Nov. 30, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
679 
For Sale. 
GAME BIRDS 
Hungarian Partridges, Quail, Ring-neck Pheasants, Wild 
Turkeys, Capercailzie, Black Game, Wild Ducks, Decoys, 
Beautiful Swans, Fancy Pheasants, Peafowl, Cranes, 
Storks, Ornamental Ducks and Geese. 
‘ *Everything in the bird line 
from a Canary to an Ostrich. 1 * 
I am the oldest established and largest exclusive dealer 
in land and water birds in America, and have on hand 
the most extensive stock in the United States. 
G. D. TILLEY, Naturalist 
Box “F” Darien, Conn. 
RAINBOW TROUT 
are well adapted to Eastern waters. Try stock¬ 
ing with some of the nice yearlings or fry from 
our hatchery, and you will be pleased with the 
results. 
PLYMOUTH ROCK TROUT COMPANY, 
Colburn C. Wood, Supt., Plymouth, Mass. 
Small'Mouth Black Bass 
We have the only establishment dealing in young small- 
mouth black bass commercially in the United States. Vig¬ 
orous young bass in various sizes, ranging from advanced 
fry to 3 and 4 inch fingerlings for stocking purposes. 
Waramaug Small-Mouth Black Bass Hatchery. 
Correspondence invited. Send for Circulars. Address 
HENRY W. BEEMAN - - New Preston, Conn. 
BROOK TROUT 
of all ages for stocking brooks 
and lakes. Brook trout eggs 
in any quantity. Warranted delivered anywhere in fine 
condition. Correspondence solicited. 
THE PLYMOUTH ROCK TROUT CO., 
Plymouth, Mass. 
BROOK TROUT 
For stocking purposes. Raised under most favorable 
conditions, those sold being surplus from very large 
private estate hatchery. No pains or expense spared in 
their care. Extremely healthy and gamy fish. 
JAMES CRUICKSHANK 
Bl0 Indian Ulster County, N. Y. 
SPECKLED BROOK TROUT 
We intend to sell in the spring one-half million brook 
trout fry, raised under best of conditions. Safe delivery 
guaranteed. Correspondence solicited. 
DRUMLIN TROUT HATCHERY, Barneveld, N. Y. 
, PHOTOGRAPHS 
of Mountain Scenery, Wild Game, Hunting Parties, 
Panoramic Views, Lakes, Rivers, Falls and Creeks of the 
Big Horn and Rocky Mountains, Western Scenes of 
Ranches, Cattle, Sheep, etc. 
Hand-colored Photos 6%x8%.. .$1.00 each postpaid 
Black and white.50 “ “ 
Panorams, 6x30 (hand-colored) 3.00 “ “ 
Photo Post-Cards.75 per doz. “ 
Tell me your wants. Pictures will be sent upon ap¬ 
proval. The R. H. STINE Picture Shop, Worland, Wyo. 
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A VISIT TO PITCH LAKE. 
Pitch Lake, the strange expanse of asphalt 
which makes Trinidad the chief source of the 
world’s supply, is described by a writer in the 
National Magazine as decidedly out of keeping 
with the other features of that beautiful island. 
This writer was one of a party of nine American 
girls who, arrayed in their oldest clothes, made 
a journey to the lake in spite of discourage¬ 
ments from those who had taken the trip be¬ 
fore them. 
“One can actually ‘walk upon the waters’ of 
this lake,” writes the girl explorer. “Of course, 
it is somewhat sticky strolling, since the pitch 
is about the same consistency as tar. It com¬ 
prises 104 acres in the southeastern part of 
Trinidad, and, located as it is on the Gulf of 
Paria, the pitch is shipped direct to foreign 
ports. 
“Pitch Lake has an unusual history. It was 
discovered some 500 years ago, when Sir Walter 
Raleigh landed in La Brea Harbor and pro¬ 
ceeded to demolish the capital of the island. 
Before sailing away on another filibustering ex¬ 
pedition he repaired his ship with pitch taken 
from Pitch Lake. 
