F eubcjaey 3, 1881.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



13 



s birds. 



a. bird moTe useful im ■:■ ■ :■■ ambii-:. more beautiful, more of a 

 thanthefislir Thoretfri s<^c harmless fislieswmcli 

 should ii" more he lijolestod than some harmless M - 



: iisi a< much of a Boa; 

 Which is so carefully guarded; ami furthermore 

 ble food fish furnishing B nourishing industry in 

 men, line) Ilie iicrf-sjirii.-- of life for tbcirftimilii 

 DC just ag unlawful Cot the tixbcrmaii to toss his 

 Bocallcd uuiinportant fishes ou the hauk i<> >li. 

 needlessly slaughter birds. These wasted fishes .ill fcdmu j 

 witliii, ' f nature. The time bft? fievftr existed 



when one inor 

 waa ii- ..I d to 



largC] and Inn: 



ate a ^'.-i i '■■■ BCi 



low their ordoi 



River, the testimony of 

 nets, whilo, owing to the 

 many fish escape. In tin 

 which, I think, is at least 

 of ape 



that instil: 



bousandsol w m, He hea 

 i. It should I labor in so>d 

 hundreds of ] lesfi difficult; 

 as for oi 



A,; 



::■ - ':: ■: j :k -li::! ::llu-i --.cot- 



and pinific-r. feeding oh anil 

 darter is asrnuocent, an bea 

 ler. Finally, ftshef havede] 



i to d Bout'of ilfl o 



tSted. 



in ,ls weak -trvl.- Ili.i, i- 

 nr >v«v. That it breathes 

 iiik. the tail being down B ti 



Is largely < 

 spent ttsh. 



leu 





ilns at Ibis iticetii 

 saed for the pr 



of tliefood-lisbes 

 e be unpointed l.: 



rtbal Im- 

 tection of 



I Would 



' "I'h-.ve argued the 

 elation with the nece 

 to all fishes, and to 1 

 mane and righteous 

 the innocent, and tin 

 suggest, thai a scientl 

 the proper protection aui 

 tha\thls6ommitteedrawupa8criesof resolutions, and that an- 

 other committee, consisting ol memhers from each bordering 



State, be authorized to present resolutions to-tfipir re- 



spectivi State Legislatures. I wouldfurthel suggesl that the 

 scientific Cornl utU bo authorized to confer with the United 

 StatesFtsh Ootnmissipn, relative to urging upon Congress the 

 nccr.-<ii\ of passing a general law for the -protection and prop- 

 agatiohof lo.„i. fishes, of the Great Lakes. The general gov- 

 ernment has its4igeuts scattered all along- the coasts, and iis 



Bv those means ii could terroriBe those fishermen who have 

 no ns;.,.: f..,r the cightsof the innahitants of a dcfonscloss 



community, or (heir own interests. 



[The. other papers and discussions will follow as fast as we 

 can publish them.] 



SALMON EGGS IN luTTT. 



Grano Lakk Stream. .Maine, Jan. 24. 

 TN your issmi of ,l:iu. 21 I have in~t read n noto of Mr. Von dem 



milt without water, I have lia-i -■":.■ . v-innee in Ibis mat- 

 ter, aijd tha results ar< snobihatl feelbonnd to warn fisheultur- 



fect'oe deLo-,a:,,'t "impregnation winch has always (i-onhled us Imp 

 at Grand hake stream 1 ventured to keep a great many salmon 

 eggs in Mjitaot witt t ^.^ji*^*^ M a ^r^i^ , T?' t ^ 

 kiourt and .-.■ n 



uf ilil[Jie;.'il;.li . d ..y ■!,.■ ■•neralt. at. lb.- develop- 



ment of I he «.•;.;.'< i-o treated \< 

 of them peristn.il. Aft 

 myself tUnt the prniri 

 tlii si failures. 

 twill quote from m 

 ..:■-,- for II,.- 1, 

 plying tin milt l in 



o*copt one, ana our n 

 the crop, A single Lq 

 incut's -all' . allowed to 

 the milt. N"i on< -oflli 

 diod, tiu-ned white and 

 examples. 



Hv advice is to allow 

 thaiilifhen minutes. Y 

 spawn pan to secure coi 

 mediately wash them 

 minutes' contact 

 coud. 



