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FOREST AND STREAM 



Sen and giver ^gisJmjff, 



FISH IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. 



Black Hass, waar,/-,' c ;v,'.v 



Striped Bnst 



BllloUsll, tcmnodon sglta 



Sllia-fisluaut 



Tuilorrlsh. 

 Sea Bass. 



T'ornpano. Tiuul (black ha-si. 



Snapper. Dram (two species). 



Gronper. Kiugllsli. 



Hockllali, Striped Boss. 



Fistt in Market.— Mr. Blackford of Fulton maifcet-, has 

 been receiving tile delicious smelt for the past week, Iron; 

 both Maine and Connecticut whore it is captured in im- 

 mense numbers. This fishery is v rndually expanding ami 

 promises to be become much more imporant from year lo 

 year. Salmon are also flowing hither from the Nutmeg 

 State, but to us they seemed rather dirninative after Beeing 

 their ponderous congeners of tin- West. Very feu Spanish 

 mackerel are iu market except those on iee; so the indica- 

 tions are that this icthyc pabulum will be a rarity in a few 

 days. Lake. Superior is sending hither large quantities of 

 white fish of excellent gastronomic quality; while N™ 

 Jersey furnishes a liberal supply of weak fish, halibut, blue 

 fish, soles and flounders, and sea bass. Scollops, which 

 are rapidly Supplanting clams, owing tp their greater dfili- 

 cttcy of dash ami better digestive quality, are quito profuao, 

 'Hie larger number come from Elaine, and the adjoining 

 coast. The only unusual species of the tinin tribe which 

 w T c beheld were the tapering, lame headed gar-iisli, ami 

 the baracoutu, a denizen of the southern waters, which 

 Wa&cattght off the Florida coast. This presents a close I'C- 

 scmblance in bodily outline to the salmon family, but 111 e 



- i goes HO further, Its head is long- ami poinicd, Ihe 

 lower jaw overlapping nud terminating in a Mnall dilated 

 knob. 'flic upper maxilla contains four large teeth at tlie 

 anterior termimilion, and the lower, only one, E0( Which 

 1 here is a small round receptacle in the outer end of Die 

 u]iper jaw, so that the mouth can be closed wilhoul incon- 

 venience, an impossible Teal if ihe cavity were absent, 

 The tlesh of Ibis species is said to he highly edible. The 

 body has a length of three feet, including ihe heal, the lat- 

 ter being about one-fourlh the length of the former, and 

 the weight is about eleven pounds. This is the first of i(fi 



.-.ail here the piv-ienl season. ;;n[. -. ,,, . . 



■ over of fish, 



A\ ui i i:\i,,-,— We have ibme our best I his year to ac- 

 quaint our readers with eligible Hailing ejrutrn I -. nnd have 

 lukeii particular pains to send parties to Twin Lake, in 



inioiectieiit. We arc informed by an authority i l- 



■■ '■■ i ■ i - ' ;. i • i , i hai ii.rvl fines are iii use iii Twin Lake, 



. i: >iied with their hundreds of hooks-, also that. parties 

 residing about the lake were in ihe habit of seining, and 

 that quite lately a Haul of live barrels of black bass had 

 been made. Will our numerous friends al Twin Lalce look 

 into the mutter. Wholesale work of this character will 

 very certainly deprive Twin Lake of ad attractions, ar. least 

 for fishermen. We trust this is not. anoiher case of killing 

 the goose which lays the golden eggs, 



— We arc pleased to learn by a card in the Boston Juiiriiul 

 that the wholesale slaughter of fish al (Jiiiney Point, Mass., 

 recently by the use of submarine explosions was not so 

 serious* an'" outrage." as the published accounts have led us 

 to infer. It says : 



" The fact- ate simply these . The Messrs. Phillips Bros., 

 well known and skillful (livers, residents of Quincy Point., 

 have just returned from their aiimmer job at Block Island, 

 Ncw'Ynik. and having on board a small quantity of 

 ' dual! it,' the new explosive, to gratify the curiosity of 

 friends and citizens, and to show tire effect of tiiis powerful 

 article, arranged lor a harmless experiment in the deep 

 Water at the "Point The experiment was successful and 

 gratifying to the spectators, but the afterpiece was wholly 

 unexpected, and was a great surprise lo all present, as 

 none, or but a few bass had been >wn or at least caught 

 there. The impression sought to be conveyed by your in- 

 formant that the humane and very respectable divers, as 

 all who know them will testify, ever entertained the ' bril- 

 liant idea of killing and capturing whole shoals of mack- 

 erel' by any such method is simply absurd." 



