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FOREST AND STREAM 
JUST FOREST AND STREAM FOLKS 
TOPICS THAT INTEREST THEM AND VIEWS 
THEY EXPRESS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS 
ing against the trunk, and a powder flask 
suspended from a limb; the title in gilt 
letters, “Game in Its Seasons, F. For¬ 
ester;” at bottom in gilt letters, “Scrib- 
ft 
ner. 
Collation: 2 blank leaves; blank; frontis¬ 
piece, “The Caribou;” pp. i-xiii include: 
(title; copyright (Charles Scribner); 
dedication; blank; illustrations (20) ; 
“advertisement” (preface); contents), 
PP- 17 - 343 ; 4 PP- of advertisement: 2 
blank leaves. The list of contents in¬ 
cludes the chapters under each month 
of the year. The book is thus divided 
into twelve divisions and a leaf contain¬ 
ing the month and chapters is inserted 
before each division. These leaves, 
though unnumbered, are included in the 
pagination. 
2. Same, bound in dark blue cloth. 
3. “American Game * * * second edi¬ 
tion * * * 1854.” 
Bound in black cloth, otherwise, except 
the title page, a duplicate of the preced¬ 
ing edition. 
The following editions are 3-16 of an 
inch longer and wider than the preceding 
editions: 
4. “American Game * * * Revised 
edition. * * * New York: George E. 
Woodward. Orange, Judd & Co., 245 
Broadway, 1873.” 
12 mo. maroon cloth. Two blind tooled 
straight lines around borders of covers. 
Two straight gilt lines across top and bot¬ 
tom of back, which contains gilt letter 
title: “Frank Forester’s American Game” 
above a gilt tooled running stag, gilt 
letters “Geo. E. Woodward” at bottom. 
Copyright George E. Woodward, 1873. 
Otherwise the collation is the same as 
that of preceding editions except that it 
has no leaves of advertisement at the end, 
and leaf of dedication (pp. iii-iv) is ex¬ 
cluded. No part of it has been “revised.” 
5. “American Game * * * New York: 
The American News Company” (n. d.). 
Bound in brown cloth. Three straight 
gilt lines across top and bottom of back. 
No gilt lettering at bottom. Otherwise 
a duplicate of the preceding edition. 
Bibliography of “Lewis’ American 
Sportsman.” 
Forestdr’s works on field sports did not 
enjoy exclusive popularity. The .editions 
of Lewis’ book, first published in 1851 suc¬ 
ceeded each other almost as rapidly. It is, 
therefore, interesting to include its bibli¬ 
ography along with that of these works 
of Forester. The following editions are 
in my library: 
1. “Hints to Sportsmen, containing Notes 
on Shooting, the Habits of Game Birds 
and Wild Fowl of America; The Dog, 
The Gun, The Field, and The Kitchen. 
By E. J. Lewis, M. D., Member of the 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila¬ 
delphia (etc., etc.), * * * (a quota¬ 
tion). 
Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 
1851.” 
12 mo. black cloth. Blind tooled scroll 
work on both covers. “Hints to Sports¬ 
men, Lewis,” in gilt letters on top of 
back; at bottom, gilt tooled design of 
shot and powder flasks, and telescope. 
Collation: 2 blank leaves; blank; front¬ 
ispiece; pp. i-xii include (title, copyright 
(Lea and Blanchard); dedication, letter 
of dedications to Professor J. K. Mitch¬ 
ell, preface, contents) ; pp. 13-366; 1 blank 
leaf; catalogue of Blanchard and Lea’s 
publications, 24 pages; 2 blank leaves. 
(To be- concluded.) 
QUEBEC HUNTING LICENSES. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
N your February number, in an article 
explaining the new game laws of the 
Province of Quebec, you speak of the 
licenses to hunt big game, and say that 
these licenses carry tags entitling holders 
to ship the legal limit. How about the man 
who does not hunt big game, but shoots an 
occasional partridge for camp use? Must 
he also take out a big game, or rather a 
hunting license? If so, is he granted any 
concession, or must he pay the same as the 
fellow who, with good luck and purpose 
aforethought, lugs out half a ton of moose? 
Pop Gun. 