I think that egg 

 out :waj -. 

 limit 



• the hollo 



:.i reach of the nets which are Boating ah. 

 that both Mr. U. B. Itedding; State Firfi Commissioner, and 

 rhchardeon, connected with the hab'herv. oppose tin- tle-rc. 

 riugthat spout aalbion drift <m the surface wlic-re they have 

 r to thia is that the surface bsh wore 

 ■ Hooted, as II..-. woro 



cakent orthoro 

 to die and he stranded 



the 



: permitted. Bu 



ample 8 



„ ■!., . 



doi- 



nd miltmighl he transported separately with- 

 ,-i. (ara or other tight vessels, hut there is a 

 t can bskept after leaving the fish. I once 

 jtisttak.n Horn tlie parent lish, kept themuii- 

 . Lght hours and Impregnated 11 per cent. Jn 

 'gS in an open dish in the air, and 

 ,r,|v P., n- vivo impregnation declined rapidly 



at tha cud uf twenty-four Hours was wholly 

 . also corroborated in a general -av hv otbu'r 

 0. G.Atkins. 



lost. This re 

 exjyimcuts. 



- ••• - 



PO QUINNA.T SALMON WE AFTER SPAWNING? 



Rax FiiANoiseo, December 27, 1880. 

 I'rnfr:<.<r.r fyrnrrr /■'. Rain/.: 



itv attention has been called to my letter of Sept. 36. 1876, and 

 Mr J lvni-stou St- .no's couniii.nts thereon, as found in pp. 815-818 

 of your report for 1878. In stating Mr. Stone's remarks about all 



■ dy 



mi .ntti in-t 

 to apply t< 

 change my 

 That ma 

 salmon dii 

 but the bs 

 they ascen 

 of navigat 

 stalls of 01 



Bui 1 i 

 1 1 ha' 



inciitionin tboSaera- 



uded ii 



i to 



rge proportion of the female 

 rr spawning is no doubt true, 

 fish die in other rivers vihich 



ns of life, age and diffienltios 

 of fisb as displayed upon the 

 "••),Hedel< 





jesoln 



spa 



lithe 



distance to tide 



-water. In 



tin 



oase 



.1 : 



lve 



r-apa^ 



-LiDi— 



almoii the 



results cannot 



,e definite! 



i f 





own 



lg 



to th 



isaui 



3 of those 



which survive e 



■id fill) Colli 



eal 



IIOIIL 1 



nit 



.Mi 



ers D£ 



rmits 



igainst the 











lr. 



Sto 



10 III) 



t SOlLli 



spent aal- 



mon do find 1 



iiri: ,-,-av 1 <l 



ck 



' i r o 



de- 



vater th 



ough 



;he Bafli-a- 



mmito, but he i 



laiins tbatt 



les 



' cum 



frc 



m 



.mill 



I her s 



ream than 



the McCioiui B 



ver. This 





n-.plv 



a g 





S to 81 



stain 



lis theory, 



as there can he 



no positive 



pn 



of to 



ilie 



,-ui 



ltrary 



He 



rill admit, 



however, that t 





llll 



US S1Z 



IB a 



id 



igos ) 



isit th 



e McCloud 



River together 



to spawn d 





i: the 







Th 





j of these 



salmon aio moi 



., battered i 



lid 



worn 



out 



in 



1,11 otl 



ers, ai 



d that, the 



spawning souso 



n is aprolo, 



ige 



lone 



i:di 



udl 



ug ov 



l- seve 



cud months 



time. Apoitic 



u of this tu 









,fl 



ire Ui 







of the dam at t 



IB hatc.herv 



au 



la po. 



tioi 



at 



Ler Ui 



takm 



i of spawn 



by Ms employe 



es is past, 



fin 









the 



icavv 



auis come. 



in December ai 



d sometime 







Nc 







lie dm 



n is swept 



away and the r 



Lver is open 



to 



the li 



sbt 



o g 



i up 



u- dow 



n, astboy 



choose, until tl 



e next Year- 



sd 



am i& 



lllll 



t. 



That the de 



ad salmon 



are to be fou 



ad in greaf 



111 



uiijer- 



111 



th 



3 MeC 



loud 1 



iver for a 



limited season 



mlv, and'tb 



it \ 



■ilh i.L 



cox 



'-'i 



tion o 



-only 



me month, 



spawning or nc 



ariy spawni 



Ig 



j.-.ti :ir 



: to 





bad : 



t all ti 



lies of the 



year. Prior tc 



the laiera 

















salmon going i 



ip the Sacri 



111, 













the boat 



averaging from 



forty to ti 



fy 













'r ■!. hisl. 



