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[Sept, io, 1910. 
"Resort* +or Sportsmen. 
A GUARANTEE 
OF SERVICE 
We ran the Roosevelt expedition—let us 
run yours. 
Every Sportsman should visit East Africa, 
the home of the Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, 
Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus and countless 
species of Antelope. 
€[[ No other firm in theworld has our experience in 
African Sport, or our facilities for handling an 
expedition into the heart of Darkest Africa. 
€fl We were the sole agents for the outfitting 
and organization of the Roosevelt Expedition. 
<][ A letter or wire to us will bring you all 
the information you require. 
CJ If you use us as your agents you will be re¬ 
lieved of all hurry and worry. Delightful 
sport and complete satisfaction assured. 
Estimates given covering everything from Nerv 
Yorfa and home again. Our illustrated booklet is 
a work of art. Free on application or direct to 
Forest and Stream Pub. Co. Brought right up 
to date with latest game law changes. 
NEWLAND TARLTON & CO. Ltd. 
166 Piccadilly, London W., ENGLAND 
Cable Addresses: 
WAPAGAZI, London and SAFARI, Nairob 
American Agent 
DAVID T. ABERCROMBIE 
311 Broadway New York City 
KONRAD SCHAUER 
Mombosa, British East Africa 
The well-known firm of specialists 
for organizing and fitting out 
Hunting and Scientific Expeditions 
as well as planning trips for 
TOURISTS 
Practical preserving, packing and shipping 
of trophies — many years’ experience. 
4<1/TTAMh XJTT T 99 A splendid health retort in the African 
Highlands—“A Sportsman’s Home.” 
The largest dealers in live animals and African 
curios. :: Literature sent free on application. 
PINE TOP LODGE AND KENNELS 
Removed to Virginia Beach, Va. The best and greatest 
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September and October, rail, snipe, yellow shank, bay birds, 
Willet and curlew. November, December and January, 
abundance of quail. Thousands of acres, well stocked 
and posted. Canvasback and black duck, redhead and 
teal, wild goose and swan. Trained dogs, guides and 
livery, and a perfectly appointed club house, twenty-five 
rooms, electric lights, steam heat, hot and cold baths. 
Bring your wife and enjoy life. C. & L. P. BLOW, 
Virginia Beach, Va. 
I can arrange for sportsmen for hunting trips to the 
Sierra Madre Mountains, where game is abundant and 
sport guaranteed. Last party killed 5 lions and 3 bears in 
12 days’ trip. Everything provided excepting rifles and 
liquors, including good dogs, which are a necessity for 
success with lions. Terms moderate. Apply MEXICO, 
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Excellent Salmon and Trout Fishing; also Caribou 
Shooting. Tents guides, boats provided. Write 
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and Stream.” 
"Resorts for Sportsmen. 
CAMP ROSSIGNOL 
Caledonia P. O. 
Queens County, Nova Scotia 
THE BEST WOODCOCK 
COVER IN CANADA 
The best TROUT and Salmon fishing, the best 
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livery and guides furnished. 
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from Boston. JOE PATTERSON, Head Guide, 
Caledonia, Queens County, N. S. 
EXCLUSIVE HUNTING ON 25,000 ACRES. 
Furnishing first-class accommodations, guides, livery, 
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untrained quail dogs for sale. 
Dr. H. L. ATKINS, Boydton, Va. 
Am prepared to furnish a complete 
outfit and I guide parties to the best 
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Mountains 
Bear, Elk, Deer and 
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perature mentioned. In no circumstances at¬ 
tempt to brush the wax on, but fill the brush 
and dab it on with one stroke of the end of 
the bristles, repeating until the surface is well 
coated, when the cloth and wire may be added 
as above described. 
II.-—PLASTER CASTS FROM GLUE MOLDS. 
When plaster casts are desired, the mold is 
prepared and treated as in wax casting, except 
that the warm-water bath may be omitted. With 
a soft brush work the thinly mixed plaster into 
every part of the mold until a coat has been 
applied to the entire surface. 
While this coating is in a semi-soft condition, 
dip white mosquito netting into thin plaster and 
lay on one or two thicknesses to increase the 
strength of the cast. The addition of burlap 
treated in the same manner will greatly assist 
in reducing the weight of such specimens. Dur-~ 
ing warm weather it is advisable to inject and 
wash the specimen with formalin before posing, 
to prevent the quick decomposition likely to 
follow the application of warm glue. As a fur¬ 
ther precaution the cooling process may be 
hastened by artificial means. 
