The sun., 1895-01-20
o1wE AND FISH xorEs.

transportation companies in tho state IN giving
the game wardens every facility to search cars
conveyances and packages or receptacles sup
posed 10 contain game, the expectation of which
IL forbidden. The various railways have issued
instructions to their agents to this effect and
the orders have been implicitly oheyed. Tho eN:
press companies OF the State have also pursued
a similar course. They all send circulars to
their agents clearly stating the various sections
OF the Game law. and the dates OF the open and
close seasons. These are ecOnsricuouslyd displayed,
so that no gunner or shipprrcan plead gnorance nee
test of single season that of lsO4-is CON
cerned, the results have been al! that could br
desired. On tho last day Of the close season
wnrdens were sent out on all the railroads that
centre In Minneapolis and 81. Paul On he first
day Of the open season only thirty, birds we're
connscatcd. whereas previously thousands of
head Of game were poured into the two towns
named on corresponding date. II IL not claimed
forcenent of the game laws nt Minnesota, but
with the experience gained last season by the
wcll-organzed and efficient body of wardens N
is asseptcd that Minnesota will be. OF all the
States. that one which alone effectively pre-
serves and protects its game
The repor: OF the Maine Game and Fish Com
missioncrs contains some interesting figures In
regard to the large game OF that state moose.
caribou. and deer. 1t is estimated that during
the season Of 1SDi 1000 of these animals were
taken, of which 100 were moose and 200 carl
bou This number includes only those brought
large number of deer killed and consumed by
parties while on hunting expeditions. The ng-
gregatc OF persons who hunt and Kill large game
in Maine is increasing annually Mt the rate of
25 per cent. This increase is each year giving
a wider impulse TO the erection of hotels aud
cottages. The value of the game and fish in
terests TO the state is estimated to amount TO
between three and four millions of dollars
yearly. The Rangeley lakes region alone Is
visited each season by 5000 anglers and
hunters. Each remains on an average for
~ fp hIU pN md
basis 1t is estimated that S2,5O0,000 is the
monetary value, cf visiting anglers and gunners
annual harvest of $4,000. The money distrib-
uted by anglers and gunners in Maine Is alb:
keepers. Transportation companies. dealers I'm
arms and fishing tackle, clothers, and others.
These figures are given by the Commissioners
as an incentive to tho Legislature to increased
efforts in the direction Of the protection Of fish
and game.
There are no two other States east OF the
Mississippi River and north OF Virginia in
which the game laws confusing or so
negligently enforced as in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. The same causes are operative In
both cases. In Pennsylvania almost all the
are in antagonism as regards the dates
of the open and close seasons while in New
Jersey the northern and southern portions Of the
State are in disaccord in the same direction. An
apparently serious effort ia now being made in
both states to rectify this condition Of affairs.
In New Jersey a meeting for harmony has
been held, at which were present the
Fish and Game Commissioners, wardens. and
OF the various sportsmens asso-
Citations Of the State. The result of the consul
mas Of he 40
he uncertainty rs to the proposition that the
open season on woodcock shallbe only from Oct.
10 to Dec. 10, the north Jerscym"r It'll contend
ing for an open season on these birds from Aug.
u to Dec; /. The south Jerseymen appear.
close season on ducks and wild geese shall COM mn
mence on March l instead of May l,
fsS fSrmss the This .srDs Is Gstnst
birds is concerned Woodcocks appear also
~ be the bone of contention in Pennsylvania,
the southern and northern counties being ar
rayed against each other. as in New Jersey. The
difficulties in the way Of satisfactory arrange
numerous in the former State than in the latter
The several counties will not consent to abandon
local statutes without a determined struggle,
and 1t Is these special enactments that cause
and uncertainty and are so detrimental
to the proper protection of game.
The effort which is about to be made to pro-
cure at the present session of the Legislature of
shis State the passage of q law forbiddng the
and jack-lIghting Of deer in the Adj
Is one which should receive the sup
port Of all conservative gunners The condition
not be much worse. Many interests, however,
are antagOnistic to any change in the present
law. 1t is claimed that the hoiel keepers OF the
would not look with favor upon
any curtailment of the season. which is likewise
proposed. inasmuch as with the promise of deer
much longer period. Then again, the guides
and .t, helpers are not particularly endowed
deer shall be killed, so long as they
are kept In constant employment. The
anS who wra reside on the of the
hazards, are not going to look with equanimity
upon the prohibition of the easier ways OF pro-
{ Mess. however. speedy end bs put to these
methods OF taking deer. those animals. outside
The Adirondacks. or the destrnctiVe @ We % character m
Of the practice of bounding deer and of driving |
sS fhe wser an Is given which
and held by guide while companion went to |
A neighboring hotel and invited an invalid who |
was stopping there TO come out and shoot it.
He declined, but woman, guest at the same |
house. promptly availed herself of the oppor-
unity, She was rowed TO within a few feet Of
he helpless animal, and ended its life with a |
'harge OF buckshot; This is only one of muny
'imilar instances, the outcome OF driving deer |
10 the water with dogs.
A powerful binocular glass for determining
he exact distance of an object from the OBJ |
erver is now in use in the French army. II Is |
,alled the lunette Souchard. There is no reason |
Why this instrument should not be of value to
portsmen or gunners who hunt large game In |
he open. When the glass is in focus there are |
nterposed by the movement OF the fingers, be- |
and spar. Then there are imme lately brought |
nto the field of vision two images. the one the |
'enl OBJECT, the other smoky fac-simile directly
n line with and at the rear of it. The second |
mage is more, elevated, as the distance is |
greater. The object which serves for the ad- |
ustment Of the glass as used In the French |
army Is either a soldier OF ordinary stature or |
me on horseback: IL the head of the real image |
caches 70 the shoulder of the fac-simile he Is |
Instant just 300 metres-39aa inches TO the |
metre; II to the waist OF the image 900 metres; |
4 to the knees 1000 metres. IL the feet of the |
mage apparently rest on the head OF the soldier,
he distance Is exactly 400 metres. III there |
8 space between the feet of the one and the |
head OF the other. the distances can only be au- |
proximately determined.
Tho learned disquisitions on the habits OF |
black bass, contributed to a technical journal !
1y A. \. Cheney OF Glens Falls, y. Y, have |
allied forth from other writer's facts OF value.
DR., Alfred Ilinde of Chicago gives some lnforma-
ion In relation To these fish developed by micro
'copic observations or the retlnB OF the eyes OF |
black bass He concludes that |
hey aro unable 10 swim about after dark on
account OF the histologcsl character OF the
Iaclllary layer OF their retnW, which consists
'olely or cones. Pr. liinde bases his conclusions
IN the lAct that birds OF nocturnal habits have
lhly rods In the baCillary layer ut their retlnip
Animals Of mixed habits, OF which man
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