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FOREST AND STREAM. 



—Dr. T "■,■ , lima the name Pina- 



fore for In . i ped December S, 1878, 



by Watts' Tui I i u\ of Writs' Vixen. 



—Mr-. T. T. Bawyer, Ji.'s (of Boston) Gordon bitch Nellie 

 whelped, on the lltb, ten dogs and tbree bitck puppies. 

 Sire, Fred A. Taft's Gordon dog Dorr. 



—-Mr. J. if. Whitman's fox terrier bitch Fashion gave birth 

 on the 13:hinst.totwo whelps; a very handsome even 

 one, with black and tun head and white body saved. Not- 

 withstanding- he has wilbdra "u i'ruui exhibitions he will still 

 continue bis experiments to improve the eaniue according to 

 his own ideas of breeding. 



—The celcbinl 

 have b« non n 

 Wester; ■ i 

 Judy will be brei 

 is brother to my 



d Irish water spaniels, Barney and Judy, 



from j. J. Skidmore's Kennel by a noted 



soon he expected in this country. 



leaving England. Patsey 



itch Lifl'ey. 



Praikie Oil —In March, 1878, 1 received a severe injury 

 by stepping from a Fourth Avenue ear while in motion, and 

 the only remedy used for relief was "Prairie Oil," which 

 acted like a charm. T. C. Basks. 



£$e» mid ^ivet[ 



FISH IN SEASOrTlN JANUARY. 



BOUTUBBN WATKHS. 



Pomvano, Trachinotu fcanihiuK ,:'-■,., 



Dram (two Species). Family .Sore- Troiu i . . 



mdce. atranue. 



KingEiau, ' - .'•■. Striped Ba 



cka Bass. Scioanoi < ■■■ 



lieei 



i KnoKfistl, Roccuh 



Sec/that 

 Spper, 



lil: 



Fish is Mabkbt— Brimi, PaiOES.— Bass, 25 cents; emolra, 6 to 



aO; bluetiali,li>„'; salmon, 80; mackerel., 20; shad, i0; wealrfiish, 



12; white porch, 15; green turtle, 11; terrapin, 18 ; frostfish, 6 ; 

 halibut, IS ; haddock, 6 ; codiisb, 6 ; hlackiish, 12}£; flounders, 

 8; sea bass, 15 ; eels, IS; lobsters. 10; eheeps' head, 25 ; seal- 

 lops, $1.50 per gallon. ; , 30 to CO ; whitefiah. 18 ; 

 pickerel, IS; salmon trout, 15; black bass, 18; rmiseullonge, 18; red- 

 snapper, 123.; ; pompano, 60 ; einukcd haddock, 10; smoked sal- 

 mon, 18 ; dry cod, 7 ; hard oralis, §2.50 per 100. 



There was received in Fulton Market last Wednesday a 

 pompano weighing 111 pounds. It was caught by Uapt. 

 Latham, of the fishing schooner Ltd mi, while fishing off the 

 reefs of Florida below- Fctnandina. It was forwarded to the 

 Smithsonian by B. G. Blackford. Tun largest pompano on 

 record previous to this one weighed Hi pounds. 



Movements of 1'HB Fishikg FtBKtP. — it has been rather 

 aqui:i been llUt six arrivals, and these 



from the Banks, bringing in 130,(lD01hs. of halibut. There 

 are some thirty sail engaged in the Bank fishery and twenty- 

 five in the Brown's Bank, La Have aud George's fishery. A 

 large fleet ol ' " u lie under way, whie'u wbl 



give some acaviiv to the business. — Cape Ann Advertiser. 

 Jan. 17. 



Massachusetts— Nea Bedford, Jan. 17.— It is close season 

 with both game and hah, theelose to the latter consist! 

 lee embargo on ail our harbors and rivers; 00 fish in market 

 except eels, loin cod and a few codfish. During the severe 

 snow storm this week I saw a Duck of the snow bunting, 

 rather a rare bird in this locality. Concha. 



