FORE ST AND STREAM, 
We determined to spend the next few days still-hunting 
for deer In the meantime we sent a man across the country 
to invite Holt Collier, the great bear hunter of Mississippi, 
to join us with his fine pack of hounds. As i still hunting is 
little resorted to South, our friend made sport of our mt 
tions, but we bad practiced this method too many J 
T.ake SuDerlor regions not to know our own capabilities, lo 
protected from all possible dangers os though encased in Milan 
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river last night could only cnculfcci in the vast empti- 
tion that it ^.^^^gSdes ad vised hanging them in the 
ness of the boots The guides ao^ ^ done . and 
heated atmosphere ^ of ' tbe day, basking in the warmth 
o^tL flro " " examining them at dusk, they were found 
armor of proof. 
ception. One day I reached the banks of a little (“ 
I all small streams are called hcrej (Some ifour ^nnies^ from i^mp. 
Beans were and sat down on a log to rest and dnuk m ^ beauties of the 
surrounding landscape. As my eye was wandering ; up the 
Dinner brought consolation to the expedition. 
the order of the day. Venator, I among the sf&J. 
l 5‘ T il worp and (riant oaks until lost m the distance, I suddenly saw 
frame. 
The rainy day drew its slow length along ; c^iything was 1 had Ts'u^oc^sions, “toTk po“s'- 
damp and dreary, and the “moist JUftf nJtaUt was momentary. Taking deliberate 
huntsmen were surrounded by a reeking mist. J aim wcll forward aS he was walking, quartering toward me, 
I fired. I distinctly heard a heavy thud on the ground, then 
I was astonished at this, but, quickly reload- 
fl£ “is tmS from hat/ to hand j | deer. Although the majority of those we lulled appeared to 
tho/' the last pipe smoked, the _ last joke told, we wrap 
camp, comfortmg flas^ih ptwa^d from hand^han^ 1 ;“a^; J ”yY,ginia species, we frequently met 
tance comes the solemn ^oo^o^anjwl^tiie^ me j ^ ^ | ^ Tbis large buck wa3 ot this species. 
sire to Pk^graph. ® b ^^ out in further search of the together in pairs to prevent them from doing any private 
posterity, and t^ P J led j* Se ]f bld f a m ii e up the huuting on their own account. A deer was cut up, boiled, 
FVTTffing rocky^hore?of^rnw^gTaiii^ dipp^ down at and fe g d to the dogs. Poni f ,.saddles etc., were properly 
by ancient ^aera^A^cosy ^ it / clump3 of | lcadins t0 Nelt0 n Lake, where we expected i to start a bear, 
' the distance and on either hand 
rifle to bear, and with the report he fell to the ground pierced 
through the heart. He was instantly covered by the dogs, 
and in his death struggle mortally wounded one of them. 
Holt soon came up, and the hunters horn resounded 
through the forest. This was a signal to our companions that 
the hunt was over, as they made their appearance one by one, 
each heartily congratulating me upon my success. Wearied 
in body but light' of heart we returned with our trophy to 
camp. L ' 
GAME OF 
For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. 
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
behind it. 
But a 
Cd W we soughk It was a projecting point, beau. buyout . eu = £m «** 
“SteVy^cSeS. affecting the choice of a SKiSS*- dop-snapping 
everv^individual tree in all the mighty forest is bound to come | pullmg and , tuggmg at the^nd legs^of ^smalljjear^ ^ 
posse 
have 
tob 2 e tw!nv b ^rove covered our point; a fine view was com- I twenty-seven dogs were too much for one small ^bear , and 
M ° f tbe i ower part of the lake. Smooth spots they bad not only killed him, but would have soon eaten him 
m4D ffnnnfi fr>T tent ind sbantv, and a huge boulder wiih a if it bad not been for the timely interference of Uncle Joe. 
