FOREST AND STREAM. 



to unload our vehicle and put up our horse, -whose trot for 

 fifteen miles did not stem to have fatigued him in the least ;, 

 lusfovi/,, f,;„-n. hoi aired the beds, put the rooms in order, 

 and Soon had a good substitute for dinner in the shape of 

 fowls, eggs, potatoes, toast, coffiie and lea ; the little et cetera* 

 we had brought from the city tendered everything complete 

 i DBUrcd tor us a comfortable aud pleasant evening. After 

 satisfying our hunger and putting our things ship shape, we 

 sal down~lo bear the news of the beach from our host, who 

 cheered our hopes by his reports of abundance of snipe. H is 

 benevolent-looking face beamed with enthusiasm as he related 

 to us the wonderful shots he had made, of the bags he had 

 filled, of the grands memtws whom he had had the honor to 

 meet, and the magnificent fowling-pieces it had been his good 

 fortune to handle. His admiration of our breech-loaders was 

 unbounded, as was also his praise of the contents of our flask; 

 but he prided himself in regard to the latter in possessing such 

 Turn as could not be purchased in Quebec, and in proof thereof 

 brought forth a bottle of it. It was certainly the best we had 

 ever tasted, and had been in his father's house for many, 

 many years. In former times, when the West Iudia trade 

 with Quebec was much more extensive than it now is, rum 

 was largely imported direct from there, and ninny captains 

 took advantage of the extended length of unguarded river 

 coasts to carry on a profitable trade with the farmers, many of 

 -whom laid in a stock which to this day Btill remains unfin- 

 ished. Of such a stock was the rum which Pierre Uarneau 

 gave us to sample. As the evening advanced and his vivacity 

 increased with added potations, he related to us the legends 

 which had descended from the time of the siege, of the burn- 

 ing and desecrating of churches, of the desolating of whole 

 villages, and the entire destruction of harvested crops by the 

 English ; of the cruel mode of warfare, in scalping the dead 

 and murdering the wounded, and even their prisoners. His 

 own grandfather and grandmother had narrowly escaped 

 death by taking refuge in the mountains, where they remained 

 hidden for weeks, living on herbs and what birds, squirrels 

 andhares they could kilL "3ut," he continued, "nousavom 

 change tout cela, and the English are our good fiieuds, and 

 much belter than the French," whose atrocities during the 

 reign of the Commune seemed to have horrified the old man. 

 "Ah 1" he said, " we have better laws than in France, and we 

 can attend our church and listen to our cure without fear or 

 danger, and when we are ill we can go to la bonne iSte 

 Amu, who will cure us of all diseases and make the lame to 

 walk and the blind to see." Our good host became quite elo- 

 quent over the miraculous cures effected by to bonne ate Anne, 

 and resented any doubt of her superlative powers. The village 

 of St. Anne is about seven miles below Chateau Kicher, and is 

 under the patronage of St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin 

 Mary; and a part of one of her finger bones is deposited in the 

 parish church, and is considered a most holy relic, capable of 

 curing any suffering by the simple touching it. This church 

 was lately created by the deceased Pope Pio IX. a shrine of a 

 bigh order, aud it is estimated that over thirty thousand pil- 

 grims from all parts of the continent yearly visit it. It has 

 certainly been of great advantage to the inhabitants and caused 

 the circulation of a large amount of money, which, but for 

 his Holiness' thought fulness, would never have been spent 

 there. We at last confessed our faith in Ste Anne, for our 

 host was becoming argumentative, and we had to be out early 

 -^OB-the beach. 

 ~ It was' between four and five o'clock the next morning 

 when we heard our host calling us to get up— just, the morn- 

 ing twilight, when one feels more i'uan at any other time the 

 desire for a little more slumber and folding of the hands. 

