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FOREST AND STREAM. 



ou the iuirueu-e i . :i i \ .mi . 1 u-i ■■.■■». -,i Alromia ftnfl [loll ' 3 D 



all'orU fine fiporl for [host- who liuve nonimc lo run i.ll in tllo lakes, 



. o i! p « ■ . : " nil i' iji i; '.' . ii e unfi in .'i 



tw I'm. -i, hare busnti) there Tim birds are tame and lie 



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A SUGGESTION. 



fchSW York, October 19611, 1S71. 



KOIT..U IoOH'ST VNII S'llllHM.- — 



An article in 11 recent number or yout . ,1 , ,\ , ,,„, ,. . . 1 : i , ■ 1 . 1 ■ ■ how 



unUiaHl ip 10 Florid:, could Ife accompli -'' 'I f n | 100 Will 



donuiloss induce many invalids of limit. 1] mi ane to 1 ,,-ii thai State ttaie 



V ■ .vi 1 1 bloae Mr. Beverly and Fornrai -.-. o snu im when lhey 



return in the Spring, for the g 3 the] have n ,elved Endirei , 1-, rrorjn tai 



-.,11,,. f in t there aie many in need of recreation who cos 



unly devote lifew weeks in Summorto n. who would bo very thankful 

 for the inf<iriualinn which could bo given in a tew articles, written la " 



■ 1 1 1 : ■■ 1 -. • rl "Three Weeks on the Bbick vVater for$50," 



I- 1 , , J60," Or "Six Weelta in tin- Adirondack's 



S 01 ' j 1 " '•■•:■ Cores! and 



hi ream, and doubtless tin more or less good thereby, tun I believe OUO 



■M "'I' - : 1 r 1 ; ( • ; - , 1 , ■ 1 1 1 1 1 1_- r. 11. where to uo, the expense of going, and what 



h him, will do more numl Hum any editorials unou the bono- 



ntstobe derived from snob trips; del m beat hum j our statistical 



. 11-1 ir.er rc_'ain. Yours, F. r;. 



Wv hope iho.-ewho have the knowledge required by, our oorrOBpond- 



Unl will impart it, and we shall cheerfully publish it Tor the benefit of 



imr reader 1 I), 



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GOOD HUNTING GROUND. 



Flint, Mich., October :3d, 1871. 



1 .1 n ■ [flini r > no s-nir.AM:— 



lo reidiu ■ ... 1 . . 1 1- ii in it. a-' well as in many previous 



'". , tbntyrjur admirers frequently forward Jon notes ttOBOrlpUve 



mi 1 ,,-.. 1. a be .iiniiii ir great numbers, 



ii in- an - • i - . , , - -, ,i- remo< id : 1 b 



' 11 .11 .'- to pre deaol b itever! g 



,■ r, . . , ■ 1.. in ,11 8o\ i ' 'i • .■ '. 



four I 1 1 in 1 ,,ir ,■ . fvhari a- ma iv ;i' four t'otek hear have 



been killed in one day by a single boater IK twicens man J- tOrkoys, 



:. 1 . I.ir/pieee. I know H hereof 1 -peak. St) 1 Will ClOHB 



i oor frii ndi m d Bruin, without a long 



i|. a ■ ■ ■!"■■■• jei in_- i.i wi i'i' monarch can On 



., ; , .., ,ii, i.. i . see county, Mich., sixty miles north of lie. 

 01 the Flint, and Were Marquette li. R, Hear have within the 

 .' II Bliutinsidc oT the town limits. Tulkey in ;-reaI abumlauee. 



b. *. s, a 



A New Taki.i:t Lndu atou.— The Belgian lillcmen 

 I- ii ■ .in electrical apparatus for huiioaiing the score 

 .i ttrgeiG so ilint the shot is signaled promptly the moment 

 . ni' ■■-. The Belgian Wraue- /'■■"■ . ■■■■,■ In speaking of if 

 suyeu— 

 "The -work went on without, a hitch; the markers wore 

 din Working the targets and the electrical ap- 

 paratus, the register-keepers and officers in charge pet- 

 I'oiiuoil their duties admirably, and thaw were no serious 

 mistakes. The bolls and tho electrical indicating dials, 

 , constructed for (he. Belgian Tir National, worked 

 very accurately^ and the Brigiuutors oif the few complaints 

 i ..I i iiioiird, and the motives which actuated these, 

 were well fenown." 



