Aug. 17, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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THE OVTDOOR LIBRARY 
Seasonable books dealing with every phase of life 
in the Open. Handbooks of sport. Books that 
make “roughing it easy.” Books for Fisherman, 
Hunter, Yachtsman, Canoeist, Camper, Nature 
Lover. Books of Travel and Adventure for 
Young and Old. 
AFRICAN WILD DOGS. 
There is no wild animal in Africa which 
deals out such wholesale destruction to certain 
kinds of game as the hunting dog. Leopards 
have been known to be chased up trees; hyenas 
have been found in process of being mobbed 
to death; the lion himself, when found solitary, 
is sometimes pursued by a pack. 
Bush pirate and Ishmael, as he is, strange¬ 
ly enough toward man, the hunting dog seems 
to betray little or no aggressive tendency. 
Wandering about in bands over huge areas 
of wild country, and seldom remaining more 
than a few days in any one locality, the hunt¬ 
ing dog is probably less frequently encount¬ 
ered than any other kind of carnivore, and 
therefore in less degree than any other has he 
experience of man and his ways. There is at 
least no doubt that when this experience has 
been acquired, few creatures show more haste 
in escaping from man’s presence or display 
more intelligence in doing so. But if there is 
little ground of complaint against him as re¬ 
gards man personally, it is a very different 
matter where the latter’s flocks and herds are 
concerned. 
When the farmer first begins to graze his 
sheep in a wild country, one of the chief, if 
not the most dangerous, of his enemies is the 
hunting dog. Sweeping down upon a flock, a 
pack of these animals will in a very few minutes 
entirely annihilate it, killing and rending ap¬ 
parently for the mere pleasure of doing so, and 
then, having completed the slaughter, will prob¬ 
ably be miles away, wreaking the same destruc¬ 
tion elsewhere, ere the irate owner and his 
friends have time to arrive upon the scene. 
A long crusade against them in Cape 
Colony resulted at length in their virtual ex¬ 
tinction in the settled parts, but in all the 
wilder corners of South Africa the same thing 
still goes on, and raids upon small herds of 
native goats and sheep are everywhere, where 
these pests exist, of constant occurrence.— 
Blackwood's Magazine. 
RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTED GOOSE¬ 
BERRIES. 
Vice-Consul James Fisher, of Hull, says: 
“In order to prevent the spread of American 
gooseberry mildew, the Board, of Agriculture has 
issued an order containing the following pro¬ 
visions: The landing in England or Wales of 
any gooseberries brought from any place outside 
Great Britain (except the Channel Islands) is 
prohibited, except where there is attached to 
the package in which the fruit is imported a label 
bearing the words imported gooseberries,’ and 
stating the name of the consignor and the coun¬ 
try and district in which the fruit was produced. 
The label must not be erased or obliterated, or 
detached from the package so long as any of the 
imported gooseberries remain therein." 
FOOD VALUE OF COTTON SEED. 
It is interesting to recall in the light oi 
what has since been done that it is less than 
thirty years ago that a M. Sace read a paper 
before the Academy of Sciences in Paris, hav¬ 
ing for its subject the food value of cotton seed. 
He claimed as a hew discovery that this 
seed was the richest in nitrogenous substances 
of any grain and claimed to have produced 
from it by milling 56*4 per cent, of yellow 
meal, 40(4 per cent, of bran and 3 per cent, 
only of waste. His prophecy was that cotton 
seed flour would become a staple in the world’s 
food supply. 
DOMESTICATED ELEPHANTS IN SIAM. 
The number of tame elephants in Siam is 
estimated at 3,000. These animals give most 
valuable services, and it is greatly to be re¬ 
gretted that they are diminishing in numbers. 
As a consequence of this their price is increas¬ 
ing. At the present time a male fetches about 
$2,500 and a female $1,800. The elephant is 
mature at twenty-five, reaches its full vigor at 
thirty-five, and lives to an age of eighty-five to 
a hundred and ten years.—Cosmos. 
Uncle Lisha’s Shop. 
Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. By Rowland E. Rob¬ 
inson. Cloth. 1ST pages. Price, $1.25. 
The shop itself, the place of business of Uncle Lisha 
1’eggs, bootmaker and repairer, was a sort of sportsman’s 
exchange, where, as one of the fraternity expressed it, 
the hunters and fishermen of the widely scattered neigh¬ 
borhood used to meet of evenings and dull outdoor days, 
“to swap lies.” 
Hunting Without a Gun. 
And other papers. By Rowland E. Robinson. With 
illustrations from drawings by Rachael Robinson. 
Price, $2.00 
This collection of papers on different themes con¬ 
tributed to Fo rest and Stream and other publications 
and now for the first time brought together. 
Forest Runes. 
Poems by George W. Sears (“Nessmuk"). With arto- 
lype portraits and autobiographical sketch of the author. 
Cloth, 20S pages. Price, $1.50. 
American Big Game Hunting. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club: Editors: 
I heodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Illus¬ 
trated. Cloth, 345 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Trail and Camp-Fire. 
I lie Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. Editors: 
George Bird Grinnell and Theodore Roosevelt. 
Illustrated. Cloth. 353 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Like its predecessors, the present volume is devoted 
chiefly to the great game and outdoor life of Northern 
America; yet it does not confine itself to any one land, 
though it is first of all a book about America, its game 
and its people. 
