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FOREST AND STREAM 
December, 1921 
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DR. WILLIAM 
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The COMPLETE DOG BOOK 
By Dr. Wm. A. Bruette 
Being the history, general characteristics, pe- 
culiarities, care, feeding, breaking and breeding 
of ninety-two varieties of Dogs common to 
America and Great Britain. By an authority of 
International reputation. Large l2mo. Elab- 
orately Illustrated. Colored cover jacket. Net, 
$3.00. 
REMINISCENT TALES OF A HUM- 
BLE ANGLER. 
By Dr. Frank M. Johnson 
With an introduction by Dr. James A. Hen- 
shall. For the Lover of God's great outo’doors 
this volume will be a delight. Illustrated. Size 
handy for the pocket. Net, $1.50. 
FISHING WITH A BOY. The Tale 
of a Rejuvenation. By Leonard Unlit 
Interesting to Youth as well as grown-ups. 
Filled with real “fishing lore” from cover to 
cover. Illustrated. l2mo. Cloth. About 
Net, $2.00. 
JIST HUNTIN’ By Ozark Ripley 
With an Introduction by Dixie Carroll. The 
only collection of outdoor stories having the 
human appeal for the man who has been there. 
Large !2mo. Illustrated colored cover jacket. 
Net, $2.00. 
IN THE ALASKA-YUKON GAME- 
LANDS. By J. A. McOuire 
With an Introduction by Dr. Wm. T. Horna- 
day. This fine narrative of achievement in the 
wildest outdoors is enough to stir the pulae 
of every red-blooded man and boy. Largo 
l2mo. Elaborately illustrated. Colored cover 
Jacket. Net, $3.00. 
“THE SPORTSMAN’S WORKSHOP’’ 
By Warren H. Miller 
A practical how-to-make book for sportsmen. 
A book that the outdoor fraternity have long 
been looking for. l2mo. Art paper, about 
$1.25. Silk cloth about $1.75. 
CASTING TACKLE ANDMETHODS 
By O. W. Smith 
Fishing Editor of "Outdoor Life" and author 
of "Trout Lore." The author has endeavored 
to embody not only the accumulated wisdom of 
forty years of angling, but also to draw upon 
the experience of well-known angling experts. 
A valuable book for both the old-timer and the 
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“GOIN’ FISHIN’” By Dixie Carroll 
Author of "Lake and Stream Game Fishing” 
and "Fishing Tackle and Kits." Introduction 
by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. A new book for 
the every-now-and-then fisherman as well as the 
expert angler. Many illustrations from pho- 
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it. Large l2mo. Silk cloth. Net. $3.00. 
STREAMCRAFT. An AnglingManual 
By Dr. Oeo. Parker Holden 
This deals with the selection, care, and rigging 
of the rod; the art of casting; trout habits; 
lures and their use, including stream ento- 
mology. Ten full-page colored illustrations 
showing Flies In their natural colors, and 
numerous black and whites. Colored cover 
Jackets. l6mo. Silk cloth. Net, S2.50. 
THE IDYLOF THE SPLIT-BAMBOO 
By Dr. Oeo. Parker Holden 
Author of "Streamcraft" — with Foreword by 
Dr. Henry van Dyke. A valuable addition to 
the practical literature of angling. This splen- 
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Stewart & Kidd Co., Cincinnati, U. S. A. 
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In Writinq to 
take the following tackle so you can learn 
how to make a noise like a school of fish : 
Bait-casting rod, about three feet long. 
Level-winding reel. 
Linen woven line (50 or 60 yards, No. 
12). Silk rots in salt water. 
Any make of floating plugs will do. 
Luminous plugs are used sometimes for 
night fishing with more or less success. 
If you are a sport change your treble 
hooks to singles and give the fish a 
chance. 
G. Horton Glover, New York. 
“WIDGEON” 
Dear Forest and Stream : 
I T was with great regret that I learned 
of the passing of our old friend “Wid- 
geon.” I had only recently become ac- 
quainted with him and thoroughly en- 
joyed him. It was on account of his 
stories that I became a subscriber to 
Forest and Stream. Previous to that I 
had been purchasing your magazine from 
the newsstands, and with another friend 
of mine who, as well as myself, had 
done considerable duck shooting on Bar- 
negat Bay, had just been discussing the 
fact that, while throughout the winter 
months there appeared a number of duck- 
ing stories, none of them seemed to re- 
late to Barnegat Bay. It was only a 
short while after this that “Widgeon’s” 
first story appeared and I became a sub- 
scriber. 