The WiJiELictio^ CoMHiiTiTiox. — The following are the 

 competitors who stood highest in the recent Bring at Bed 



ford, Canada, (iu which there were twenty-six competitors, 

 For the Wimbledon team of next year):— Sergt. "Bishop, 

 .Sixty iliiid; Butt. Sergt. Harris, Firsl G. A.; Pto. Blepheris, 

 Sixty-sixth; Sergt. Corbin, Sixty-third; Cant. Graham, H. 

 F. 15. ; Pie. R, Power, Sixty-third; Ensign Pitch, Beventy- 

 eighlh; Capt. Nelson, Seventy-eighth; Sergt. Ward, Six- 

 orpl, Paulin, Sixty-third; Lieut. Tf Walsh, Sixly- 

 Ihird. 



*>ch and Miier 



FISH fN SEASON IN OCTOBER. 



libel, U I • '■',.' . '..i'i I ■.'■ ...'' : , .' , ■.'■;■ '.'.i,'..' , ' 



ip i ii li :... . :,.. ...'..... Weakflsb, 



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SODTHEBH 1 



Troatfblai k l)« I, 

 Drum (two aueeiesj. 



... 

 Slriped Ba = = . 



rapano. Trout (black ha-si. SheOpehettd. 



Si ippBi Drum (two species). TailorOsb. 



Grouper, gSsh gen Bass. 



Itor.klish. 



Fish in Maiikkt. — Smells, are abundant, nnd retail at 

 from lAvi'uty-tlve lo Uiii-iy cents per pound; king fisli is 

 scarce and brings twenty-five cent; striped bass is quite 

 common and varies from twelve and a half to 1 u-niiy -ii\ e 

 cents, and fresh mnekorel from Jlew England is worth 

 lilteen cents. The hill-fish, so called from its soft leak- 

 like mouth, is unusually abundant; more so than it ever be- 

 fore was, yd it sells a! ten cents per pound. Salmon trout 



. itj Western lakes bring fifteen cents; whilefish 



from the same locality, living eighteen cents; sheepshead 

 from ihe coast of Virginia and Maryland twenty-five cents, 

 nnd weakflsh twelve and a half cents. Flounders are quite 

 : in. 1 retail at ten cents per poiimi; blue lisli at 

 eight c«nts and the pretty Btmwberry-backs at fifteen cents. 

 i in principa) Bpecies are profusely represented, and con- 



,, :,i tiie ..ii are sold at very reasonable rates. 



— A corrospondent in this city says: "[ am pleased to in- 

 l ,. , ii the bass lisliing has been Very good in Hell Gate 

 for Ihe l.u-,1 few days; my men have taken out. several per- 

 sons who have been very successful. Mr. Foley, Of Wnsli- 

 i market, caught eight weighing from ten to five 

 pounds and M>. Wilson caught three last night, the largest 

 Weighing twenty-two pounds." 



—The Anglers' Association of Boston, congratulated 

 .;, i , . ..ii ih.ioi.i;, evening upon the good effect of the 



i.A pro i e tin ■ in ag ai smelt, and' propose to take 



an i ures to stop the seining oi tuackerel. 



:■; t.w Jbusei Bq ingai Inlet, '/-.'. 26th. — Your corres- 



|, lent was rather Iulsia in slating iu his last that fisil- 



.. [| 'Or I. he season. Ihavelhis week to report, 



iitpiiil sporl among the blue fish and sniped 

 IjusH, On Monday with a favorable wind from ihe West, 

 and it fleet Of some niuc yachts caught not less thau DUO 



blue fish weighing 4,500 pounds. Among the fortunate 

 captains were Jessie Birdsall, loGfish, Joel Ridgeway,;ii0, 

 .Toseph Ridgeway 200 blue Ssh, twenty-eight striped' bass. 

 i in Tuesday seventy-eight striped' baas, average four 



pounds, one wei-hing eighteen ijiiunils, caught off the point 

 of the beach. Col, Parker and your bumble servant, 150 

 hliie fish; Joel Ridgeway sixty-one blue tish. This is not 

 quoted with the intention of inducing parties to come and 

 take a hand. As 1 before staled, if, is only a chance day at 

 this time of the year when we have such fishing. One 

 party killed sixty-seven ducks on Great Sedge this week. 



