






FOREST AND STREAM. 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 
DEVOTED TO Frenp AND AQuatic Sronrs, PRACTICAL 
NATURAL History, Fish CULTURE, THE PROTEC- 
TION OF GAME, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE 
INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY 
INTEREST IN OuT-DooR RECREATION AND STUDY: 
PUBLISHED BY 
Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 
103 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK. 
Verms, Five Dollars A Year, Strictly in Advance. 
A discount of twenty per cent. for five copies and 
upwards, Any person sending us two subscriptions 
and Ten Dollars will receive a copy of Hallock’s 
* Fisnine Tourist,” postage free. 
Advertising Rates. 
In regular advertising columns, nonpareil type, 12 
lines to the inch, 25 cents per line. Advertisments on 
outside page, 40 cents perline. Reading notices 50 
cents per line. Advertisements in double column 25 
per cent, extra. Where advertisements are inserted 
over one month, a discount of 10 per ceng. will be 
made; over three months, 20 per cent.: over six 
months, 30 per cent. 


The object of this journal will be to studiously pro- 
mote a healthful interest in outdoor recreation, and to 
cultivate a refined taste for natural objects. We es- 
pecially desire to make the Forrest AND STREAM the 
recognised medinm of communication between ame-_ 
teurs and professional sportsmen. All of us haye 
something to impart, which, if made ayailable to each 
other, willin time render us proficient in all those 
several branches of physical culture which are absolute- 
ly essential to our manhood and well-being, both as in- 
dividual men and asanation. A practical knowledge 
of natural history must of necessity underlie all at- 
tainments which combine to make a thorough sports- 
man. Itis not sufficient that aman should be able 
to knock over his birds dexterously right and left, or 
cast an inimitable fly. He must learn by study and 
experience the haunts and habits of the game or fish 
he seeks. If he depend altogether upon his dog's 
nose, or upon his henchmen, he will some day have 
to retire from the» field in mortification and dis- 
grace. Therefore it is that we shall study to give 
practical instruction in the most attractive depart- 
ments of natural history. We shall not forget the 
technicalities of the craft either, but take pleasure in 
designating the” best localities for hunting and fishing, 
outfits, implements, remedies, routes, distances, breeds 
of dogs, &c. Each number will contain a paper de- 
seriptive of a particular animal, bird, or fish, with some 
instruction as to its habits, haunts and mode of cap- 
ture, and the period when itis in season. We have 
arranged to receive regular weekly reports of the fish- 
ing and shooting in various parts of the country. 
Yachting and boating will be encouraged, and yacht 
news be made an especial feature of the paper. A 
reasonable space will be given to athletic sports and 
those out-door games in which ladies can participate. 
In a word, every description of game that is in vogue 
among respectable people, and of value as a health- 
ving agent or recreative amusement, will be consid- 
ed and its practice encouraged. Nothing that de- 
© alizes or brutalizes, nothing that is regarded as 
sport”? by that low order of beings who, in their in- 
stincts are but a grade higher than the creatures they 
train to amuse them, will find fayor in these columns. 
To horse news we shall devote some space, giving a 
record of leading races and meetings and current 
events, but we shall not make it a feature of this jour- 
nal. We leave this department to others, much more 
competent than ourselves, who are recognised through- 
out the country as exponents of the turf, and as au- 
thority in stock, pedigree and kind. We yield to no 
one, however, in our love and appreciation of the horse 
and his estimable qualities. The noblest of all ani 
mals, and the companion alike of men of high and 
low degree, he has never become contaminated by the 
moral atmosphere by which he is often surrounded, or 
degraded below the high rank to which his attributes 
entitle and assign him, 
To the forest, lawn and garden we assign full place. 
For the preSeryation of our rapidly diminishing for- 
ests we shall continually do battle. Our greaf inter- 
ests are in jeopardy—even our supply of drinking wa- 
teris threatened, from the depletion of our timber- 
lands by fire and axe. It is but proper to state here 
that the gentleman im charge of this department is 
the well-known ‘‘Olipod Quill,” who was connected 
with the Agricultvrist newspaper from the start, and a 
co-laborer with the lamented Downing for many years. 
Much yaluable information will be found in this de- 
partment, 
Our military department is intended to comprise 
merely a weekly summary of news for officers and 
soldiers upon the frontier—such news as the casta- 
ways would enjoy to receive in a ‘letter from home; 
and we trust that many of them will be inclined to 
send us in return some account of their hairbreadth 
experiences among the Indians, the buffaloes, the griz- 
zlies and the antelopes. We of the East are not 
thoroughly familiar with the varied species of game 
in the far Northwest, and would like to receive full 
information especially of the numerous Cervus family 
and of the Rocky Mountain sheep. This department 
is under the charge of a distinguished army officer. 
Our dramatic and art column will be prepared by 
Colonel T. B. Thorpe, and must at once become popu- 
lar with all our readers who are interested in these 
matters. We shall occupy an independent position, 
and throw our offorts in behalf of competent reform. 
We shall perhaps even clamor for it. 
Our columns will always contain the cream of the 
latest foreign sporting news. 
In a word, we are prepared to print a Jive paper and 
auseful one. We shall not be parsimonious in secur- 
ing the best material for its columns. We are con- 
vinced that there is a standard of eminence and useful- 
ness not yet fully attained by any sporting journals 
in this country. To this we aspire. It will be our am- 
bition to excel; and we have relinquished a life of ease 
and semi-indolence to take charge of the enterprise. 
This not of our own free choice, but at the solicitation 
of many hundreds of friends and strangers. We are 
ably assisted in our labors by @®orps of valuable as- 
sociates—men of age and experience, all of whom, with 
a single exception, have been identified with leading 
journals for years. 
Mr. Smreon A, ATKINSON, connected with the 
Georgia press for over twenty years, has charge of the 
nsiness affairs of the Company. 
CHARLES HAaLiock, M anaging Editor, 



