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FOREST AND STREAM 
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A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 
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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1875. 
To Correspondents. 
All communications whatever, whether relating lo business or literary 
Correspondence, must be addressed to The Forest and Stream Pob- 
LisniNO Company. Personal or private lottcrs of course excepted. 
All communications Intended for publication must he accompanied with 
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Objection be made. No nnonymous contributions will bo regarded. 
Articles rolnting to any topic within the scope of this paper are solicited. 
We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts. 
Secretaries of Clubs and Associations aro nrged to favor us with brief 
notes of their movements and transactions, as It Is the aim of this paper 
to becomo a medium of useful and reliable Information between gentle- 
mon sportsmen from one end of the country to the other ; uml they will 
And our colnmns a desirable medium for advertising announcements. 
The Publishers of Forest and Stream aim to merit and secure the 
patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whoso re- 
fined intelligence onubles them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that 
ts beautiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert 
tho legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always 
tend to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise- 
ment or business notice of an Immoral character will be received on any 
erme ; and nothing will be admitted to nny department of tho paper that 
may not bo read with propriety in tho homo circle. 
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monoy remitted to us Is lost. 
Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, If posslblo. 
CHARLES HALLOCK, Editor. 
WILLIAM C. II A nit IS, Business Manager. 
ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION. 
W E hare so many applications for information regard- 
ing artificial Incubation, und us to where it can be 
seen in practice, that we are pleased to ho able to present 
something definite on the subject. Mr. S. Leonnrd of New 
Orleans, in a letter to "Our home Journal," of that city, de- 
scribes his process, which was perfected after a series of 
experiments made in Union town, N. J., under the patron- 
age of Dr. Prcterre, tho distinguished dental surgeon and 
amateur, of No. 159 Bowery, this city. The incubator con- 
sists of a tight and dry cask with the head out. The chines 
of the cask rest on three bricks placed in a triangle, leuving 
a space in tho centre. On one side of the cask, close to the 
bottom, is a hole 6x8 inches, to receive a wooden pipe of 
same dimensions and four feet long, resting on the ground. 
The pipe has a little gate at the exterior extremity, which 
is used to ventilate the incubator when necessary. 
The heat of 104 necessary for incubation is obtained by 
horse manure, which is piled three feet thick around the 
cask or incubator, and over three feet of the wooden pipe. 
The head of tho cask has a cover, closely fitted, and in 
which are six holes with movable plugs, to regulate the 
degree of heat. The recipient or trap for the eggs is placed 
in the centre of the cask, and is made like a seive with a 
wire bottom. On top of it is a thermometer, which indi- 
cates naturally at all times the degree of heat in the incu- 
bator. 
At 104° tho eggs are placed for incubation, care being 
taken to move them gently with the hand at least once a 
day, like the natural mother. During the period of twenty- 
one days care must be taken to keep the required degree 
of heat, which can be regulated by the draft, given in- 
stantly by the ventilator in the wooden pipe, or by remov- 
ing one or more of the plugs in the cover of the incubator. 
As fast as the chicks are hatched they are removed to an 
artificial mother, for the making of which several patterns 
are adopted, the best we have seen being that of Mrs. 
Cheshire, of Acton, Middlesex, England. This consists 
of a tank for the reception of water heated by a spirit 
lamp, and having under it a frame on which is stretched 
strong canvas, to which are seven strips of flannel reaching 
nearly to the bottom of the apparatus, the whole affording 
the requisite warmth and protection to the chicks. 
In China, where artificial incubation is curried on to a 
greater extent than elsewhere, cotton wool is the principal 
agent used. Frames are raised in tiers over an ovcn-like 
structure of brickwork in which a steady heat of the neces- 
sary temperature is continued. The eggs are placed in the 
frames on the wool and covered with the same material, 
and the room kept darkened. Ducks are much more 
easily hatched by the artificial process than chicks, and 
more successfully reared afterwards, as they take naturally 
to the water and find their natural food along the margin 
of the streams. Even when full grown the ducks are still 
herded and carefully tended by a man who acts as herds- 
man. A boat is their usual resting place for the night. 
As twilight approaches the herdsman throws open the sides 
of the boat, places a plank to the water and whistles to his 
llock. The ducks come trooping from every direction, 
each with outspread wings striving to be first, as the keeper, 
who stands by the plank, invariably whips with a bamboo 
rod the last duck in. 
BOYTON’S LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS. 