“Pitch has been put to every possible use 
by the natives. The streets of the Port of 
Spain were lighted by torches of pitch until the 
people objected to the odor. Nothing, how¬ 
ever, was done to develop the pitch and oil in¬ 
dustry until recent years. This indifference to 
its value has been credited to the fact that the 
Trinidadians had so many other resources, 
such as their cocoa, coffee and sugar, from 
which to gain an abundant living, that they 
were content to leave Pitch Lake alone. 
“Scientists have often discussed the forma¬ 
tion of the lake. Kingsley describes it as a 
‘vegetable matter which would become peat 
and finally brown coal in a temperate climate, 
but which in the tropics becomes asphalt and 
oil, oozing up through the strata above it.’ 
“Many scientists have reached the conclu¬ 
sion that the pitch is an emulsion, 45 per cent, 
of which is bitumen. 25 per cent, clay and 30 
per cent, water. The pressure of the gases 
from the oil deposits beneath push up the 
underlying pitch as fast as that above it is re¬ 
moved. So the pitch is in reality the un¬ 
evaporated residue of millions of tons of pe¬ 
troleum which has for years oozed from the oil 
sand. 
“Originally the asphalt industry was under 
English ownership, but the concent failed and 
it is now under American control and is worked 
by an American manager and American en¬ 
gineers and laborers. We were given a ride 
out onto the ‘lake’ in a small sightseeing car, 
and soon we reached the spot where the labor¬ 
ers were digging great lumps of pitch and 
tossing them into the cars. 
“Seven hundred and fifty tons are exca¬ 
vated daily, and within a few days the hole from 
which it is taken fills again to a smooth sur¬ 
face. The lake has the appearance of an 
asphalt pavement with here and there pools of 
water. The pitch does not soil the hands but 
sticks forever to shoes, as we were destined to 
discover. About 125,000 tons of pitch are ex¬ 
ported each year, the principal market being 
the United States. This may not always be 
true, since California is already producing a 
good substitute for asphalt.” 
GREATEST OCEAN DEPTH. 
A depth surpassing all previous records has 
been sounded by the German survey ship Planet 
forty nautical miles east of Northern Mindanao. 
The depth obtained was 9.780 meters, or 5,348 
fathoms, and the sounding was obtained under 
conditions which permit the fullest confidence 
in its accuracy, while a determination of bottom 
temperature and a sample of the sea bottom at 
the spot were also secured. 
The greatest depth previously known was 
that found by the American ship Nero near 
Guam in 1899, which was fixed at 5,268 fathoms. 
This has now been exceeded, therefore, by 
eighty fathoms.—Geographical Journal. 
Taxidermists. 
J. KANNOFSKY. 
PRACTICAL GLASS BLOWER 
and manufacturer of artificial eyes for birds, animals and manu¬ 
facturing purposes a specialty. Send for prices. All kinds of 
heads and skulls for furriers and taxidermists 369 Canal 
Street, New York. 
Please mention “Forestand Stream.” 
SAVE YOUR TROPHIES 
Write for Illustrated Catalogue 
“Heads and Horns” 
It gives directions for preparing and preserving Skins, Antlers, 
etc. Also prices for Heads and Rugs, Birds and Fish, and all 
kinds of work in Taxidermy. 
Ward’s Natural Science Establishment 
ROCHESTER. N. Y. 
ROWLAND, 
TAXIDERMIST, 
A specialty in mounting: Moose, Elk, Caribou and Deer 
heads. Call and examine work. 
No. 182 SIXTH AVENUE, 
Tel. 4205 Chelsea. Near 13th St. NEW YORK 
THE TRAPPER’S GUIDE, 
And Manual of Instruction for Capturing all Kinds of 
Fur-Bearing Animals, and Curing their Skins; with 
observations on the fur trade, hints on life in the 
woods, narratives of trapping and hunting excursions. 
By S. Newhouse and other trappers and sportsmen. 
Cloth. Illustrated. Price, $1. 
This is the best book on trapping ever written. It 
gives full descriptions of all the animals which the 
American trapper is likely to meet with, tells how they 
live, how to tr3p them and how to care for and cure 
their pelts. 
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