New" Jehsey,— lYnrctowit, Oct, 5th, ]?7-J.— No sheeps- 

 heads caught for the last week, but. several good catches of 

 striped bass are reported. "Pit" Cambarcn, the fisher- 

 man, caught twenty-three near the Great Ledge. In "Mud 

 Channel," and on the points below, a number are caught 



daily. Weak fish ate abundant, but. of small size. Oapt, 

 Barker caught fifty Oin what is called the "Gravelling," last 

 Friday, some weighing four pounds. A big school of very 

 smalfblue fish came iu last week, bvu fishermen say that 



' ■■ . i . ■ -Me yet." 



BARNEGAT AS A FISHING GROUND. 



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ElilTOJl I'.jIOIS'I .'.Ml .-Tia-.AJi: — 



Cmlcrslaiiiliiigfiuiaj a Mend ill 111 ' •' . a , a i, 



■ ■ . ■ , I . . , . .. a, ■. a _, .. i„ , ar 1 1 - ; , i . , . - ,a. tills 



-I; "I in.' '.' '.' ■. : ■ ..."' ,'."'. alluM mi' to give i c fol a> a. a large 



L'utdies t.ikou from fflj reji i d wfei till " i i alt the 



gentlemen nm s ;■..■.'.'..,...>. U ] In- 



I ..:■' a Si • - .'I a ■'■ SI ".' IBth.Hoi Jc a a a." ... ad, 



Newark, 1B4; June id b, David JDniki [. 3"., \4 ■ Bill' 



John C. Bailey. Jer f , i June til I el 1. Difli liaisan, Paila- 



rtclpliiu, Iftli, url,l!ii la-. - ; ,:.. .1.,.-. '. I! I';i,i.'. l.ul IT) I,,- ; 



-V 0, 'J'li.-.l'" ' " .',"' a '■ i la-.- I a',, J B. l-li'init- 



"'■ 1 • vii, i.uoiv.; June SOrli, -■:. f) 1 , I i. I h lain ,"i 



"■ ' .. i 'I; inl ■!,. Huv. II. J'.an- :; ilowi 3 1(11 - Cuptuiii 



.."'"' ' 'I ' " ' . Pi IU! "' ■-. ! UD I til till 



■ '.'. i"'i" . " " ■' ii ' '. ..' 'i ".a - .'.a :.-■ call bah irt l eon from 



i ' i" ," in ..." a ", - ' ■■ J i 'i •" in .'.I i i a"|.ii"- 



■ ■ ■"■ ■' ' ' ; i" il'i'ia '".- i ' 8 ' "i" Folii w.'.a, 



..ml have (1. am a. an .ii I lll< hull -,,,,.. . ii aaa- ihe hluu. 



11 Ii :,.'. I ll| |)l ■ ..'a ii i ■.. i' i l!i ii :..i'.' a a i i !..| a 1 1 a III IIIJ |.l;a: i 



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— "\Vakoman Holberlon, the artist, writes from Ralston, 



Pa, September 2Sllv— 



BlllTOtl Fnui-sT ami Stiikam: 



1 urn sorry to eay thai this i- tae last 'lay among these g'ranil olil hilln, 

 now rapidly Changing rroni green to reil and gold. To-morrow I atari on 

 my way home, ami shnll soon lie :i'ii.iueihi- bri, -k- ami mortar. I iihvava 

 leave wiih ih.' greatest regret, and Kan; for the return of Spring. I have. 

 leal many a lone ramolo ovei these htila lately, ahd altTroiigh I have not 

 Biiccciidcil in ki'lina a "li'i-r nr lu-uv. I have hot missed run ■. .. ■ -....-..' 

 my companions have. I have hninehi home many a juicy young grouse 

 mid long-billed woodcock. Tliaro area goodly number of Bnelroutleft 

 fot a. .\i season. I have fed them with gn^hojiiiera until Ihcy were fnll 

 ami wuulil lake no more, many a Sunday afternoon as I have sat 

 along the stream. My studios aro packed, and rods and Dies laid away, 

 anil arn-r a few days, whii-h 1 shall devote t.i woodoock in Now York 



al 111.' past - -a- mi. I have a ir< iiid ileal lo hold forth onal our next (anb 



mooting rogaiding the wnj ihcgame laws are regarded and disregarded. 



