Oct. 22, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
643 
A bent pin, a 
bit of string and 
a stick don’t ap¬ 
peal as they did 
in our boyhood 
days. Write to 
Philadelphia’s 
Sporting Goods 
Headquarters 
for catalog “ F ” if you’re going fish¬ 
ing. We’ve gear and tackle for 
catching anything from minnow bait 
to sword fish. 
SHANNON 
816 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 
THE EFFECT OF WEATHER ON 
SHOOTING. 
To all who are fond of sport with the gun 
the effect of weather on the behavior of game 
must always be a matter of moment. Snipe, 
perhaps, more than any other birds, says G. B. 
S. in the Field, alter their behavior in accord¬ 
ance with wind and temperature. Among the 
many days’ snipe shooting I have enjoyed in 
Indian two in particular serve to illustrate the 
effect of weather conditions to a greater extent 
than I ever experienced before or since. Curi¬ 
ously enough, these two particular days oc¬ 
curred in the same season. The first was a day 
in December. I had received an invitation to 
spend my Christmas leave with a friend and his 
wife in Northern Sind, of which province he 
was a civil officer, and consequently spent the 
greater portion of each cold season touring 
through his district. The place he selected for 
his Christmas camp—chiefly, I think, for my 
benefit, as he was not much of a sportsman him¬ 
self—was close to a jheel usually full of snipe. 
After eighteen hours’ railway journey 1 found 
camels waiting for me at the nearest roadside 
station to the camp, and a pleasant though 
somewhat chilly twelve-mile ride in the early 
dawn brought me to the camp in time for break¬ 
fast. In the previous month of July I had, 
through a fall in a hurdle race, broken both my 
wrists, and they were still so weak that shoot¬ 
ing for any length of time became too painful 
to be enjoyable. Consequently I was in no 
hurry to begin, but about noon, accompanied 
by a shikari and three or four beaters, I sallied 
forth to the jheel. The day was hot for De¬ 
cember; there was a bright sun, no wind, and 
the covert was thick. As might be expected in 
such circumstances, the birds lay close, and 
when they rose flew slowly, alighting again 
after going but a very short distance. Stand¬ 
ing still, I moved each beater in succession a 
few yards, and having dropped four or five 
birds, stopped shooting to gather them before 
moving on. Had I not done so I should have 
lost more birds in the thick covert than I actu¬ 
ally did. On more than one occasion I killed 
two snipe with one barrel, the second, of course, 
accidentally. 
After shooting for an hour and a quarter my 
injured wrists entirely gave out, and I stopped 
shooting and counted the bag. I found it con¬ 
sisted of forty-two snipe and one teal, prob¬ 
ably a pricked bird, which had been foolish 
enough not to rise until I was within twenty 
yards of it. The expenditure in cartridges was 
only sixty, and under normal conditions I 
should have heartily congratulated myself on 
straight shooting, as well as on the weight of 
the bag. The snipe that day afforded a very 
easy mark, flying slowly and straight without 
the distinctive and fascinating zigzag course 
which they usually adopt when rising in front 
of the gun. 
The second day was about six weeks later, 
in February, and also in Sind, but a good deal 
That Cold Room 
on the side of the house where 
winter blasts strike hardest always 
has a lower temperature than the 
rest of the house. There are times 
when it is necessary to raise the 
temperature quickly or to keep the 
temperature up for a long period. 
That can’t be done by the regular 
method of heating without great 
trouble and overheating the rest of 
the house. The only reliable 
method of heating such a room 
alone by other means is to use a 
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WOODCRAFT ‘ 
By “Nessmuk.” Cloth, 160 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.00. 
A book written for the instruction and guidance of those who go for pleasure to the 
woods. Its author, having had a great deal of experience in camp life, has succeeded 
admirably in putting the wisdom so acquired into plain and intelligible English. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK 
HITTING vs. MISSING. 
By S. T. Hammond (“Shadow”). Cloth. Price $1.00 
Mr. Hammond enjoys among his field companions the 
repute of being an unusually good shot, and one who is 
particularly successful in that most difficult branch ot 
upland shooting, the pursuit of the ruffed grouse, or 
partridge. This prompted the suggestion that he 'should 
write down for others an exposition of the methods by 
which his skill was acquired! The result is this original 
manual of “Hitting vs. Missing.” We term it original, 
because, as the chapters will show, the author was self- 
taught; the expedients and devices adopted and the 
forms of practice followed were his own. This then may 
be termed the Hammond system of shooting; and as it 
was successful in his own experience, being here set 
forth simply and intelligently, it will prove not less 
effective with others. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
TO SPORTSMEN 
HOW, WHEN AND WHERE 
TO COMPLETE YOUR BAG 
The number of distinguished visitors, including Royalty, bears 
ample testimony to the advantages of the 
Highlands of As a 
British Delightful 
East Winter 
Africa Home 
The most fascinating and instructive, playground in the world. 
A veritable mecca for Sportsmen in Search of Big Gama. 
For reliable information address Publicity Department, 
Uganda Railway, Dewar House, Haymarket, S, W.—D. G. 
LONGWORTH, London Representative. 