 But the sportsman's life is not one of laziness, and we sprang 

 from our beds to enjoy a bath in the spring water, which had 

 at that early hour been drawn for us. It was icy cold, and 

 soon brought our blood to a proper temperature and refreshed 

 and invigorated us for Lhe exertions of the day. After taking 

 a hearty breakfast of eggs and bacon and hot coffee, tempered 

 by the richest ot cream, we put on our bottes sauvages, which 

 reached up to our thighs and were fastened round our waist, 

 and rendered impervious to water by thick coats of neat's 

 foot oil, we let loose our dogs, shouldered our guns and sal- 

 lied forth. The morning air was sharp and the great red sun 

 ■was just peering over the Island of Orleans, as through the 

 ■wet grass we made our way to the beach, up which an easter- 

 ly wind was beginning to blow. It had not yet begun to ruf- 

 fle the surface of the River St. Lawrence, down which was 

 quietly floating a balUau laden with pine deals, while the 

 helmsman, in his shirt sleeves and wearing a bonnet rouge, 

 was lazily silting on the immense tiller enjoying his morning 

 smoke. Through the damp grass, over turned up fields, and 

 by solitary paths in woods of autumnal tinted trees, we passed 

 till we came to a large hedge of haws and stunted oak trees, 

 in which we found an opening, and gained the beach. Here 

 was our shooting-ground. We were almost on a level with 

 the water and the beach stretched for miles before us, while 

 to the right rolled on forever the great St. Lawrence. In the 

 distance were mirages of far-off islands, and the clouds and 

 the water seem to touch as upon the ocean. To the left were 

 the variegaled colors of the Canadian forest, dotting the land 

 as with raiment of costly workmanship ; and far upward rose 

 the ranges ofjhe Lautentian Mountains, whose tops were 

 still covered with the heavy clouds of night. Not a Eound 

 was heard, save our own hushed voices, as with poised guns and 

 dogs at heel we carefully trod upon lhe sinking, marshy bottom. 

 Then the dogs went forward, slood still, a point, a whirr, 

 whiz in the air, aud the rapid discharge of four barrels. 

 Down charge, and the birds were found— two brace and a 

 half out of four brace. But old Garneau had marked the 

 fugitives, and again we pushed forward. Another whirr and 

 my gun brought down a bird, making three brace. A strange 

 gun now appeared on the ground and flushed the birds which 

 had escaped us ; but this was all fair, as we were on common 

 property and the birds were careless as to who shot them, if 

 such were to be their destined fate, which, so far, seemed 

 mosl probable. 



Aa we cautiously advanced we approached a small rivulet, 

 and, while looking for a safe crossing, rose a flock of wild ducks. 

 Then our breech-loaders came into good service, for in eight 

 discharges we were able to bring down five brace. By the 

 time wo had retrieved our birds the beach had become livelier 

 and the reports of fowling-pieces were heard continually. The 

 east wind continued to freshen, and this was a good omen, as 

 it would surely bring up more birds, and in fact in a 

 short time my friend and myself, having become somewhat 

 B-'parated, could see and hear that each was busy in keeping 

 lime with the flushing of the snipe. It was glorious sport, 

 aid, although walking in two feet of water is~not pleasant, 

 and laboring in as many feet of sinking, marshy ground is 

 much less so and very fatiguing, the time flew rapidly, and 

 it was a matter of surprise when looking at my watch 1 found 

 •t was past twelve— the hour agreed upon for our alfresco 

 /unch. I descried my friend at a distance standing on a small 



hillock waving his hankerchief to me, while. Garneau stood by 

 his side. I hastened to him, anxious to show my prizes and 

 to see his, and was envious enough to begrudge him the dif- 

 ference of one which he had gained on me. Some fowl and 

 tongue sandwiches, washed down by Hennessey's best, dissi- 

 pated all jealousy, and, finding a dry aud comparatively soft 

 spot, we lay dawn to enjoy the ever-consoling pipe. I Dl 

 our fellow- sportsmen had followed our example, for there 

 seemed to be a sudden cessation of all noise ; even the snipe 

 must have gone more vigorously to work probing for food 

 with their long bills, for noi. a whirr disturbed lhe serenity, 

 broken solely by wind through the long marshy grass and the 

 purling of a "spring near by which supplied us with water to 

 soften the Hennessey. Our hunger satisfied, and our siesta 

 over, we resumed sport with renewed vigor, and again the 

 beach was alive with gun reports and terrified snipe. Steadily 

 we pushed onward, dealing destruction in the most orthodox 

 manner and making good bags, which were beginning to be 

 a little heavy for our personal convenience, although we had 

 transferred lhe greater portion to old Garneau, who followed 

 us and seemed to enjoy the sport as if participating in the 

 killing himself. 