Kentucky — Stanford, Jan. 10. — An item in a late ii 

 your paper recalls a novel incident which may be deemed de- 

 serving publication, especially as it is given on authority of a 

 member of the clergy and other truthful individuals. Some 

 years since our veteran slatberer, Dilsey, was (idling near the 

 Cow Ford, in Rock Castle Biver, when a whale, atter a lew 

 nouns, carried away bis hook and nearly a toot of his new 

 grass-line. 



it was during those days when Diisey knew no more about 

 the science of angling w, and be had neither 



got nor gimp soeils, though dabbling iu a stream lamed for 

 jack and salmon. Fortunately for thi .. . legrnatic 



companion corroborated, in a measure, his extravagancies 

 about the encounter, by quietly pronouncing it a good one, 

 aud the fame of that particular po >1 was increased. The fol- 

 lowing season old Hop wood, who is a professor, was the 

 happy capturer of a lively jack of seven pounds weight, from 

 that very rock upon which Dilsev "had had a lussel with the 

 biggest one in the river. While dressing his fish a cj-stander 

 diiected attention to a small tumor on one Bide, and a careful 

 incision disclosed a hook aud two or three inches of line still 

 attached, neatly sacculated between skin and ribs. Dilsey's 

 legend was Lneiantly recalled, and when the hook aud line 

 •were shown him he immediately recoguized them, without 

 having au intimation or a suspicioa »■) whence they bad 

 been brought. Does,!'. rment of line prove that the 



hook must have passed through the stomach ? 



Kbntcokian. 



Tennessee — Nailtmlk, J.rn. 14.— A stranger walking 

 through the streets of Nashville would come to the conclusion 

 that Us citizens were great fish eaters, judging from the quan- 

 tifies exposed for sale. Sulzhaeber has saimop trout aud 

 Mackinaw trout from the North ; grouper and red snappers, 

 red ash, sbeepshead and lake trout from the Gulf. Oysters 

 in bulk sell here for about the same pries as in Baltimore. 

 Besides the above must be niLntioned the fish taken from the 

 Cumberland and Keelfoot Lake. J. D. H. 



v ; Sturgeon Wiuch Take a Hook.— Lake City, Jan. 11.— 

 Mr. Editor: Your interrogations at hand, and in reply would 

 say that I know of two shovel-nosed sturgeon being caught 

 with a boo* and line. One 1 took myself, but do not believe 

 that either bit at the baited hook. They were simple 

 atnut the bottom and caught foul in the nose, about hi 

 from the mouth to tip of nose. Being hooked in this way 

 Ihey gave tremendous play, and it was scarcely possible to 

 bring 1 hem to fiance is known here of their 



biting at the hook. We have do record of this singular fish 

 occurring iu any waters on the globe (as far as 1 can remember) 

 ex"ept the Mississippi and its tnbutari 



Dr. D. C. Estes. 



■< MoONSWtXTOK FtSH find. Slrtuin .' Moonstruck 



fish are not all moonshine, us I myself can prove from actual 

 experience. It hpppened when 1 was whaling in the good old 



ship Marin, of Nantucket, in tie South Pacific Ocean, some 

 time in tin 



e plenty of tackle 

 for taking small fish, which are in the habit of running 

 around ships in mid-ocean), which, as soon as caught were 

 cleaned and spread ou the try-wort it se fish were 



caught in the afternoon, and that 1 ,. . - 



ae If.ci 



of the lish lor our supper, and in about nil hour afterwards 

 our beads fell, as big ,:- ban _■ ■ : rte 



it. Of course we went alt to the captain, and he immedi- 

 ately said if was from eating the moonstruck lish The ef- 

 fects did not lasi very long, all right again in an 

 hour or so. Those lish went overboard us last as many wil- 

 ling hands could tnrowr them over. The effects of the 'moon 

 at sea is well known to sailors, so much so that you cannot 

 get a tailor to go to sleep on deck with Ibi 

 his face. I have m-ver heui 1 ■ having * .. 

 effect on laud. I don't think i her- 19 „in rot from the moon 

 shining On the fish, bul i gi'. -_- ■ .:■■.-. ■■: .1 .1 .• scent glare. 

