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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 27, 1907. 
Tajclderm Ms. 
SAVE YOUR TROPHIES. 
XVrite for our Illustrated Catalogue. 
“Heads and Horns.” 
It gives directions for preparing and preserving Skins, 
Antlers, etc. Also prices for Heads and Rugs, Birds an4 
Fish, and all kinds of work in Taxidermy. 
Ward's Natural Science Establishment, 
ROCHESTER. N. V. 
For Sale. 
Small-Mouth Black Ba.ss 
We have the only establishment dealing in young small-mouth 
blatA bass commercially in the United States. Vigorous young 
bass in various sizes ranging from advanced fry to 3 and 4-inch 
fingeriings for stocking purposes. 
W&r&inaug Small-Mouth Black Bass Hatchery. 
Correspondence invited. Send for circulars. Address 
HENRY W. BEENAN, New Preston, Conn. 
BROOK TROUT. 
Esrers. fry, yearlings and two-year-olds, for stocking 
brooks and lakes. Address NEW ENGLAND TROUT 
FARM, Plympton, Mass. 
J. KANNOFSKY, 
PRACTICAL GLASS BLOWER 
and Manufacturer of 
Artificial eyes for birds, animals and manufacturing pur¬ 
poses a specialty. Send for prices. All kinds of skulls for 
(the fur trade. 369 Canal St., New York. 
Please mention Forest and Stream. 
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 
FRED 
SAUTER, Taxidermist. 
Established i 860 . 
FormerlyNo. 3 
No. William St., 
Removed to 
42 BleeckorSt., 
cor. Elm St., 
will continue to 
please customers 
with the best durable work. Also carry large assortment of Game 
Heads, Rugs and attractive groups, for sale and to rent. 
TAXIDERMISTS 
Dealers in Supplies, Glass Eyes, and 
all materials used by the trade. 
All kinds of Game Heads purchased 
in the raw. Mounted specimens for 
sale. Send for Catalogue. 
THE M. ABBOTT FRAZAR CO. 
93 SUDBURY ST. 
Dept. 2 BOSTON. MASS. 
RAW FURS WANTED. 
Highest cash prices. Send for circular. E. G. BAKER, 
& SON, 116 South Water St., Providence, R. I. 
The “Forest and Stream** 
TRAP SCORE BOOK 
meets the needs of gun clubs and shooters in every par¬ 
ticular. The 150 sheets are heavily ruled—an advantage 
all scorers will appreciate, particularly when working in 
a dim light. The horizontal spaces are numbered from 
1 to SO. Broad perpendicular lines divide these into 
groups of six; thus the squads are distinguished at a 
glance. 
The paper manifolds easily, and carbon sheets are 
placed in the book for that purpose. . 
It contains the American Shooting Association Rules 
for Live-Bird Shooting, for Double Live-Bird Shooting, 
for Inanimate Target Shooting, Hurlingham Revised 
Live-Bird Rules for single and double rises, and the 
Rose System of dividing purses. Price, $1.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
BROOK TROUT. 
It will pay you to correspond with me before buying 
eggs, fry or yearlings in any quantity. I guarantee a 
safe delivery anywhere. Crystal Springs Trout Farm, 
L. B. HANDY, So. Wareham, MassL. 
BROOK TROUT 
of all ages for stocking 
-- brooks and lakes. Brook 
trout eggs in any quantity, warranted delivered anywhere 
fine condition. Correspondence solicited. 
THE PLYMOUTH ROCK TROUT CO., 
Plymouth, Mass. 
BROOK TROUT FOR SALE. 
We have constantly on hand 
fine supply of Brook Trout, 
all sizes for stocking purposes 
Also for table use, at 75c. a 
pound. Visitors privileged to 
catch own trout. 
PARADISE BROOK 
TROUT CO., Parkside, 
Pa., Henryville R.R. Sta. 
THE BROOKDALE TROUT CANNOT BE BEAT 
for stocking ponds and streams. For the next few 
weeks we will make a very low price on young fry and 
large fish. Also fly-fishing. 
BROOKDALE TROUT CO., Kingston, Mass. 
LIVE QUAIL. 
Western birds only. Season closes May 15th. Please 
rush orders. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
LIVE WILD WHITE CANADIAN HARES CHEAP. 
WALTER R. SOPER, Bucksport, Me. 
Quaii, pheasants, partridges, wild turkeys, ducks, swans, 
deer, peacocks, foxes, ferrets, European game. U. S. 
PHEASANTRY, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
SIXTY-THREE YEARS AGO 
“Bill” Hamilton, then 20 years of age, set out from St. 
Louis, Mo., with seven other free trappers under the 
leadership of old Bill Williams. Seven of these eight 
men are dead, but Hamilton still lives out in Montana 
and still sets his traps. He has written the story of his 
early trapping days and the book has been published. 