Apparently he must. The general clause 
of the Quebec game law stipulates that 
every non-resident must procure a permit 
or license to hunt in the Province, the fee 
being $25, with a reduced fee of $10 for 
members of clubs. The tags are attached 
merely for convenience of big game hunt- 
ters desiring to transport their kill. No 
tags are required for small game. Some 
advanced purists say that one does not 
“hunt” birds—he shoots them, but he does 
“hunt” big game. Anyway if you go hunt¬ 
ing with a gun in Quebec, whether for 
large or small game, you must take out a 
hunting license. Fishing permits in the 
Province are, for non-residents, $10, or 
to members of clubs $5. Both game and 
fishing licenses entitle the holder to hunt 
or fish on disposable territories or waters 
under the control of the government, ex¬ 
cept for salmon fishing, which is a re¬ 
stricted $25 proposition. Club licenses are 
not restricted to territory or waters leased 
to the club, as generally supposed.—Ed.] 
THIS SPORTSMAN AGAINST IT. • 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
I have read New Brunswick’s argument 
in regard to the calling of moose, and in 
reply I would say that I have been an 
ardent exponent of outdoor sports all my 
life and have always been in favor of giv¬ 
ing the game a fair show. In my opinion, 
to play upon the love passions of the moose 
by imitating the call of the cow is no more 
sportsmanlike than to shoot him down at 
night with buckshot just because he doesn’t 
know any better than to stand still and look 
at your light. It makes no difference who 
does the calling, the hunter, or a guide, as 
that is merely being possessed of enough 
ingenuity to make a noise on an article 
that no “true sportsman would have ip his 
outfit. T. W. Van Kleek. 
Pontiac, Mich. 
GOOD CANOE STORIES IN DEMAND. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Some little time ago in a letter to Forest 
and Stream an officer of the A. C. A. de¬ 
plored in terms—the anguish of his mind 
could be sensed by the most callous jeader, 
whether canoeist or any other old form of 
out-door seeker after health and pleasure, 
particularly pleasure—that there were too 
few canoe yarns contributed to and adorn¬ 
ing and gracing the inside of Forest and 
Stream. Sorrowfully said some fellers 
might know something but they were slow 
in loosening up. It is to grieve! 
I grasped the concept that it was not 
the doings of the wild canoe his heart 
hungered for, but of the tame or garden 
variety. Not for the birch bark: foaming 
rapids roaring round rocks; or deep dark 
mountain-shadowed Canadian lakes—cost¬ 
ing $200 for the travel there and $50 li¬ 
cense before his rod could be jointed. Not 
any, thanks; but for the dear sheeny can¬ 
vas canoe, the cruising along with a wheen 
of good fellows, the annual encampment, 
the paddling races, the sailing races, the 
Squaw point, the camp-fire, the moonlight 
“Say! don’t let the paddle turn or you’ll 
drop the glass of—pop.” A-a-ah ! 
The point nevertheless was well taken, 
and if ardent canoeists want to read more 
of their own doings, they should come 
forward with stories oftener than they do. 
In fact I am so stirred up about it that I 
intend offering you one or two myself in 
the near future. Orcas. 
WHERE TO SELL WILD PIGEONS. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
Some years ago there was quite a sum 
offered for a pair of live wild pigeons. I 
have forgotten the party making the offer. 
Could you inform me? If so, you will 
greatly oblige a reader of your magazine. 
J. A. Condon. 
Los Angeles. 
[At various times there has been a good 
deal of publicity given to the fact that 
various institutions were offering large 
sums of money for a pair of wild pigeons. 
There is no institution that we know of 
at present which has a definite reward out 
at this time, but we can assure you there 
is not a zoological garden in this country 
which would not pay a very large price for 
a pair of wild pigeons. And the various 
museums will pay considerable amounts 
for even a mounted pair.] 
ALBINOS AND REPORTER DOGS. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
While in Texas years ago I knew of 
and tried to get a white, or “ghost” buck 
deer, but did not succeed. He was well- 
known among the hunters, ranchmen and 
Mexicans who lived within fifty miles of 
Eagle Pass. As usual with “freak” ani¬ 
mals, this one had an evil reputation; bad 
luck always came to any one who hunted 
him and any one who shot at him died a 
violent death within a year. 
I killed a white blackbird in Delaware; a 
white (or nearly white) robin in Maryland; 
a white grey squirrel in Maryland, and a 
white crow in Maryland. The crow, 
squirrel and robin are in the Maryland 
Academy of Science collection. English 
sparrows, partly or mostly white, are quite 
common. 
Now, about the “reporter dogs.” I en¬ 
joyed both articles on them, but am sur¬ 
prised at the stress laid on the trait; also 