Till ilii'.n ^.i. al live. v.. ii:-io-. i ■. W. H..i.iiKnroN. 

 «.«. 



THE EELS OF THE SHREWSBURY. 



y Nkw Yoiik. September Uflih. 1874. 



I'Iiituu I iii:i>t am. SiairAM:- 



AIioiii rwi'iiiy-livc mill- south or New Vinkainl ravin- the sou, there 

 ini..i-. .iliM,-: obrap'ly, rrofh the water's edge ft chain of lofty hills known 



i.- Ill- Ili-l.l.n.l-..r N.vel-.inh, in I In: Mill- Utile Sl.iite of New .ler-'y. 



Of s'Uid, itinniii- ii. alia 

 solid rampart against il"' 

 aforementioned rlvei la 

 renowned Shrewsbury o) 

 known t.-. . .- 

 thelaslo. StanjoflhorM 



what I dosfh 

 thai it w:i^ my good lack 

 beat iiuilioiity for - iyin« 

 eaughl in iia- locality. 



sen, but in ilieiiiii ill. v 



ft material difference In c 

 ■ nl rancid lo 

 open nnd hi : 



eiu'in of hi^ eolsliip, divested 

 looking: Weiirht, \5t pounds; 

 idles. J. 5f. if. 



of hi- our: 



lungth. 3 feel :i inches; vircuinfere 



—A Iravelliiui' correspondent sends us ihe following 



notes:— 



"I spent two months on the lower Potomac this season, as 

 I have been in Ihe habit of doing for two or three years 

 past, and have satisfied myself that there are no longer any 

 iiuliieeinents for a.tisherinan in that direction, lip to the 

 end of Amcusl fJO fell, save a few trout, (wenkfish,) and 

 ih. sin i'|,shead, brought in by regular fishermen, had been 

 taken With the line, the gill nets "being the only source ot 

 supply for the table. "In September there is sometimes 

 a, n nl sport in trolling or bait fishing for taylors, (blue fish,) 

 but before that tiine'l here is no inducement for wetting a 

 fine. Farther up the river, at Blakcstone's Island, and above, 

 small fish are said to have been abundant, but this I 'rive as 

 hearsay. On leaving the Potomac I journeyed eastward 

 and am now camped on Ihe shore of Belfast Bay, near the 

 mouth of Little Ri ver. In t he olden time this bay 

 in cod and haddock, and in the season its waters 

 with mackerel. Now the former n«h are very rai _ 

 and a. small school of "tinkers" only now and then inaki 

 their appearance. The clams of this section, by the way, 

 are justly celebrated. They are thin-shelled and very fat; 

 SO rich, indeed, that in making a chowder less than the 

 usual fpiantity of pork is required. There is no fresh 

 water fishing in this vicinity." 



alii 

 •ely take 



hchtittq mul$§o<itin$. 



HIGH WATIllK. h'Oll THE WEEK. 



Date. 



Boston-. 



New York. 



Charleston. 











Oct. 8 



10 S7 



T 13 



6 2-> 



Oct. 9 



It * 



7 47 



1 4 



Oct 10 



11 V, 



8 IS 



7 1ft 



Oct.lt 





8 55 



8 10 





10 



9 32 



8 45 



Oct, 13 



45 



10 11 



9 25 



Oct. 14 ----• 



1 25 



11 w 



10 6 



[Note.— We publish this week No. 5 of ourseries of articles on Canoe 

 GrBjslng, regretting that their continuity hai been broken oy long inter- 

 yala a.- a '.■.. • d b date oif publication of the several numbers. The series, 

 as now complete, V ill be roand included in Nos. 11, IS, 23, 20, with the 



CANOE CRUISING— NO. V. 



NOTES OF CRUISES, if . 



