March ii, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
365 
LOON BOARDS THE PHOEBE. 
The night was dark and dreary, a wintry gale 
was sweeping Long Island Sound, with all that 
that implies, and Captain Bell, in the wheel- 
house of the stanch little packet Phoebe, was 
keeping her east a half south and thinking of 
the pie in the cupboard at home. Captain Bell's 
breath was frozen in his beard, of course. Also 
mountain-e-ous seas were sweeping over the 
Phoebe. Likewise her crew were telling one 
another that a sailor’s life is bold and free. 
Captain Bell knocked a few icicles out of his 
beard. 
“A tough night on the farmers, this. A frost 
that will go into the ground twenty feet. _ Let’s 
thank Providence, Bill, that our money is not 
invested in carrot pits.” 
“Ay, ay, skipper,” called the cheery mate, 
who was manicuring his nails under the cabin 
light. . . 
It was at this point, reader, that a gigantic 
loon, flying before the blast and powerless to 
control itself, was blowen against the forward 
light of the wheel house, shattering it. Bird 
and particles of splintered glass struck Captain 
Bell full in his deadlights. The mate relieved 
the wheel as Captain Bell clinched with the 
bird, and whiskers and feathers were mingled on 
the wheelhouse floor. 
It would be well for all loons desiring to 
know who is in charge on board the Phoebe to 
invade her wheelhouse and start something. 
Captain Bell’s nose was broken in the imbro¬ 
glio, but the loon lost the number of his meses 
for good and all, as the saying is. 
Captain Bell’s proofs are the loon, which is 
two feet eight inches high and five feet from 
wing tip to wing tip, the Phoebe’s log and his 
nose. So again, if anybody doubts any part of 
this story, let him look Captain Bell squarely 
between the eyes—and start something.—N. Y. 
Herald. 
IVORY SALE AT ANTWERP. 
Consul-General Diederich, Antwerp, Bel¬ 
gium, reports that the fourth quarterly ivory 
sale for 1910, held at Antwerp on Nov. 4, was 
composed of the following, the amounts represent¬ 
ing kilos of 2.2 pounds each: Kongo (hard), 
57,038; Kongo (soft), 1,902^2; Angola, 24,787^; 
Cameroon, 137^2; West Coast, 2,838; Senegal, 
2,765; Sudan, 7 98 ) 4 ; Abyssinia (soft), 1 , 4944 ; 
Benguela (soft), 294; Egypt (hard), 27^; Siam 
(soft), 282H; curiosities, 74654; total, 93,112. 
The sales at the same time in previous years 
were, in kilos, as follows: 109,018 in 1909, 100,- 
216 in 1908, 102,105 in 1907, 73,013 in 1906, 
97.393 in 1905, 77,115 in 1904, 103 ,449 in 1903, 
84,101 in 1902, 81,779 in 1901, 85,871 in 1900. 
The prices paid were lower by about 1 franc 
(19.3 cents) for large tusks, but prices for 
bangle and billiard tusks, as also for “scri- 
vailles,” were generally firm. Soft ivory, less 
in demand, was sold at 2 francs (38.6 cents) 
lower. 
The present stock is about 182 tons, as 
against 190 tons in 1909, 210 in 1908, no in 1907, 
97 in 1906, 96 in 1905, 96 in 1904, 145 in 1903, 
142 in 1902, 112^2 in 1901, 984 in 1900. 
The next quarterly ivory sale will take place 
on Jan. 31, 1911. 
DUCKS FOR LIGHT KEEPER’S DINNER. 
Keeper William C. Williams, of the Boon 
Island Lighthouse had black duck for dinner a 
short time ago. He didn’t shoot the birds or 
capture them in a trap, but they fell at his feet 
in the dark ready to be picked, like manna from 
Heaven. He was standing his watch in the 
tower when he heard a terrific blow struck 
against the parapet wall. 
He hurried outside and found a couple of fine 
black ducks lying dead. Thinking it must have 
been more than two to make the thump he 
heard, the keeper searched the rocks below and 
found four more. They had been attracted by 
the bright light of the tower, and blinded by its 
rays on close approach, had dashed out their 
lives against the lenses and wall of the light.— 
Kennebec Journal. 
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the “ELECTRIC” 
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Ten Days' Free Trial 
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After Big- Game in Central Afriea— Foa. Price, $2. 
A Breath from the Veldt— Millais. New edition, 
1899. Price $7.00. 
Through Jungle and Desert (E. Africa)— 
Chanler. Price, $5.00 
East Africa and Its Big Game— Willoughby. 
Price $3.25. 
African Hunting and Adventure— Baldwin. 3d 
Edition. Price, $1.50. 
Through Unknown African Countries— Donald¬ 
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Wild Sports of Southern Afriea— Harris. 5th 
Edition. Price, $10. 
Big Game Shooting, 2 vols. (The Country Life; 
Library of Sport). Price, $4.50 
Lake Nganii— Anderson. Price, $3.75. 
Flashlights in the Jungle— Schillings. $2.25. 
Central African Game and Its Spoor— Stigand. 
Price, $5.00. 
Large Game Shooting (Indian)—Kinloch. $5.00. 
The Wild Sports of India— Shakespear. $1.75. 
Thirteen Years Among the Wild Beasts of India 
■—Sanderson. 6th Edition. Price, $1.50. 
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo— Patterson. $1.25. 
The Large Game and Natural History of South 
and Southeast Afriea— Drummond. $4.00. 
The Barren Ground of Northern Canada— Pike. 
Price, $2.75. 
Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist— 
Brownell. Price, $1.25. 
Modern Sporting Gunnery— Sharp. Price, $1.00. 
Modern Rifle Shooting in Peace, War and Sport 
—Tippins. 3d Edition. Price, $1.00. 
North American Indians— Catlin. 2 vols. $6.00. 
Above books are in exce lent second-hand con¬ 
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Address Capt. A. M. MACNAB, Nogales, Ariz. 
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SEI.BORNE— 
Published in London, 1900. Price $1.10. Address S. J., 
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THE CALUMET OF THE COTEAU—And other 
Poetical Legends of the Border; also a glossary of the 
Indian names, words, and western provincialisms, together 
with a guide book of the Yellowstone National Park, by 
P. W. Norris, published 1884. Slightly soiled. Price, $1. 
“A. B.,” care Forest and Stream. 
CAMPING IN COLORADO—By Anna Gordon. Price, 
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YACHT AND BOAT SAILING —By the late Dixon 
Kemp. We have two copies in fairly good condition, 
published at $12, which we will sell for $7.50 each. 
A few shop-worn, soiled cover and slightly 
damaged books. 
Regular Sale 
Price. Price 
Gun and Its Development —Greener, 8th ed. 4.00 3.00 
Do Animals Think —Reardon. 1.00 .60 
Indian Club Swinging —Miller. 1.00 .50 
Man from Corpus Christi . 1.50 .75 
Supplement to Small Yachts . 4.00 1.90 
Camp Life in the Woods . 1.00 .55 
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