Aug. 31, 1912 
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PEARL FISHERIES OF LOWER CALI¬ 
FORNIA. 
On June 1, says Consul Lucien N. Sullivan, 
of La Paz, Mexico, the pearl fishing concession 
held by the Mangara Exploration Limited of 
London, was canceled by the Mexican Govern¬ 
ment, the company receiving for its equipment, 
consisting of boats, diving suits, air pumps and 
other paraphernalia 300,000 pesos, or about $150,- 
000 gold. 
Under date of July 14, 1912, notices were 
posted by the inspector of fisheries that the regis¬ 
ter is now open for the inscription of the names 
of persons desiring to take out licenses to dive 
for pearl oysters. 
The abrogation of the above named conces¬ 
sion throws open all localities for pearl fishing, 
except some beds in the vicinity of a few small 
islands, exclusive rights for these restricted areas 
being retained by two concessions of not much 
relative importance. The agitation for free fish¬ 
eries was continuous for more than two years, 
and the inhabitants of this section are jubilant 
over the final success of the popular movement. 
It will now be possible for the pearl buyers 
of American houses to secure some of the choice 
pearls taken from these waters. The beautiful 
pink, sea-green bronze and blue pearls, it is be¬ 
lieved, are not found in other parts of the world. 
While it is true that many pearls are secured 
from the mussels found in the Mississippi and 
some other rivers in the United States, the fresh 
water pearl does not have the luster of pearls 
obtained from salt water pearl oysters. 
The first boats will be allowed to go out 
about Sept. 1, and the first zone to be fished 
will be that along the west coast of the main¬ 
land south of Acapulco. The boats with their 
equipment are to be sold at auction by the Gov¬ 
ernment in lots to the highest bidder. 
The rules regulating the pearl fisheries will 
probably be printed soon. When available, this 
consulate will send a translation to Washington 
[where it will be procurable through the Bureau 
of Manufactures]. 
THE RIFLE THAT WON TLIE WILDER¬ 
NESS. 
The rifles of colonial and Revolutionary 
days would stagger the model marksmen to 
sight. Deckert, a famous Pennsylvania gun¬ 
smith of that time, made most of his rifles sixty- 
four inches long with a heavy four-foot barrel. 
It required muscles of steel to aim such a 
weapon accurately. 
But to its owner such a rifle was often the 
most prized of all his earthly possessions. Lie 
called it a pet name; he kept it oiled and cleaned 
to perfection; he gave it all the credit of his 
successful marksmanship. 
And largely he was right, says the Boston 
Globe For the traditional skill of the American 
rifleman depended in no small part on the skill 
that went into the making of his weapon, hand¬ 
made in some frontier gunsmith’s cabin shop. 
For the long, heavy, slender, small-bore rifle 
was distinctly an American development, and it 
reached its climax when about 1750 some genius 
of a rifleman hit upon the device of wrapping 
the bullet in a greased buckskin patch to make 
it fit the bore tight. 
Tt was in no small part through the marks¬ 
manship attained by such weapons in the hands 
of the New Englanders that Louisburg fell : it 
was the accurate rifle fire of the Pennsylvanians 
and the Southern riflemen under Morgan that 
cut down the advancing French on the Plains of 
Abraham; and. in the Revolution itself, it was 
confidence in the superiority of their weapons 
that aided the Americans to cut off Burgoyne in 
New.York State and Ferguson at King’s Moun¬ 
tain in South Carolina. 
The colonists were the greatest weapon¬ 
using neonle in the world of that epoch. On 
his rifle the hunter, the pioneer and the settler 
depended for food, for protection against beast 
and savage, and for offense in time of war. And 
the necessity for the best produced the best, 
something that the owner prized next after his 
wife and children. 
THE OUTDOOR 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. 
Uncle Lisha’s Shop. 
Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. By Rowland E. Rob¬ 
inson. Cloth. 187 pages. Price, $1.25. 
The shop itself, the place of business of Uncle Lisha 
Peggs, 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.” 
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 
held trials, Mr. Waters was admirably equipped to write 
such a work. It has already taken its place as the 
standard autnority. 
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 Eorest and Stream and other publications 
and now for the first time brought together. 
Forest Runes. 
Poems by George W. Sears (“Nessmuk”). With arto- 
type portraits and autobiographical sketch of the author. 
Cloth, 208 pages. Price, $1.50. 
™TT Ge ° f rs X e Bi f d Grmne11 - Cloth. 630 pages. With 58 
mlnf r S f °l iN , 0rth : 4 ™ encan Swans, Geese and Ducks, 
1 Ians of Boats and Batteries. Fifty Vignettes in the 
Price an $3 50 C lart ° f ^ topography of a duck's plumage 
My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, 
Trading and Indian Fighting. 
By W. T. Hamilton (“Bill” Hamilton). With 8 full- 
page , illustrations by Chas. M. Russell. New York. 
Cloth. 233 pages. Price, $1.50. 
American Big Game Hunting. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club: Editors: 
Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Illus¬ 
trated. Cloth, 345 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Trail and Camp-Fire. 
The 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. 
This is the fourth and by far the largest and hand¬ 
somest of the Club’s books. It opens with a sketch of 
Theodore Roosevelt, founder of the Boone and Crockett 
Club, and contains an extremely interesting article from 
liis 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 ihe noblest of our game birds, 
following the ruffed grouse deep into his haurts, de¬ 
tailing the experiences of more than 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. 
Manual of Taxidermy for Amateurs. 
A complete guide in collecting 
and animals. Bv C. I. Maynard 
edition. Price, $1.00 
and preserving 
Illustrated. 
birds 
New 
The Long Shooters” and the Origin of 300 
Yards Revolver Shooting. (New.) 
By \\ m. 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. 
By Nessmuk. Cloth, 200 pages. Illustrated. Postpaid, 
51. uo. 
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. Ihe 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 n 
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. Van Fleet. Illustrated by Howard H. 
Darnell. Cloth. 146 pages, with 14 photogravure 
plates. Price, $1.00. 
Describes the wood duck, the great horned owl, ruffed 
grouse, killdeer, plover, bobolink, bluejay, chickadee, cedar 
bird, meadow lark, robin, woodcock, kingfisher, crossbill 
and nuthatches. 
Inter-Ocean Hunting Tales. 
By Edgar F. 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. 
Rv F. 11. F. 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 
from childhood to manhood; from the killing of little 
fishes and birds to a buffalo hunt. By Fred Mather. 
Illustrated. Price, $1.50. 
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. 1 here is no theorizing or speculation. All 
terms are simple, and all kinds of rods and woods are 
treated of. 
iviuucm r lsncumire in rresn ana Salt Water. 
By Fred Mather, author of “Men I have Fished With,” 
with a chapter on Whitefish Culture by Hon. Herschel 
Whitaker, and a chapter on the Pike-Perch by Tame* 
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. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
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