THE Province of Nova Scotia would be a splendid field 

 for a canoe and tent club; all over the country there 

 are lakes, either connected with each other and with the 

 sea by rivers, or within such a short distance that a portage 

 can easily be effected. These waters abound wiih fish, and 

 the climate during the summer months is temperate and 

 aureeublc enough to make camping out very pleasant. The 

 Scenery is very picturesque, and the beauty of some of Ihe 

 Nuva Seotian harbors is remarkable. 



The following account, of a short cruise which I took this 

 spring may be interesting as illustrating iOfne points in 

 canoeing. 'One morning last, month the "Passenger Bird" 

 was provisioned for three or four days, the cargo stored on 

 board in the manner I described in a previous paper, and 

 the lil lie vessel launched from a .slip at the south end of 

 Halifax, bound lo llie river Shuiena aaii". There is a 

 chain of lakes ami a. river across I lie provitrce from Halifax 



harbor l« tin I ■ ■■ Fumly; this was cn.na.lued some years 

 slips, and railroads, erected for the 



8els from one lake lo another, and 



--.,-, however, has been abandoned, and 



|ii ;.„■ i I ..-.,.. 1 i.(i fall aih. fhiCrty. it. is easy lo paddle a 



ESlt! "i 1 -", anil is a |.leasai.l. iifile enti.se through 



,. .. .,; . ,,i' ■, l l , ."id wver. The canoe got un- 

 : ' past twelve, the wind was fair across the 



ago, locks and 



purpose "f pa- ; 



the sea.. Th 



harbor; so the sail was hoisted and Dartmouth soon reach- 

 ed. Now a portage was necessary, but with the aid of two 

 boys, who carried the stem of the vessel, while I supported 

 the stern, this was effected without breaking bulk, and 

 the canoe was soon running before a westerly breeze up 

 the first Dartmouth lake. In passing the " narrows," be- 

 tween the first, and second lakes, the ship was nearly 

 wrecked by striking against a large stone that was right in 

 the channel, and which had apparently been used as a 

 mooring, as it had a ring bolt in it. She fortunately slid 

 oil again, without any bad results, showing the advantage 

 of oak garboard st.rakcs, as a pine or cedar plank would in 

 all probability have split. Running up the second lake, 

 the wind came first abeam, then ahead; so the sail was 

 taken down, ana the canoe paddled to the enlrauce of a 

 small canal, about a mile long, connecting the second with 

 the third lake. A short distance trom the entrance an old 

 lock was reached, and as the canoe and gear had to be 

 carried over, a halt was made for dinner. 

 The writer, like the man in the song, who was 



•' CA once the cook and the cas.tain hold, 



And the mate of the "Nancv" britr, 



And thahnsnn tisht, and the midship mite, 



And the crew uf the captain's si"-" 



Now proceeded to the culinary part of his duties, lit a lire, 

 and soon had his dinner frying. After this was eaten 

 under the shade, of a tree, the canoe was carried round the 

 lock, paddled up the canal, and again portaged over a 

 second lock about -JOO yards or so from the first; Ihe canal, 

 from the second lock to the third lake, was very shallow, 

 so much so that the ship's company had to gel overboard to 

 lighten and tow the vessel. The third lake, Bake Charles, 

 is about three miles long; at the cud of it ihe current 

 changes, and sets north-eastwards towards the Bay of 

 Fundy; between this lake and the next, a marine slip and 

 railway has been erected for the purpose of passing vessels 

 from one lo the other. The canoe and gear were carried 

 over separately, and after ibis the captaiu felt justified in 

 refreshing himself wiih ag'lass of beer at- a eomtoriable inn 

 on the right bank. Then the paddle was resumed, and 

 the "Bird" continued hi r course down the fourth lake, 

 (Lake William.) This is longer than the last, and is very 

 pretty, being studded with islands, ami connected by little 

 rivers with two adjoining lakes, Between it and lake 

 Francis (the fifth lake of the chain), are the Waverly gold 

 mines, quartz mills, &C There were few signs of life and 

 activity about them as I passed, and so. the mini's do not 



Lake Francis, the evening began 10 eio.-e in, SO when the 

 end of the lake was reached, and a portage had to be made. 

