& nd not unwisely substitute the modern spring-lock for the 
old fashioned out- hanging latch-string. You may enter at 
your own sweet will the open door of the village cottage for 
you might have done so before the age of tramps), but in the 
nil [“I' 1 ™ , b Y red ° Ut by doubledoor . immovable knob, intri- 
cate lock and burglar alarm, the precautions of men against 
men, inventions of ingenuities which have been quickeSd by 
IdCal h ° 3pitalily P^upposes perfect con 
fldence between host and guest. Now, remembering that 
Forest and Stream has a large and important constituency 
among those good-soul ed people who are ever ready to re 
ceive the stranger within their gates, and an equal number of 
readers among those who are annually received as strangers 
I f deduction, that the mutual confidence of host 
and-guest owes its origin and continuance in a measure to the 
con ciousness of each in his own worthiness and integrity 
th ~ ? ( DOt l ° take a 100 9erious and speculative view of it 
£ fact remains, as every sportsman knows, that in the rough 
o^wh T W °° d8 aDd tbG Wi,d8 19 a £d"y 
ousness wh.ch are as refreshing in their way as is the fra- 
grance o the forest. And so it comes to pass that with the 
after memories of the vacations’ sport are woven the pleasant 
remembrance new friend*!* formed ZZ oneHl 
newed and strengthened. 
TOREST AND STRE AM. 
llifiisps 
northward, as the^Spp^^t^'be^n 11161 ^ 8pnDg migritl0ns 
45 L 
Sdn Stroke -We make the following abstract from a circu- 
lar issued by the New York Board of Health. Sun stroke is 
muggy ^Wemav Ve ^k’ T* e8pecially if tbe weather is 
T ggy ‘. C _ We T may re mark that sun stroke does not exist in 
-topics.] It 13 more likely to occur on the second third or 
wor^f^ 1 fat, 8 ue - dizziness, headache or exhaustion stop 
work at once. Sit down in a cool, shady place TdTv Z, 
cloths, and bathe the face and neck in cold water. If any one 
ia overcome with heat send at once for a physician ZhZ 
Pour^cold" th . 6 d ° Ct0r giV6 thG PatiGnt C001 water coM tea 
Z Z 7 er 0n the neck and wrists and apply poimded 
wrapped up ma towel to the head. When a person is 
8meu“and a ld t,WU ! 1 af6eble pulse ’ give so “e ammonia to 
ameU and administer a teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of 
mmoma in two tablespoonfuls of water sweetened with 
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. 
Woodcock BHooTmo-D^D Garre Pkoteot.™ Laws 
Black and Striped Bass Fishing. 
[from our regular CORRESPONDENT.] 
. Washington, D. C., July 6, 1878. 
B j h ( , l0 “ 88ason for woodcock expired on the first of July 
thicW« Ug fh e blfd8 ar<3 qmtG P lentiful in swamps and 
thickets in this vicinity, where they find plenty of food and 
T m ° D > tbey « not moLed to “y 
gr^t extent before October, as the hot summer weather rather 
interferes with the sport of shooting them and makes it 
seSr to ted°T °l accountot tte ndp. this 
season, to birds hsve kept close to to thickets in low 
to ™'r! aCeS ’ T the m ° iat gromid made 11 c » s y for them 
procure an abundance of worms, and they have not been 
forced to the highlands, as they frequently are in diy seasons 
to se^ch for food among the leave. There are quUe aTum! 
ber of places along the line of the Washington branch of the 
B^imore ^GhioHailroaci which afford excellent wood- 
ssmus 
■*ssi» 
mm 
that th0 emp,07 “ s ° f 5ft 
Tick^he^are^Te^^^' " P^nfbuUike TeZott 
aumier we^tLr Th^vlnW/ 516111 0n ^unt of hot 
abundajiUy able to take care of tbcmsdveT' 7 WeU gr ° WD &nd 
ihe first shooting worth speaking of will be at th P nr ui 0 
easy matter to kill two or three hundred ^ upoh a tide tSc 
They arc migratory, and merely <41 Few daya up» oS 
protective law, 
lasth.'reaClaTwSlJ’t^r T’ 7 S ,Uures ' « 
been paVd^c,“TprSe«y Md 1 yT™ ‘‘-“f ,b ° '** bas 
us- 
sS,^=-‘«s 
ffiggm 
SS penal tv fS P Jf UDlaWful t0 deStroy bird8 ’ »«» under a 
“ Possession such trap, net, or snare. The bU next 
y properly prohibits the use of any gun in killino- nrotcr 
S , ect . i0ns 0f the biU P r07ide ‘hat auy person ‘ 
7r°^ 7f k u ! Dsl y tre spass on the lands of another for the 
pu JP°f of shooting or hunting thereon, after due notice bv 
the owner or occupant of lands, shall be liable to such ownr^r 
lug°S 100 Pa a!.d tl shRi e i m F lar i y I*?? 8 ® 3 10 an a “ount not exceed- 
’ and sbaU a 80 be liable t0 a flue of $10 for each and 
S SoJunTah B 0 ll C< ir iitted - T be possession of impSe^ 
°° tlDg 8ba be presumptive evidence of the tresDnas 
™T nt 5°* ,ands are ,0 erect and maintmn^t 
tw ,° 81 gD-boards for every fifty acres, and any person 
lhfhle?A d o' WD ’ 1 ,“ juri . ng ’ ° r defacill P such sign-board^ball be 
liable to a penalty of not less than $5, nor more than las for 
All b 8hooti77 r nr 81 lf ( , n '- b0ard 80 t0m d0Wn ’ def aced, or injured. 