It is called 
MY SIXTY YEARS ON 
THE PLAINS 
By W. T. HAMILTON 
It tells of trapping, trading, Indian fighting, hunting, 
and all the many and varied incidents of the trapper’s 
life. It is full of adventure and excitement, but the story 
is told modestly, and there is nothing in it that is lurid. 
Amid much fighting, there is nothing that can be called 
“blood and thunder,” but there is much that is history. 
The book has all the charm of the old volumes, telling 
of early travel in the West; books which were simple 
and direct, and in which there was no striving for effect. 
It is illustrated by a portrait of the author and one of 
the celebrated Chief Washaki, and by six drawings of old- 
time trapper and Indian life, by Mr. Charles M. Russell, 
the celebrated cowboy artist of Great Falls, Montana. 
223 'pages. Cloth. Illustrated. Price, $1.50. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
Adventures with Indians and Game. 
By Dr. William A. Allen. Price $1.00. 
Uncle Lisha's Outing. 
A sequel to “Danvis Folks.” By Rowland E. Robin- 
son. Cloth. Price, $1.25. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
This is a pleasing narrative of adventures on the plains 
and in the Rocky Mountains. Indian ways and wars, 
hunting the bison, antelope, deer, cougar, grizzly bear, 
elk, are all told interestingly and well. Fully illustrated. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
And in considering point b we will discuss 
long tapers, short tapers, double tapers, and 
single tapers; but all very briefly. 
A “perfect” taper with varying length of 
line extended is impossible, for that which may 
be absolutely perfect with fifteen yards of line 
extended cannot possibly be so with more or 
less line extended. But an arrangement by 
which an outfit is “perfect” in taper f<pr all prac¬ 
tical purpases is attainable by adopting a suit¬ 
able style and length of taper and the proper 
size and length of “middle” line. Most of the 
lines sold are what is termed double taper—that 
is, they taper at each end, the advantage of this 
style being that when one fine end is worn the 
line can be reversed. The objection to them 
is that those of suitable size are too short, be¬ 
ing only twenty yards full length, while those 
of suitable length—thirty yards—are too 
“heavy” in taper, and, in most cases, they do not 
run to fine enough ends. The objection to the 
latter is easily understood, but how the objec¬ 
tion to the former arises may need explanation. 
A twenty-yard double taper line is generally 
made with six or seven yards of taper at each 
end. the remainder being level “middle” line. 
For the purpose of explanation, I will presume 
the taper ends are seven yards in length; this 
leaves us with six yards of level middle line. 
Thus with anything between seven yards and 
thirteen yards extended the line next to the 
top of the rod is the middle level line; which 
is as it should be; but with anything beyond 
that extended we begin to work on the back 
taper, until with twenty yards extended the fine 
back end is next to the rod top.. When this is 
so two bad things happen, and it follows that 
the same two bad things must happen in vary¬ 
ing degree with any length of line extended be¬ 
yond thirteen yards. When the line is plucked 
off the water and brought behind preparatory 
to the forward cast, the heavy, middle line has 
too much control over the light , back taper, 
which it pulls out taut with a decided jerk or 
pluck at the rod top, and instead of steadily 
and regularly extending behind, with a uniform 
steady pull on the rod top. the heavy middle 
line travel too fast for the front taper and the 
gut cast, with the result that a proper extension 
of the line behind does not occur, which, of 
course, destroys one’s best chance of a cor¬ 
rect and delicate cast forward. Even should the 
line be fairly extended behind, the same diffi¬ 
culty occurs with the forward cast, and the gut 
cast and fine taper end are not nicely extended 
on the water straight out in front. The other 
bad thing is that after the forward cast is made 
the rod has too much control over the taper 
back end, and rights itself too smartly. That is 
what actually occurs when sufficient line is ex¬ 
tended to bring the rod top next the fine taper 
back end; it does not occur so long as the rod 
top is next the middle level line. I found that 
Wcnz & Mackenserr 
Yardley, Pa. Agenbs for 
PHEASANTS: Ringnecked, Golden, 
Silver, White, Reeves, Amherst, Ver¬ 
sicolor, Elliot, Soemmering, Impe- 
yan, Peacock, Argus, Melanotus, 
Satyr, Tragopans, Prince Wales and 
others. SWANS: White,black,black¬ 
necked and Bewick, Fancy Geese, 
Ducks and Pigeons, Peafowl, Flam¬ 
ingoes, Cranes, Storks. GAME 
BIRDS: Quail, Partridges, Black 
Game and Capercailzies. DEER: Red 
Deer, Fallow, Roe-deer, Axis, Japan¬ 
ese, Albino, Gazelles, Antelopes, etc. 
Wild Boars, Foxes, Hares, Rabbits, 
Squirrels, and Ferrets. Bears, Mon¬ 
keys, Dogs, etc. Write for price-list. 
Julius Mohr Ulm-Germany 
ExpoiTer of Wild Animals 
