Oct. 12, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
451 
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. 
NAMES OF ANIMALS. 
The kangaroo came by his name rather 
strangely. When first Australia was discovered, 
a sailor pointed to a kangaroo and asked a native 
what they called that animal. 
The poor black man having never met an 
Englishman before, had no idea what the sailor 
was talking about, and replied in his own lan¬ 
guage. kangaroo, that is, "I do not understand." 
The sailor foolishly supposed this was the name 
of the animal in the Australian tongue, and ever 
since we have called the animal kangaroo, * I 
do not understand.” 
A curious mistake occurs also in the word 
crayfish. The name was borrowed from the 
French, who call this lobster-like animal ecre- 
visse. The English thought that because it lived 
in the water it must be a fish, says the Raja 
Yoga Messenger, and so we always call it tne 
crayfish. Of course the little creature is no more 
a fish than a seal is a fish, or a sponge or an 
oyster, although they also live in the water. 
The large American cat known as the puma 
is very rich in names, which fact leads to no 
little confusion in the minds of young students- 
of natural history. The early Puritan settlers 
in New England named the animal the painter, 
meaning of course panther, because in shape and 
size it strongly resembles this fierce carnivore of 
the Old World. 
He also received the name catamount, which 
was shortened down from cat of the mountain. 
The reddish color of the fur of some of the 
specimens suggested the name red tiger, while 
in certain places it was given the more majestic 
name of mountain lion. In South America one 
of the native names was cuguacuara, but we 
have very sensibly knocked off four of the six 
syllables and shortened it to cougar. 
The puma has such a wide range, being 
found from Canada to Patagonia, that naturally 
enough it receives a different name in the vari¬ 
ous countries and localities which it inhabits. 
Six names for one animal. No wonder readers 
of books of travel get confused. 
When an animal becomes known for the 
first time to English-speaking people, they usually 
adopt the name it goes by in its native country. 
Thus our word camel is evidently the Hebrew 
name for that animal, gamel, which has become 
slightly changed in the course of time. 
Sometimes we use a purely English com¬ 
pound word in place of the native name of the 
animal, which often seems a great pity. The 
Red Indians speak of the wishton-wish when 
they mean that pretty little marmot of the plains 
which we refer to as the prairie dog. It is not 
of the dog family, being far more nearly related 
to the guinea pig than to the mastiff or the wolf. 
The name guinea pig was bestowed by a 
most unfortunate mistake. This little household 
pet is a cavy and not a pig, and does not come 
from the Guinea coast of Africa, but from 
Guiana on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. 
Every one at Point Loma knows the trouble¬ 
some burrowing pocket gopher who makes his 
holes in our gardens and throws up the earth 
in unsightly heaps. When the French first set¬ 
tled on the eastern coast, they thought the nu¬ 
merous burrows made the ground like honey¬ 
comb, and so they called him gaufre; that is, 
honeycomb, which later on became corrupted to 
gopher.—New York Sun. 
FEW WALNUTS THIS YEAR. 
Although last year’s walnut and hickory 
nut crop on the Genesee flats was a mammoth 
one, the trees bear witness this year that there 
will be hardly a hundred bushels of these favorite 
nuts the whole length and breadth of the Genesee 
Valley. The hickory trees on the flats are fairly 
numerous, but they are few indeed compared 
with the giant walnut trees that greet the eye 
everywhere there. 
The forests of chestnut trees in and about 
Portage are white with chestnut burrs, and that 
there will be plenty of chestnuts there is no ques¬ 
tion ; the walnut trees, however, are apparently 
exhausted from last year’s heavy bearing and a 
good crop is not looked for.—Geneseo Corres¬ 
pondence Rochester Union and Advertiser. 
Uncle Lisha’s Shop. 
Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. By Rowland E. Rob¬ 
inson. Cloth. 187 pages. Brice, $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.” 
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 Forest 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. 
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 
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 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. 
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 
bounded 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. 
By F. H. 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. 
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. A» 
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. Cloth, 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 W. T. Hamilton (“Bill” Hamilton). With 8 full- 
page illustrations by Clias. 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. J. 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. 
By 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 ta 
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, blueiay, chickadee, cedar 
bird, meadow lark, robin, woodcock, kingfisher, crossbill, 
and nuthatches. 
The Anglers’ Workshop. Rod Making for 
Beginners. 
By Perry D. Frazer. Cloth, 180 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. 
Modem Fishculture in Fresh and 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 Jame* 
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 iliustrationa. 
Trice $1.50. 
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