 I concluded to camp instead of going any further, 1 there- 

 fore pitched my little tent, made a tire, and soon had my 

 kettle boiling. It was late by the time 1 had finished my 

 tea, so I was glad to creep in undercover, and stretch my- 

 self out on the fragrant spruce boughs. The night was very 

 cold for the season, and towards morning 1 liad lo get. lip 

 to replenish the lire, and found my canoe, which 1 had 

 turned over close to my camp, covered will) boar frost. 

 When the sun got a Utile higher, I got up, boiled my ooooa. 

 and had breakfast ■ then 1 put up the canoe on my 

 shoulders, carried her to Lake Fletcher, and started. The 

 morning sun and the exercise soon warmed me, and I was 

 not lona; iu reaching the head of Grand Lake. A portage 

 from Fletcher to Grand Lake was easily accomplished, ana 

 this was all the carrying I did this day. 1 tried fishing a 

 small stream that thaws into Grand Lake, close to its head, 

 but, didn't get a rise. This is a famed river lor grayling, 

 but it was rather late for the Spring runs. I continued my 

 voyage down Grand Lake, and tried trolling with spoon and 

 minnow without any result. Grand Lake is the largest of 

 the series, and is about nine miles long and two wide. 

 About half way down its eastern shore, au Knglish gentle 

 man has built a pleasanl country house, and established a 

 farm. I put in here, ami was hospitably entertained, I 

 went no further this afternoon, and after walking about the 

 farm and woods, went lo the top of thehou,c, ami admired 

 the sunset on the lake. I appreciated the Comfort of a 

 good bed, after the cold of the last night, but turned out 

 early next morning, went down to the beach where I had 

 left the canoe, ami set off. The early morning on Ihe hike 

 was beautiful. 1 paddled amongst islands, and round the 

 lower end of the lake, trolling the while, but caught no 

 fish. I believe 1 was not singular in my luck, as good 

 fishermen had often tried the same lake without, catching 

 anything. About eleven o'clock, I found the discharge of 

 the lake, down the Shubenacadie— this is a swift running 

 stream of no great depth, and would have to be canalized 

 to allow vessels of any draught of water passing up or down 

 it At a distanee of a mile or more from the lake, I came 

 upon a small rapid, and anchoring the canoe with a stone, 

 I made a few casts. I was more lucky here I ban in the 

 take as I soon hooked a grayling, which jumped and 

 pushed, and gave very good sport. In the aliernoon I 

 caught three or more of these hsh it do not know .,,:,.:., 

 species they belong to; they are not at all like Ihe common 

 "•rayling), and some trout. In the evening 1 paddled up 

 the'river, to a deserted log hut on the bank and made 

 myself as snug as I could for the night, and made a lire 

 in the fireplace, which was in rather a tumble down condi- 

 tion. During the night it came on to blow and rain, a fact 

 I was soon made aware of by the water coming down on 

 my bed. The waterproofs were put into recpiisition, and 

 kept me dry. Next morning early I went, down lo the 

 rapid but the wind and rain were so violent that 1 gave up 

 the idea of fishing, paddled back to the shanty, stowed my 

 traps on board, and paddled, out of the river into Grand 

 Lake The wind had abated a little, but as it had the lull 

 sweep of the lake, I here was quite a respectable sea on. 

 Here I found the advantage of the new hatch, as though 

 the fore part of .the boat was at times nearly buried in the 

 sea vet very little water came into the well where I sat. I 

 stopped two or three hours at Oakneld. and continued my 

 voyasre at half-past ten. I paddled back by the same way 

 that I came; the wdnd went down entirely low aids evening, 

 and I arrived at Dartmouth about half-past, eight; there 

 was a dense fog in the harbor, so 1 had some difficulty hi 

 laving mv course across; however, by feeling my way 

 from one Vessel at anchor to anoiher, I got to mv slip all 

 right. I found this a 'hard day's work, for though the dis- 

 tance, which may be estimated at about thirty nnlea (from 

 a mile or so down the Shiibciiaeadie, lo the south i n l t>I 

 Halifax), was not more Hum an average day a paddla, 

 the wind being direcllv in my teeth, and Ihe number of 

 portages, seven iu all, made il very fatiguing ; had I al- 

 lemjned lo beat in a canoe on such a cruise US ibis, 1 'lo 

 not know when 1 wduld have iicconjpuslitid the trip. 

 MS0OS, July 7ttl. I K.-P. 



