FOREST AND STREAM 
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How To, Where To, When To, What To 
Knicks and Knacks for the Sportsman’s Comfort and Pointers for his Pleasure 
WHAT TO TAKE INTO CAMP. 
There are lists and lists of necessary things to 
take into camp. Here is one that while not com¬ 
plete in every particular—for the wants of men 
and women are mysterious as the things Solomon 
wrote a'bout—is suggestive and might be kept for 
reference. No one will take all these 'things into 
camp, but everybody will take some of them. The 
list follows: 
Bacon, baking powder, baking soda, etc., beans, 
dried; beef extracts, beverages, biscuits, bread, 
breakfast foods, butter, tomato catsup, cheese, 
chocolate, sweetened; cocoa, coffee, condensed 
milk, confectionery, etc., currants, corn meal, 
curfy powder, eggs, extracts, fish, flour, fresh 
fruits, fresh fruit in tins, fruits, dried, fruit 
juice, gasoline, gelatine, hardware, ham, honey, 
jams, jelly, kerosene oil, lard, macaroni, marma¬ 
lade, meats, meats, potted; medicine kir; mus¬ 
tard, olives, olive oil, paprika, pepper, pickles, 
potatoes, rice, salad dressing, salt, sauces, soaps, 
etc., soups, sugars, syrups, teas, vegetables, in 
tins, vinegar. 
If you can see anything omitted from the above 
that you think is necessary, kindly let us know. 
GOOD HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA. 
New York, Feb. 18, 1915. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
I have some interesting hunting and war news 
which I think will be of interest and benefit to 
your readers. I have received a letter from 
Nairobi, head office of Newland Tarlton & Co., 
the well known Safari outfitters, stating that the 
hunting grounds in British East Africa are prac¬ 
tically unaffected by the war and the scene of 
hostilities is almost entirely in German East 
Africa. The obtaining of native porters is 
assured and there is no danger of delay for any 
one wishing to arrange a shoot. Any one contem¬ 
plating a hunt in Africa may feel assured of its 
perfect safety for in British East Africa they are 
practically unaffected by the war as far as risk 
is concerned. 
DAVID T. ABERCROMBIE. 
AN INTERESTING NEW BRUNSWICK TRIP. 
Norfolk, Conn., Feb. 16, 115. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
For the last two years, being pressed for time 
and wanting some very good fishing. I have gone 
into New Brunswick to Chatham which is easily 
accessible from Boston on a through ticket and 
have engaged there an old man named John 
Connell as guide. This John Connell is the man 
who, acting for the English authorities, captured 
a car load of moose alive by roping them in the 
snow and took them to Newfoundland to stock 
up the island. Mr. Connell is the lessee of a 
river by name Tabusintac and has interests on 
another river called the Bartibogue. At any time 
during the summer, but especially between the 
middle of July and the middle of August, the 
fishing for sea trout in both of these rivers is 
the best I have ever seen, excepting in New¬ 
foundland. There is no limit to the number of 
trout which can be got, and they run in good 
sizes up to four pounds. Last year I had the 
best fishing of my life there for fish of this 
size, and the year before nearly as good, although 
we were much later. This trip costs a very 
moderate amount and it should extend long 
enough to give a man at least a week on the 
river in order to cover all of the pools and fish 
the streams thoroughly. The region is like the 
best parts of Maine, being heavily timbered and 
very interesting indeed. Mr. Connell takes ladies 
also, but it is rather a rough trip and accommo ■ 
dations are hardly such as ladies would care for 
inasmuch as it is 23 miles in the woods. It 
takes one day to get in from Chatham. If you 
want a sea trout trip without hardships and with 
very few flies, to men who are good enough 
sports so that they are willing to put up with 
more or less rough fare in the woods, recom¬ 
mended this. 
Anyone going to Connells should take tent and 
bedding. Provisions and cooking are looked after. 
R. B. S TO ECKEL. 
TO PREVENT RUST. 
Those who desire to use a rust preventive will 
find that if the tools are wiped with a cloth 
slightly saturated in mercurial ointment, they 
will obtain the best results possible. It is not 
necessary to leave more than a trace of the 
ointment on the steel. A cloth so impregnated 
that it will smear a pair of spectacles a little 
will answer. 
This ointment is the very best possible to use 
on guns, to prevent them from rusting. It will 
also prevent the barrels from leading and will 
remove lead from the rifles. It has no action 
whatever on the metal of the barrel. 
PRESERVED MINNOWS. 
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Feb. 15, 1015. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
I believe some of the many anglers who read 
Forest and Stream will be interested in an ex¬ 
periment the writer tried out last season in pre¬ 
serving minnows dry for use in trout fishing. 
I boiled about a pint of water and when cold 
added, all the salt it would dissolve, then stirred 
in as much corn meal as the brine would take 
up and set it aside for two weeks, when it was 
found to be as sweet as when first mixed. I 
then dried the corn meal on a square of paper, 
pulverizing all the lumps and granulating 
thoroughly. 
Four dozen minnows from 2 inch to 3 inches 
long were then procured and left to die in a 
small amount of water, after which they were 
fairly well dried off by rolling gently on a paper, 
and a tin box of suitable size was packed with 
alternate layers of meal and minnows. 
Now, if memory serves me right, this box was 
packed about April 10, and was carried on every 
trouting trip until well along in August, when 
the few remaining minnows were found to be as 
fresh and sweet as when packed four months 
before. They were firm and solid, not easily 
whipped or nipped off the hook, and were the 
cleanest lot of bait one ever handled. Try it. 
C. F. LARZELERE. ' 
A NEW KNIFE. 
The Marble people, up at Gladstone, Michigan, 
designers of handy things for the woods and 
stream man, are working on a new knife, which 
will be on the market some time this spring, 
probably in April. It is a knife that will find a 
wide range of usefulness, for it combines not 
only the good qualities of the other excellent 
grades that the Marble Company make, but it is 
somewhat of a novelty in having a curved blade 
—an uncommonly thick blade—and made with a 
handle after the usual Marble pattern, giving a 
The New Marble Knife. 
balance that makes the whole affair seem feather¬ 
weight in the hands of the user. A picture of 
the general style is given herewith, but the 
dimensions will vary somewhat. The Marble 
Company have very kindly sent Forest and 
Stream a sample of the forthcoming style, made 
according to general specific directions of the 
man who wished to use it, and it is no exaggera¬ 
tion to say that the knife as it lie.s before us is 
not only a thing of beauty, but an article of 
utility and life-long usefulness. Watch for it 
among the spring styles for sportsmen, to be 
announced shortly. 
HOW TO COOK THE WINTER BUNNY. 
E. D: Nauman, Sigourney, Iowa, has sent 
Forest and Stream the following which may be 
new to many readers who have looked upon the 
winter bunny as pretty poor sport and mighty 
poor eating. 
“During the winter months after the open 
season on quail, grouse, squirrels, etc., has closed, 
the Cotton tail furnishes a welcome opportunity 
for the continuation of the sportsman’s expedi¬ 
tions into the fields and woods. Furthermore it 
requires almost as much skill to topple over Mr. 
‘Bunny’ as he flies over the snow at that ter¬ 
rific speed with which he starts, as it takes to 
bag the flying botawhite or grouse. 
“This rabbit also makes a very palatable dish 
if the following directions for his preparation 
are carefully observed. The moment he is shot, 
cut off his head; then split open the abdomen 
from the vent to the ribs, carefully removing the 