I attended a dinner at Keyport with 
Mr. Ackerson last winter and thoroughly 
enjoyed his stories. 
J. L. Reed, New Jersey. 
THE CANE POLE 
Dear Forest and Stream : 
A N article entitled “The Rod vs. the 
Cane Pole” in your August number 
brought back memories of a fishing trip 
I took last summer. I had the pleasure 
of visiting friends near Central City, 
Nebraska, and while there we planned a 
trip to Lake Andes, So. Dakota, by auto- 
mobile. 
Leaving Central City early in the 
morning we reached the Missouri River 
by evening, a distance of about a hun- 
dred miles over dirt-roads and trails. 
After crossing the Missouri on a 
primitive ferry we made camp at Run- 
ning Water, So. Dakota, just after the 
sun had set, and we cooked our evening 
meal in the long twilight common to that 
section of the West. We arose early the 
next morning and arrived at Lake Andes 
shortly after noon and pitched our tents 
on the shore of the lake about a mile 
from the town bearing the same name. 
Lake Andes is a beautiful lake about 
sixteen miles long by a mile to a mile 
and a half wide, fed by artesian wells, 
and is one of the best bass lakes in the 
State. 
Our method of fishing was with steel 
rods, casting plugs, and using live frogs 
and minnows in the deeper water. 
We met with fair success considering 
the fact that the weather was very warm. 
One day, while fishing in a small bay 
lined with lily-pods and moss, we noticed 
two men wading and fishing with long 
cane poles. As they were meeting with 
considerable success we watched their 
method. 
Their poles were about fifteen feet long 
and they used about six feet of line; for 
bait they used live frogs which they 
jumped in and out among the pods. 
When the beauties struck they would 
be given a mighty jerk and some of them 
landed a dozen yards from the water into 
a corn-field which skirted the water’s 
edge. 
While this method of fishing may be all 
right for a man whose life depends on 
fish for food, it does not appeal to a man 
who likes to give his finny friend a 
chance to show his gameness. 
We watched them catch about a dozen 
bass which I judge weighed about a 
pound and a half to two pounds each. 
I place this method of fishing with 
that of spearing and dynamiting, and am 
sure it does not appeal to anyone who 
fishes for the sport of fishing. 
As this man was a native of the town, 
I inquired about him and was told that 
he was known as “Lucky Bill.” 
He frequently made bets that he could 
catch a certain number of bass in an hour 
and the numbers were large. I would 
term him “Fish-Hog Bill.” 
We caught enough bass to supply our 
immediate want, and in memory I can 
still feel the tug on my line and see the 
tip of my rod go into the water as one 
of those beauties dove for the cool depth 
of the lake. 
William L. Urich, 
Penn. 
SNAKE STORIES 
Dear Forest and Stream : 
I WAS much interested in the article 
I on Snakes in your August number. 
There are a lot of strange notions 
about snake bite and some very danger- 
ous ones; for example, the common idea 
that if you carry a piece of alum and 
swallow it if snake-bitten you are safe. 
It is enough to say that if you swallowed 1 
a small gravel stone it would be equally 
efficient. 
I live in Palm Beach Co., Florida. 
Last winter a man died there from snake 
bite. He was well known and had been 
postmaster at one time in West Palm 
Beach. He was a crank on snakes and 
kept live diamond backs, ground rattlers, 
moccasins, and coral snakes in confine- 
ment. He boasted that he was immune 
and had no fear of snake bite. He was 
handling a coral snake when it bit him 
and he died. 
Mr. Archibald Rutledge says that rat- 
tlesnakes are not anywhere very com- 
mon. In his plantation life he has seen 
very few. I have lived for eleven years 
in south Florida. In that time I have seen 
but two living diamond-backs. This 
proves nothing, because in the fall of 
1919 eight diamond-backs were killed in- 
side the corporate boundaries of the vil- 
lage where I live, and I heard of many 
more killed in the woods and along the 
river. 
The great diamond-back is a quiet ras- 
cal and easily overlooked in the brush 
and dead leaves. You may pass close 
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