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Miscellaneous Advertisements. 
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NEW PARK THEATRE. 
BROOKLYN, 
Will Open on Sépt. 8th, 
—-1873— 



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IMPORTERS OF MUZZLE AND BREECH-LOADING 
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and other makers. Wesend agenuine Westley Rich- 
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0 
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., 00 Chatham St, New York. 




REMINGTON’S 
Sporting, Hunting and Target 
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Long Range Match Rifles for “‘Creedmoor” Shoot- 
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either Breech or Muzzle-Load- 
ers of other makers, 
For simplicity of mechanism, ease of manipulation, 
quality of workmanship and material, accuracy of 
range, and penetration, WITHOUT COMPARISON. 
“Tt is a noteworthy fact that though many different 
kinds of rifles were used in the several matches, includ- 
ing the conyerted Springfleld, Remington, Metford, 
Ballard and Ward Burton Rifle, every heen) in all the 
matches was won by those who fired with the Reming- 
ton rifle, except the last.”—From WV. ¥. Times, June 
22, 1873.—(See fnll report. ) 
The Remington Rifle won Twenty-two 
out of Twenty-three Prizes at 
the Creedmoor Meeting, 
June 21, 187%. 
Also, Revolving, Repeating, Deringer, aad 
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ASHEN TACKLE, 
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Green Hart, Split Bamboo, Log Wood, Fy 
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261 & 268 Water ‘Street, 
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SOLE MANUFACTURERS. 

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for ‘‘ Its Record.” 
F. W. FARWELL, Secretary, 
407 BROADWAY , NEW YORK 


The recent test of Fire-Proof Safes 
by the English Government proved 
the superiority of Alum Filling. No 
other Safes filled with 
Alum and Plaster-of-Paris. 
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__ 265 Broadway, N. Y., 
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ANDREW CLERK & CO. 
48 Maiden Lane, N. Y.,. 
Importers, Manufacturers and 
Dealers in 
STING TACKLE 
On hand the largest and best appurtenences ever ex- 
hibited in the United States. They particularly call 
attention to their 
TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS, 
Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks 
or Gut, Cutty Munk ‘and Pasque Islands Bass Lines, 
waterproof Braided Silk Lines, every size and quality of 
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Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the 
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EsTABLISHED IN 1835, 
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: . ALL KINDS OF 
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Made and repaired with the utmost despatel, 
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Medals awarded at the World’s Fair and American 
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28 AND 30 Fuuton Sr., N. Y. 
BROOKLYN CUN EMPORIUM 
E. H. MADISON, 
DEALER IN 
Guns and Gunning Material, 
564 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. 
Sporting Goods 
2 OUGHT, SOLD, EXCHANGED, AND 
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Picci Goods sent everywhere by express, marked 
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. BOSTON, 
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 
Fishing Tackle, 
Have the best facilities for the Manufacture of 
FISHING RODS, ARTIFICIAL FLIES, WATER- 
PROOF LINES. ' 
and their connections abroad enable 


them to supply 

all Foreign Fishing Tackle to the best ofr 8 In 
the Fall of 1873 will return to their store, (rebuilt since 
the Fire,) at # 
178 Washington Street. 
Orders by mail promptly answered. 
AVILUDE. TOTEM. SNAP | 
West & Lee, 
| PUBLISHERS OF 
Natural History Series of 
GAMES, 
AND MANUFACTURERS oF 
CHT VALR TE 
Worcester, Mass. 