 Now, why is it that porpoises when hung in the rigging will 

 getahardgl on the outside, .and will then keep 

 good for a number of days, even in very warm weather, 1 

 can say. as the Dutchman did when his King Cbarli 

 got mixed up, that there are strange things by natuie. "and he 

 was a New York Dutchman too. W. K. 



Albany, Jan. 18, 1870. 



But did the moon or the hot weather spoil the fish? We 

 are awaiting the test proposed in these columns last week by 

 Prof. Goode. Meanwhile, let us hear from others. 



'(What Was IBs Leader Made Or?— We have 

 the following note from a Lynn, Mass., correspondent, who 

 is moved, it appears, by a double motive— to confine even our 

 humorists to the strictest verity, aud to preserve, the lives of 

 numerous innocent felines, whose natural termed life might 

 be shortened were Sir. Wat 1 nave full course : 



In last his delightful little work, "In the Wilderness," Mr. 

 Charles DudUty Warner quotes the following words in his 

 sketch called " A Fight With a Ti-OUl :" 



"The ' leader ' (I am veiy particular about my leaders) 

 had been made to order from" a domestic animal with which 1 

 had been acqu.aiided. The fisherman requires as ges 

 gut as the violinist. The interior of the house-cat, it is well 

 known, is exceedingly sensitive; but it may not, he so well 

 known I hat the reason why some cuts lea. e th un in 1 



tress when a pianoforte is played is because the two instru- 

 ments are not in the sam,: key, and the vibratio 

 chords of the one are in ird ■ the catgut of Ihe 



oiler. Oq s-x feet of this superior article I fixed three 

 artificial dies * * * * * And Luke shoved off and slow- 

 ly paddled toward some lily pads, while 1 began ea; 



Mr. Warner is a versatile writer, and Uae 1 leen.] 



garded as a disseminator of useful and practical ti a 

 the youth of America, by ■ i rgelyi lad. Now, 



to have the coming sportsman think, and perhaps inform 

 some unsophisticated coui nan, 



prDl i] - him to ask the yo lba| tx 



..- sa i mngman 01 . .- . I rjj to "The 



Lakes,"— ami, as they always do em their in.i tri] 

 then- fly-books on ihe. steamer or iu some country tavern and 

 make - grand exhibit of their lies, usually rivalling the fourth 

 ; i ieu ■ ot i.j',1' in numbers and a Turkish rug in the brilli- 

 ancy, and variety of their colors; and I a:., a a inform this 

 inquirer, as he arranges his gaudy feathers ami distributes 

 them along at intervals on his leader, that said leader is made 

 . 11 " is certainly too bad. 

 I am not in love with cat.-, and it is not to save them from 

 .sips annihilation by the young sportsmen 

 whohavi heen misled by the author of "My Summer in a 

 Garden," a work looked upon by the farmers of our land as a 

 standard work; neither do I expect the fisherman of to-day 

 to be taken in by any such nonsense, especially if he has ar- 

 lived at the supreme felicity of a "seven ounce split bamboo." 

 lie knows better. Bul thai the rising youth, who will follow 

 in our paths and whip our depicted trout brooks, may not 

 grow up in ignorance on so important a matter, 1 1 

 Warner will see that figure editions 1 I his wi in. will have 

 the correct definition of what a leader i- - made of, and thai in 

 the luturehe will n< Lite sake of 



giving his readers a little facetiousness- B. J. Thompson. 



** Viviparous Perch. — Viviparous or sapphire perch are very 



abundant along the Pacific coast, and will bile a! ht 



with anything. The E Jacki m 1 Igas z) is perhaps best 



known, a fish from eight to eleven inches in length. Its body 

 is compressed, Oval and covered with scales of medium size, 



which are peculiar in being cycloid. Another peculiar, and, 

 indeed, unique feature, is thai at the base of the long dorsal 

 fin are two or three rows ol 1 trum those al the 



body by a rather broad aud deep sealeless furrow. The an- 

 terior part of this fin can be folded back and concealed. The 

 female genital apparatus in a stale of pregnancy c 1 



li i hag, so transparent that one can distinguish 

 through it the shape, color us-! [01 lation ol Ihe small fish 



a, it i, filled. The fish when ready to e 

 miniatures of their mother iu shape aud color, and lilted to 

 seek their o.-.n livelihood, This genital sac seems robe 

 nothing but the widened lower end of ihe ovary, and ihe 

 pouches into which it is divided within are inereiy a part oi 

 the ovary itself. In each of these pouches a yo.ui 

 wrapped" up as iu a sheet, and all are packed in Lightly. It 

 rmal ovarian gestation The external geni- 

 tal opening is situated behind the anus. As lnue , aim 

 teen young have been found in one fish. The males are not 

 quite as large as the females, either in length or circumfer- 

 ence. 



