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companion ona 
thousand trails 
No rod nor reel nor gun 
attains quite so firm aplace 
in a sportsman’s affections 
as his favorite bruyére pipe. 
His constant companion 
on the stream, in the field 
and at his fireside, itshould 
be worthy—carved from 
the rarest-flavored bruyére 
root that’s grown, and fash- 
ioned by master craftsmen 
into a pipe that hasno peer. 
Such is the guaranteed- 
to-satisfy 
KfY wo ODIE 
ITALIAN BRUYERE 
$4.00-and up, at 
your tobacconist’s, 
The White Clover 
guarantees your 
satisfaction. 
KAUFMANN Bros. 
BONDY i 
33 East 17th St. 
New York City 









Every Cross rod is 
the result of hand work- 
manship by craftsmen 
who are anglers as well 
as rod makers, men who 
put into the tapering 
the balancing and the 
mounting of these beau- 
tifu: rods the discrimi- 
nating taste in th2 se- 
lection of materials and the patient skill in 
workmanship that distinguished the ancient 
guilds. 






The Cross Rod Co. is the largest importer 
of Tonkin bamboo in this country. The finest 
is selected for these rods. If you want a rod 
of perfect balance with more power, more snap 
and truer delivery than any rod you have ever 
seen, a rod that will reach the big eddy just 
beyond, order a Cross. You run no risk in so 
doing for if after a month’s use it is not all 
you have longed for in a fly rod, return it and 
a new rod will be given you gratis or your 
money refunded. 
CROSS ROD & TACKLE CO. 
LYNN, MASS. 

In writing to Advertisers, mention Forcst andi Stream. 
some one from the other house-boat 
lower down the lagoon tried to stalk 
the buck, but showing himself caused 
the alarmed animal to bound off into 
the forest. Our logger was much 
chaffed about his shooting, but on ex- 
amining his sights he found they had 
been altered by a man to whom he had 
lately lent the rifle, so every shot had 
gone high over the buck. 
Our logger was a most ingenious fel- 
low, who, ably seconded by his wife, 
made the best of life, for while she 
played the piano really well, he had 
bought a radio set and fixed it up him- 
self, so we spent our evenings after our 
day’s wild-fowl shooting most enjoy- 
abiy, either listening to the piano or 
listening-in. One night we got Chicago, 
and frequently got San Francisco and 
Los Angeles; while Calgary, Vancouver 
and Victoria were sure catches for the 
correct time and all the important local 
and British news. It was really won- 
derful to sit away up in the wilds, with 
the rain pattering down on the roof of 
the house-boat and the wind from the 
strait roaring round it, and to hear dis- 
tinctly the applause of the dancers at a 
cabaret at Calgary, or to be given the 
current price of hogs at Portland, Ore- 
gon, and hear the “Hoot Owls” sing at 
San Francisco. It brought home to us 
the fact that, though seemingly out of 
the world, we were still in it, thanks to 
this truly marvelous invention. 
‘Chesapeake Ducks Killed by 
Phosphorus. Poisoning 

| EAD ducks in considerable numbers 
at the head of Chesapeake Bay, 
particularly near Spesutie Island, 
Maryland, caused much _ speculation 
during December and January as to 
the cause, and resulted in an investiga- 
tion by the Biological Survey of the 
United States Department of Agricul- 
ture. The theory first advanced was 
that concussions from heavy artillery 
in the vicinity of the Aberdeen Prov- 
ing Grounds were killing the birds, but 
from the investigation it is found that 
all the dead ducks examined had eaten 
phosphorus and died from poisoning. 
The phosphorus was obtained by the 
ducks while feeding in a _ wild-celery 
bed of small area, where smoke pro- 
jectiles or grenades containing that 
chemical had been dropped during ex- 
perimental firing from the Aberdeen 
Proving Grounds.. The number of 
ducks reported killed in this way was 
somewhat exaggerated, as is usual in 
such disasters, but it probably totaled 
at least 500 birds in the recent poison- 
ings and may have considerably ex- 
ceeded that number. 
When the results of the investigation 
were reported to the War Department 
the officials promptly adopted measures 
[t will identify you. 
to prevent a recurrence of the trouble 
in accordance with the recommenda- 
tions of the investigator. At the time 
the firings were conducted it was not 
realized that destruction of wild birds 
might result, but now that the danger 
is known, officials of the Proving 
Ground have arranged to modify their 
operations so as to cause no further 
mortality among waterfowl. 
So far as possible, devices will be 
employed to frighten the birds from 
the wild-celery beds, where particles of 
phosphorus may still remain undissi- 
pated, and officials have agreed to limit 
the firing of similar projectiles to 
deeper water or land areas. Possibly 
some further deaths may result from 
poisoning in the limited area where the 
projectiles were dropped, but it is 
hoped that the poison will be fully 
dissipated before the birds are per- 
mitted to resort there again, undis- 
turbed by the frightening devices. 
Duck Decoy Exhibition 
N exhibition of Shore Bird and 
Duck Decoys will be held at the 
Winchester Sportsmen’s Headquarters, 
469 Fifth Avenue, New York City, 
April 10, 11 and 12, 1924. Hand-made 
decoys from various sections of the 
country will be on view to the public, 
afternoon and evening, and prizes will 
be awarded to the best decoys. In addi- 
tion to the decoys entered for competi- 
tion, there will be a group of old Stool- 
Duck from different localities, a collec- 
tion of old fowling pieces and other 
objects of interest to the modern 
sportsman. A catalogue containing a 
list of exhibitors and a few illustra- 
tions will also be issued. 
This New York showing of Decoys 
is termed the “Second Annual Exhibi- 
tion of Wild Fowl Decoys.” Its pur- 
pose is to further the work of the Bell- 
port Exhibition so ably conducted by 
Major Paul Bigelow and his associates 
in the summer of 1923, and, like its 
predecessor, aims to encourage the cur- 
rent revival of decoy-making by sports- 
men. We hope, therefore, to receive 
examples of your work and that you 
can interest others in your vicinity. 
For further information, write to 
Winchester Sportsmen’s Headquarters, 
469 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 

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