of him would have been th me 
other ihan a riddance. Our last midnight walk to- 
gether (for he insisted on trying to come), January 31, 
is still painful to my thought. 'Little dim-white speck, 
of Life, of Love, of Fidelity and Feeling, girdled by the 
Darkness as of Night Eternal.' " 
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Proprietorg of fishing resorts will find It ps-o&table to advertise 
them in FokeSt and Strkam. 
A Pearl River G^toi?,— tt. 
We manage'ia preserve the dignity dtie such,.n 
momentous occasion until out of town,_ but .t\m\ as the 
sm'i peeped up over the horizon diselosing all the beau- 
ties of "a day in Jun^" ill %. semi-tropical country, we 
could no longer eohlai'n ourselves. Each house passed 
was saluted \vith three cheers and a tiger, until we be- 
qsimt too hoarse to cheer, _ and then the big gun was 
fired as often as a man to serve it could be found. Thfe 
good-natured colored man who dfove US, eut.fefi^si hfejirt- 
ily into the fim, adding ft ftne. iffliitaBon of the.rfebel 
yell to^ our cheeVs;. We Wolmd ijp bWr h'oisy celebra- 
tion with a yfell all to'getlifer, 'and 'An unusually heavy 
chal-ge fl-om the old g\m. which we kindly allowed the 
dfiveV to fire. It. kicked him .out of his seat, and forcibly 
rChiin'ded Uitfl 'of the fact -that the road was getting 
Sanyy and heavy, and all hands .should get , out and 
"walk. Our legs used up. our surplus energy from that 
tinie until our arrival at the point selccteti for our camp 
oh Long Lake. 
It was high noon by the sUh, but long past by our 
appetites, when we ptilled up on a high flat bank of the 
lake near a cool spring in a 'grove of fcypi-ess and Uve 
oaks. Dinner for all hands Was the first thing in dr- 
der, and was eat(^n from ^ out basket, under protest, aS 
it was not in kdeping With obi- pi-ecohiceiVed .ide'iS bl 
camp pfOp!fiety 'to eat ho'me prepared f)!rbvisioris, fen- 
tii-ely, at any meal, in canVp, ... 
We had allowed ourselves to be persuadcjl Ijy the 
home, folks into bringing — what we .con&idered— an un- 
conscionable supply of prepared , food, quite enough, we 
thought, to last the entire week. We had vigorously 
rebelled against, the suggestion, but as it was strenuously 
urged, had finally argreed that if we did have to carry 
provisions, it was optional with us as to whether we 
preferred home or camp cooking to eat, and once settled 
jn camp, could do as we pleased. Dinner ovgt and the 
horses rested and fed, we .started oyf team back, with 
instructions to the driver tO fetlirn the following Satur- 
day for us. 
"Now for fishing," Sa,id lihi, making a diye into the 
pile of piund'er in search of tackle. He was promptly 
Seconded by Will, but Walter and I issued an imme- 
diate, knd yigoroiis protest. We insisted that our camp 
should be btiilt — we had no tent — before anything else 
was done. 
It was a task to get them at it, but once started they 
worked well, and by mid-afternoon our home was done 
and we were ready to set up tent-keeping — we would 
have scorned to call it housekeeping. We had built 
what lumbermen call a shake-down or shack, and a 
very good one it was, considering we were boyS, ftfid Gh 
our first camp. It was sH. feet h.igh.ih frbnt, with a 
sloping roof, which was about 2^2 feet in the rear. 
Thickly covered with green twigs and limbs, the roof 
ef¥eetUai}y kept off heavy dews, and was a sufficient pro- 
tection froin the light summer showers that might be 
expected. Nails driven thickly in the two front posts 
furnished pegs to hang our clothing and small articles 
on, and a couple of forked sticks set firmly in the ground 
near the rear end of the tent, made a very safe and 
convenient gun rack. 
Our fire was built immediately in front of the shack, 
so that in the evening we could sit under shelter and 
yet be near its welcome light and warmth. It was 
about four o'clock when the slicker was completed to 
our entire satisfaction, and then Walter proposed that 
we rig up some rope pullcj^s on a convenient tree and 
draw our two baskets of provisions up out of the reach 
of any prowling hogs that might be arolmd, so that our 
store would be safe during our absence, but Jim and 
Will mutinied and vowed that they would not do any 
more work of any kind until they had entered upon the 
real business of the expedition, which was fishing, so 
.off we went to the lake, leaving the baskets of pro- 
visions sitting on the ground floor of our domicile. 
