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Che Ziennel. 
Tue RETRIEVER.—There are two species—the water and 
the land retriever. The water retriever is, or ought to be, a 
cross between the smaller kind of Newfoundland dog— 
sometimes called the: Labrador dog—and the setter. This 
dog is especially useful to the sportsman when shooting 
wild fowl, through creeks, bayons, &e., and saves him an 
infinite deal of trouble, and is by no means in the way, 
Many sportsmen imagine that this dog will scare wild fowl, 
but his actions teach us just the contrary, as his careful 
training, natural instinct, and color act as a decoy rather 
than otherwise. A good water retriever is, however, sel- 
dom to be met with, and should be taught when quite 
young. Nothing answers this purpose better than shooting 
divers or any young duck, then sending the retriever in the 
water, and, after he has got his ,bird, call him to you, take 
the bird gently out of his mouth, caress and pat him. In 
three or four lessons, if the water be not too cold, you will 
find there will be no necessity of even telling him to fetch, 
as instinct and his natural fondness for the water will be 
all that is necessary to make a thorough retriever of him. 
The great drawback, however, is that he must be kept in 
almost constant practice, and should be carefully broken 
from rats, which abound on the banks of rivers and lakes. 
The writer some time ago owned a famous retriever, and 
was shooting black duck on a lake in Ulster County. It 
was impossible to approach this sheet of water nearer than 
twelve yards, as the lake was surrounded by a waving 
morass. I had been shooting from early dawn with little 
success, when a large flock of black duck, headed by a 
drake, came up on the wind, and killing five out of the 
flock, they struck the water about thirty yards from the 
shore. The retriever, the instant he saw the ducks fall, 
jumped in, scrambled through the morass, and swam up to 
the birds, taking hold of the drake, and was bringing the 
bird ashore, when he found it was impossible for him to get 
through the morass with this heavy bird. The dog evi- 
dently became frightened, and began splashing and pawing 

togain a foot-hold. The writer now became uneasy lest he 
should lose his dog, but the faithful brute never let go the 
drake. Running back some distance to a fence, he procured 
four poles, and pitching one as far as possible, by good for- 
tune landed it just on the edge of the water: then laid 
another down lengthwise, and another and another, until] 
he made a kind of plank road for the dog, who brought 
eventually the ducks one by one over this wooden cause- 
“way. 
THE LAND RETRIEVER.—The best cross for this purpose 
is a setter, with a springer or cocker spaniel. If your setter 
has never been taught to retrieve, a more valuable dog than 
the land retriever it is hardly possible to possess, especially 
when shooting woodcock and English snipe in the fall of 
the year. A gentleman wrote to us asking: ‘‘ How am I to 
teach my puppy to retrieve?” We answered him: “ Have 
patience.” The most successful manner to teach a young 
dog, especially when teething, is to lay hold of a handker- 
chief or towel, or a bunch of feathers tied to a cord, and 
A slight resistance aggravates him, 
and makes him fond of possession, which he should be 
allowed to have for a few seconds; this makes him proud 
and pleased. He must be warned by a gentle pull at the 
cord that he is not master yet of it, and this renews his de- 
sire, which ultimately becomes confirmed, After a few 
lessons given with patience, you may take the retriever out 
in the field, but not after game, as he requires the same 
lessons in the field as he does in the house. When the re- 
triever will bring anything to you in the shape of a bird, 
rabbit, &c., you can then allow him to go at large, keeping 
him always at the heel of the shooter, and only allow him 
to retrieve at the words ‘‘Seek, seek,” if the birds are. 
wounded, or ‘Fetch it,” if dead. The retriever should 
always be made to bring the game to the foot, or even to the 
hand of the shooter, and not lay it down at a distance, as he 
sometimes lays it down on the wrong side of a fence. Never 
teach a land retriever to fetch stones or sticks; if he does, 
he will inevitably become hard-mouthed and irretrievably 
ruined. 
- Now that we are on the subject of retrieving, we might 
bring to notice the head of the race of retrievers; we refer to. 
the large and handsome animal, the Newfoundland. The 
pure breed of this animal is very scarce, and is not of that 
gigantic size which it. is generally supposed to be, but, when: 
crossed with the mastiff, becomes a most formidable and 
ferocious animal when aroused. The stories of the faithful- 
ness and attachment to mankind of this truly sagacious dog 
are known to every man, woman and child throughout the 
civilized world; but we will relate one anecdote that lately 
occurred to a gentleman at Newport, R. I. Being fond of 
reading, this gentleman took his accustomed book and sun 
umbrella to the sea shore. On one occasion he was so 
deeply buried in his book that he overstayed his time, and 
being called to his senses by a glance at his watch, hastily 
pocketed his book and made for home with his best speed. 
Just as he had arrived at the house he found that he had 
left his sun umbrella on the beach where he had been sit- 
ting, and as it was mounted very handsomely and a present 
from his son who is in China, he valued it extremely, and 
would have sent his dog for it had not the animal chosen to 
accompany a friend in a short walk. However, the dog 
soon arrived; his master explained his loss to the anima} 
and begged him to find the lost umbrella. Just as he com- 
pleted his instructions to the dog, dinner was announced, 
and he was obliged to take his seat at the table. Soon after- 
wards, a great uproar was heard in the hall; sounds of 



