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Salmon Eoqs for Eukopb.— Nearly a half million eggs of 

 the California salmon went out in the steamship Oder, of the 

 North German Lloyds, for different parts of Europe. They 

 are sent hy Prof. Spencer F. Baird, U. S. Commissioner of 

 Rah and Fisheries, to the different countries, they paying the 

 coBt of transportation. They are on trays in refrigerating 

 boxes, and will be accompanied by Mr. Fred Mather, the fish- 

 culturist, who will attend to keeping them at the proper tem- 

 perature. They are to be distributed as follows •. Germany, 

 250,000; France, 100,000; Holland, 100,000; England, 15,- 

 000. The eggs were obtained at the U. 8. Salmon Breeding 

 Station on the St. Cloud River, Cal., and were packed in 

 moss and placed in a refrigerating car with five millions others 

 for the different States, which were distributed from Chicago. 

 Mr. Mather, it will be remembered, took over some last year, 

 the young from which are now in the Rhine. 



McClotjd River Hatchket— Table of Distribution of 

 Salmon Eggs From the United States Salmon Breeding Sta- 

 tion, McCioud River, California, During the Season of 1878: 

 —California— Consignee, B. B. Bedding ; Number asked, as- 

 signed and forwarded 2,500.000; tributaries of Sacramento 

 River. Illinois-Dr. W. A. Prate; 100.000; Elgin. Illinpis 

 — W. K. Fairbaok; 100,000; Chicago. Illinois— Samuel 

 Preston ; 200,000 ; Mt. Carroll. Iowa— B. F. Shaw ; 250,000; 

 Anamosa. Iowa— W. A. Mynster ; 50,000; Council Bluffs. 

 KanBas— B. F Shaw ; 100,000 ; Cedar Rapids. Iowa. Maine 

 —Lorenzo Bailey; 15,000; Pembroke. Marvland— S B. 

 Ferguson ; 1,000,000 ; Baltimore. Massachusetts— A. H. Pow- 

 era, 100,000, and E. A Bracket!, 100.000; 200,000; Ply- 

 mouth, N. H., and Winchester, Mass. Michigan— Frank N. 

 Clark; 250.000; Nonhville. Michigan— Geo. H. Jerome; 

 200,000; Niles. Minnesota— Dr. R. O. Sweeny, 1,000,000; 

 St. Paul. Missouri— B. F. Sbaw ; 200,000; Anamosa, Iowa. 

 Nebraska— J. G. Romine ; 100,000; South Bend. Nevada— 

 H. G. Parker; 250,000; Carson City. New Hampshire- A. 

 H. Powers; 250,000; Plymouth, State Hatching House. 

 New Jersey— Mrs. J. H. Slack: 450,000; Bloomsbury. New 

 Jersey— Mrs. J. H. Slack, 300.000 ; West Jersey Game Pro- 

 teciive Bociety, 150.000. New York— Seth Green ; 100,000 ; 

 Caledonia. New York— Abram S. Hewitt, 25,000. North 

 Carolina— S. G. Worth ; 350,000; Henry's Station. Ohio— 

 W. G. Gates for Castalia Springs Association; 50 000; Cleve- 

 land. Pennsylvania— James Duffy, 250,000, and Seth Weeks, 

 150,000 ; 400,000 ; Marietta and Corry, Erie County. Rhode 

 Island— C. T. Reed ; 20,000 ; Recdsbur; ntsWBLJP. Kock- 

 r^, 5 ?^?no ; o B t U L f ke S* Virginia-Prof. ETfc- 

 SnSnrV i 00 ' 000 ' - h 2&?%$rg. West Virginia-C. S. White; 

 600,000; Romne^ ^Consin-B, J. Sawyer; 15,000; Mel! 

 r ° se - ..loGoheiy*^ M. Welch; 100,000; Madison, State 

 Hatching House. "Wisconsin— A. E. Lytle; 200,000; Geneva 

 Lake. New Zealand— Care Hugh Craig, San Francisco, Cal., 

 200,000. Canada— Samuel Wilmot ; 500,000; New Castle, 

 Ontario. England, care Fred Mather, 10,000; Fraiice, care 

 Fred Mather, 100,000; Holland, wire Fred Mather, 100,000; 

 Germany, care Fred Mather, 250,000. 