We had reached the village of St. Anne, and he would not 

 let us pass without our witnessing the truth of what he had 

 asserted the evening before concerning the miraculous powers 

 of the saints. So we went up to the church and entered it. A 

 young girl was on her knees in the aisle, devoutly counting 

 her beads, and took not the slightest notice of our entrance 

 or our examination of the piles of crutches which filled all 

 sorts of nooks and corners in this favored edifice. With such 

 proof before our eyes we could, of course, admit all the state- 

 ments, however extravagant, of our credulous friend. We did 

 not, however, see the ielic : had we done so, it might probably 

 have dispelled all our doubts. After the visit to the shrine we 

 returned to the worship of Diana on our return tramp to 

 Chateau Richer to the beach, and she was certainly as pro- 

 pitious then as before, for the birds naturally seemed to rush 

 in our way. When nearing the village we took a start up- 

 ward, and, crossing the road, reached the mountain path, and 

 were lucky enough to add a few brace of partridges to our 

 bag. It was falling twilight, and| the Anglus ringing when we 

 reached our quarters, where I found a telegram which re- 

 quired my departure for the city early next morning. In fact 

 had we not been so lired and hungry I would have left that 

 evening, but it was with a delicious sense of comfort that, 

 after divesting ourselves of our hunting gear, and performing 

 a much needed ablution, we sat down to a comfortable dinner, 

 consisting of trout,* boiled mutton, snipe, and an excellently 

 tasted apple pie, not to mention the extras brought from the 

 city. Our long walk was not an incentive to any lengthy dis- 

 cussion with our host, nor did he himself seem more inclined 

 to it than ourselves, so we retired early and rose early the 

 next morning quite prepared, if such were possible, to repeat 

 the tramp of the previous day. When I say early, I mean 

 about nine o'clock; for, like Tom Hood, I do not believe in 

 early rising, when there are no fish to be caught nor snipe to 

 be shot. 



After a hearty breakfast, and a kind farewell to our friends, 

 we started for Quebec with our booty— thirty -five birds— and 

 arrived there to astonish the citizens with what could be 

 found on Chateau Richer beach. 



THE DOINGS OF THE U. S. FISHERY 

 COMMISSION AT GLOUCESTER. 



One of our editors spent two weeks at Gloucester, Mass. , 

 lately, gathering information regarding the operations of the 

 U. S. Fishery Commission there the past summer, but, having 

 failed to furnish us the result of his observation, we are 

 pleased to reprint from the columns of the New York Herald 



The operations of the Commission at Gloucester, as con- 

 ducted for the past three months, have just been brought to a 

 close, so far as the investigation of the fishes were concerned. 

 Many eminent gentlemen had embraced the facilities furnished 

 by the Commission, including Professor Verrill, of Yale Col- 

 lege : Dr. Farlow, of Cambridge: Professor Asa Gray, Mr. 

 Clarence King, Mr. Sanderson Srnilt, Professor G. Brown 

 Goode and others, who were present lhe greater part of the 

 season. As heretofore, a Government steamer has been at the 

 command of the Commission for the purpose of miking inves- 

 tigations of the "grounds" and "banks," determining the ex- 

 tent and boundary of those already known and searching for 

 new ones. 



AS IMPORTANT DISCOVERT. 