We have boon catching blue fish all the week, from fifty to 

 100 per boat. BeecivEU. 



M &BSACHUSETTS— Oit 26th.— For the past I wo weeks huge 

 schools of whales have been seen from Noman's Land, (Jay 

 Head and Cultyhunk. In Vineyard Sound large numbers 

 were near the shores and Ihe light boat off Sow and Pigs. 

 Several first-class whalemen took a whaleboat, with tow 

 lines, harpoons, lances, bomb guns, and all the otherneees- 

 sary implements, and went in search of tin monsters. The 

 whti'es were seen off Canapitsel and one- a sulphur bot- 

 tom, was shot by a bomb lance and sunk. 



Another whale, a finback, was shot with a bomb lance 

 near Cultyhunk, and immediately sunk. 



An eel measuring four feet and four inches in length, 

 and Weighing four and a half pounds, was caught off Se- 

 eoiinel Point, Mas-., Wednesda.v last, and whs on exhibi- 

 tion at Keith's fish market, Fall'Biver. 



Smtdltih'G. — As evidence of the popularity and attraction 

 of smelt fishina to our Eastern friends, it is on record that 

 ninety-five smellers were coilli.tcd on one wbnrl in Alarblc- 

 head, Mass., at onetime, on Friday of last week, success- 

 fully engaged in this exciting sport. Large numbers are 

 reported us being eaucht at Mnrblehead. Gloucester, Hull, 

 Peddoeks Island, ffingham, Weymouth, Quinev Point, 

 Inner Brewster, and at Spectacle end Thompson^ Island 

 and other pli.ee, in the-ion harbor. The marked iricu ose of 

 this excellent food fish affords so much sport to anglers 

 when catching them in the lawful manner wilh hook arid 

 line, is attributed to the law introduced by the Massachus- 

 sett Anglers' Association and passed hytlieMasssachussett 

 Legislature hist Winter, making it, unlawful to seine or net 

 them at any season. 



The -punting of ten was coitnled at one time Friday last. 

 Pour in all have been shot, and have sunk, but. none have 

 been recovered. These whales are attracted by the large 

 quantity of English herring in the sound, upon which they 

 feed. 



— We collate Ihe following from the Cfepo Ann Ailrcr- 

 //.«7'.-— 



Tonnage.— The total number of vessels belonging to the 

 district, up to Bepti mbei 30i i was 508, a total tonnage of 

 31,400.73 tons; of ibis number lol are employed in fishing, 

 160 in coasting, two in foreign trade, and two in yacht- 

 ing, 



FtstiiNfi MATTERS. — The shore mackerel fleet arc still 

 trying their luck at Cape Cod, bill few mackerel have been 

 taken' lb- yr: : f. n ;. : ■' it, and the SOUS n i< virtually :v?r 

 As a whole it lias i'. iccesaful than last in point 



of catch, but prices have ruled considerable lower and the 

 stocks will average light, not much more than half of the 

 Meet having made a paying season's work. 



The laymen are beginning to come along from their 

 secoud trips. Mackerelhave been very scarce there the 

 past two months and the Fall catch will turn out rather 

 poorly. The early tleet averaged very good fares on lie ir 

 first trips, but prices ruling low, light stocks were realized, 

 mill il, i failure of the Fall catch will cause a slim ending 

 up of the season. Notwithstanding the small quantity of 

 mackerel landed, the market continues dull and prices rule 

 OUSiderable lower than last season at this time. Bay l's 

 selling for $10 and 2s $8 50 per barrel. 



The Grand Bankers are arriving from their second trips 

 with good fares, -which are sold at quite an advance over 

 those brought in earlier in tic Baasop. The market for 

 both Georges and Bank fish is quite active, and in view of 

 the lighl catch prices are steadily advancing, sales of Geor- 

 _- having been made this week at $8.7-8 per qtl., and 

 Grand Bank $8. with a good prospect of still further ad- 

 vance. Should the vessels now absent at the Banks bring 

 in full fares, the season will close much more auspieinuslv 

 than was anticipated a few months since. 