r^e ove? the prospective hearth-stone. 1 he Soon we had the dogs on the trail of another* 
mnrkTv at workl The canvas walls were raised, of the cane-brake. “This time it is no baby, Holt said, 
chant V of little more permanent character than a “ but a tough old fighter who does not propose to be eaten by 
d * 6 „ h S inH^ni reatfirS sSon reared its rustic architec- the dogs.” Now could be beard a sharp battle in progress 
tm^amons tbe boughs 1 We even constructed a table, of a ao d someone or more of the dogs would retire lmwlmg and 
ha g rk simDorted on poles and crotched sticks, with discomfited. Then the bear would push on, and we found it 
Snflp^spit for seats, and similarly supported on each side. | a difficult undertaking to keep up wjth hm* for Uc Jedju 
We ate our slap-jacks that night with 
slept on a softer bed of boughs than 
ibubs elnce we bad tbe tract* old dobn Acown. | * **«*■*» 
. miles, then that man of iron began to surge ahead. Cane 
. ,, , , y-* brakes, interwoven with vines and briers, huge fallen trees 
For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. and th £ variou8 obstacles peculiar to southern forests, seemed 
ON THE SUNFLOWER RIVER. little hindrance to his break-neck speed. In my frantic efforts 
to “ hold my own,” my hat had early passed from my pos- 
bears among the cane-brake of the fpp^ance of those belong 
The first letter was given m cur issue of Jan. 24, and it will ^ lb(J mogt ab j ect B t ree t beggar, and I was obliged to 
- , . ing to ine most abject ■ , ... , . , 
be remembered that after capturing their bear the party were realize the fact that slowly but surely I was falling behind. 
1 Humiliated and discouraged, I listened to the gradually re- 
a nrevious occasion wim raiuei uu>wuio B u. 6 “ v “* *■ . j 
thought myself h^giy enough to^be “J Snccs ^ uT^keTireTime detours to avoid the ever recurring 
Shtforward Uncle Toun^unUl the'ffimaSes oMhe Ct^Jaid^ convey 
S S^SmS dUcST Z merit*. Ne/s first "install- them to my ears altogether. 
meffi passedfrom view with apparent relish ; ^8 next-must 
I say it?— seemed to produce a slight pallor on his firm, well 
knit features; the third I never saw raised to his lips. 1 
would not dare say this if Ned were not at this writing at 
least a thousand miles away. Uncle Joe deliberately spat his 
first mouthful on the ground, and said “He would be shot ii 
another piece of that blasted bear ever got into his mouth. 1 
tasted bear also, and silently stole away to the rear of the 
tent out of observation. Suffice U> say that we all, except 
Uncle Joe learned to like bear meat before our hunt was 
over. It only required unlimited patience, combined with 
persistent practice. 
proceeded to investigate the situation, while pondering on the 
mutability of all human expectations, and, hesitating what 
course to pursue, once more the faint echoes of the chase 
greeted my ears, nearer and nearer, louder and louder, until 
the woods rang again with the merry voices of our faithful 
animals. I remounted, and with fresh zeal pressed on. Pres- 
ently the dogs seemed to have come to a halt in the centre ot 
a large cane-brake. Pushing on as far as possible with my 
horse I then dismounted and made my way on foot, arriving 
at last, panting and perspiring, at the scene of the conflict. 
Perched on the huge limb of an oak lay tbe bear, looking 
angrily down at his foes. It took but a moment to bring my 
A N article on the Sandwich Islands, which appeared in one 
of your late numbers, has awakened a good many 
memories of pleasant times sporting there under the care of 
the extremely hospitable white residents. 
What!” some one will ask. “Game on those little dots 
in mid-ocean ? Did he hunt parrots or monkeys ?” 
Not at all. The islands are large, covering six thousand 
square miles, and all that are of any size have game of some 
kind. Deer on Molokai ; wild cattle, which give fine and ex- 
citing sport, on Kani ; wild turkeys on Oahu, and, perhaps, 
some of the other islands ; besides duck and snipe in their 
season on most of the lowlands. 
The deer were presented to King Kameliameha Fifth, 
and placed on the island to increase and multiply, which they 
do, as fast as the wild dogs, which rauge in packs, will allow, 
for no native is allowed to kill them. 
The cattle are remnants of the stock originally given to the 
first king of the islands, Kameliameha First, by Vancouver, 
on his visit to the kingdom during the latter part of the last 
century They were given with the agreement that not one 
of them’ was to be molested, and this agreement was kept ; 
although before the end of that time, the damage the fast-in- 
creasing herd did to the crops was very great 
The turkeys, as near as I could discover, “ growed. The 
real puzzle was the snipe, for in any but the right season they 
mav be sought everywhere on the islands but will not be found. 
