The morning call., 1892-10-02


were not sufficient TO keep pot-hunters from
tTSpassing, especially during the hrst
month Of the season.
Last year several arrests were made in
Marin County. aud, according to letters re-
ceiyed recently at this office, some OF the
young men who go hunting on forbidden
territory will find themselves languishing
10 the San Rafael dungeon this evening.
Sportsmen who are provided with permits
to shoot should enjoy grand sport to-day,
tina is, of course, provided the weather will
not be too warm for hill-climblng.
Quail are reported as being plentiful
everywhere, and those who will be gov
erned by the adsge that "the early bi d
catches the worm" should return with we'll
filled bags of game this evening.
Duck and snipe shooting viii not be good
until about November, as migratory birds
generally remain IN the northern countries
until driven south by good storm.
ProspectoIs who have been visiting the
Mount Eden salt marshes report that sprigs.
rail and teal are quite plentiful. Good
news las also been received from Suisun,
where mallard and teal are said to be quite
numerous in the ponds aud sl0ughs OF the
adjoining marshes.
Considerable moonlight shooting will be
done over our fresh water ponds until our
rainy weather sets in, after which the
Quackers Will scatter over the country and
duck shooting will then be more gap eral.
According 20 the Wedef Medical Presse,
at the last meeting of the German ueurolo-
gists, held in Baden, Professor GOltZ OF
S trasburg reported most remarkable ex-
pertinent. He cut out ia two operations al
most the entire eerebrum of a dog, leaving
the cerebellum and small portion of the
base of the cerebrum. The animal lived for
fifty-one days after tne last operation. and
then died of pneumonia. The remarkable
part of the experiment was the influence 1t
had on the dog, who few hours after the
operation raised himself on his bind.legs.
put his paws over the side OF the box, and
looked inquiringly around. lie could walk,
eat and drink, ana would chew any food
that WAS placed in his mouth. waking
and sleeping alternated naturally. He was
restless before feeding, but afterward be-
came quiet and slept A slight touch would
awake him from sleep. Hearing. taste and
smell were, of course, absent.
Emile Luttringer, the famous Sonoma
County sportsman and proprietor of the
Riverside House at Markham, went shoot
ing doves last week IN company with brace
of barnyard- hunters from the metropolis.
They bagged only three covers, but
noticing on the way home. in quiet field,
what they believed 10 be beyy Of grouse,
all three sportsmen pulled triggers. There
was an awful scattering OF feathers. Fill
teen fat and succueHt pullets rolled over IN
the dust to pick no more. The result OF tile
discharge of three guns cost the sportsmen
a bright SO piece.
A ST. Bernard recently whelped an extra
ordinary litter of pups in England. II. f..
Boxall, the owner OF the bitch In writing
of this event, says: 1T may interest some
of your readers TO hear of the abnormal
litter of pups which | had on Sunday from
my st. Bernard. The number was origin
ally seventeen; of these, five are dead
| through the bitch lying on them, but the re-
naming twelve, and also the bitch, are 60
ing on favoraDly. ! should like 10 know II
tins has a parallel"
Several members of the country club are
now enjoying quail shoot at Point Reyes.