face became reversed upon the next 
stroke. The tone was like the low- 
toned note of the grouse beat, so, as I 
would wave the fan back and forth, it 
would turn “wrong side out.” Then, 
as this operation was increased, the 
separate beats blended into a roll. I 
submitted this sound to some hunting 
companions and they agreed that it 
sounded like a grouse. The same tone 
is heard from opening an opera hat, or 
from the cloth of a boot black, or the 
beat of many suddenly stretched 
fabrics comparable in area with the 
bird’s wing. From my theory is that 
the drumming bird stretches his wing 
beyond the normal flight distention, so 
with the downward stroke, the con- 
caved wing’ becomes convex tension 
which returns to normal at the end of 
the first stroke. Right here, the force 
of the toggle joint is displayed to such 
an extent that it staggers the imagina- 
tion of mere man. So this powerful 
snapping from one side to the other is 
responsible for this huge percussion 
from so small a source. I have heard 
all of the common versions, but the 
above seems more reasonable to me, 
so I submit them to your readers, as 
does Mr. Grange, for study and verifi- 
cation. 
C. H. DuNuop, D. D. S., 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Long Shots 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
READ in your September issue 
about the twenty gauge on ducks. 
I think that the .410 gauge is also an 
excellent little gun. I tried it on doves 
in the San Joaquin valley with fine re- 
sults. 
Mr. Ehmann speaks of shooting a 
duck at the height of 100 yards. I saw 
a shot last season, quite similar, with 
an old twelve single. In the Salinas 
river, at the mouth, there were num- 
bers of Ruddy ducks (‘“Spatters” or 
“Fannies’”). Two were flying at right 
angles to the boat. My father shot at 
them, although they were at a tre- 
mendous distance, and dropped the 
leading bird. 
A little later, three sawbills (is it 
the red-breasted merganser which is 
found in that locality?) flew directly 
over, very high. The first shot with 
74%s missed completely, but the second, 
with a Remington heavy duck load, 
brought down the two last birds. They 
were so high, I was reminded of the 
old saying, “Don’t strain your gun- 
barrel.” 
Did any of the readers ever try this 
to improve their rifle-shot? 
Get two sparrows in a tree, in line, 
and try with a twenty-two rifle to kill 
both with one shot. This will work 
on all small game and is excellent 
practice. It is known among the boys 
as ‘“‘double-shooting’” around here. 
Sparrows, being a nuisance, and very 
abundant, are a good thing to prac- 
tice on. 
Are B. B. caps injurious to rifle- 
barrels? I have always thought that 
they were. 
J. W. FRANKLIN, 
San Francisco, Calif. 
Further Data on Record 
Catches of Salmon 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
HE best catches of salmon I can 
find recorded are given by Dean’ 
Sage in Salmon and Trout, from which 
the following is quoted: “The Godbout 
on the St. Lawrence is a reniarkable 
river. It was owned by the late Allan 
Gilmour of Ottawa, and is now the 
property of Mr. Manuel. I have be- 
fore me the score of fish taken from 
1859 Toss 94 eA Scaten vot Tp eto =20 
salmon to one rod in a day is-not un- 
usual. Mr. Gilmour took 46 on July 
10, 1865, and Comeau (I think the 
guardian) took, on July 9, ’74, 57 sal- 
mon; July 10, 25 salmon; July 11, 34 
salmon; July 138, 40 salmon; July 14, 
25 salmon; July 15, 16 salmon; July 
16, 87 salmon; July 17, 16 salmon; 
July 18, 28 salmon; July 20, 27 sal- 
mon, etc., the whole score for 18 days, 
including these specified, being 360 
salmon, weighing 3,830 Ibs. 
“The nearest approach to such a day 
as this of which I have heard was the 
bag of Sir Bache Cunard on the 
Grimersta, in the Island of Lewis, off 
the West Coast of Scotland, which was 
54 fish in one day, and 34 the day 
following; the average weight, how- 
ever, was but 7 lbs., all with the fly. 
The largest catch that I have heard of 
in Britain is that (reported by Mr. 
Senior) of Lord Louth, on the Beauly, 
where he killed 146 fish in five days— 
whether consecutive days or not is not 
stated . 
“The fish are small on the Godbout, 
but so is the river, which is very 
broken, and fished almost if not en- 
tirely from the shore.” 
R. B. MARSTON, 
Editor Fishing Gazetter, 
London, England. 
Ontario Bungalow Camps 
1924 Fishing Trophy Competitions 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
1924 winners of our three Ontario 
Bungalow Camp Fishing Trophy 
Competitions have been decided upon 
and copy of judges’ announcement will 
be found attached. 
Certain further particulars of the 
contests will no doubt be of interest. 
Our bungalow camp at I'rench River 
enjoyed a very good season and was 
visited by anglers from many different 
parts of the globe. Travellers from 
China, India, England, Spain, South 
America, South Africa and other coun- 
tries stopped over for a few days’ 
sport, while Americans from nearly 
every State in the Union fished the wa- 
ters of the district. The outlying 
camps at Pine Rapids and Crooked 
Lake proved especially popular. 
An interesting feature of the compe- 
tition at French River was the decla- 
ration of a tie between Mr. Hawkins 
and Mr. Champ, who each entered 
small mouth black bass weighing 4 lbs. 
8 oz. Measurements of these two fish 
varied slightly, Mr. Champ’s entry 
being %4 inch longer but % inch less 
in girth. 
Mr. Hawkins, using a 5 ft. Samson 
red and a silk casting line on a Take- 
apart reel, took his fish with a “Pikie” 
minnow on August 22nd in the main 
channel of the French River, not far 
from the foot of the Five Mile Rapids. 
Mr. Champ, while a guest at our 
outlying camp at Crooked Lake, caught 
his fish on August 5th, using an 11 ft. 
steel rod with a braided silk line on a 
trout reel. Live bait was used. 
Nipigon was visited by fewer an- 
glers than last year, but some very 
fine trout were taken. A number of 
speckled beauties weighing over 5 lbs. 
were caught with a fly in the rapids 
within a few hundred yards:of bun- 
galow camp. Mr. Wm. Metzger of De- 
troit caught the winning fish at Virgin 
Falls, August 81st, using a Bristol 
9% ft. rod and a Blue Grass reel. Tho 
lure was a Gold Medal Wobbler. The 
fish put up an unexpectedly savage 
fight in the fast water below the falls 
and weighed 6 lbs. 10 oz. after being 
out of the water 2% hours. Mr. Metz- 
ger was accompanied by Dr. J. H. 
Inches, who landed the 1923 record 
trout on the Nipigon with an excep- 
tionally fine specimen weighing 7 ls. 
Dr. H. J. Morlan, President of the 
Chicago Chapter of the Izaak Walton 
League, caught several fine trout 
weighing up to 5 lbs. “Ozark Ripley” 
also fished the river with success. 
Some good mascalonge fishing was 
enjoyed by guests at our Devil’s Gap 
Bungalow Camp on Lake of the Woods, 
reports having been received by this 
office of fish taken during the season 
up to 35 lbs. Entries for these, how- 
ever, were not received in time. 
The winning fish caught by Mr. J. 
A. Forlong in Moore Bay on Septem- 
ber 5th weighed 20 Ibs. 8 oz. Mr. For- 
long was casting with a 5-ft. Bristol 
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