Many important additions to the present knowledge of the 

 subject have been obtained. A large flounder, closely allied 

 to the English turbot and not inferior Lo it in excellence as an 

 article of food, was discovered. " Strange to say, however," 

 said Professor Baird, "it proved to be entirely unknown to 

 the oldest fishermen on the Cape, thia being due to the fact 

 that it had been taken by the beam aud trawl— a fishing im- 

 plement used alone by the United States Fish Commission and 

 by Professor A gassiz in the United States, although extensively 

 employed in Great Britain for the capture of market fish. The 

 fish in question has so small a mouth that one two feet in 

 length would be unable to swallow an ordinary baited hook, 

 while a small hook would not be supposed to sustain its weight. 

 It iB the belief of Professor Baud ihat several tons could be 

 taken daily by small schooners suitably equipped. Specimens 

 of the fish submitted for critical examination to several well 

 known restaurateurs of Boston were pronounced by them to 

 be excellent food fish. Besides the food fish just referred to, 

 about 150 specimens of fishes were added to the list of species 

 inhabiting the waters of the United States, some of them new 

 to science and others previously recorded, only, however, 

 from such distant localities as Maderia, the deep sea off the 

 coast of Porlugal or the waters of Greenland. 



Many observations were taken of the temperature and 

 density and chemical composition of the water at various 

 depths up to 200 fathoms, with the special object of deter- 

 mining tho physical conditions which influence the movements 

 and migrations of the cod, of the mackerel, the menhaden aud 

 the herring. A most important, scientific discovery was that 

 of a new geological formation of the tertiary period of! the 

 coast. Masses of rock containing characteristic masses of 

 fossils from all the best fishing localities, some thirty species 

 in all, were secured, a considerable number being unkaowuto 

 science- A large mass of informatiou was also secured in re- 



* Caccitt at Sault a la Piece, a saort distance to We north of Chateau 

 Bielu-r. ° 



gard to the rise, progress and present condition ol the great 

 sea fisheries, which have rendered Gloucester so famous/this 

 information relating more especially to the cod, mackerel aud 

 halibut. 



QUESTION OF ARTIFICIAL fRODlTOTION. 



Perhaps the most important work of the commission, in lhe 

 opinion of Professor Baird, aud upon which it is still engaged 

 at. Gloucester, is the series of experiments in reference to the 

 artificial propagation of cod, mackerel and other kinds of fisb. 

 Should these prove successful il is easy to estimate the value 

 to the country of au organization which hopes, by the aid of 

 suitable machinery, to be able to hatch out annually hundreds, 

 and perhaps thousands of millions of these fish at a very 

 moderate cost. In addition to its labors in connection with 

 the sea fishes of the United States the commission has con- 

 tinued the work of propagating shad and salmon on a very 

 largc scale. Twenty-three millions of shad were procured 

 at the station in Albermarle Sound and at the station in Havre 

 de Grace, ou the Susquehanna River, and distributed to every 

 State in lhe Union. Twelve and a half millions of eggs o'l 

 California salmon, obtained at the United States Salmon Fish- 

 ery Reservation, on the McCioud River, a tributary of the 

 Sacramento, have also just been distributed throughout the 

 United States. Generally the portion cominir East would fill, 

 in the regular packing cases, two large freight cars. The 

 original bulk of the eggs themselves would amount to oyer 

 two hundred bushels. In referring to the importance of hisinkr 

 sion the Professor said that the investigation of the sea and its 

 bottom was as important and essential as the investigation prose- 

 cuted in the West by Prof. Haydcn, Major Powell, Lieutenant 

 Wheeler, Clarence King, and many other*. The production 

 of food was considered one of great importance in an economi- 

 cal point of view, from the fact that the propagation of fish 

 required only the planting of eggs, while the raising of cattle 

 and other kinds of food entailed'a large expense. The popu- 

 lation of the country was rapidly increasing, while the means 

 of producing animal food on the land was decreasing in al- 

 most like proportion, aud it was the artificial increase of food 

 fishes alone lhat the country could look forward to with any 

 degree of certainty. The inquiries into the sea inhabitants 

 and of the rivers are over for the season, but the operations 

 connected with the extensive propagating of mackerel, cod 

 and herring are in progress at Gloucester, under the direction 

 of Mr. James W. Milner, and will probably continue for several, 

 months. The extensive steam apparatus required has been 

 erected on one of the wharves, and the prospect of success is 

 very satisfactory. The experimental work has all been done 

 between six and seven o'clock in the morning and at about 

 the same hours in the evening. 