— A shoal of upwards of one hundred seals were at 

 play in the waters of West Quoddy Bay last week. 



The stilt bankers are arriving from their second trips, 

 averaging very good fares. 



—The fishing fleet from Orleans has met with indifferent 

 success this season-, iu fact throughout, the Cape. The 

 average catch in most localities will not amount to $50 per 

 sharer 



—The prolonged neglect, of Great Britain to notify this 

 noveniinent whether or not, Labrador is considered a part 

 of the Dominion of Canada or of the colony of Newfound- 

 land, is causing great embarrassment to business men, 

 e pecinlly to fish dealers, as on the decision depends the 

 settlement of the question whether or not fish brought from 

 that country shall be admitted free of duly. A Washing- 

 ton diMnteli -ivs the question has been before the English 

 cabinet, but thus far no solution has been reached. The 

 United States government is Willing to accept the decision 

 of England on the question, but. it just now wailing to 

 know 'what the decision will be. Iu the meantime the fish 

 dealers arc unable to know just where they stand with re- 

 ference to fish brought from Labrador, and the Treasury 

 Department cannot act until some notification is received 

 from the State. Department, 



A parly of six Concord fishermen in two and a half 



days last week took from Suncook pond in North wood 200 

 pickerel (one weighing rive and a half pounds'), 200 hoin- 

 pouls and 150 pounds of perch. 



—A singula! blindness prevails among the salmon in 

 York River, which flows into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, so 

 that the fishermen can drop down in a birch bark canoe 

 righl over the fish, and Whip them out with a gait. 



—Codfish sells at one cent per pound in Halifax, Nova 

 Scotia. 



—A curious fish caught by Mr, Wees, of Sarnia, in 

 April last, was described in these columns, SUici then h 

 , , I,, ., examined bysevera! naturalists, who declare Lhey 

 have never seen anyliiiug like il. A drawing of it has been 

 sent to the British Museum. 



— Halifax, last week, rejoiced in a mackerel measuring 

 nine feet, in length and weighing over 500 pouuds. This 

 wonderful fish was caught hear the mouth of Halifax har- 

 bor. 



— The mackerel catch at Prince Edward's Island is now 

 twice i great as in former years. 



—Twenty thousand barrels of porgies were taken by the 

 porgy steamers in and about Provincetown week before 

 last. Fori tines are being made by this one harvest, or ihe 

 sea. The factory is in Rhode Island and near Newport, 

 where lhey are sent in large schooners, chartered as they 

 are needed by the fishermen. 



— There are queer fish in Galveston Bay. Our readers 

 have heard of saw fish? Well, our Galveston correspondent 

 J. L., -who is a dealer in nels, and seines, and other devices 

 for toilers of the sea, sends us the following dimensions of 

 a "saw'' that was recently captured therein one of his 

 seines by two fishermen. "It was eighteen feet long, three, 

 feet wide, two feet through, saw four feet in length, weight, 

 1,000 pounds, and it took eight men to put him on a wagon. 

 It was exhibited, and is now skinned and stuffed and for 

 sale. Singular to say not a mesh of the seine was broken." 



Mr. L. says he can send us still stranger fish stories, all 

 strictly true, if he thought we could "only believe them. 

 We are convinced that the waters of Galveston Bay will fit 

 some day, not far distant, afford a rich and most attrac- 

 tive Held for the United Stales Fishery Commission. 



— The Boston Traveller tells the following story of an old 

 gentleman who passes his summer days at a favorite resort 

 in Boston harbor. 



"The other morning before four o'clock he took his fish- 

 ing rod and basket and went gravely (he does everything 

 gravely) down to the landing, to fish an hour or two before 

 breakfast. The sport was not over-exciting, and after he 

 had caught, one smelt he took a short nap, the smelt mean- 

 while having been deposited in the basket. Another bite 

 came, and another smelt, was caught, and placed in the bas- 

 ket. "Two," says the old gentleman, laconically, but to 

 his surprise his first fish was gone. He wondered a little, 

 but took another nap. Then caught another smelt. "Two 

 now," said t lie old man; but wonder again, the second 

 fish had disappeared. He tried one more nap with the 

 same result, and after catching his fourth determined lo 

 watch his bastel while the fifth smelt was biting. The thief 

 was discovered, and proved to be an immense atld cheeky 

 wharf rat— uot a human Wharf rat, but a rodent. He had 

 been feeding during no- plessani -loop of the ancient fisher- 

 man, and no doubt went off to tell his frieuds what a kind 

 old fellow had been roosting on the landing. 



