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FOREST AND STREAM 
Sept. 21, 1912 
And his hot eyes, filled with an angry pain, 
Koved softly to and fro; 
And he rose with a look of triumph 
On his seamed and ugly face, 
" J 'll bewitch the woods and the waters—in fact 
3 ’ll ‘hoodoo’ the whole blamed place.” 
Then he took from his wampum wallet 
The skull of a soulless child. 
An adder's fang, and a viper’s sting. 
And the gay old chieftain smiled— 
And he brewed a broth of horrible things 
And poison many a score, 
With magic words the forest rings 
As he gleefully hunts for more. 
And he scattered this devil's sediment 
Where the winds could waft it wide, 
And he buried it deep in the peaceful lake 
Where the trout and salmon glide; 
He wearied not in his horrible work, 
And, gleefully all the while, 
He was swearing in four different languages, 
And his soul was filled with guile. 
And from that same day till this same day, 
In all the country round. 
The forest, the lakes and rivers, 
Not a bit of game is found; 
And the ugly turtle rears his head 
From the sheen of the rippling wave, 
For he is the only living thing 
That the crafty chieftain saved. 
And the rifle, true as the magnet steel. 
When brought to this cursed place. 
Will spit back fire, like a burning fiend. 
In its own proud owner’s face; 
And the fish poles break and the boats go down 
On a sunken grapevine reef, 
And all because of the magic of 
That vicious Indian chief. 
And even in playing poker 
Will another queer thing begin. 
Every mother's son in the game will lose, . 
And nobody claims to win. 
But, notwithstanding the game is gone, 
And never a fish to flop, 
You mark my words, “This same old Oaks 
Is an elegant place to stop.” 
Hints for Campers. 
BY LORNA. 
Groceries are usually carried in a large 
waterproof bag, each article having its own 
smaller bag. This is all right for transporta¬ 
tion, but in camp it is a great nuisance to 
have to go to the bottom of the bag for articles 
you happen to need. A good plan is to take in 
your transportation bag three waterproof 
canvas folding buckets. One serves as a catch¬ 
all in your tent; another as a receptacle for 
groceries; and the third is used for water. A 
kettle is too much in need for cooking to be 
put to this use. 
A cooking fire-place: Build tw'o side walls, 
three feet long and nine inches high, of stones, 
the walls being one foot apart, and also an end 
wall at the far end. Heat is too valuable to be 
wasted. Dig a pit nine inches deep, between 
the walls extending from the front of the fire¬ 
place to within a few inches of the end wall, 
and bank the earth removed against the out¬ 
side of the walls. As the ashes accumulate, re¬ 
move and bank them on top of the earth, mak¬ 
ing the w'ork solid with w'ater. This gives a 
stove producing an even cooking heat and a 
pit for the bean-pot, etc., at all times. 
Duck Epidemic in the West. 
Reports have just been received by the Amer¬ 
ican Game Protective and Propagation Associa¬ 
tion, of New York city, that an epidemic such 
as the one which destroyed so many wild ducks 
in the neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah, in 
1910 and 1911, is again threatened in that terri¬ 
tory. The association has solicited the aid of 
the Biological Survey at Washington, and 
through its offices it is probable that the Patho¬ 
logical Division of the Bureau of Animal Indus¬ 
try will lake* the matter up and endeavor to dis¬ 
cover a way to check the disease which has al¬ 
ready killed two million ducks in Utah, accord¬ 
ing to the estimate of Dr. Fisher, of the Bio¬ 
logical Survey. 
A local sportsman has just written that a 
tenth of the ducks which breed in the marshes 
around Salt Lake are now' either dead or dying. 
So far every attempted remedy has been unsuc¬ 
cessful. Two years ago, when the waters and 
marshes were literally covered with dead and 
dying birds, sportsmen spent much time and 
money in trying to discover the cause, but with¬ 
out avail. Specimens sent to Washington for 
examination revealed only the lesions accompany¬ 
ing coccidiosis, a common disease of domestic 
fowl, but the authorities believe that a more 
virulent infection than that was responsible for 
the epidemic. 
It is thought that by having a man on the 
ground to study the disease this year, the Gov¬ 
ernment will be able to determine its nature and 
prescribe a remedy. 
Genesee County F. and G. P. Ass’n. 
The Genesee County Fish and Game Pro¬ 
tective Association had a field day at Meadow 
Brook, Batavia, N. Y., on Aug. 30. 
Bait-Casting Events.—First event, bait-cast¬ 
ing for accuracy: Won by Dr. J. R. Maul, first 
prize; Dr. W. D. Johnson, second prize. Second 
event, bait-casting for distance: A. J. Squires, 
first prize; Dr. H. M. Spofford, second prize. 
Fly-Casting Events.—First event, fly-casting 
for accuracy: A. J. Squires, first prize; M. 
Tyler, second prize. Second event, flv-casting 
for distance: A. J. Squires, first prize; M. Tyler, 
second prize. 
Rifle Shooting Contest.—First event, .22 cali¬ 
ber, seventy-five feet: Billings, first prize; J. P. 
Fotch, second prize. J. P. Fotch, special .22 
prize. Second event, 200 yards: Munsell, first 
prize; M. Tyler, second prize. 
For nearly forty years Forest and Stream 
has occupied the foremost position as a sports¬ 
man's publication. 
