March, 1918 
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Stream are in¬ 
vited to use these 
columns to ex¬ 
press their opin¬ 
ions on various 
subjects, al- 
t hough their 
views may not 
coincide with those of the Editors.] 
A WAY TO CATCH TURTLES 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
In the January issue of Forest and 
Stream L. A. Schreiner of Texas asks 
about catching soft shell turtles. 
I have found the following method ex¬ 
cellent for catching both the hard and the 
soft shelled turtles. Tie heavy short 
shanked fish hooks about size 6 to small 
steel wire about twelve inches long. To the 
wire heavy lines can be tied of the proper 
length to suit the location where the lines 
are to be set. Bait the hooks with pork 
rind, and lay them at the edge of the water 
where the turtles come out to sun. Do not 
place them in the water, and it is best 
to pass the hook through the rind two or 
three times. Use small pieces of rind, 
and if the turtles are large it is advisable 
to tie the large line to a limb that will 
give so that the tackle will not be broken. 
The turtles will invariably swallow the 
hook. It is best to visit the lines but once 
a day, and that preferably in the evening. 
George S. Harris, Kansas. 
BRAVE CHILDREN REWARDED 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
You will remember the cougar incident 
which happened near here, an account of 
which was published in the June, 1917, is¬ 
sue of Forest and Stream. To round the 
incident out I quote from a recent issue of 
a local paper: “At the Red Cross rooms 
this morning the Governor-General per¬ 
formed the pleasing ceremoney of pre¬ 
senting the Albert Medal, specially con¬ 
ferred by His Majesty, the King, to Do¬ 
reen Ashburnham and Anthony Farrer in 
recognition of their bravery and devotion 
in saving each other’s lives from the attack 
of a panther over twelve months ago. It 
will be recalled that the incident was re¬ 
ported to His Majesty and that the official 
notification of the award came through 
the Secretary of State in July last.” 
Forest and Stream is one of my oldest 
friends and I hope that each succeeding 
year may increase its prosperity and use¬ 
fulness. 
I have been trying to trace back the year 
I first subscribed to it; I have got back 
is far as 1878 which is a long way; and 
1 can say with all truth that I have always 
ooked upon old Forest and Stream as a 
nost wonderfully educating publication 
and I have derived a vast amount of pleas¬ 
ure and useful information from its pages. 
I have often in later years wished that 
I had kept all the issues for binding but 
by reason of the life I led for many years 
it practically was impossible to preserve 
them. 
G. H. McIllree, Victoria, B. C. 
STORIES THAT STRIKE THE HEART 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I feel that I must congratulate you for 
selecting for Forest and Stream just those 
stories that strike deepest into the heart of 
a lover of the great outdoors. 
While reading “Between the Covers of 
a Fly Book,” by L. R. Lordly, in the Febru¬ 
ary issue I am confessing the truth tears 
came into my eyes, tears of joy I think I 
may call it, as it brought back memories 
of sunny' days when as a boy I crept on 
hands and knees along the laurel and trail¬ 
ing arbutus clad banks of mountain 
streams in the mountains of Pennsylvania, 
fishing in the clear foam-specked pools for 
brook trout. 
It has been quite a number of years ago 
but I am planning to visit those scenes 
this Spring. 
Can Mr. L. R. Lordly be induced to write 
another story as good as that? 
Wishing you abundant success, 
“U.” Buffalo, N. Y. 
BATS IN MITCHELL’S CAVE 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
About thirty years ago I made several 
exploration trips into a fissure cave located 
on the southerly side of the Mohawk river, 
at a point known as the “Big Nose,” about 
fifty' miles west of Albany, N. Y. This 
cave was named for Prof. Mitchell, of 
Mount Mitchell fame, who discovered it in 
about 1850. One of my visits to this cave 
was in mid-winter on which occasion I 
found bats by' the thousands. 
The cave contains about a dozen rooms, 
some of which are of considerable size, in 
one of which I found a huge cluster of 
bats. At thg middle of this cluster the 
bats were hanging five tiers deep. 
Practically all of these bats were of one 
species, the little red bat, “Lasiurus bore¬ 
alis,” but I found in the cave also two 
hoary bats, “Atalapha cinevea.” Now as 
this bat is a migratory creature how 
comes it that this fellow remained here? 
It did not appear in least wise dis¬ 
abled so as to prevent his flying to a 
more congenial clime. Do some of the 
hoary bats remain north during the winter 
if there is nothing to prevent them migrat¬ 
ing? A bit of light on this subject would 
be gratefully received. The hoary bat is 
very rarely found in the locality of this 
cave, although not uncommon in the Adi¬ 
rondack region in the summer months. 
M. Schenck, Albany. 
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