FOREST AND STREAM. 
pushing, and scuffling, and angry voices; presently the ser- 
vants gave way, and in rushed the Newfoundland dog, 
bearing in his mouth the missing umbrella. He would not 
permit any hand but his master’s to take it from his mouth, 
and it was his resistance to the attempts of the servants to 
take the umbrella from him that had led to the skirmish, 
The Marquis de PAigle, at Francport, near Compiegne, 
had a large kennel of fox hounds, and in consequence of 
madness having showed itself among the hounds, he gave 
orders to destroy the whole pack. A veterinary surgeon 
was called in and administered strychnine to ninety. The 
pecuniary loss the marquis suffered was nearly 20,000 francs. 
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Fipo Iw Paris.—All over Europe the love of dogs among 
all sexes is remarkable, although they are made to work in 
Switzerland and some parts of Germany. Here in Paris 
it is quite common to see a mother dragging her almost in- 
fant child by the hand, weary and fretful, and carrying a 
dog in her arms, which she ‘will occasionally stop to kiss, 
or dispose of so as to make it more comfortable. ‘This trait 
is pecnliar to no one class, but all seem to have a strong af- 
fection for the dog. To see a lady at her door or window 
without a lap dog is almost a novelty, whilst many of them 
carry in their arms or lead them by a ribbon in the streets, 
The corners are posted with hand-bills of hospitals for dogs, 
where the best medical attendance can be had, and dog 
medicines and dog soaps are placarded in all directions. 
On the boulevards, at night, the dealers in dogs are con- 
stantly perambulating with two or three pups in their arms, 
and ladies will stop and bargain for them on the public 
thoroughfare. They teach them all manner of tricks, and 
they are valued according to the education they have re- 
ceived and the intelligence they display. When they travel 
they take a nurse with them to attend to the wants and com- 
forts of the dog, and these nurses can be seen in the public 
squares airing and exercising the dogs and leading them by 
ribbons, Some idea of the extent of this dog mania may 
be judged from the fact that the dog tax paid into the City 
Treasury last year was 420,000 francs, or nearly $100,000. 
The men also have their dogs, but not to such a great ex- 
tent as females. They are most beautiful little animals, as 
white as snow, and are kept scrupulously clean, more care 
being evidently bestowed on them in this respect than 
many of the children receive from their mothers. 
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TowWNsVILLE, Granville Con Nae: 
The challenge of Messrs. Suit, Marshall & Cross to the 
huntsmen of the United States, to run their fox-hounds 
against any pack in this country or England, has been no- 
ted by me. I will wager any amount, not exceeding $100, - 
000, that my fox-hounds are better hunters, and superior in 
speed, power, and endurance to theirs, and I am ready to 
run them any time between now and the first of January, 
1874, at any place within one hundred miles of Washington 
City. Should a match be made | will deposit the money, 
or its equivalent, with the Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank, 
Richmond, Va. 