In other words, they migrate. This is the more curious when 
it is considered that the Hawaiian group is over two thousand 
miles from any mainland. Can snipe fly as far as that with- 
out rest’ or do they go from island to island westward toward 
the Chinese coast, finding rest every two or three hundred 
m The ? fishing about the kingdom is good most of the year. 
The ocean mullet is the favorite with the islanders. At one 
time almost all the lowlands near the ocean were laid out in 
fish ponds, where young mullet were imprisoned and fattened 
for eating • but, as the 'Kanakas have diminished the ponds, 
many of them have been allowed to go to ruin. All the walls 
of the ponds, by the way, were built of white reef coral. Of 
course all the fish usually found in semi-tropical waters 
abound— the flying fish most abundant. The natives eat their 
fish and even squid, or devil-fish, raw and alive, with their 
poi’ One of the descendants of the kings, a dusky nymph of 
some 400 or 500 lbs. weight, bothers her dependants almost 
as much as tbe whale did the New York Aquarium keepers, to 
provide her with a sufficient supply of her favorite little fish, 
the ohua, which wriggling dainties she eats alive by the hand- 
ful with a variety of seaweed. At low tide, the reefs by 
which the islands are surrounded are many of them laid bare, 
and afford delight to the naturalist by the display of corals, 
algie and crustacro which fringe their edges or fill the intenor 
cells I would like to go into particulars about the flora of 
the islands, both the indigenous, with its two hundred varie- 
ties of ferns and fern trees, which grow on every crag of the 
volcanic mountains, veiling their rugged, blackened faces, or 
which serve to render more enchanting the many charming 
valleys with their clear running streams and misty waterfalls. 
The lorests of Ohias, with their dark green leaves, crimson 
flowers and fruits; the long, silvery-green lines on the moun- 
tain sides, made by valleys filled with the foliage of the Kukin 
or Candee nut tree ; or of the numberless flowers and flowering 
trees brought to the islands from different parts of the tropics. 
The islanders are a flower-loving race. They never consider 
themselves dressed unless they are covered with wreaths of 
bright flowers or sweet-scented myrtle, and, indeed, until late 
years, this was their only dress. 
But I began with the thought of telling you with what 
pleasant surroundings a huntsman can shoot t urkeys under the 
care of the genial island ranchers, and of one hunt in particu- 
lar with Captain H., among the hills back of Kahuka Ranch, 
ou’the Island of Oahu. To do this you must have a little 
idea of the topography of that island. The island winds from 
northeast to southwest. It is divided by an almost impassa- 
ble range of mountains, which slope gently down toward 
Honolulu on the southeast. This slope is divided at right 
angles to the range by a succession of deep fertile valleys. 
Tim northern side of the barrier is the grander ; that half of 
the range has fallen away and disappeared in many places, 
leaving precipices often from 800 to 2,000 feet sheer, from 
whose base fertile plains stretch out toward the sea. There 
are broken by valleys which lead up, in [many cases, to alps, 
where the cattle find pasture through the year. Only one 
trood pass leads through the mountains from one half of the 
island to the other. lJunano Valley, which rises gradually 
from Honolulu until at its highest point it breaks through to 
the northern side between two lofty peaks at an elevation 
of 800 feet above the ocean, which reaches away into the 
distance beyond the plains at the foot of the perpendicular 
descent. , 
Kahuka Ranch occupies over 20,000 acres of plain and 
mountain on the northern side. When the invitation came to 
visit the Captain and see how a large ranche was conducted, 
it was accepted with pleasure. Colonel J. offered me a 
mount and an invitation to stop at his ranche of Kualoo on 
the way The Colonel has been trying a number of years to 
raise the grade of horses from the wiry little native pony to 
one more resembling an American horse, and has succeeded 
admirably, as the specimens brought round for us on that 
lovely morning proved ; for a more delightful animal I never 
put leg over than tliat little brown horse with the long 
memberable native name, the tireless, easy gait and thesure 
foot for the mountain passes. Our way led 
the gentle slope of Nunanu Valley, first hy the atl f 
gardens of the world, until clear of town then throughsoR 
Breen meadows watered by clear running brooks, and bounded 