O UR cousins across the water are so chary of awarding 
the faintest meed of praise to anything American, 
or any invention the product of “Yankee” skill and in- 
genuity, Unit when the epidermis of distrust is once pierced 
and that true-heartedness which lies beneath, freely reached, 
it is doubtful which gives the greater satisfaction, the ac- 
complished feat, or the frankness with which merit is 
acknowledged- 
Cftpt. Boyton, the last individual who has succeeded in as- 
tonishing the “Britishers," is an intrepid diver, who, while 
acting os Coast Guard at Atlantic Oily and vicinity, is said 
to have preserved from drowning no less than seventy per- 
sons. His first feat with tne life-saving dress with which 
his name is now identified, was to leave the steamer which 
carried him across the Atlantic when off Cape Clear, on the 
Irish coast, and on a tempestuous night, swim or paddle a 
distance of thirty miles until the waves washed him usliorc 
at Trebaska Bight, Skibbereen. So fierce was the gale on 
that night that for hours no mail boat crossed the Irish 
channel, and great destruction was done on the coast. One 
can scarcely conceive u more horrible position ; tossed 
from one huge breaker to another, on a rock-bound coast, 
the darkuess of the night adding to the uncertainty and 
desolation of his condition, while each lifting wave showed 
him nothing but a long line of threatening cliff. Making 
his way along the shore he fortunately struck upon the 
only safe landing place for miles arouud. 
The dress itself is an india-rubber suit of peculiar pat- 
tern, containing compartments which can he inflated at 
will, and enables Die nearer to carry signal lights and flags, 
rockets, an axe and bowie knife for sharks, and a paddle 
for propulsion. 
Arriving in London he gave exhibitions of his apparatus 
on the Thames, to the nmazement of the Cockneys, and on 
the 5th of this month had the honor of appearing before the 
Queen in Cowes harbor, where he was personally thanked 
by Her Majesty and the life preservers ordered for the 
royal yacht. 
It remained for him on Saturday last, however, to at- 
tempt a feat, which, although not carried out entirely 
according to the programme, was sufficient to demonstrate 
not only the adaptability of his contrivance as a life pre- 
serving dress, but his own wonderful powers of endurance 
Taking the water at Dover at three o’clock in the morning, 
he started on a pleasant little swim to Boulogne-sur-mer, on 
the French coast. At six o’clock in the evening he had 
traversed a distance of fifty miles and was within five of 
Gris-nez, the nearest point of the French shore, lying op- 
posite that of Britain at South Foreland. Here the captain 
of the steamer which, with the press representatives on 
board, accompanied him, declined proceeding or piloting 
him further, and contrary to his own inclinations took 
him on board. He was not fatigued, and his clothing, 
which was worn under the marine suit, was quite dry. 
Probably there is no better indication of the success of his 
performance than the enquiries made to the Loudon Field 
and other papers regarding tho dress and where it can be 
procured. 
We would like however, to note our protest against the 
growing practice of exhibiting tho national flag on every 
occasion. When the American Eagle screams himself 
hoarse in after dinner speeches there may be a reason and 
excuse for it, and we can even pardon a circus rider or 
ballet dancer who ekes out the weakness of his perform- 
ance by appealing to the audience through the medium of 
the national colors ; but Sergeant Bates and the company 
of patriots who thrust the flag in the faces of foreigners on 
every occasion, are nuisances which should not be toler- 
ated, putting the question of good taste on one side. 
Open Am Literature. — In our article last week, no- 
ticing briefly the status and movements of our sporting 
contemporaries, we omitted nny allusion to a most worthy 
knight errant, the Germantown Telegraph, which, though 
not regarded as a sporting paper, has for many years de- 
voted a portion of its space to topics pertaining lo the 
sportsman’s craft. Long before most of the journals now 
existing came into being, the editor of the Telegraph was 
prominent in the field, and old fogies who taught their 
children, now grown up, to study its columns, as they 
would study the oracular leaves, the babbling brooks, aud 
sermonizing stones, look to it to-day for weekly informa- 
tion on fishing and shooting matters, and regard its utter- 
ances always as authority. 
We beg our contemporary to forgive our omission of last 
week, and to stand god father for our bantling,, which, 
though young in years, is nevertheless sturdy and capable. 
NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR THE 
PROTECTION OF GAME. 
