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milet;from Gros Cap is a small island, callod Isle des ParieiennoB, 

 where wo landed for breakfast. We had been informed that, the 

 caribou abounded on this island, and as soon as we landed the 

 Major started with his rifle in pursuit of them, but brought in 

 only a couple of duclts, which he had skillfully scalped with 

 bullets. Wo then put off for WhitefiBh Point, which we reached 

 at an early hour in the afternoon, and made our camp— free from 

 masquitoes at this place. This is a noted fishing station, where 

 many lake trout and whitefish are put up ; at thiB season, how- 

 ever, it is deserted. Seeing many trout rising and pursuing the 

 honing, 1 baited my hook with a strip of the flesh of a duok's 

 breast ; and casting into deep water alongside the rocks, I soon 

 caught a good mess of speckled trout, some of them a foot long. 

 I also tried the fly, but they did not rise. 



August 2— This morning wo find the wind and waves too strong 

 to allow us to embark with our loaded canoe. [So we procured 

 a Macinac boat, in which we loaded our Blores, and three of us, 

 with the help of oars and poles, got her off past the breakers, 

 shipping one sea in the passage; then putting her before it, wo 

 daahed round the point into smooth water. The canoe being 

 lightened, they got off easily with the rest of the party, who 

 followed us round the point ; then loading up our canoe again, 

 we Bet forth, hoping to run with a fair wind to Pictured Books 

 before night. 



Bnt soon the wind began to increase, and to haul too much off 

 shore to allow us to lay our eouree : these bark canoes, fiaving no 

 keel, can o aa with a fair wind, or nearly so. We had inson- 

 sibly got off some miles from the shore, where the waves were too 

 high for the safoty of our deeply laden canoe, and it took vigor- 

 ous pulling at the oars to bring us in. Wo were then obliged to 

 resort to the eordelle, or towing rope, and in that way reaohed 

 Two Heart River ; twenty-one miles that day. The shores are 

 generally sandy and undulating, and clad with a growth of pine 

 and fir, mixed with maple and beech. 



On arriving at this pretty little stream, which flows parallel 

 with the lake for some distance, we encamped upon its bank ; and 

 I took my fishing rod, and following it for a few hundred yards, 

 1 killed some nice trout for supper. S. O. C. 



Sdilit 8t& Marie, July 31, 1840. 



jff* and m$ivei[ 



FISH IN SEASOrTToR NOVEMBER. 



FBESH WATER. 



Black B i.Lbjiit'.' ,• Pikeo 



M. palMua. 

 uluskalonge, Stoa nobilior. 



SALT WATEB. 



seaBaaa, . c biumremta. 



Striped BaSB, Boccus Zfaneat/ui. lionito, tiunla petamyt 



Wpakflsu, Cipuiarionregaliii. KlngHsli, Kemtetrrw nrbuloam. 

 BluoUsk, Pomotomua saltatrix. 



Weight of Appboved Salmon Rods.— Scarcely twenty- 

 years ago the length and weight of the hest salmon rods was 

 simply immense. The material was greenheart (one of the 

 heaviest, woods), and the length seldom less than 21 feet ! 

 With the reel attached the weight almost reached that of a 

 modern double-barrelled bird gun. "We were so fortunate as 

 to possess the acquaintance, in auld lang syne, of John Nor- 

 land, Esq., of Montreal, perhaps the then best known and most 

 expert salmon angler of Canada. His wealth enabled him to 

 gratify every caprice, and the variety and value of his angling 

 outfit was therefore very considerable, not to say extravagant. 

