The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-10

Interesting. Perhaps the best way TO impress
the truth Of this last statement upon The reader
VII ~ 70 quote a conple of paragraphs from the
For. saperIntsnSsnt Of Forssts and M, m,, ebIsf y :;
the stan, whose special duty IL Is TO preserve the
% the labor ie nv pssa s MADE q rs. Slsso oi All 5ff ss"1
sss peen told In print about the habits OF the
and stream, &c. This resume occupies about
twenty, Of the quarto pages of thebooE. Near
sne emo OF ne makes the following emphatic
The opposition to deer hunting Is due to mistaken
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sn,nS r, 1sn aq, n 5, ne action o. some WOODWORKING
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INC NOW shT ,S S,ni hSir roon sad lord orseT lamb chop. ~. -.
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cared Tor |. p.,iedi 4. sna Ted e Since i Was w q fa "na
HIN do~s and .pised him. three times. 's'F!'!.' 'Tnrrs
n %sn, sr b sr Los. In 'n!s herd; dying from the mslilc..
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Sos may e piSpss. "a any sySs humane sc, .sn, I'M s%ss isssis'S Ss
junction whenever the law permits
People who have heard the back woods poacher
tell about killiIg q deer out OF season e because I
jes had to- lone It In self;defence," and who
hsre supposed that the Lakewood excuse. was
norance. The back woodsmen and Mr.. Fox fully
e the vicious. treacherous buck running at
large In the forest. Of, the state.
no, 9niy does Mr. Fox point out the danger;
II by killing the buck. Full instructions for the
amateur deerslayer will be found beginning on
page 40, especial care being taken In the de-
tails OF the Instructions for night hunting. He
his. even told how to make II pitch. pine ~slivers'
lost overheard by the too nervous sportsman'
Nor 10 the deadly character Of the Illegal salt
lick. left unmentioned.
OF. course those habits Of the deer that a hun
ter should know In order that he may find them
are dwelt. upon. while tile best crosses when
breeding dogs that will drive deer to water are
Mr.. Fox Is not alone In giving Instructions to
the unskiltul hunter; The author OF the essay
men must. dc. should they ever 10 TO Oregon.
where the birds are found, and try to kill a bng
on the same topic. Indeed there are tables
printed to show In what parts o! the Adirondack
Wilderness the deer have been increasing and
book as q guide and yet fails to bring home a
Vicious. treacherous buck, will prove himself by
his failure wrctched tenderfoot.
A writer who supplied n two-pags essay on
summe woodcock shooting" seems. because
Of what precedes his matter, to have taken his
ton or Outing, for Instance, for IL Is. m Illus
trated argument against killing the birds dur
Ing the senson under consideration.
Last of all. mention. must be made of essays
on Nue ouhnhuicne ana tne Drown trout. IhRt
the author Of tho essay on the ouananichc was
well equipped for his task appears from the
fact. that what he has here published Ia the
b%riefest possible extract from n book which AN
old New York publishing house brought out
for him some time ago. The essay on the
brown trout was by an author equally capable.
the editor OF an English fishing periodical and
the treasurer OF a London fishing club.
People who are familiar with IS. tdrto
called also. Trtdtd fdrio in Germany"
will find the brown.trout essay encour-
aging to those who would transplant Ash from
foreign waters TO American. while that ON tho
ouananiche proves conclusively that Sdlmo sdidr
and sriTig' are one. Essays might have been
obtained on the desirability OF the nut pine of
Nevada a. q fuel. on tho value of the armadillo
a. game, when accllmatized on the Colorado
desert, and on the manifold advantages OF seek
ing shelter on a rainy day. But no one should
c~rlticise the Commissioners because OF these
omissions. They have with great care set down
all their " prosaic facts and cold figures" which
WAS all that the law required OF them. and then.
OF their own %volition. added thereto enough
auxiliary matter" to make q magnificent
looking Quarto valume-a volume. indeed. that
has cost the State tens of thousands of dollars
They have fully succeeded In their desire that
their first report shall be something out of the
commonplace" They are therefore entirely
Justified In surprising that they have done al
and even more-very much more than any one
In reason could have expected Of them.