Ha.stily collecting our tackle, we rushed down to where 
the boat was tied, each trying to be first. Jim won, 
and jumping into the boat, heedless of the three inches 
of water in the bottom, made his way to the middle 
seat, where, after one glance into the fish box, he turned 
and fled back to the bank, shouting that somebody had 
bored the boat full of holes. 
Indignant and excited we rushed to the boat, which 
we quickly pulled up so as to permit of careful ex- 
amination, and found Jim's excitement caused by a 
boarded up fish box, built in the center of the boat, 
with perforated bottom. 
This ingenious contrivance was a revelation to all 
save Walter, but when he had explained it to us Will 
and I, boy like, shouted and howled in the most de- 
risive manner at Jim for his mistake, which might have 
been either of ours if he had not outstripped us in the 
race for the boat. We soon got to fishing, and Jim 
wiped out his humiliation by catching the first fish, a 
bream of K-pound weight. We were fishing for bream, 
as the only bait available was our roaches, and no other 
fish would bite at them: Our oiUfits were long, light 
cane poles, fine silk or grass lines, a quill for a float, a 
B.B. shot and a very small fine hook. This light tackle 
made it great sport- to- catch . this gamy fish that ran 
from J4 pound to ij^- pounds in weight. 
We paddled slowly along,, well oiit in the Avater, and 
fished, in toward the bank. The. fish bit well and we 
kept busy. Frequently two of us would be pulling in a 
fish at the same time.- Tt ;was glorious sport.' and no 
suggestion, was made to qtiit until the lengthening 
shadows warned us that the- sun was down and it would 
soon be dark. Arrived at the landing, we secured the 
boat and proceeded to put up our tackle and count out 
the fish. Will going on up to camp to build a fire and 
have things ready for a fish supper. A few moments 
after his departure we heard him shouting in a most ex- 
cited manner, and then came the sound of five shots 
in rapid successiom Di-oppiti* e-Verything we rUshed th 
the fescue, believing that bUi- cortipanion had been at- 
tacked by some one or something. 
He was standing near the camp holding the sinoking 
rev'olVter ,iri his hand, frohi whi'ch the shots had befeh 
ifi'red, ai^d it tobk^bht a glElnce to' see what had caused 
hil eK;eitefti.eht. The semi-wild hogs that roamed the 
swamps had found our camp during oijir aosence ^hd 
had raided i't, 
■Thp -geiiei'biis supply of good things put up by the 
home folks for our enjoyment had been effectually dis- 
posed of, and apparently appreciated. Breads, jellies, 
preserves, cooked ham and tongue, cheese, butter and 
cakes had been eaten, or walked Over until destfoyedi 
A careful search revealed that,, of the clothes basket Sfld 
large market basket bl good things, thfei-e fgmaitied ,^^]}. 