 After he died, his personal property of this sort was offered 

 for competition to his friends, most of whom coveted his rods 

 not only for their supposed intrinsic value, but as souvenirs of 

 the man. We examined the lot, and found a large selection 

 of rods, chiefly of Irish manufacture, not one of which but re- 

 quired an athlete to wield it. One ponderous wythe, a Castle- 

 Connell, seemed to have been his favorite implement. It was 

 21 feet three inches long, and could lift a line that should hold 

 a sturgeon. We mention these facts simply to show what a 

 preference has since been wrought in favor of light rods. In- 

 deed in these days, more important qualities are often sacri- 

 ficed to lightness by rod-makers, simply because the trade 

 seems to demand it. To make a rod which will combine 

 desirable lightness with all other requisites, is of course the 

 desideratum. The man who produces this is supposed to 

 reach the acme of a rod-maker's ambition. 



The other day the veteian rod-maker, Wm. Mitchell, long 

 and favorably known to all anglers of the past generation, to 

 say nothing of the present, exhibited to us, with commenda- 

 ble pride, an ash and lancewood salmon rod of exquisite 

 workmanship, which he had just completed for Henry Samp- 

 son, Esq., 58 Reade street. "There !'.' said he, " I doubt if 

 you can find any split bamboo which will weigh less than 

 that." It was 17* feet in length. We carefully weighed it on 

 Post Office scales, and it kid down 1 lb. 15 oz. Its lightness 

 surprised us, but we expressed our confidence that our 

 lavorite bamboo salmon rod was far fighter, and the old 

 angler departed incredulous. To-day he will read in his 

 Forest and Stream that, our rod weighs but 1 lb. 7 oz., its 

 length being 16£ feet ; and its diameter is greater than the 

 other. These facts are interesting to know, and should be 

 convincing to cavillers who are inclined to maintain that a 

 solid wooden cylinder can be made lighter than a hollow one. 



Could a wooden rod he made equal in all respects to a split 

 cane, the advantage in its favor would be most pronounced, 

 as it can he made for one-half or two-fifths the cost of the 

 cane. 



Iuvj.m i r uiT. — The early birds who, after the. custom of their 

 tribe, came down in the dark last Monday morning to the 

 Fulton Fish Market for their daily modicum of halibut, bass 

 and the turtle green, were considerably mystified to find no 

 market there. The basketeers rubbed their eyes, pinched 

 their legs and bit their thumbs— all approved fairy-tale 

 methods of waking themselves out of the dream— but after it 



all there was no market to be seen. The fish had escaped the 

 frying-pans to fall into the fire. Sunday morning smoke whs 

 seen issuing from the windows of the upper loft. The alarm 

 brought a full force of fire engines, the fire-boat and 

 the police-boat. The men worked like heroes; even inani- 

 mate things caught the enthusiasm; a hose-nozzle slipped 

 out of the hands of a flreman and wriggled around like a 

 frantic serpent, knocking the feet of half a dozen firemenfrom 

 under them and squirting the water in every direction. In 

 the stampede that occurred several firemen fell overboard. 

 The fire was a brilliant spectacle, especially when viewed 

 from the river. There were three cupolas, up which the flames 

 crept and whence they spread to the other part of the roof. 

 As each cupola came crashing down, the central one with its 

 flagstaff and gilded fish vane, it was hailed with tremendous 

 cheers and shouts from the enthusiastic crowd which always 

 gather at a New York fire. Monday morning nothing but the 

 front wall and the blackened and charred ruins of the floor 

 were left. 



