smoke appears at the point of friction, the dust 
comes out darker in color, then charred, then the 
little pile of sawdust smokes, and Ishi stops 
work. 
Without disturbing the position, of anything, 
hardly taking a breath, he waits for the little 
pile to smoulder. In half a minute he carefully 
takes the sticks away from the pile, picks up the 
grass, or cuddles it about the smoking dust, and 
gently blows upon it. Within another half 
minute the grass bursts into flame and his fire 
is made. The whole thing requires less than 
three minutes. 
But it is hard work, and makes even Ishi 
sweat. 
Using his apparatus, I have made fire in just 
this way but I should hate to depend upon it in 
a pinch. With a short bow the string of which 
is wound several turns around the spindle, and 
holding the end of the spindle in a concave 
stone, one can make a fire much more readily. 
But Ishi scorns such methods as unworthy of 
a man—used only by the women. 
The wood must be dry and free from pro¬ 
nounced grain. If it burnishes instead of pow¬ 
dering, in the drill hole, it will not work. 
If you try this method, you may take this bit 
of consolation, that just as you are about to 
give up, from exhaustion, you are on the verge 
of making fire. 
If you want further instruction, call on Ishi 
at the Museum of Anthropology, San Francisco, 
which is in California. 
SAXTON POPE. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATION. 
Concord, N. H., July 24, 1914. 
Not since New Hampshire adopted a system 
of legally conserving fish and game interests has 
there been an event which promises more direct 
results in the promotion of such an object than 
a meeting of sportsmen held in Concord last 
week. It had been the purpose of Fish and Game 
Commissioner Beal to call a meeting in Septem¬ 
ber of the more prominent sportsmen and heads 
of protective and propagation organizations in 
order to secure a concensus of opinion as to what 
is needed to perfect the fish and game code and 
the best and most practical “ways and means” 
to obtain the desideratum through legislative ac¬ 
tion next winter. 
Immediately upon assuming office Commis¬ 
sioner Beal began an administration of the duties 
of the position such as it never before had, and 
his undeviating adherence to the policies which 
he formulated gives the best possible assurance 
of a new era in fish and game activities. There 
is a popular confidence that while his intelligent 
efforts will be productive of the best results, so 
far as public benefit is concerned, sportsmen will 
come to their own again. 
The meeting was called because the commis¬ 
sioner deemed it advisable to have an interchange 
of sentiment before the September conference and 
results proved the wisdom of his conclusion, for 
practically but one idea prevailed among the many 
who were present and that was endorsement of 
Mr. Beal’s- policies. 
These he frankly stated in his opening address, 
saying: “My duty is to guard the interests of 
every hunter, of every fisherman, and of every 
farmer. For as you all know, the interests of the 
sportsmen and farmers are inter-related. After 
FOREST AND STREAM 
looking over the receipts and expenditures of this 
department I soon realized that a great injustice 
had been perpetrated on the sportsmen of this 
state and to further carry out this policy would 
be to justify a system that has robbed the sports¬ 
men of more than $80,000, a thing that anyone 
with a drop of red blood in their veins could 
not do. 
“This meeting was called for the purpose of 
creating a sentiment through the state that the 
sportsmen should have a square deal and with 
your co-operation we can win.” 
The law which the sporting interests desire 
changed is the one which compels the money re¬ 
ceived from the sale of hunters’ licenses to be 
turned over to the state treasury, where it is used 
for highway and other purposes, instead of being 
applied to the propagation of game and the re¬ 
stocking of the covers as they are shot out. Re¬ 
ferring to this, Commissioner Beal quoted figures 
to show what the appropriations to the depart¬ 
ment, its receipts and amounts turned over to 
the state treasury had been during the past four 
or five years. From 1909 to 1910 the sum of 
$8,600 was appropriated, while the sum of $18,- 
433.52 was paid to the treasury received from 
licenses and fines While the fiscal year is not 
over yet, there will doubtless be some $40,000 re¬ 
ceived from licenses and the like, while the ap¬ 
propriation is something about $20,000.' 
Various amendments to the fish and game code 
were agreed to, one of which provides for the 
licensing of fishermen and the issuance of a com¬ 
bination license for fishing and hunting, but its 
enactment will depend on the action of the legis¬ 
lature on the proposition to allow the commis¬ 
sioner to use the receipts of the office for fish 
and game purposes. It was the opinion of the 
hunters that they should not be taxed to permit 
of sport while the state was doing nothing to 
make the sport good in view of the fact that 
whereas the state was spending large sums for the 
stocking of state waters with fish, nothing was 
exacted from the fishermen in return. 