The caiiiiel'S o 



aim that Oi 

















been spawned 



at the hati 











ilar i- 



ill hue 



ever been 



known on the i 







ire ii, 



bj 



.,..1 



lies , 



f the n 



ain Sacra- 



mento that cou 





,p. 















body of fish c 



ntside of t 





lpper 



Hac 



-in 



lento, 



Pitt 



r McCloud 



In regard to the taking 



of 



spent 



fish 





the lower Sacramento 



[his, if mi, would con 

 iiong the bottom insh 

 ,ii- fallen bv netting i 



;.'. in II 

 •nth to 



ut diatiu 



ilh 



f tin 



lour miles from the' sea. heard a great splashing in the on ■ -I. I i - 

 low me, which WW ■ a shallou 



a portion of its hack Qut of water. It swam up stream into n hole, 

 above which wan a long gravel hud, o\er which the water trickled 

 uutil just before falling into the bole, it drained into three small 

 ebunu'els. The salmon made an examination or these cluinuelH 

 several Union apparently undecided which to take, hut niiallv male 

 a nirdi up one. working a track about ten feet long up the gravel 

 bed, when he rested. I tried to catch him when he straggled 

 again, completing his track (about twenty feet long) into the up- 

 per holo and escaped me. Had the bottom been of rock, ho would 

 nave worn his tail iins, as it was be made a track in. the pebbles, 

 into which the wiitiii ran. half Moating him. As the lagoon had 

 been closed for weekH previous, this salmon, with a companion. 

 i winch was taken a few hours previously) must have passed from 

 salt to fresh water within twenty-lour hours and, boiug nearly 



three I it iis after the usual spawning-time, was in an abnormal 



condition. "That the spawning-season is a mere accident of 

 place," as stated hv Mr. stone, 1 do not believe, no the young 

 of Lake Tnhoe trout hatched out at Lake Merced, about' eight 

 miles from this citv. Miawn in June, the eattie time a- I!, piii.ni 

 ... I ,;,, 1'ahoe is' over 0,01)0 feet above the sea. while Lake 

 Merced is not liTtv feet above and about a mile from the ocean. 

 During last Jul 



■, in the exact way in which the 



hi N. Ti„- nets Hi -i uiud were soon i the Bteug- 



Miree pounds, and aomu uidiridimls ica'ch','-vcnh-!i., 

 pounds. Although the w.ather has been i,\c,, 



of fish taken by (h'e eagle 



The, led importance, ot IliU method of fishing, aside from the 

 in, -i-.-ase in the catch and the fact that no "trash" small ieb. 

 et„. is taken tc. be thrown away again, is lh.it no bait id li .piif-d. 

 Perhaps this will be Letter appreciated when it i- known thai for 

 the month of December, ju-i past, the average bait bill of Ehe 



last ill 



in- 



>viii|, 



ntth 



,1 in, come 



uider 



eonth 





loci, 



all that it gives i 



rou us 



value. 



to 



the fishern 



inn and rovi 



lutio. 



catch 



- • 



KTOUr 



■ 1 I):-! 



. We id hid 



•to |b 



Sfc, 



!-il 



; set 



Sol 



in il 



or t-lell.-h 



"".'f'.' 



the n, 



Xt 



norm 





-\s vet no li-d 





the la 



•ee 



<t cod 



- tl.-- 



■al.-h lor lie 



three 



wrath 





vas i 



.,,„. 



ively, l,()Ui), 



iiimii 



Mart! 



l it 



n.ii.l 



ruea 



■aid anil lias orclcre 



be us 



; 



)ll th 





nd Banks, o 



in fit 



i the Sixth 

 to this matt 



Annual le- 

 er i "Tin. 

 ic that, if it 





he of great 



BlU •'.•i'lVl',-', 



- in cod lish- 





as herring 



1 are hauled 

 lit. and only 



the sen oil Moiitere; 





nle. 



anil the i 

 at .Monti 



lldoublediv i 



i in iuguat l 



uvthat our 



1 their 

 ■d Sep- 



— wantiug the t 



1 trust the le 



all hough in a 



may be valuabh 



Of the Sucrameu 

 r has not weariec 

 cm may find in it 



■on, and that 

 ■me facte that 

 heroafter. 

 HfJBAOE 1). Ddn.n. 



cof gill nets bu the caplu 



i-Bhoi 



i lb, 



ed. As 

 she 



■i-,h, 



advantage the . 

 accouiii of then 



pel Imp- prove ii 

 k-e.rcnbitcd jo. 

 fisheries or Not' 

 fddon Islands hi 



id lb, praclicab'i 



,. 1,1! 