The burned building, built in 1SG0, succeeded the old Fly 

 Market at the foot of Maiden Lane. Here, at the mouth of a 

 creek running far up into the city, one hundred and twenty- 

 three years ago, the fishing smacks had gathered, untd in 1822 

 the dealers complained of the sewage, which poisoned the 

 water and killed tho fish which wcro submerged iu the fish- 

 cars. An opportune fire cleared off the shanties along the 

 shore on the present site, and on January 23, 1822, the Ful- 

 ton Fi3h Market was opened to the public. The smacks were 

 brought up to the beach, on the market front, and the dealers 

 stood on the wharf. Some, who had permanent stands on 

 the Beekman street side, had acquired enough strength iu 

 numbers and influence to put up a building in 1834. Several 

 changes followed until, in 1847, this shed having been torn 

 down, a new one was built in its place, aud the real growth of 

 the Fulton Fish Market began. Many of the firms which hold 

 stands at present were established about this time, and tho 

 trade began to have its rules and fixed practices, though the 

 competition was sharp and shrewd. The market began to 

 have a character, and the Fulton Market, fish-boys grew up 

 into a class, and a rough class they were, drinking hard and 

 making it a point never to miss a cock-fight or a prize-fight 

 between their hours of flinging fish about. Later years have 

 wrought a great improvement, but to-day there is never a 

 "main" or an exhibition of the "manly art "without the 

 presence of a special market reporter and critic. During war 

 times, when everything was busy, fishmongers found that 

 they were defeating their own ends by too much competition, 

 and a scheme was started to secure the site for a close corpo- 

 ration. A charter was accordingly secured by the Fulton 

 Market Fishmongers' Association, composed of a certain num- 

 ber of shareholders, who put up the capital of .§123,000, and a 

 number of stand-holders, who controlled tho conduct of the 

 company's affairs. It was a peculiar association in many 

 ways. The. association has a virtual monopoly of the busi- 

 ness and the trade. Tho new building was opened Octo- 

 ber 18, 1869, with a banquet and reception. In the upper 

 story were spacious administration offices, a meeting room 

 and an excellent library. The American Fish Cultural Asso- 

 ciation met here last spring, and the market-men have ren- 

 dered very substantial assistance to the work of the Commis- 

 sion. The statistics of the fish trade have now some chance 

 of being collated, and at the request of Professor Kami a care- 

 ful list has been kept of the numbers and weights of fish ar- 

 riving. Since April last this has shown an average of 4,000,- 

 000 pounds per month. The fish now arrive from all quarters 

 by all sorts of craft by water ; and by every lino of railroad. 

 By quick express and packed in ice, the fish are in turn sent 

 to very great distances. The market is among the famous fish 

 marts of the world. 



Boiled Fish atj Natuimx.— The Key West Key of t/w 

 Gulf lately published the following statement: 



" Our fishing smacks report a stream of fresh or poisonous 

 water along our bay coast, from two to ten fathoms out, that 

 kills all the fish in its range. They report sailing for two 

 hundred miles through dead fish, covering the sea as far as 

 the eye could reach with all the varieties. Immediately on 

 the shore the water is salt and natural, while less than a mile 

 off it appears of a red brick color." 



The latest issue of the same paper confirms the foregoing, 

 aud adds : 



" Smack fishing for the present is entirely destroyed, owing 

 to the poisonous water along the Gulf Coa6t. It is more 

 than six weeks since that a single smack has been able to 

 carry any live fish to Cuba." 



There is no doubt a sub-aqueous volcanic eruption in 

 the vicinity. There is nothing remarkable about such a phe- 

 nomenon, If it be true, bs they are common in all parts of the 

 globe ; but we might as well say that market men will prefer 

 to have th ir fish alive and fresh, and not ready boiled. 



Hudson Bay Co.'s Post— Michipicaton, L. 8., Oct. 21.— 

 From the inclosed list of anglers to the far famed Kapigon 

 River you will note that a great falling off in numbers has 

 taken place. This is caused, I fancy, by the extreme irregu- 

 larity of the Canadian steameTS in calling in at the river. It' 

 some of tho South Shore (American) steamers could only be 

 persuaded to make regular trips during the months of July 

 and August and advertise them well, they, I'm sure, would 

 be well repaid. The past season has been an unusually fine 

 one and the fishing excellent, the trout averaging 1 as usual 

 from 2 to241bs.; a good many 5, 5i and Olbs. have also re- 

 warded the diligent and skillful angler. The following is the 

 list referred to : 



A. V. Russell, Judge T. A. Logan, Col. L. A. Harris, Benj. 

 Robinson, Cincinnati, O.; Jno. Erwine, W. L. Ilurlbut, O. E. 