The discussion included every angle of the 
fish and game laws, and Commissioner Beal is 
confident that much good will come from it. 
Among those who participated in the confer¬ 
ence were H. C. Lintott, Nashua; Henry C. 
Chase, Concord; F. E. Green, president of the 
Littleton Fish and Game Club; P. M. Gunderman, 
fish and game commissioner of the Textile Club, 
Manchester; George G. File, member and direc¬ 
tor of the Mascoma Valley Fish and Game Club; 
Sumner M. Patten, chairman of the Textile Club, 
Manchester; C. H. Whittier, Textile Club, Man¬ 
chester; H. R. Armstrong, Textile Club, Man¬ 
chester; F. W. McKirwin, Amoskeag Textile 
Club, Manchester; William A. Burlingame, Amos¬ 
keag Textile Club, Manchester; Peter King, Mer¬ 
rimack County, secretary and treasurer Protective 
Association; D H. Carpenter, Merrimack County 
Sportsmen’s Association; Elias A. Bryant, chair¬ 
man of the committee on fisheries, Winnipesaukee 
Protective Association, Lakeport; A. B. Black, 
secretary of the Winnipesaukee Protective Asso¬ 
ciate, Lakeport; John P. George, Concord ; Gen¬ 
eral Frank Battles, Concord; James H. Morris, 
Concord; Nathaniel E. Martin, Concord; Peter 
Smith. Concord, fish and game inspector, and Rev. 
A. Wright Saltus, president . of the Merrimack 
County Sportsmen’s Association. 
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Sportsmen are rejoicing over the probability 
that middle and northern New Hampshire will 
become breeding grounds for pheasants. In addi¬ 
tion to the appearance earlier in the season of a 
solitary bird on the Merrimack River intervale 
east of Concord, it has been discovered that a 
family of six has pre-empted a home there. In 
other parts of this and other nearby towns pheas¬ 
ants are reported to have been infrequently seen. 
Commissioner Beal states that he has received 
reports of pheasants breeding in Plymouth, Ossi- 
pee and other localities in the upper region of 
the state. “I think, “he said, “they are making 
their way up from Massachusetts and ultimately 
will become domesticated here, the same as 
other game birds. They will not be driven 
away by cold weather,” he added, “but will 
withstand the rigors of our winters all right.” 
A. H. ROBINSON. 
YACHTING IN CALIFORNIA. 
The yachtsmen of Los Angeles, California, 
have decided to construct a twelve-meter racing 
yacht which they will enter in the races for the 
Sir Thomas Lipton cup to be held at San Fran¬ 
cisco next April. This move was decided upon 
at a banquet held at the Jonathan club, July 22, 
which affair was given by Commodore A. J. 
Mitchell for Capt- John Barneson. Those attend¬ 
ing this banquet were the participants in the race 
between the Yankee Girl and the Edris, July 
3rd, the race, it will be remembered, being won 
by Capt. Barneson’s Edris. That the building 
of this yacht will surely be a reality is attested 
by the active manner in which the subscription 
list is being taken care of. The first two names 
on this list were those of Gen. M. H. Sherman 
and Com. A. J. Mitchell,- who each promised to 
donate $1,000 toward the amount to be raised. 
The idea is to raise $25,000, $12,000 of which 
will be used for the construction of the yacht, 
the remainder to be used to man it. 
Although the plans are still in a formative 
state, it is probable that the yacht will be built 
in California on plans drawn by one of the 
famous eastern marine architects, whose racing 
yachts have been successful. As soon as the 
money has been raised these constructors will 
be asked to submit plans in a competition. From 
the winning plans some California boat builder 
will construct the yacht that is to defend the 
honor of Los Angeles. It is the plan of the com¬ 
mittee to get the boat in the water as soon as 
possible in order to allow time for the crew to 
thoroughly familiarize itself with the behavior 
of the craft in the rough waters outside San 
Francisto bay. 
At this banquet the following committee was 
appointed to arrange the preliminaries of this 
boat building affair: General Sherman, M. F. 
Ihmsen, L. W. Paramore, W. Llewellen, Frank 
A. Garbutt, Commodore, A. J. Mitchell, of the 
South Coast Yacht club, and William Banning, 
and Frank Hudson from the Los Angeles Motor 
Boat Club. 
RAISING GAME FOR SLAUGHTER. 
East Brewster, Mass., July 30, 1914. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I enclose a clipping from an English paper. I 
thought might interest you for it gives some 
idea how they rear and kill game abroad. I 
used to work at this place before coming to 