R. G. Snexp. 

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—An Eprrapy.—‘‘Henry M****, born Dec. 16, 1805; 
died - He was a-great turkey hunter, and a tolerably 
good fiddler. He desired the above to be placed on this 
slab. Peace be to his ashes.” 
Che Glagazines. 
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MerHop oF FEEDING AND AERATING THE Briewron: 
Aquarium.—By means of pipes the salt water is drawn 
by pumps from the sea into reservoirs beneath the corri- 
dors, and thence raised to the several tanks, as may be re- 
quired. To effect these important supplies, steam-power is 
employed; the engine being placed in the apartment not 
ordinarily shown to visitors. Steam-power is also employed 
to force tresh air into the tanks sufticient for maintaining 
the vital quality,of the water. We therefore in walking along 
the front of the tank, observe streams of air-bubbles rising 
through the water, and disappearing on the surface. As 
the ocean needs no artificial aeration, one, at first sight, is 
at a loss to understand why the salt water should be so 
treated. The explanation involves a recollection of many 
natural phenomena. The ocean is wholesomely agitated 
by the winds; the wild tumultuous Waves are 80 many in- 
corporators of fresh air; so are showers of rain; and so 
likewise are the various currents which conflict and flow in 
different directions; the very storms which sometimes oc- 
casion the most appalling disesters, being wisely ordained 
to prevent stagnation and secure a store of air for the mul- 
tifarious fishes which inhabit the deep. Certain tanks are 
filled with fresh water, suitable for fishes from lakes and 
tivers, and the aeration for them is similarly conducted. 
Much skill is shown in regulating the admission of light 
from above, according to the natural requirements of 
the animals. Care is also taken to add such constituents 
as may be demanded for food or shell-building, as for ex- 
ample, shells of oysters, crawfish, and lobsters. The sea, 
being in most part charged with ‘the seeds and germs of 
marine plants, a crop of themis certain to spring up. The 
growth of such plants in aquaria is managed by an adjust- 
ment of the light, for while a brilliant glare of sunshine 
would be destructive of certain forms of marine vegeta- 
tion, too little light would be injuriously prolific, and im- 
pair the healthy existence of the animals. We mention 
all this, to show what a variety of considerations, some of 
them of a costly nature, have to be kept in view in main- 
taining a properly constituted public aquarium.—Cham- 
bers’ Journal. 
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DIFFERENCE IN WEIGHTS.—Does &@ sportsman’s full bag 
Pp g 
or basket ever feel heavy? For the sensation of the strap 
over the shoulder is, doubtless, very different from what 
it would have been if, instead of beautiful trout, one has 
a twelve pound cannon shot in the basket. Indeed, 
this notion of weight, though absolute and positive, as 
marked by the scales of material philosophers, has got a 
variable force and signification, when sentiment lends vigor 
to the muscles. For what sportsman, helping to carry 
home. a fine buck, or what loving husband, taking a sick 
wife up stairs in his arms, or what young fellow, on whose 
back fortune had, for the moment, buckled a laughing lass 
of a hundred and forty pounds, to be carried over a slough, 
would feel the weight the same as if the burden were a bag 
of grain or a sack of salt —The Lawrences: 



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A Mopern Turxisu Story. —Once, in Samarkand, there 
was a tailor, who stole ten yards of cloth from a customer, 
and in default. of returning it, was condemned by the 
Juagi to lose his right hand. Just as, in the saddest mood, 
he was placing his bared wrist on the executioner’s block, 
there passed by a charitable person, who obtained his par- 
don. The tailor returned joyfully to his shop, swearing to 
sin no more. Next morning, as he sat at his work sur- 
rounded by some friends, the benefactor passed. ‘‘Ah,”’ 
said he, ‘how does that right hand of yours get along? all 
right I hope? By the Prophet, you ought to be obliged to 
me.” The tailor muttered a few words of thanks, but 
thought to himself how disagreeable it. was on the part of 
the philanthropist to mention the facts bearing on his par- 
ticular. case, especially before so many witnesses.. The 
next-day the same thing occurred, and the day afterwards. 
At last it became such an annoyance that at last the unfor- 
tunate tailor, one dav in desperation, baring his arm, with 
his. other hand presented a knife to the philanthropie man, 
exclaiming, “Here, now for God’s sake cut off my hand, 
for once, and have done with it. I would prefer that a 
thousand times, rather than to have you always talking of 
how you sayed it.” Moral: .When you have performed a 
good action, cease talking about it.—Translated from Tour 
du Monde. 

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How Ciuss ar® STaRTED IN ENGLAND.—A new club, as 
often as not, is originally evolved from the moral con- 
sciousness of a gentleman about town who has nothing to 
do—say a half-pay officer—half-pay officers without private 
fortunes are capable of anything. He finds: a solicitor who 
knows somebody who has a site, or, it may be, a ready 
house built. An architect is probably required, and he 1s 
sure to turn up  punctually. A» wine merchant is certain 
not to be far off; and an upholsterer, you may sure is faith- 
fully to the fore. All these people use their connection to 
get anucleus of members; you may be sure that they all 
get something more than their professional emoluments, 
and the club commences its career with a cheerful debt; 
Entrance fees and subscriptions of course come in, but 
these are found insuflicient for the purpose. Then there is 
a whip round; then a hundred or two of rather mixed mem- 
bers are taken in without entrance fee, then there is an- 
other whip; then more touting for additional members, and 
so the game goes on. Sometimes a club tides Over its 
troubles and hecomes safely established, but the majority 
of new speculations of the kind go to the wall after a year 
ortwo. There are asset of men going about—of. sufticient 
ostensible position to bear description ina list of names— 
who belong, I really believe, to every new club that 
starts.— All the Your Round. 