 Johnson, Cleveland; Titos. M. Stetson, And. Ingram, New 

 Bedford; Ova Pearson, Indianapolis, Ind.; Brvan Lathrop, 

 J. S. Norton, Chicago, 111.; F. A. Fox, L. D. Wilkes, St. 

 Paul; Hy Austin, J. R. Chamber lm, Rochester, N. ~2.\ J. S. 

 Smith, W. B. Smith, Port Hope, Ark.; II. M. Hanna, Dr. G. 

 E. C. Weber, Alex Gunn, Cleveland, ().; lit, Col. Rhodes, 

 P. Rhodes, Quebec; Colin Campbell, New York: J. M. 

 Hamilton, Major Wilson, Sault Ste. Marie. A. P. V. 



Salmon Angling in Canada.— During an excursion last 

 fishing season Samuel Wiimot, Esq., Superintendent of the 

 Dominion Fish Hatchery, captured 80 salmon iu a fortnight 

 with his rod, of which 75 averaged 2-5 pounds each. He 

 thinks this equal at least to angling for striped bass at Cutty- 

 hunk. 



A Monster MrsoAioNOK — Brflvvve, Out., Nov. 12. — This 

 morning (Tuesday, Nov. 11) the largest muscalonge ever cap- 



tured in the Bay Of Quinte, and probably one of the largest 

 ever caught in fresh water, was taken in a seine near Hellevile. 

 1 personally measured the fish and found its dimensions to be 

 as follows : Length from tip of nose to cod of tail, 5ft. 4iu.; 

 girth at thickest part (after a five-pound pickerel had been 

 taken from its stomach) 2Giin ; weight, 52 lbs. Besides the 

 pickerel above referred to, the stomach of the monster con- 

 tained a number of other good sized fish. 



Movements of thr Fishing Fleet. — The sch. Col. Cook, 

 of this port, arrived at Port Mulgrave on Tuesday week, being 

 the last of the mackerel fleet to leave the Buy St. Lawrence". 

 There are yet several vessels to arrive home, but all will soon 

 be along. The shore mackerel fleet report no catch of late, 

 but the vessels hold out with the hope of a late spurt, aud 

 will not pack out the shore mackerel afloat until they give up 

 that hope. The season is practically ended. T he number of 

 fishing arrivals reported at this port the past weok has been 

 38, as follows: 2 from the Banks, with 185,000 lbs. codfish ; 

 6 from the do., with 100,000 lbs. halibut: 22 from Georges 

 with 260,000 lbs. codfish ; and 8 from the Bay St. Lawrence, 

 with 1,850 bbls. mackerel. Receipt of shore mackerel. 1,000 

 bblB. 



New Toek— Slielter Island, Nov. 14.— The fishing is about 

 over for the season. Many of the fishing vessels have hauled 

 up, and all will do so probably in a few days. They have all 

 done remarkably well this year. Captains Hawkins and 

 Cartwright, who have large lactones in this region, have 

 reaped a plentiful harvest from the deep, and both of them 

 have been making extensive additions to their works. The 

 former has also a large factory on Barren Island near Now 

 York, and employs several steamers in the business. It is said 

 that he has taken over fitty millions of fish this year. 



Isaac. 



Fishing Banks. — We don't know why New York cod 

 fishermen never catch anything unless they go on Sunday, but 

 we never hear anything about the fish biting on week days. 

 Monday morningthere are plenty of people'about the city, if 

 if you know where to look for them, who will tell you great 

 stories about " yesterday's " sport. Last Sunday a party went. 

 down to the banks off Far Rockaway and had huge success, 

 hauling up the cod, skate and dogfish until their arms ached. 



Rhode Island — Newport, Nov. 11. — The menhaden fleet of 

 fishermen have about all gone into winter quarters. Their 

 success this fall has been slim in these waters. One steamer 

 captured 300 bbls. off Point Judith one week to-day. Codfish 

 very plenty. Occasional. 