Ebls Once More.— As to the breeding habits of the eel, a 

 resident of West Hampton, Long Island, contributes the fol- 

 lowing information to the Evening Post : 



''In the east end of the Great South Bay thousands of 

 dozens of eels are annually caught and skinned, and sent to 

 market. About thirty -five years ago it was part of my oc- 

 cupation to catch eels in the spring of the year, say from the 

 middle of April to the last of June. In the process of skin- 

 ning and preparing for market a large number of very small 

 eels were seen in the offal. On close inspection they were 

 found to be inclosed in a water-sack separate from the paunch. 

 They weTe alive while in the sack, about the size of a darning 

 needle— say two and a half inches long — of a much lighter 

 color than those we find in the fresh creeks and mill flumes. 

 I was then convinced that the eels breed their young alive 

 after their kind, and am of the same opinion still. How long 

 the time of gestation continues I am not able to say." 



A Compliment to Mr. Blackford. — We take the follow- 

 ing extract from a Report on the American Fisheries to the 

 Norwegian Department of the Interior by Frederik M. 

 Wallcm, Cand. Jur. 



Christiana., 1878. — The fish merchant to whom we were in- 

 troduced, Mr. Eugene G. Blackford, was not only a capable 

 business man, but also a highly accomplished gentleman ; he 

 was able to give ub not only information on all things con- 

 cerning the fish traffic, but also scientifically-founded com- 

 munications oij the natural history of fishes. As one of the 

 officers of that great society— the American Fish Culturists' 

 Association— he was identified with all the prominent scien- 

 tific men in that branch, and with the large staff of fishery 

 commissioners in all parts of the United States. We could 

 not have been introduced to any one who was better fitted to 

 be our cicerone and our living lexicon. A great portion of the 

 information which I acquired on the fresh fish trade 1 owe to 

 his kindness and intelligence. 



The Giant Lilt of North Ambiuoa.— What our valued 

 correspondent, Dr. Sterling, of Ohio, has written of this most. 

 beautiful and interesting aquatic plant has attracted much at- 

 tention from readers of our columns. He adds further : 



" Charles Birnettc, of the Hone's Point Club (post-office 

 address, Fremont, Ohio) can furnish the seed and roots of the 

 Jfelumbium lentium packed in frog-bit (Anactrasis alsina.i- 

 trwn), of which Dr. Bates says : ' A pond or stream can hard- 

 ly be overstocked with fish where this plant abounds.' " 



Our old friend Dr. T. Garlick, of Bedford, Ohio, whose 

 physical sufferings do not quench his interest in science, has 

 also contributed the following information as to planting the 

 seeds ; 



BBDroKD, Oliio, Oct. 6, IMS. 

 Mr. Editor— I save read Dr. Sterling's article In the last Forest and 

 Stream with much interest. la my dues shooting In Maamee Bay 

 1 have Been acres of ff«(u»»Wuw littium. I wish to write a short article 

 lor your readers, giving the reasons why this plant Is not easily marie 

 to grow in places where they are not natives, but I am too sick to-day, 

 and will only say now that thore Is no difficulty in making the seeds of 



any of the different BpecieB o( the Lotos family grow where the condi- 

 tions are suitable. The seeds of all varieties, having been gathered 

 and becoming perfectly dry, moil nut germinate, even ii 

 a marsh. Several other kinds otaeedB will not germinate either when 

 perfectly dry, the shells being impervious to mohrture, which prevents 

 germination. By taking a sharp, line Die, and filing partly through th« 

 hard shell in two or three places, so Ilia*', the moisture cau penetrate, 

 they will germinate readily. 1 have done this with the Sehi mbiuvi and 

 several other kinds of these bard shel) I T. G irlice. 