III.—FISHES IN COPPER, FROM WAX MOLDS BY ELEC¬ 
TROPLATING PROCESS. 
The most difficult part of the work of pre¬ 
paring fishes is the reproduction of their silver 
and iridescent colors. Metal “leaf” and washes 
produce but a slight resemblance to the orig¬ 
inal. and the resultant loss of detail and final 
discoloration of parts so treated emphasize the 
necessity of preparing the highly metallic col¬ 
ored specimens in a manner whereby these dif¬ 
ficulties may be avoided. 
Some of the iridescent tints are imitated by 
the use of prismatic colors, but a white silver, 
or the various shades of this metal, as seen in 
the color of fishes, are possible only through a 
solid silver base. 
Leaf and metal washes are not only dull in 
color, but are greatly darkened through the re¬ 
fraction of light, and it is impossible to secure 
brilliant effects by their use. The below-de¬ 
scribed method overcomes these difficulties, and 
such specimens are not only accurate of form 
and detail, but are durable. 
The fish is posed as for glue molds, except 
the clay dam and coating of oil, which are omit¬ 
ted. The proportion of two pounds of paraffin 
to two pounds of bleached beeswax is melted 
into the double boiler and one tablespoonful of 
Canada balsam added to that quantity. Best 
results in flowing the wax are obtained by be¬ 
ginning at the tail with sufficient wax in a dip¬ 
per (or other easily handled vessel) to insure 
a speedy and complete covering of the entire 
specimen. Allow the excess of wax to flow off 
and repeat several times at intervals, when a 
layer of absorbent cotton is spread on and sat-, 
urated with the wax. In this way a half-inch 
mold is built up. When it is cold, cut away all 
the wax about one inch outside the line of fins 
and tail, and apply a thin plaster case. 
The fish is removed by gentle manipulation or 
possibly dissection, after which "the mold is 
thoroughly cleansed by the use of a very soft 
brush and cold water and allowed to dry. 
As pamphlets giving a complete description 
of copperplating are easily obtained, repetition 
on this subject is unnecessary here. The work 
does not require the services of an expert, and 
anyone of ordinary mechanical skill can arrange 
the apparatus and follow the simple directions. 
When a substantial layer of copper has been 
deposited, the case is broken away and the 
wax mold removed by immersing in boiling wa¬ 
ter. After cutting and grinding away the ex¬ 
cess of copper about the edges of the mold by 
the use of an emery wheel or coarse file, bring 
the fins and tail down to a thin edge by the 
same method, and finish the outline with very 
fine files. 
The model is then given a very thin plating 
of pure silver. This plating gives not only the 
full whiteness of the metal but permits of a 
variety of delicate shading and obviates the ne¬ 
cessity of the use of white lead in coloring. 
At first glance this method may appear too 
expensive for practical purposes, but with the 
electroplating performed by the preparator, it 
will prove of less cost than some of the methods 
now in use. 
TO FELL TREES BY WIRE. 
It is reported from Germany that Hugo 
Gantke, an inventor of Berlin, has lately devised 
a new and effective method for felling trees. 
The trunks are said to be cut through by the 
friction of fine tough steel wire, which has been 
demonstrated to cut through a tree twenty 
inches in diameter in six minutes. The friction 
of the rapid passage of the wire back and forth 
through the wood so heats the wire that it 
burns through the wood, making a cut smoother 
and cleaner than that by a saw. The 
wire is drawn back and forth through 
the wood by an electric motor, or, in 
cases where electricity cannot be had, this 
may he generated by a movable power 
plant consisting of a 10 horse power gasolene 
engine and dynamo. The wire is said to work 
satisfactorily on the thickest trees and the trunk 
may be cut through immediately above or be¬ 
low the ground. Trees up to ten feet in diam¬ 
eter may be cut by a single operator. 
Obvious advantages in this method, if it 
should prove practicable on a large scale, are 
a great saving of timber, of time, and of labor 
cost. 
The Indians of To-day. 
By George Bird Grinned. Demi-quarto, 186 pages, 
buckram. Price, $5.00. 
It describes the old-time Indian and the Indian of to¬ 
day, and contrasts the primitive conditions and ways of 
living with those of the present. It contains over fifty 
full-page portraits of living Indians from photographs. 
Contents: The North American Indians. Indian 
Character. Beliefs and Stories. The Young Dogs’ 
Dance. The Buffalo Wife. A Blackfoot Sun and Moon 
Myth. Former Distribution of the Indians. The Reser¬ 
vation. Life on the Reservation. The Agent’s Rule. 
Education. Some Difficulties. The Red Man and the 
White. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