The professor paid a compliment to the fishermen of Glou- 

 cester for the interest which they had taken in the matter, 

 they alone having contributed over two hundred valuable col- 

 lections. They are, in the opinion of the Professor, a very 

 commendable class of citizens, and he will kindly refer t'o 

 them in his official report. He has taken them repeatedly out 

 on the steamer in order that they nvght see the wonderful 

 mysteries of the sea as brought to light by a thoroughly scien- 

 tific apparatus. 



In referring to the Herald's Arctic expedition Professor Baird 

 said that it was one of the most important enterprises of the 

 age. He remarked that it was "an admirable opportunity 

 for making scientific observations. And it is to be hoped," 

 said the gentleman, "that the opportunitiea that will be 

 offered will be utilized in the interest of natural history and, 

 of physical science as wellas of geographical discovery." 



The Treatment oi? Adhesive Eggs.— In our remarks 

 concerning the translation of circular No. 4, of the Deutsche 

 Fischerei Yerein, we mentioned the fact that Prof. James W. 

 Milner, Deputy U. S. Commissioner on Fish and Fisheries, 

 and his Assistant, Mr. F. N. Clark, had treated adhesive eggs, 

 by the dry method, as mentioned by Herr von dem Borne. 

 Since that was published, we have learned that the gentleman 

 mentioned hatched some two hundred thousand alewives, in 

 Albemarle Sound, last spring, freeing them from their sticki- 

 ness by repeated washings, slier impregnation, which was 

 performed dry. Ten of the Slate Commissioners have tried 

 to hatch this truly valuable fish, on account of the difficulty 

 of handling the eggs, which have a tendency to mass together 

 in large numbers, but the U. S. Commission has been success- 

 ful, so far as they have had occasion to use them, In nature, 

 these eggs are scattered by the tail ot the fish, and adhere to 

 weeds, slicks, etc. , with which they come in contact, eithei 

 singly or in such small groups that oxygen is not prevented 

 from reaching most of them. The Germans are very desirous 

 of introducing this fish into their rivers, and we have had 

 several letters from Herr von Behr on this subject.— Fred 

 Mather in CUwgo Field. 



Stocking the Streams.— The Fish Commissioners have 

 made extensive preparations lo continue to stock the different 

 streams of this State with salmon during lie approai 

 and winter. The Commissioners have received irom Prof. 

 Spencer F. Baird, V. S. Fish Commissioner, half a million 

 eggs of the California salmon. They have made arrangements 

 to hatch and distribute in suitable waters throughout the 

 State two hundred thousand brook trout dining the coming. 

 winter and Spring.— MaOffH U'a.) Free J 1 ! 



Tennessee— Columbia, Oct. 12. — It is now stated thai Geo. 

 F Akers, Stale Fish Commissioner, will receive a large num- 

 ber of salmon fry for depositing in our several streams. We 

 look forward with delight to the time when we can catch 

 salmon from the Suck. Val. 



MAMS.wnrsBTTS Fisu and Game Protective Association. 

 — The first fall meeting was held at llicir rooms, COS Wash- 

 ington street, Boston, on Wednesday evening. Oct. lb', the 

 President, Dr. John P. Ordway, presiding, and was of » very 

 interesting character on account ol" the several reminiscences 

 related by members concerning the sport enjoyed by them 

 with rod and gun during the close season of the Association. 



ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 10, 1575. 



Mm. H. (_'. Sotirbs : 



Hear .Sir— The Diltmar is splendid. T consider It, a valuabte discovery 

 for lhe sportsman. I shall use no other. 



YuarstroJj, Wsi. J. i.i»i> 



H nWBTODpR; Pa., Oct. 10, 1S78. 

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 no smoke, and nothing battering at yoni log Tiit'.mar 



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