FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 13 , 1909 . 
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"ResortJ for S'porfsmen. 
I)umer$' Lodge 
Jill Tdeal minter Kesidencc 
Quail abundant in easy walking dis¬ 
tance! Specially recommended to Ladies 
and Gentlemen who desire a mild climate, 
choice accommodations and a luxurious 
table. References given with pleasure. 
Address 
GEN’L FRANK A. BOND. 
Buies. North Carolina 
BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 
Big-game hunting parties thoroughly and economical!) 
equipped. 
ELEPHANT. LION. BUFFALO. 
ANTELOPE. RHINOCEROS. 
Tell us when you want to start and we do the rest 
Write for booklet to NEWLAND, TARLTON & CO. 
LTD. (head office, Nairobi, B. E. Africa), 166 Piccadilly, 
London, England. Cables: Wapagazi; London 
NEWFOUNDi^AND 
Excellent Salmon and Trout Fishing; also Caribou 
.shooting. Tent^ guides, boats provided. Write 
BUNCiALOW, Grand Lake, Newfoundland. 
We will insert your Hotel or Camp Advertisement 
in a space of this size (one inch) at the following 
rates: One time, $2.10; three months (13 insertions). 
$18.20; six months, (26 insertions), $35.00; one year 
(52 insertions), $60.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM, NEW YORK. 
Vifanfs and Ejechan^es. 
SPORTSMEN! HUNTERS! TRAPPERS! 
1 will pay good prices for all kinds of live wild water 
fowl, either wing-tipped or trapped birds. 
G. D. TILLEY, Darien, Conn. 
MANAGER OF LARGS ESTATE OR GAME 
PRESERVE FORESTER 
Trained and formerly employed in German government 
forests, wants position with large lumber company, rail- 
‘ road cr kindred concern needing the services of a thor¬ 
oughly e.xperienced and practical man; specialty in pheas¬ 
ant raising; highest references. Address E. W. Sch., 
P. O. Box 1203, Pittsfield, Mass. 7 
Salmon Fishing Wanted.—Address with particulars. 
G. B. Co., 11 East 24th St., New York. 7 
\\anted.—English Pheasants and eggs. C. H. BOYER, 
400 \\ ainnt St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 7 
My Life As Aiv Indian 
All That the Title Implies and More 
Probably the most faithful picture of Indian 
life ever drawn from the pen of a man who 
spent years among the Blackfeet, marrying into 
the tribe and becoming to all practical intents 
an Indian. 
Mr. Schultz tells of the life of the plains In¬ 
dian, when war and hunting were the occupations 
of every man, when the buffalo still covered the 
prairie, and the Indian was as yet little touched 
by contact with civilization. He describes as one 
who has lived the life, the daily routine of the 
great camp, the lives of the men and women, 
the gambling, the quarreling, the love making, 
the wars, the trading of the Indians. 
The narrative is full of intense human in¬ 
terest, and the requisite touch of romance is 
supplied in the character of Nat-ah-ki, the beau¬ 
tiful Indian girl, who became the author’s wife. 
Price, $1.65 postpaid. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO. 
J 27 Franklin Street, New York] 
"Property for Jtale. 
FOR SALE—PROPERTY FOR A CLUB. 
Unexcelled on the Coast for a Gunning, Fishing and Boat¬ 
ing Club. Locatfon, Ocean side Eastern Shore, Va^ 30 
miles north of Cape Charles; 8 hours from New York City, 
5% from Philadelphia, and 4% from Norfolk, via Old Point 
Comfort and Norfolk Express to Keller Sta., Va. The 
Thousands of acres of meadow lands nearby for Bay Birds. 
Numerous small bays and thoroughfares for Ducks, Geese 
and Brant, Quail and Rabbit shooting. Excellent fishing, 
inland and at sea. Surf bathing, automobiling and driv¬ 
ing. Building new and fitted with electric lights, hot, 
cold and salt water. Furnished and ready for occupancy. 
Address, A. H. G. HEARS, Wachapreague, Va. 
P.S.—This is your opportunity. Desirable sporting loca¬ 
tions are nearly all taken. The rising generation will have 
nothing to select from. Protect your families and especially 
your boys. Agents wanted to sell or organize a club. 
ANIMALS DURING EARTHQUAKE. 
During the progress of an earthquake, even 
when unattended with serious results, it is not 
surprising that the human interest takes prece¬ 
dence of all others, and in consequence very 
little has been placed on record concerning the 
behavior of domestic animals, such as cats and 
dogs. While residing for some years in North¬ 
ern and Central Chile, says O. H. Evans in 
the London Field, I had more opportunities 
than I cared for of experiencing the effects of 
earth tremors upon my own nervous system, 
and very soon came to be of the same opinion 
as the native who originated the celebrated 
phrase. “The better I know he, the less I like 
he.” At all times surrounded by pets of some 
kind, it was occasionally impossible to over¬ 
look the effect produced upon the lower ani¬ 
mals by earth movements of greater or less 
intensity. 
I have frequently heard it stated that horses 
and mules manifest signs of alarm before their 
rider is aware of anything unusual taking place. 
There does not appear to be any evidence be¬ 
yond common opinion that these animals feet, 
anything in the nature of a “premonition” of 
approaching danger, but it is not unlikely that 
they become conscious of the quivering of the 
ground before their rider’s less acute senses 
have detected any movement. I have been as¬ 
sured on good authority that horses exhibit 
extreme terror during the continuance of a 
shock, trembling and becoming bathed with 
perspiration. There can be little doubt that 
alarming phenomena of this kind excite similar 
feelings of apprehension in them as in human 
beings. I had frequent opportunities of ob¬ 
serving the effect of earthquake shocks on dogs. 