—The Excelsior Slake and Prospect Park Colt State look 

 iii.ee at Prospeci Park Fur Grounds last week. For the 

 irst event there wiux- twenty seven entries, each to 

 lay |50 entrance, nnd $100 October 1st. Seven started, 

 iynder's b. c. Killarney, Steele's b. c. Milton Medium, 

 A'heaton's b. f. Leila, Baehman's b f. Glenrosc, 

 Jecil'S c. c. Quartette, Finnegan's b. c. Frank Ellis and 

 ilorton's c. f. Almeda. First heat won by Killarney in 

 I .-411, Milton Medeum second. Leda third, Second heat 

 von by Killarney. Time— 2:43i. In the Prospect Park 

 Stakes there were thirty-Seven entries, only five of which 

 (implied with the conditions to start; tliese were Burr's 

 ilcClurc and Marathon, Simmon's b. f., by Geo. Wilkes, 

 old's b. c. Auctioneer, and Van Wyck's b. f. Belle of 

 by the Wilkes filly in two straight heats. 



King; 

 Time— 2 



— The second Fall meeting of the Fleetwood Park Asso- 

 cation began last. Saturday. There were two races, the 

 first being for horses that had never beaten 2:38, which had 

 nine entries and eight starters, including Little Dan, Gilt 

 Edge, Cheston, Zephyr, T. G. Stevens, J. N. Mansuay, 

 Brown Prince, and Pauline. Zephyr won in three straight, 

 heats. Best time— 2:34. 



—The trotting at Fleetwood Park on the 24th nil. was 

 well Contested. After several close contests Vanity Fair 

 won the 2:29 race, but not, before six heats were run." Best 

 time— 2:26. For the purse of $800 the best. 2:44 horses 

 competed, but W. Sargent's Rutledge was declared victor. 

 Best time— 2:3gj. 



—The second Fall meeting of the Fleetwood Park Asso- 

 ciation was brought, to a close last Monday, with throe mag- 

 nificent contests, fast lime being the order of the day. The 

 first race called was the unfinished 2:24 race of Saturday. 

 Everett Ray had won two heats, and Barney Kelly and 

 Music one each. These three appeared to decide the race. 

 Music developed great speed, and won in two heats in the 

 fast time of 2:204." 2:25. 



The first regular race of the day was 

 for horses that had never beaten 2: 

 entries, and the following five starters, 

 vateer Maid, Melissa, T\ E. Gordon, 

 was no betting, as Rutledge was kno< 

 speed than any of his competitors, a 

 straight heats. Best, time, 2:33. 



The great, race of the day and roeei 

 of s'J, OUO, and of the seveii entries fi 

 These were Thomas L. Young, Kit 

 Bruno, Sensation and Hopeful. Speci 

 was quite heavy, and Hopeful v , a 

 first heat was won by Voung Bruno ii 

 won the other three. Best time, 2:21. 



—A trot for a purse and stake of $400 came off last week 

 at Fleetwood Park. The contestants were Lady Dahlman, 

 Frank Wood and Bally Lewis. The contest was very 

 spirited, and was won by Frank Wood in four heats. Time 

 —2:31 J, 2:31^, 2:2S, 2:20. 



—The first Fair of the Hudson Uiver Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation opened last Tuesday, about 3,000 persons being in 

 attendance. The racing was very fine. 



The first, race was for three minute horses for a purse of 

 $600; to the first §350, to the second $175, to the third $75, 

 Catskill Girl. Rutledge, George F. Smith and Lotta started. 

 Rutledge won the first and fourth heats, Catskill Girl the 

 second and third and George T. Smith the fifth and sixth. 

 Calskill Girl was distanced in Ihe sixth heal. Best time— 

 2:28. 



The second race was for 2:30 horses. May Bird, Lottie, 

 Rosa Lonberg, Adelaide, Farmer Bane, fcjweetmeet and 



fo 

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which had seven 



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