2 h , avuig in possession in the open air the im- 
plements of shooting, on Sunday is punishable by a fine of 
not more than $25 nor less than $10. . y ne ot 
_-_, l l cb ^ tbe provisions of our new game law a bill of 
eighteen sections, very carefully prepared. True ’we have 
as 
BASS FISHING. 
and now 1 ° f tb . e > ^ otomac ba ve finished spawning, 
StSftfl,, fl /oK ?ad - ly - m rapid water - 111 this river the 
seion ft n!l h fl X^ bl v Dg . 13 Jtrst about the close of the spawning 
S r ’nSi?! b0t , we . atber drives them to deep holes 
rneir preference seems to be a red and white flv though I 
&nSto h L^Sr fre 3 U f2 tly With a dead miuno ' v secmely 
stoker TlitlmS ’ thrown mt0 the ra pids without a 
They quickly rise to the surface for it, providing the 
minnow is kept in motion. As the summer advances Id he 
Z t JC , S;- tbe fi8b 8 ^ Ck deep holes, aSd a^lhen 
£ more 17 £ JVe , minn °w- To my mind, however, there 
rato.?s wi>h7 fl J?F dlD? a P ? Und and a half fish out of the 
EKSllTSt nr flfh baa 1 V^ mB a tW0 and a baIf P ound one 
flshinc- I W S ,le , on this 8ub ject of still water 
anders or inH»o^ entl0n l F e if act lbat maD y inexperienced 
Sllv mv ft 7tS^ ny ^ Wh0 have had years of experience, 
theirTinnlr l ? e 8 m e of tbe m >nnow with which 
» « To such I have only to say that 
A m L™? W consideration for successful bass flshiug. 
fwS OW J J br ^ r th f ee and a half inches long is not often 
ffSJjtv F 883 at - one or even two gulps. I invariably 
„„ P l^ “i , tbe s 'f- e °I my minnow, and give the bass time 
ton^itodf 8 'y a,Io ^| lt - , I have seen many fine fish lost by 
£ nf d ?hF y Je » r K m f g mo ’ wbi ch would pull the minnow 
A 1 )® mo “ t h of the bass before he had the hook. Bass 
d( ?.?°f alway8 ^ ake l ^ e bait hhe a rock fish or brook trout, 
thfbMt StTn d d a tbTn P bo b t U or m ratber l ° PrCfer t0 8Wall0W 
buUt^thesi^iJer^^^n^^^^jj® JJ e “ onth of June, 
ones prefer to loaf among the x^l ^ a - fly - The larger 
whence they cannot be attracted to the # C ^i° dee P boles 
rive bait The only way to take theS^ £ any decep - 
WU , b haif of a fresh herring cut lemnh Water fl8h - 
fastened to the hook, which must he t F Wl8e - securely 
about ten or twelve iuches ubore L sinkTr ^r your 
weighing from six to ten pounds nr! Thin ^ tb , 13 “tuns fish 
smaller ones, weighing a hS? en 01081,1 = hut the 
readily take a Uy of too S e °L t ° f » Poun? 
water, and often afford rare snortThn^^T, 011 m ra pid 
decreasing in numbers yea7 bsb are 9tea <hly 
Hon with Professor Btord" fho ifTwJh V ecent convert, 
spoke of this matter and Ai Sb 9°™ m,S8|0 Der, he 
the State authorities to forbid t he ta^-k S in77f d0m . 0f , ,aws by 
ess than twelve iuches lone for SS g0 £ rock flsb when 
begin to spawn until they’attoto 1 ^ lb f al tlie y do “ot 
pounds at least All fish beneath ^th.i7» »° f , e l ght or U n 
;is immature, and it should beaneSdoff^f, ^.° uld trL *aUjd 
liave them in possession. An effort t0 1,1 bu y, or 
gate rock by the U. 8. CommSS2n h madc to propa- 
always been in obtaining spawnZ ’ son,« °r ,ll,llcult y has 
several ripe rock fish were found to , fcw . years ago 
Carolina, and about 100 000 voune fl«i. C TO?° ai i 0ke nvcr * N° r th 
spawn obtained. Every the 
procure spawners, but iviihout micco 88 P buS been made t0 
H Prentias^and othe^aogln^of 0 tbdrura 5*? co ^l Wfflhm 
when tliey told of the stcc^sSul reeU 8 ' niuch lnte 'eat 
Faiis and near Eads Mill in days of vore 0 ^^ at V’ 0 LiUle 
Hamel Webster, Crampton tlw> Rrl*iFi° 1 • • ll w &9 hero that 
Gen. George Gibson, ami oth l L B who b h7v77 er ’ Jud | ;0 Blbb . 