There is a great variety of these fishes, differing much in 

 size and color. The following are the species generally met 

 with: 



E. webbi. Girard. E. casaidii. Girard. 



E. Uneata. Girard. E. ornata, Girard. 



E. argyrosorna. Girard. E. perspicabi'.u. Girard. 



J'ham.rodon fureattit. Girard. Dnn>nlich!ln/s caeca. Girard. 

 A, a., a. -a. GirarJ. 



SkH, Gibbons 



. j/s megalops. Gir; 



E. hirrmauni. Qiral .. 



Th» silvery perch (Damat mtt neva . 1 bait. 



It is of a grayish olive color; scales have a silvery and a 

 goldeu reflect ; tins unicolor. The male carries the sac on the 

 anterior third of the anal. 



The golden barred perch CBJolamttun rhodoitrm), is the 

 most abundant species of the tamily. It has a small mouth, 

 sub-conical head, large eyes, aud the colors vary from a 

 bluish gray above to a silvery white, with three transverse 



bars of golden on the belly and sides. It arrives in immense 

 schools as eaily as May. seeping cl ce, so if. is 



caught quite readily. It bites freely at a hook baited with 

 salmon roe ; but Ihe mode of taking it adopted by the Indians 



their canoes among a school, and as it has 

 leaping onl of the water, the canoes are filled in a short time, 

 especially when the fish are crowded toward the 



b death quite frequently, without any othi 



a playlulnes. ft, has rather good edible qualities, 

 but this does not induce fishermen to seek it. The- 

 a number Of other varieties ; all are good pan Bt 



When scientific attention was first attracted to them, four 

 and twenty years ago. il was generally supposed tl 

 covery was a new one. but that was a mistake. In 17G9 a 

 irausit of Venus was to lake plnceon the third of June. The 

 event was of such importance that an expedition was sent 

 iioin Paris to observe the transit at (Jape St. Lucas, at Ihe ex- 



""in end of Lower California, After th 

 mieal observations were finished the party went up the coast 

 1 a j r! 1 return to Paris the naturalist of the 

 ev,.eilit;....n reported that on the coast of California were 

 found sea perch which had their young alive, and when the 

 small fish were squeezed out of the parent Ihey would swim 

 with great celerity.— From Matlock's Spoitumari '« Gazetteer; 

 Fishing Turocgh the Iob.— A Dansville, N. Y., correr. 

 a who writes of snow storms and winter blasts, and 

 .sci amis onr suggestions SB to the precautions for the pi 

 vation of the game birds during the winter mouths, gives us 

 some account of the spott now in season at lioneoye Lake: 



Notwithstanding the fact that winter i it and 



theelose season a commenced, and we in the 



country are homed up, engaged m the phasing [alalia 

 reading aud p-'tliug the children and dogs, we need not fill 

 with tallow aud put ll, a now n 



just the time for running hares aud foxes, and the flesh of 

 Ihe former is never more delicate than iu .lamiarv, while the 



011 is thick aud soli,. Brace up; put on rubber b ■■ . 

 fur cap and top C call tl dogs, aud away to the ti ■ 

 runway, and the music Of the hounds will soon drive all 

 a of snow and cold from your mind. 

