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March 13 , 1909 .] 
CORMORANTS AND SALMON FRY. 
The destruction caused by cormorants an¬ 
nually among salmon fry and trout does not 
seem to be generally recognized, especially in 
the northern counties of Scotland, says the 
Scottish Field; and while the observations of 
the writer have been mainly confined to the 
district around the Beauly Firth,, there is not 
wanting testimony that other districts too are 
suffering. The mode of procedure is for the 
cormorants to gather in force on the mud- 
banks at the estuary of the Beauly when the 
fry are descending. From behind the banks 
the writer has frequently watched them through 
a strong telescope, and so voracious are their 
appetites, that from a dozen to eighteen of the 
little silver beauties form but a single meal. 
Soon the work of digestion is completed, and 
the destruction continued. People are won¬ 
dering that the Ness Fishery Board and the 
riparian proprietors are not more keenly alive 
to their interests. Were qd. or 6d. per skull 
paid to the puntsmen frequenting the firth we 
should soon see a different state of things. 
The killing of fry does not sum up the sins of 
the cormorants. When these sweet morsels 
are unobtainable, the birds turn to trout, and 
can frequently be seen with a fine pound fish 
in their bills. That good sportsman. Major 
Arthur Hughes-Onslow, who was fishing in 
Sutherlandshire during the past season, writes 
that the cormorants “are death on the trout” 
in that locality. 
SAVED THE BIRDS. 
Some members of the last section of the 
Republic’s crew to be landed at the White 
Star Line’s pier, at the foot of West Eleventh 
street, this morning, brought with them other 
things than the bundles and packages of per¬ 
sonal effects that they had managed to scrape 
together before the liner was abandoned. Two 
bird cages, well swath.ed in bedding against 
the cold wind, and containing one green parrot 
and three canaries, were among them. 
The birds are the property of J. F. Stanger, 
the ship’s chief steward, and they were natu¬ 
rally overlooked in the first rush of the depart¬ 
ure from the Republic when it was feared that 
she might sink suddenly. Later volunteers 
brought them off in safety. 
The quartet looked none the worse for their 
experience this morning, but Fred, the parrot, 
was remarked by his custodian to be still a 
trifle less voluble than usual. The men who 
went to find the birds and who took care of 
them to shore were stewards George Glen- 
dennon, Robert Greenslade and John Grant, 
and Robert Bostock, one of the ship’s cooks. 
—Sun. 
PUBLISHERS* DEPARTMENT. 
The Marble Safety Axe Co. has put on the market a 
gun which they call “The Game Getter.” It consists of 
a double barreled pistol-like arm, which can be used 
either in the hand as a pistol, or, by means of an ad¬ 
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other—is .22 caliber rifled, the other is .44 caliber smooth- 
bored. The length of the barrels is 13 inches. It is 
fitted with a peep sight and is small enough to be carried 
in a holster. The larger barrel will of course shoot 
either shot or ball. The breech is opened by the barrels 
tipping down. The small size and light weight of the 
arm will make it convenient for many purposes. Free 
catalogue of sixty specialties for sportsmen will be sent 
to applicants by the Marble Safety Axe Company, of 
1 Delta avenue, Gladstone, Michigan. 
The 1909 catalogue of the Ithaca Gun Co., Ithaca, N. 
Y., illustrates many distinct and important improvements 
in their famous make of guns. Their new model gun is 
a marvel of simplicity, particularly in its cocking mechan¬ 
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eliminated. The cocking force is exerted directly on the 
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will never shoot loose, the mainspring will never break, 
nor mis-fire, and that should there happen to be any de¬ 
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of charge if notified within 365 days. Illustrated catalogue 
sent gratis on application. 
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THE NEW TROUT.BAIT 
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Hints and Points for Sportsmen. 
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This compilation comprises six hundred and odd hints, 
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“Hints and Points” has proved one of the most prac¬ 
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Uncle Lisha^s Shop. 
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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.” 
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A thoroughly stimulating book dealing with American big-game 
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