uent places in the history of o7r own m P , proml - 
tries, brought many fine rock logoff from/L oU i er coua ' 
aud rapids of those waters. The Sei.-ni w? . p .°° cddiea 
tom drummer-boy of the Falls hasS^M^A 01 tbo Phan- 
we no longer hear stories of “° 8t been tor BOUen, and 
. " S J ra “«° Phantoms rising a. the mists arise » 
tbe A ,alla have not 
often supported the men whom I hav«*mLt? Ck8 i wblcb have 
mg the ico of many winters and thl n!? 6 ? 1 °» net ’ a ler 8tand - 
have at last been worn awnv «n/i fl ? oda of mnn y 8 P ri ngs. 
deep. The gravm hZ lomiZ JZT ,ut<1 tbo wmoVselS 
who were witnesses of tlfo a .“ of lbo8 ° 
few hoary-hended ones^ ! n S“ ba T e dcs cnbc d . and the 
fly. Probably it is best for^Jheu/tCt 0,81 lbo luring 
even visit the Falls to witness the wnJk l nf y .K r0 ? ot able t0 
WU1 so soon sator them Into wblch 
— K. F. B. 
GAME PROTECTION. 
meetings of s^e ASSOCIATIONS 
POR 1878. 
ROOK OR STRIPED BASS 
flailing near the Chain Bridge and the Little Falla of the 
Wisconsin State Sportsmen’s Association 
SCPEBVTBORS AND Plain Enoi lsn Th«. n u . 
counts Unnece89ary di8pute iQ this State over the aut LrUy'of 
county supervisors to alter the game Jaw The on to .7. * 
ZSZX """ c,cfluiDK ,bdr “ uthorit7 « -JS 5 T 
o, » uy 
SsshKs: “ *■ < “5 om’&s's.re 
Even without the italics, which are our own tht» 
to ua to be very plain English, which means, ^ovidefi! 
means anything, that the supervisors may enact Jaws for the 
protection only of such birds, fish or game as are not nlrn ? 
provided for by the Sto.e l,„. If , 1^,1™ ~ 7 
woodrh^ l 0011017 W ‘ 8b t0 makea close season P f or 
7ooS UC ^’ tbeyarebytbi8 action authorized toTo ^o ^ 
woodchucks arc not meutioncci in the protective law ot Z 
Into no The8upefvl80r8 . however, have no authority to Wfa. 
£te concerning woodcock, for the simple reason that the clot 
!^. f0P tb08 ° ? , ' da 18 alread y fl «d by the Stale, and tbe 
supervisors can neither extend nor shorten it. Wc have be 
fore expressed our conviction that this section of the game 
Hw should be interpreted in its obvious and common-Lae 
meaning. We refer again to the subject because our attention 
has been cafled to the action of the Yonkers .uperviC To 
haTC extended the close season for woodcock in their county 
o September 1. The State law provides that woodcock shah 
not be shot before August 1, which is equivalent, wc take U 
to saying that after August 1 they may be shot. The Yonkers 
supervisors have no more authority, then, to say that tbev 
may not be killed after that date than they have loty S 
they may be killed before that date. We do not believe that 
their law can be enforced. Wo have received the foUowtoe 
L onnZ 8 8UbJeCt WblCb WC tak ° Plea8ure 1U Publishing! 
as confirming our view of the case : B 
“I have always interpreted the law to mean that fh* 
§~s£s= sassis 
tiraf nf 7’- aDd l J ,e f 011 " 8 ® 1 ° r tbe Association for the Protec- 
tion of Game took tbe same view ; but (here has been a Vkf 
cision of a court to the contrary, allowing the supeXi to 
add restrictions, not take from them, iu any way ShevThink 
n C8 .Vi 7 j« P ^ ° f tbat decision I sent to Sir. Thomas N 
Cuthbert, 4(i Cortiandt street, attorney for our association’ 
although I still doubt if the decision will be sustaS 0 J aSl 
p *• „ „ . , Robust B. IIoosevelt, 
I res. Ass n for the Protection of Game.’ 
VJUUIU. 
Infringement of the Game Law in Westchester Countt 
-2T i b f 19 t lh 0f j0h ° n DaVi8 ’ lbe 8^ C0D8tab le 
of Eastchester, arrested four persons for drawing a seine in 
Hutchinson’s R ver, half a mile above Pelham Bridge. On 
