July, 1920 
FOREST AND STREAM 
395 
B ANG! — Mr. Adams had brought 
along his shotgun but had said noth- 
ing about it and had managed to 
keep the leather case from sight and so 
he had fired what he called his sunrise 
gun. Although fully light it still lacked 
somewhat of that time. “Gosh a’mighty,” 
exclaimed Matt, as he came from the 
tent rubbing his eyes, “I thought it was 
what Aunt Mary calls the ‘crack o’ 
doom.’ I sure was sleepin’ some.” While 
Mr. Woodhull who had also appeared on 
the scene simply said : “I never had such 
a night’s sleep.” Matt had never before 
seen a breachloading shotgun and he ex- 
amined it to his heart’s content, breaking 
it down and closing it many times, after 
which he said when trying it to his 
shoulder: “I bet I could shoot her good.” 
Flapjacks, bacon, eggs and coffee com- 
prised the morning meal and when over, 
Matt remarked: “It’s lucky we aint got 
a dog along to eat up the leavin’s cause 
there aint none.” The owner of the boat 
had put a crab-net in, saying as he did 
so: “You’ll need that for catchin’ bait.” 
He also put in a piece of old mosquito 
net with the remark: “If you want 
shrimps, line your net with that.” With 
tackle aboard they started away from 
the little landing and were soon out into 
the open waters of the small bay. They 
were now on salt water and in the early 
morning, hour could plainly 'sense it in 
their breathing. It was the first ex- 
perience the boy had ever had with salt 
water and he scooped a small portion 
up in his hand and tasted it, after which 
he spat it out, simply saying: “She’s 
salt sure ’nough,” then, “What you goin’ 
to do for bait?” he asked Mr. Adams, 
who was leisurely pulling his oar. “Well,” 
replied Mr. Adams, “we want some crabs 
the first thing and then we must hunt 
for deep water for fishing. We may 
have much better luck back up the river 
in the deep water there. At this season 
many kinds of fish stay where salt and 
fresh waters just meet. Where they 
were rowing, the water was very shallow 
and patches of what Mr. Adams called 
“eel grass” were all about. He dropped 
the anchor to keep the boat from drift- 
ing and was soon at work with the crab- 
net, running it carefully around under 
the grass. At the second trial he brought 
out a large crab which lay perfectly quiet 
in the net. “Now!” he exclaimed, “We’ll 
have some eating which kings can’t -get — 
that’s a soft crab and a great delicacy. 
Put some of this wet grass on it and lay 
it in the boat where the sun can’t reach 
it,” he told Matt as he handed it to him. 
The lad hesitated a moment before tak- 
ing it, asking: “Won’t it bite?” “No,” 
replied Mr. Adams, “it has just shed its 
shell and is perfectly helpless. 
(to be continued) 
OLT’S 
FIRE ARMS 
or uie 
'/Sportsman 
Colt’s Fire Arms are the first 
choice of the sportsman today for the 
same reason that made plainsmen in 
days gone by insist on a Colt for 
their personal protection. 
Now, as then, the name Colt sig- 
nifies the best. 
In those days, when a man’s life 
often hung on the accuracy and de- 
pendability of his fire arm, he carried 
a Colt, because he could not afford 
to run chances with a gun of un- 
proven reliability. 
Today sportsmen are equally par- 
ticular. They must have dependabil- 
ity and so they naturally select a Colt. 
That dependability of a Colt is the 
result of that clean cut precision of 
master craftsmans!'.:' for which the 
Colt is still supreme. In this, their 
attitude towards Colt Fire Arms is 
paralleled by the United States 
Forces on land and sea, where the 
Colt is the official side arm. 
That Colt master gunsmiths have 
kept step with the progress of the 
times is also demonstrated by A. P. 
Lane, the great pistol expert, who 
established a new world’s record at 
the National Shoot at Caldwell, New 
Jersey, in 1919, with a Colt .45 Cal- 
iber Automatic Pistol. 
Folder A-62, sent on request, tells an 
interesting story of this great shoot. 
Such evidences as these show sports- 
men the truth of the Colt Slogan, 
As Always “The Best That Money Can Buy” 
Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. 
Hartford, Conn., U. S. A. 
Manufacturers of 
Colt’s Revolvers 
Colt’s (Browning) Automatic 
Machine Guns 
Colt's Automatic Pistols 
Colt’s (Browning) Automatic 
Machine Rifles 
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