suiswers Ca Correspondents. 
[We shall endeavor in this department to impart and hope to receive 
such information as may be of service to amateur and brofessional sports- 
men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within 
the scope of this paper, designating localities Jor good hunting, fish - 
ing, and trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im- 
plements, routes, distances, seasons, cupenses, remedies, traits, species, 
governing rules, etc. All branches of the sportsman’s craft will receiv, 
attention. Anonymous communications not noticed. 
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OarsMAN.—Nine boat clubs’on the Harlem river, foot of 133d street. 
Guoan.—1. Whitehall county. 2. Clinton county. 3. Number ten 
bore. 
Inrra Die.—The best thing to harden the goles of your pointer’s feet 
is to steep them occasionally in rock salt and water. 
GERMAN, Philadelphia. --Have known a Brant to be killed at fully 
seventy yards with a muzzle loader. 
Rat—Sewing machine oil, very good for barrel, but weuse the bese 
watchmaker’s oil for gun-locks, and never any thing else. 
R. A.—We could recommend Hart, of Northport, L. I. He is a good 
trainer, and handles the dogs himself. 
Aman, American Jockey Club,—Fordham rides 8 st. 10 lbs., (122 lbs.) 
When he follows the hounds he will weigh up to 140 pounds. 
L. S.—Taxidermists use tow for stuffing; bran would make your smal, 
specimen look puffy and unnatural. 
Governor, Morristown, N. J.—Perhaps the difficulty with your gun ia 
that it is too short in the stock for you. E.H. Madison, of Brooklyn, 
will lengthen it for you. 
QuARL,—Your shooting 1s good, but would not pass muster with the 
Association, because the minimum, pull on. the trigger must be six 
pounds. 
Mrs. H.—The cat-bird can be made quite a pet. We have known 
them. to be tame, and to show a wonderful degree of sagacity. Audubon 
declares it to be a sweet singer, 
GxoreE, Brooklyn.—The St. Louis United Eleven ‘lost only two 
matches during their extensive trip North, We think as cricketers they 
promisé to bea very strong eleven. ‘en of them are Englishmen. 
S. H.—A male and female mink would be worth $50. They may be 
caught in a box trap. They become quite tame. They are Positively 
bred for profit in the United States and Canada, 
LAMBERT .—Relations between length of wing and rapidity of flight in 
birds have been studied. Birds remarkable for rapid or long-sustained 
flight have large wings. There is a difference between sustained flight 
and rapidity of flight. Would like to hear more from you. 
G. A. M., Rochester.—Commence teaching your dog in a room just as 
soon as he shows any sense or instinct. Regular work in the field may 
commence as early as seven months. Be patient, but let him know you 
are his master. 
Lanror, Madison, Wisconsin.—The London gunmaker you name we 
do not know. His guns do not come to this market. From the price, we 
do not think they would suit you. Second hands may be good; they are 
often quite serviceable. They are browned and burnished to so as to 
look like new guns. 
QuaNDARY.—Books vary as to the distance the sounds you want to know 
about travel. A musket on a still day may be heard three miles quite 
distinctly, but+the human voice with the wind blowing may be heard as 
far. On the contrary, with a wind.adyerse and blowing only moder- 
ately, a musket cannot be heard above 800 yards. Atmospheric condi- 
tions govern. 
L. F., Flemington, N. J.—Your favor has been overlooked. ,Hopo 
you will excuse. At Porter’s Lake, Pike county, Pennsylvania, there is 
some deer shooting, and fair bass and pickerel fishing—about the same 
as you describe in your letter. Tolerably well wooded. You should go 
earlier than July for trout, which are abundant in some parts of the 
Bushkill. Black squirrels abundant only in Michigan; grey squirrels in 
northern Pennsylvania. See previous numbers of this paper for locali- 
ties, as well as for numerous hunting districts, within “g day’s journey”’ 
of your town. No law restricting squirrel hunting. Culexifuge and 
ordinary preparations of little protection against flies and mosquitoes. 
Use tar and sweet oil—one part to four. There is mothing better or 
cleaner. 