One of the first signs of an approaching shock 
is given by the simultaneous barking of every 
dog in the place, and it is noteworthy that with 
one accord they make for the open air with all 
possible speed. In an “earthquake country” 
this rush for safety must be an inherited in¬ 
stinct. 
It is an article of popular belief throughout 
Chile that dogs and cats, warned by some 
sense in which man is deficient, will leave a 
town before a great earthquake, like rats leav¬ 
ing a doomed ship. This idea I believe to be 
quite erroneous. A “temblor” comes to an 
animal with the same quality of unpleasant sur¬ 
prise as it does to his master. An enormous 
dog of quite indeterminate breed, chiefly re¬ 
markable for his extraordinary size and affec¬ 
tionate nature, of which I was the fortunate 
owner, used to make a comical exhibition of 
himself whenever the ground was seized with 
a shivering fit. On such occasions he would 
crouch down with legs widely spread out and 
tail between his legs, and, after a barking 
paroxysm, would throw up his head and moan 
with fright. For hours afterward the poor fel¬ 
low would suffer from “nerves.” 
The terrible catastrophe of Aug. 16, 1906, 
found the streets of Valparaiso as full of dogs 
as usual. In the town itself the general uproar 
drowned all sound of barking, but I have been 
told by friends on board ships in the bay that 
the earthquake was heralded by a quite un¬ 
paralleled canine clamor, immediately over¬ 
powered, however, by the crash of falling 
houses and the cries of the unfortunate in¬ 
habitants. Before morning it was generally re¬ 
marked that the dogs had actually barked them¬ 
selves hoarse; in some instances, indeed, they 
had barked until they could bark no more, and 
could only give utterance to croaks. This re¬ 
mark sounds fantastic, but, none the less, it is 
true. 
During that miserable night of rain, earth¬ 
quake and flame, thousands of dogs wandered 
aimlessly about among the crowds gathered in 
the public squares, and in many cases made 
themselves such a nuisance that a swift bayonet 
thrust from a sailor or a slash from a police¬ 
man’s sword put a sudden end to their uneasy 
perambulations. It was curious to notice that 
whenever two or more dogs chanced to meet 
they at once flew at each other’s throats, and 
a terrible fight ensued until some one, angry at 
having his devotions disturbed, separated the 
combatants with hearty blows and curses. In 
such an uncertain state of temper it was very 
unsafe to pat strange dogs on the head, but 
one stray to whom we had spoken kindly stayed 
by us for hours, occasionally looking up into 
our faces with an appealing gaze that was very 
touching. At last this dog became involved in 
a general fight, and we saw no more of him. 
On the following day the tremors which 
throughout the night had followed at short 
intervals the first destructive shocks, continued 
with slowly decreasing intensity. Sitting in the 
rubbish-strewn “patio” of what had but yester¬ 
day been a friend’s house, it seemed strange to 
see the lizards basking calmly in the hot sun¬ 
shine amid the recent ruins, and the humming 
birds flitting from flower to flower in the con¬ 
fusion that had been a garden. The household 
cat, . which might reasonably have been ex¬ 
pected to rejoice at the sudden transformation 
of her surroundings into a gigantic dustbin, 
was strangely disturbed. She spent hours in 
pacing up and down the patio, and be¬ 
fore we felt the slightest tremor of the 
frequently recurring shakings, her hair bristled, 
her ears flattened, and she “swore.” 
• A terrier puppy of the tender age of six 
weeks met with a remarkable adventure during 
this calamity. On the night of the earthquake, 
after undergoing the usual petting and scolding, 
he had been put to bed in the kitchen, and was, 
very naturally, completely overlooked in the 
subsequent alarming happenings. Next morn¬ 
ing a relief expedition entered the ruined 
kitchen, and found the little dog in excellent 
spirits. A large saucepan of Irish stew had 
been standing on the fire, and as the entire 
range was hurled from its customary position 
to the other side of the room, the stew was 
widely distributed. We shall never know what 
befel the puppy during the actual catastrophe, 
but it was only too evident that his experiences 
had not affected his appetite, for when found he 
had stuffed himself to repletion. No doubt the 
attractions of unlimited stew, an agreeable 
change from his former bread and milk diet, 
had considerably mitigated the tedium of his 
long confinement. 
HOW A BIG BASS WAS LANDED. 
There was great excitement at Waramaug 
Lake recently over the catching of a monstrous 
bass. A lawyer from New York went out fish¬ 
ing one afternoon with one of our celebrated 
anglers. About noon he had a bite and 
hooked a fish which, it was immediately seen by 
both fishermen, they could not hope to land 
with a bamboo pole, a small line, and a single 1 
snell hook. They flung the pole into the lake, ‘ 
pulled up anchors, and started after it in hot 
pursuit. After an exciting chase of over half 
an hour the fish was “winded,” and they were 
able to land it with the aid of a net. It may 
be believed that they lost no time in rowing 
to the hotel, where it was found to tip the 
scales at exactly seven and one-half pounds. 
This is the largest fish ever caught in Wara¬ 
maug Lake by one-half a pound, and the largest 
bass ever taken from the lakes of Connecticut. 
Two photographs of it have been taken, and 
it was carried to New York by its captor 
packed in ice, with great care. Its dimensions 
were, length 24 inches, width 14 inches.—Litch¬ 
field, Conn., Enquirer. 