The Evening Post has an article headed " The Great Eel 

 Question." Yes ; there has been a great deal said about it. 



The Lampkhn.— Last July, when the editor of this journal 

 was fishing in Winnebago Lake, Wisconsin, a young daughter 

 of Gen. Stager, Western Superintendent of the Union Tele- 

 graph Company, both of whom were of the party, caught a 

 large bass with a parasite attached to its body just below the 

 second dorsal fin. It resembled an eel, and measured some 

 five inches in length. Upon attempting to remove it from the 

 fish, it stuck so firmly that it not only lifted the body of the 

 fish most, easily, but almost taxed a person's main strength. 

 When it let go it gave its hody a flirt and quick as a flash at- 

 tached itself to the hand and clung. Its eyes were bead-like 

 and snaky, and had a most intelligent and wicked look ; und 

 as it hung to its fastening, the victim felt like St. Paul at 

 Malta when the viper leaped out of the fire and fastened on 

 his hand. There was a pricking, burning, sucking sensation, 

 sucli as the flesh feels under the cups of a surgeon, and he 

 felt as if it was all up with him ! As quickly as possible the 

 vicious thing was detached aud flung to the deck, where it 

 flapped around quite lively. Presently a scientific grip was 

 made on it, and it was placed tinder binocular and microscopic 

 examination. As to its body, it was that of an eel ; but in 

 stead of gills it had a row of seven holes on each side of its 

 neck, behind the pectoral fins, as the lamprey has ; and in- 

 stead of a mouth the under part of the head was flat and oval, 

 and almost wholly occupied with a circular disk or sucker, 

 just like those on the tentacles of the cephalopotls or cuttle 

 fish, of which so much has been written of late. By this disk 

 it attaches itself to objects. Directly in the centre of the 

 same was aj MrjeyJieak, just like that of the octopus, whose 

 lance-like mandibles cut into the nesti aS.il' draw blood *nd 

 nourishment ad libitum. It fastened to fish on parts where 

 it could not be rubbed off by the most vigorous efforts. These 

 creatures are technically known as lamperns. They grow to 

 a large size, quite capable of mastering or resisting human 

 efforts; and we can scarcely imagine anything mgre horrible, 

 be the victim man or fish— if fish have thoughts — than the 

 doom of a victim thus destined to be slowly sucked to death. 



None of the fishing party had ever seen a lamperns before, 

 and it was deemed a rare curiosity. Unfortunately it was 

 lost before the party landed. How rare these creatures are, 

 in salt water or fresh, we do not know. That they are not 

 in common in the West is quite certain, for very recently our 

 Detroit corresponden t, Mr. J, H. Whitman, called our atten- 

 tion to a specimen some ten inches long, which Peter Honey 

 caught in the river there while fishingfor bass, It was placed 

 in the museum aud examined. Through the intelligent ob- 

 servation of Dr. E. B. Ward, of Detroit, we are enabled to 

 throw the following light on the subject, what we print hav- 

 ing been published in the Detroit Free Press. The Doctor 

 says: 



" It evidently belongs to the order of fishes known as Mar- 

 sipobranchii and to the class PttromyzonkUw. It is not the 

 true lamprey, but the lampern Lampelra flurmtitk, of the 

 English, or /'. JSiyrkunx, of American writers. Although the 

 lampem, like the lamprey, belongs to the tributaries of salt 

 seas, the former is by far the greatest frequenter of deep water, 

 only entering streams for the purpose of spawning ; while the 

 latter, being a ground loving fish, rarely leaves the more shal- 

 low river bed. "The former is also much the larger of the two, 

 measuring from two to four feet in length, while the latter 

 rarely exceeds twelve or fourteen inches. There is also a 

 marked difference in their respective colors, mouths, etc. In 

 the British Isles, and on certain parts of the Continent, the 

 lampecn is very highly prized as an article of diet, the so- 

 called eel pies of Loudon and elsewhere being ofteuer made 

 of the flesh of this fish than that of the eel, and being con- 

 sidered much its superior in flavor and delicacy. On measur- 

 ing this specimen 1 find it to be about ten inches in length- 

 Tbe most interesting question connected with this fish is, how 

 came it here ? for, although this variety ascends far up fresh 

 streams, it is quite a conundrum as to how it came up over 

 the falls." 