American Big Game in Its Haunts. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club for 1904. 
George Bird Grinnell, Editor. 490 pages and 46 
full-page illustrations. Price, $2.50. 
'I his is the fourth and by far tile largest and hand¬ 
somest of the Club’s books. It opens with a sketch of 
l lieodore Roosevelt, founder of the Boone and Crockett 
Club, and contains an extremely interesting article from 
his pen descriptive of his visit to the Yellowstone Park 
in 1903 Other papers are on North American Big 
Game; Hunting in Alaska; The Kadiac Bear; Moose; 
Mountain Sheep; Game Refuges, and other big-game 
topics. 
My Friend the Partridge. 
By S. T. Hammond. Cloth, 150 pages. Postpaid, $1.00. 
An inimitable study of the noblest of our game birds, 
following the ruffed grouse deep into his haurts, de¬ 
tailing the experiences of more th-m 60 years in the 
field, and throwing much light on the habits, life history 
and habitat of the game. A most delightful reminder 
of happy days with upland game. 
Inter-Ocean Hunting Tales. 
By Edgar 1'. Randolph. Cloth, 200 pages. Postpaid. $1 00. 
A collection of stories such as are told about the 
camp-fire. Mr. Randolph offers a hunting experience 
hounded only by the two oceans, replete with incident, 
interesting from its novel viewpoint, and dealing with 
every kind of game that falls to the rifle of the American 
sportsman. 
The Spaniel and Its Training. 
Bv l'. II. E. Mercer. To which are added the American 
and English Spaniel Standards. Cloth. Illustrated. 
Price, $1.00. 
Men I Have Fished With. 
Sketches of character and incident with rod and gun 
fri-m childhood to manhood: from the killing of little 
fi-hes and bird= to a buffalo hunt. By Fred Mather. 
Illustrated. Price, $1.50. 
Training the Hunting Dog for the Field and 
Field Trials. 
By B. Waters. Cloth, 2S1 pages. Price, $1.50. 
This is the latest and best manual on the subject. As 
an owner and handler of field trial dogs, and one having 
had an exceptionally wide experience in the field and at 
field trials, Mr. Waters was admirably equipped to write 
such a work. It has already taken its place as the 
standard authority. 
American Duck Shooting. 
By George Bird Grinnell. cioth, 630 pages. With 58 
portraits of North American Swans, Geese and Ducks, 
Plans of Boats and Batteries. Fifty Vignettes in the 
text and a chart of the topography of a duck's plumage 
Price, $3.50. 
My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, 
Trading and Indian Fighting. 
By \Y. T. Hamilton (“Bill” Hamilton). With S full- 
page illustrations by Chas. M. Russell. New York. 
Cloth. 233 pages. Price, $1.50. 
Manual of Taxidermy for Amateurs. 
A complete guide in collecting and preserving birds 
and animals. By C. .1. Maynard. Illustrated. New 
edition. Price, $1.00. 
“The Long Shooters” and the Origin of 300 
Yards Revolver Shooting. (New.) 
By Wm. Brent Altsheler. Price 75 cents. Postage 4 
cents extra. 
Interesting alike to civilian and soldier, amateur and 
professional. A neatly bound volume; illustrated from 
photographs of shooters and shooting scenes. 
Woodcraft. 
Bv Nessmuk. Cloth, 200 pages. Illustrated. Postpaid, 
$ 1 . 00 . 
No better book was ever written for the help and 
guidance of those who go into the woods for sport and 
recreation. It is simple and practical, and withal a 
classic, written with a rare and quaint charm. 
Houseboats and Houseboating. 
By Albert Bradlee Hunt. The book contains forty 
specially prepared articles by owners and designers of 
well-known house-boats, and is beautifully illustrated with 
nearly 200 line and half-tone reproductions of plans and 
exteriors and interiors. A most interesting chapter is 
devoted to houseboating in England. Extra heavy paper, 
buckram. The price is $3.00 net. Postage, 34 cents. 
Some Native Birds for Little Folks. 
By Dr. W. Yan Fleet. Illustrated by Howard H 
Darnell. Cloth. 146 pages, with 14 photogravure 
plates. Price, $1.00. 
Describes the wood duck, the great horned owl, rufted 
grouse, killdeer, plover, bobolink, bluejay, chickadee, cedai 
bird, meadow lark, robin, woodcock, kingfisher, crossbill, 
and nuthatches. 
The Anglers’ Workshop. Rod Making for 
Beginners. 
By Perry D. Frazer. Cloth, ISO pages. Four full-page 
illustrations, 60 working drawings. Postpaid, $1.00. 
A complete, simple and thoroughly up-to-date work 
for the guidance of the amateur rod maker, carrying him 
from first principles through all phases of successful rod 
making. There is no theorizing or speculation. All 
terms are simple, and all kinds of rods and woods are 
treated of. 
Modern Fishculture in Fresh and Salt Water. 
By Fred Mather, author of “Men I have Fished With,” 
with a chapter on Whitefish Culture by Hon. Hersche] 
Whitaker, and a chapter on the Pike-Perch by James 
Nevin. Illustrated. Price, $2.00. 
My Angling Friends. 
A Second Series of “Men I Have Fished With.” By 
Fred Mather. Cloth, 369 pages, with 13 illustrations. 
Price $1.50. 
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