T HIS society held.its regular monthly meeting on Mon- 
day evening at Delmonico’s, Royal Phelps Esq. in 
the chair. After the minutes of the la st meeting had been 
approved, the Secretary read the affidavits of Lewis 
Kneiving and John n. Robinson, against whom suits for 
violation of game laws had been brought, praying that the 
same might he discontinued. Mr. Charles E. Whitehead, 
counsel of the association thought that in certain cases 
clemency would have the same effect as though the suits 
had been pushed to trial. Mr. Palmer asked whether any 
convictions had been obtained this year, aud thought an 
example should be made of some offenders. The President 
stated that he had paid out large sums of money to the 
detectives, without receiving any flues in return. Coun- 
selor Whitehead stated that he had brought suits against 
three prominent dealers and restaurant keepers and would 
push them vigorously. 
In the case of Kneiving and Robinson it was resolved 
to discontinue the suits, the offenders being unable to pay 
costs, but iu the case of other offenders the counsel of the 
association was directed to press the suits. 
The Secretary called attention to the wholesale des- 
truction of dneks by “dusting," on the Great South Bay. 
The Executive Committee was instructed by a unanimous 
vote to procure an amendment to the Game Laws prevent- 
ing the shooting of ducks between sundown and sun- 
rise. 
Mr. Colburn offered a resolution authorising the Execu- 
tive Committee to procure the passage of an amendment to 
the game laws authorizing the destruction of all traps, 
snares, or nets whatever found in the Stale. The resolu- 
tion was adopted. 
Mr. Whitehead reported that he had filed a suit in equity 
to set aside the conveyance of property of Racey, the mar- 
ket man, against whom the association had procured three 
judgments. 
A series of resolutions in eulogy of the late William J. 
Hays, ex-Secretary of the association, offered by Mr. 
Whitehead, and seconded by the President, were unami- 
mously adopted and placed on the records. 
Mr. Charles Hallock introduced the circular of the Inter- 
national Association for Protecting Fish and Game, the 
object of which is to provide a co-operative system of 
Game laws iu the United States and Canada. The Advi- 
sory Committee of the association includes the names of 
many of the leading scientists in America. In organizing 
the International Association, the following conditions 
have been studied: 
1. Geographical Representation .— Securing an intelligent 
representation from every part of the continent, from Hie 
Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the great northwest lo the 
Gulf of Mexico. 
2. Economic Inter cels . — A sweeping recognition and re- 
presentation, by and through its members, of all the econo- 
mic interests that come within its scope, including fluvial 
and freehold rights, fish culture, game propagation, sports- 
men’s prerogatives, and practical natural history. 
3. Distribution of Fauna . — To obtatn through its repre- 
sentatives a thorough knowledge of every game bird, 
animal, and fish within the limits of each Stale, Territory, 
and Province, its habits, food, breeding season, range, and 
period of migration. 
4. Nomenclature . — To define and classify each species 
scientifically, designating it by a specific name, so that in- 
telligent legislation can be secured for its protection. 
5. Segregation . — To group each identified species, as far 
as practicable, within a. defined latitudinal or climatic 
zone, the respective zones to be determined by existing 
State boundaries. 
6. Uniformity of Lam .— Laws governing close seasons to 
apply uniformly to each species throughout the entire area 
of its geographical range, so that there may he no diversity 
between the laws of contiguous States lying within the same 
parallels of latitude. 
These conditions being satisfied, enforcement of the laws 
will be much facilitated, especially as regards the provi- 
sions that apply to trapping, the sale and transportation ot 
game, trespass, and the rights of land owners and fluvial 
proprietors. 
Tho meeting then adjourned. . 
—A bill is about being introduced into the British Par- 
liament looking to an international agreement and enforce- 
ment for a close time for seal-fishing. It is recommended 
that no seal be killed before the 6th of April or after the 
30th of June, and in view of the fact that the present course 
of killing old and young, dam and calf alike, is leading to 
rapid extermination, such action is not only judicious hut 
a positive necessity. Nothing hut legal enactment, rigidly 
enforced, will save, not only seals, but other representatives 
of fur, fin and feather from utter extinction. 
The Centennial.— The one hundredth anniversery of 
the battle of Lexington occurs on the 19th inst., and is to 
be celebrated in appropriate style on the old battle field. 
The presence of President Grant will add eclat to the occa- 
sion, as he purposes spending the Sunday previous either at 
Boston or Concord, and being on the ground by 10 o’clock 
on Monday forenoon. 
—On the 25th of March the Sioux City, Minnesota, rail- 
roads were opened after having been blocked up ten days by 
the snow. A Shakopee correspondent gives us a specimen of 
some of the drifts. He states that the six miles cut on the 
prairie west of 8t. James, 1,600 feel long, ten feet wide and 
eight feet deep, contained 128,000 cubic feet of solid 
snow. 