The Sea-Serpent Off Oapjj Race.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream : Apropos of that portion of my letter to you from 

 Gloucester, Mass., last week, which relates to the sea-serpent, 

 the following is important evidence which cannot he well dis- 

 puted nor explained away by any ridiculous hyp 

 . ' i From the commanding officer of the U. S. Coast 

 Survey Schooner Brift, Master Robert Plait, of the Navy, 

 who, in a five minutes' interview, ,'gave me hasty details. 

 Mr. Piatt's long service in the responsible position he holds is 

 full evidence that he is an intelligent and reliable man. 

 He told me that on the 23d day of August last, while the 

 Drift was becalmed oil Cape Race, all hands saw on the port 

 side, about half a mil? distant, some animal emerge from the 

 water to a height of about fifteen feet, resembling at first a 

 large spar projecting from the surface ; but a small head, a 

 taperiog neck and waving motion were distinctly seen. At 

 about two boat lengths (explained is about thirty feet) in rear 

 there projected what seemed to be a huge pointed fin. The 

 creature dove head first into the sea, its body forming a grace- 

 ful arch, and soon after reappeared on the other side of the 

 vossel. This time it emerged to a much greater height, and 

 after a time dove again and disappeared. Capt. Piatt says 

 further that in appearance this creature resembled closely the 

 description given to him by Capt. Frank Howe, of the 



steumer Lawrence, who, iu the same locality, saw, not long 



since, two such creatures. Is it possible that in this case any 



of the ordinary explanations will contradict the statement J 



ffaey Yard, Washington, Oct. 12, 1878. Pffijsoo 



The Ladv Fish.— Mr. Editor: A strange fish, new to the 

 local fisherman, was taken lately at Narratransett Pier. Being 

 submitted to Professor Putnam of Cambridge he pronounced 

 it to be Alfocla conwIcyncliuH — Bl. and Schti. — called some- 

 times lady fish, a Southern form. It differs, however, from 

 the species known as lady risli on the coast of East Florida, 

 which is perhaps Elops Saurus— Linn. — a voracious and active 

 game fish with larger mouth and teeth than the former. 



S. C. c. 

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When do Dekh Feed?— Twin Lakes, Fin., Oct. 7.— Edi- 

 tor Forest and Stream : Some time ago I sent you a short 

 communication on the subject of deer feeding, stating the al- 

 most, if not quite, universal belief of hunters in this State that 

 deer feed four, times each twenty-four hours, Viz: rising and 

 setting of moon and when the moon is i 

 above or beneath us. 1 wished to get an expression from 

 hunters in other parts of the land on the subject, but it seems 

 no hunters have an expression to make, which is somewhat 

 singular, for not a word has been published. Did no one ever 

 heal' of the theory, or has the universal experience ot hunters 

 in other parts been so adverse to such theory as to induce con- 

 tempt? If so, why not say so? If, on the other hand, they 

 have had no experience or never heard of the theory, perhaps 

 it would be interesting to themselves and readers of the Fobes- 

 and Stream if they would get some experience and give rei 

 suits. Certain it is that most successful deer hunters here 

 time their hunts by the moon as above, saying that you will 

 find deer on the move for about an hour rnore or less at the 

 time specified above, unless it be in localities where they are 

 much hunted, when they feed principally at night. 1 "have 

 heatd hunters tell of sighting deer lying down, and watching 

 them patiently until the moom was right, have seen them rise, 

 stretch and go to feeding. I rather pooh-poohed this theory 

 when I first heard it, broached, but I'm not so certain about 

 its being a subject for ridicule now, knowing, as I do, men 

 who have killed their hundreds of deer, who have as much 

 faith in the theory as they have in their own existence. 8. 