a. stuail side 'of,bagoh,.,tbt^^i 5nd trahipled, a small.b.ag 
b, f Skit ^hH. h'alf 'il sack pf corn meal torn in sev.eral 
places, and badly mussed up. To say that there was con- 
sternation in the camp is but a mild statement of the 
case. The utter loss of these, heretofore undesirable, 
provisions, together with further calamity that our 
bedding, clothing and other duffle had been rooted 
around in the, mess and pretty thoroughly mixed in with 
the broken glass,, spilled jellies, preserves and other for- 
eign substances, made our troubles almost greater than 
we could bear, , 
Night was failing fast,, wfe Were rhiies from any .hoU,se; 
thoroughly, tired out and ra-V-enously hungry. . Will said 
that ther'e h«d bfe&h foUr o-t five hogs, in the dfbve Mnd 
that they .had inade.. off oh his approac.h, hiistehed sqiliq- 
what by the shots, fired, at thehi froin the revblvei-; whith 
was. the iirit W,eapbn he co.uld. find.. ,. , i . . ', 
We ,were pretty ^.ffefctually disfbUrSg^d, bUl sooij, §qi: 
to with,.a;wjl) to try diiU, put things to rights. With 
plenty .of fish tor- sitpper, the skillet intact, and bacon to- 
fry with> we could at least ward off starvation. Fortu- 
nately the night was very warm, and enough bedding 
was found in condition for use to make us reasonably 
comfortable, but in searching it out from the confused 
mass we found enough damage done to the remainder 
to cause us very ^ uncomfortable seftsatibns when we 
thought about th^ joyOUs homecoming, and the teck.oH^ 
ing with out' .sfey»;i;al .familip.s. who had fh:fnish.ed beddiHl 
Undet j^fbtest and given strict orders for its especial 
care. We were further worn out and both cross and 
sleepy, when we finally straighteried things out and 
turned in to prepare supper! Fish was what we all 
wanted, and our afternoon effort had provided what we 
believed to be an abundance for at least two meals. Jim 
and I cleaned fish, Will prepared the fire and cooking 
utensils, while Walter took the side of bacon down to 
the spring to undertake the difficult task of making it 
fit for use. 
"Let's clean all the fish to-night," said Jim, "and then 
we will not have to do any thing but cook breakfast 
when we get up." This was a Wise suggestion and we 
acted on it-. All the fish were iiicely prepared, and sbbtl 
we sat aroUnd the fife watching the.m Goblt Elfid irri- 
patiehtly aWflitHig.the^uhlhi^ 
Walier was cboking, and the air was laden with the 
odor of fish turning brown, which made us too hungry 
to talk. The first meal in camp to those interested is 
only second in importance to the one prepared by 
"Dovey" for "Lovey" at their first appearance under 
their own vine and fig tree, and the former is accom- 
panied by appetite, while the latter is' sans any sensa- 
tion except ecstac3^ Anyone of the four hungry boys 
who ate fish, and fish and more fish that night, can now 
honestly say that nothing better has ever tickled , hi? 
palate. Of the generous supply of fish, sufficient as 
we thought to furnish supper and breakfast, there re- 
mained after supper not a single one. and the bones 
were all picked over a second time. Abject want might 
meet us on the morrow, but for the night all was well. 
Tidying up after supper in a hasty— but for tired boys 
commendable — manner, we proceeded to prepare for 
early bed. Jim and Will elected to stay by the cam.p, 
while Walter and 1 foraged for a supply of wood to keep 
the night fire, a neglected duty which We noW truly 
regretted. It was very dark and lonesome oUt of the 
circle of light cast by the fire, and we hoped it would 
not be necessary to go very far. We finally found a 
large dead limb which we laid hold of, one on each 
side, and started to drag to camp. 
We had proceeded but a short distance with our bur- 
den when Walter stumbled over a large dark object and 
fell to his knees, his disengaged hand coming in con- 
tact with the obstruction which was covered with coarse 
hair. With a yell of terror he sprang to his feet, and 
instinctively hanging on to our wood, we tore along to- 
ward the welcome light of the camp fire. As we bore 
down on the camp with our noisy load the -two boys, 
already larmed by Walter's cry,-became entirely panic 
stricken, and dashing into the tent scrambled back as 
far to the rear as possible and pulled the bedding over 
themselves. After a hasty consultation we concluded 
best not to further alarm our two companions by tell- 
ing them the particulars of our scare, so mending the 
fire and placing our weapons convenient in case of 
further alarm we all turned in. 
Lewis Hopkins. 
[to be continued.] 
A Tfoot that had a Hutd Time. 
Glen.s Falls, N, Y. —Editor Forest and Stream: T 
send you to-day by express a package containing the head 
of a brown trout, which I think quite a curiosity and 
well worth saving. This fish was caught on worms and 
in a brook within half a mile of the corporation. It meas- 
ured just eighteen inches in length and weighed two 
pounds and one ounce. The AAriter did not see the fish 
until the head was cut off, otherwise I would have secured 
the entire specimen. T would like to know if you have 
ever seen or heard of anything like this before. 
W. J. Guthrie. 
I never knew two men to spend one Arctic night to 
gether without Avanting to kick each other ever after- 
ward.— Dr. F. a. Cook. 