Tennessee — Nashville, Nov. 13. — The jolliest party of the 

 season started yesterday on s grand fishing excursion, to be 

 gone three weeks, Col. Geo. F. Ackers in command, attended 

 by a staff of sportsmen any one might be glad to be with. The 

 colonel said he would fish in Turnbull, Hnrpeth and Duck 

 rivers, and expects to take a great many jack, bass and black 

 perch. Besides complete equipments for fishing and shooting, 

 he has taken with him a couple of good musicians to enter- 

 tain the party and to furnish amusement to the good people 

 living in those secluded sections where he intends visiting. A 

 number of gentlemen have returned from Flint and Stone's 

 river, where they had excellent sport. In fact it seems that 

 fish are more plentiful this fall than they have been for years. 

 The weather is and has been all that could be desired. The 

 mornings frosty and hazy, clearing away in the middle of the 

 day, and just rain enough to keep the streams iu good order. 



J. D. H. 



Columbia, Nov. 16.— There is little or no fishing io this 

 vicinity at present. Our State Commissioner, Co! . Geo. F. 

 Akers, accompanied by Albert Akser and John Branch, has 

 been fishing on the Duck, Buffalo aud other tributaries of the 

 Tennessee, but with what success was not able to learn. 



Vat.. 



Silk Wop.m Gut Once Moke— Bedford, O., Nov, 8. — Mr, 

 Editor: lam glad that you have published the correspond- 

 ence between "E. I 1 . M." aud myself iu regard to drawing 

 silk gut from our native silk worms, as it has set me to think- 

 ing of what could have been the cause of Dr. Hardenbcrg's 

 failure. I think it must have been owing to dividing the 

 worm too far back from the head, making an opening into the 

 cavity of the abdomen, which contains the gelatinous substance 

 that "E.J. M." mentions, and which gave him so much 

 trouble by forming a hard, brittle coating to the gut. It is 

 a long time since I drew silk gut from our native silk worms, 

 and 1 do not remember just at what point I divided the 

 worms. 1 hope " B. J. M." will try it again, and begin by 

 dividing the worm on the first trial close to the head, so as to 

 not make an opening into the abdomen; and if this fails, try u 

 little further back until he finds the right point to divide it. 

 I have never drawn a very great number of silk gut from our 

 native silk worms, but enough to know that it can be done. 

 Let " E. J. M." gather a quantity of cocoons of Attieim ce- 

 cropia early next spring or this winter, and follow my direc- 

 tions With the moths and eggs, and when the eggs are hatched 

 place the larva on plum trees, or rear them in the : 

 feed them on the leaves of the plum tree under his immedi- 

 ate observation, and when they commence to spin try it 

 again. Following the above suggestions I think he will suc- 

 ceed after a few trials to his entire satisfaction. 



Very truly yours, T. Garliok. 



\, For Forest and Stream and Hod and Qun. 



" FLY-FISHING FOR BLACK BASS. 



IN order to kill these game fish with the fly you must have 

 access to a stream where black baBS are plentiful. Such 

 a stream will be clear the greater part of the season. Black 

 bass are sometimes found in streams that are not, of this 

 nature, but not in any considerable numbers. You must have 

 room enough to cast a fly ; that is, the stream must be of such 

 size and surroundings that yon have as much spa 

 rear as in your front, because your line goes behind you ex- 

 actly the same distance as in front. If you are married you 

 muBt have permission to go. Now for your outfit : Get 

 coarse shoes, largo enough for a pair of cotton and a pair of 

 yarn socks; pierce the uppers next the sole with small holes 

 by thrusting an awl in the direction you walk aslant. This 

 will let out" the water when you step out on land and prevent 

 sticks and straws, thorns, etc., from penetrating to your feet. 

 A pair of woollen pants, of neutral tint, with pockets in front 

 and at the back for leather strings and what-nots, will be con- 

 venient. A coarse (hickory) shirt, with collar till 

 over a neat cravat, an old sack coat and vest of subdued colr.r, 

 and a good many pockets ; these, with a cork-lined, veati- 