We have long known of this Florida belief, but have never 

 elsewhere found any one who entertained a like opinion. We 

 have come to regard it as a Florida belief. Our columns are 

 open for further discussion. 



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Bbeeding Snow-Birdb.— Editor Forest and Stream; In 

 paper of July 4 a correspondent in Williamsport, Pa., men- 

 tions having 'found the nest of a snow-bird, Juneo hycmalk, 

 thirty miles north of that city, I think it probable that they 

 breed as far South as northern Georgia. I found them in con- 

 siderable numbers in July of last year in the mountains of 

 western North Carolina, and, though I did not lind any nests 

 myself, I can give the names of those who nave frequently 

 found them. This was at an elevation of over six thousand 

 feet. I conclude from this that while. Juneo hyemaUs certainly 

 goes North to breed, he pays more attention to LOB 

 and environment than to degrees of latitude. 



Camp Thomas, A. T.,8ept 13. Geo. EL Mohan, M. D. 



Wanted, Black-Tailed Debe.— If any of our readers 

 have specimens of black-tailed deer which are young, large, 

 healthy aud docile, they will confer r favor by communicat- 

 ing with us. ^_^^_____^^^_ 



FEVER IN DOGS. 



IF " Stonehenge" and other authorities arc to be relied upon 

 much of the so-called distemper, particularly in the cases 

 of young dogs, is simply a fever which, if taken immediately, 

 will readily yield to vigorous treatment. In fact, the tre&t- 

 ment prescribed by "Stonehenge" for simple fevers is one that 

 might in almost all cases be adopted wheu distemper is sus- 

 pected, and will be described hereafter. The difference be- 

 tween fever and distemper appears to be that the latter is ac- 

 companied by a rapid loss of strength and flesh in proportion 

 to the severity of the attack. The symptoms of fever are, 

 first, a chilliness accompanied by an increase of surface heat, 

 and quick respiration and pulse ; then loss of appetite and di- 

 minished secretion of urine, with frequently costive bowels.; 

 also a tendency to congestion in the mucous membrane of the 

 lungs or nostrils, producing cough, aud running at the nose 

 and eyes. The latter symptoms it will be seen arc those usu- 

 ally indicating aa attack of distemper. In the case Of young 

 puppies it has been our custom to administer night and morn- 

 ing a Dover's powder containing from one to two grains each 

 of opium and ipecacuanha. This is in the nature of an expec- 

 torant, the effect of which is to excite, or promote a discharge 

 of mucous, relievinginflammation and allaying cough. As fur- 

 ther treatment, that suggested by " Stonehenge," viz., two to 

 four grains of calomel, powdered jalap ten to fifteen grains, 

 ginger one grain, should be given. The dose above being for 

 a full grown dog, and to be graduated to one-half or one- 

 quarter for a small dog or a puppy. When this he 

 the dog should be fed on gruel and kept warm and dry. A 

 tonic may be required afterward and nothiug can be bettei 

 than the gelaline-coated pills containing one grain each of qui. 

 nine and citrate of iron. 



MR. LORT IN AMERICA. 



Bbbvoobt House, New Yoek, I 

 Oct. 14, 1878. 

 Editob Fobest and Btbeaw i 



SeeiDIl in a contemporary sporting paper ot the 11th ot uc- 

 tober an article entitled ' : Visitor or Servitor," bearing upon 

 Mr Lort's awards at the Bench Show of 1878, and on the cor- - 

 respondence arising therefrom, I ask you will insert t„r me 

 these few lines. It would be in England a slight on Mr, Lort 

 to defend him from criticisms such as these in quesl 

 which his personal character and his judging capacity raise 