 Bul we inland people, particularly those of us living in 

 the vicinity of that chain of small lakes straggling through 

 lew York, have 10 out 



is us jolly fun in winter. I refer to 

 1 ■■-.'' 1 : lor pickerel. Imagine a load of, say 



four good men and true', bundling into a puug, whicl 



tains, ia I , ible wraps aud traps, two large milk 



■ ■■ a :■,!■.,■. live minnows lor bait. Off we" go to 



the music 1 iw sleigh bells, enveloped in a fragrant 



idol . " and after a twenty-mile ride 



■'.smoke rising loan capacious chim- 

 in's, speaks 01 rugged lads and winsome lass 

 aboUt the been b apples, cider' and the 



latest, opuntry gossip, we arrive at il.'s, on the shore of Bone- 

 •ye Lake. 



We have been 1 xprcted, as the good man's hearty welcome 

 and the good wife's great pans of doughnuts, huge brown 



.■ ."■.-■ of hi 

 gracing bin al 



experience lunuiug 

 that fishermen bav. 



'■a .1 , j 



d solid rows of mince pics 

 iify. Ah! she knows us, An 

 a years has taught lor 

 is appetites. To say that our 

 dredfold is drawing it very mild 



I £ j w — . ..... „„.._..,. . ., ....... ...^ ... ,vij 11411,, 



p before daylight, our breakfast of hot buckwheat 

 cakes, coffee, ham and stewed po 



and off to the ice we go. After impeding nigin 

 culling out the ice formed in the boles during the night, the 

 hopkfl are fleshly butted uud busiia iVe never 



think of a hot dinner, but partake of a cold lunch 

 (and awln Li at noon, and work on until dark- 



ness puts ■ ■ fine Bport 11 is v. 



the bobbers to fly up, and hurtling onl the ereat fell 

 over hand. At night a hot supper awails us ; then Come 

 pipes, cider and "01(1 sledge" until bed lime. And so it 

 goes — this pickerel fishing ,.!._■— one. day bring 



the counterpart oi mother tonally by a 



few more or less fish ; and when we start for home, freighted 

 down With fishy spoil, we are, sorry it, is over, and 

 calculate how long it will he before we risil >li F£i leoyi 

 again. H. W 



— See Bogardus' advertisement. 



§<mu? §ag and §rniu 



GAME IN SEASON 

 Hares, brown anil graj. 



IN JANUARY. 

 wild thick, geese, brant, etc. 



FOB TLOHIDA. 



Deer, Wikl Turkey, WooUOic.l:, t'aail, Snipe, DnckH aud Wild Fowl. 

 "Boy birds" generally, including variona species ol plover, sauu 

 piper, autpe, curlew, ojstcr-catelitr, surf birds, pnaluropes, avooeta, 

 etc., coining under the group L/itnacolceot Shore Burns. 



—Mr. J. Shaw Margeram, of Washington, Pa., would like- 

 to procure a few dozen live quails for propagation in that dis- 

 trict, wit. re Ihe winter has been very severe. If any of out 

 correspondents can oblige bim they will also oblige us. 



A Move in tub Right Direcoton. — Wo are gl 

 lish the foil -'-sts the story of the 



"felt for the heathen," and "felt" in the right place— his 

 pocket. T. 51. O. writes from Woodstock, Ohio: 



I think I have made a move in the right direction for once 

 in my life. I am doing all f can among the fanni 

 have them trap and keep quail during this hard spell of 

 weather. As an inducement I obligate myself to pay 5c. a 

 piece for every quail so caught and cared for until I order 

 Ihem turned loose; and I further agree to stand between ihern 

 and our State law for the violation of its provisions regarding 

 the trapping of quail- the intent of the law as I look at it. is 

 to protect the birds, and I don't believe there is any better 

 way to protect them than to catch them and place them in 

 good warm quarters, and feed and water them well until we 

 are satisfied the severe weather is over. T. M. O. 



Nova Soon*. — Hatifato, Jan. 10.— Game matters are very- 

 quiet just, now. We have only just had our firs 

 few inches— bo thai there has not been snui 

 as yet. We intend to have a few alterations Dl 

 laws, chiefly iu detail, a copy of which I will send you when 

 passed by the leg : ' P. C. 



YaruMvth, Jan. 9.- The 1 '■ wonderfully dur- 



ing our three years' prohibition. The snow is too deep now 

 for sport, but there are some butchers among us. S. K. Jk. 