sdpr 



,-ill 



short 



and : 



eral Noi 

 it Wi 

 gmal 

 nets 



, found that th 

 for the cod in t 



made with i 



tnstai 



eduction and Bilbaequoni resnlto. s 

 ding to the readers nf vour valuable and widj- 

 . (Jill nets have long been uai din tho cod- 

 more than half of the fish canghl at lb. I,.|- 

 akcii in this manner : but of this, or of the 

 nets for end oiu- fishermen were ignorant nu- 

 ll supplied to them by the United States Fish 



1S7H Professor Silencer V. Riurd, the Commis- 



iscrvetho habits of the 



good and other sea fishes 



ti that might he of future 

 The commission had sev- 

 ere sot off tho Oapu ; but 



ad , 



ill-best adapted for fish 



After demonstrating that the : 

 success the fact was made known 

 the loan of the nets was offered I 

 would give them a fan- trial ; au 

 offer nothing was done toward a 

 th- fisherman fen ring to make Bi 

 old methods of eaptiiriuj " 



of 



the i 



.Hi :- 



ad dei 



t the spurlin 

 - -ed.appe 



the. 



red i 



irresponsible 



notwithstanding 

 .voting it until tl 

 is decided chauii 

 , although they ii 

 idin'g tl: 



tin, 



old i 



at a fir 



stack of I 



.ii Ml 



. mtly 

 ng the past fall, 

 ,t generally used 

 lout Cape Ann. 

 lishing with gill 

 men by the Fish 

 y the Gloucester 



c method of tra-vl- 

 I'. S. l-isl, C'mii- 

 .1. W. 0. 



IIIK AMLUICAN FISHOKDTth-AL ASSOCIATION*.- A meet- 

 ng of the ollieers of tins association was held at the ofilCO of Fou- 

 sw and Stihum fttnoon January 28. Preaent : G S. Page. Viec- 

 're-iil.-nt ; K. G. lSlackford, Treasurer; lli-in.t PhiUipn, Cor. 

 le„. Fred. Mather and IT. 1). Mcdovern. Il waxleeided to hold 



inciting, and also to convsp 

 cultural Society and invitee 

 friendly feeling. 



Till. M, iio.VAI.il nsllW.W. Tl 

 BailrOad are about to build a Mcti 

 Dinu, the lower dam on the James Bil 

 This way will he cnnslructeil under th 

 aid himself and will he a good, praetii 

 or his plau. It will be finished m tim 

 which, above this dam, will have arm 

 ing with another obstruction The 

 cheap and the working models which • 

 checked tin water in its downward flo 

 the construction of this one on a largi 

 work as well in practice as it tloes hi n 



IOWA NOTES.— An Assistant Fish 

 point-d in this State. Mr.A-A.Most 



•ompletely ami we await 

 ale, in hope Unit it may 



appt 



id. 1 1 



and hiu wo 



Shaw has ju-t take 

 ville, .Mii'h.. halchi 





1st the 

 5 statin 



H 



of the U. 



Spi 

 -lii 



bitansh 



it is Sortbwestei 



ti, 



the North- 



SALMON FOR LONG ISLAND.— Mr. E. (i. Blackford, of the 

 New- Vork Fish Commission, >-.,! -nllv received ir.-.m Prof Baud, 

 through Mr. Chas. G. Atkins, 25,000 eggs ..f the Atlantic salmon 

 (Sat/ha lalar) for Long [slaod waters. They bave bet n placed in 

 abargoof Mr. Thomas ( la|,ham, of Koslyn, L. 1 , a genllemiiu of 

 large eNpericiice ill trout culture. Then- exact destination is not 

 vet deeidod upon, hut there are sc\cral streams which are available 

 for salmon on the island. 



\\\t fennel. 



THE ENGLISH POINTKK. 



if Yero Shaw's "Rook of the Dog," 

 SrrtEAH bv the author, through 

 ».', publishers, No. 59(j Broadway, 



„_ lack of bait, together with the knowledge od 

 nets that had been dissemmatfid among the lishi 

 Commission, led to the first attempt being made 

 lUhe.rmeu in the early iiarl, of the present winter. 



Capt. Stephen J. Martin, of this place, who has been connected 

 with the Fish Commission for some, time, and who at present is in 

 charge of tho station bete, called ilie attention o( his son, Capt. 

 George II. Martin, to the subieet of taking cod with gill nets early 

 in the. fall and urged him to make the trial. The young Captain 

 Martin, who is well known as one of the most enterprising and in- 

 telligent of the Gloucester fishermen, obtained a Fish Commission 

 Report in which the Norwegian gill nets were described, etc., and 

 --. ti i . tding up. Later, Before starting out on his trip, he had 

 liii'iufervicw- with a member of the- Commission, thou in Glouces- 

 ter who had, hv the direction of I'lofessoi Boird, made a study of 

 this kind of iisl'mr, at tho luieniatioual Fishery Exhibition at Ber- 

 lin, Germany. In addition to tho nets that were furnished free by 

 the eomniissiou Capt. Martin got eight more for the first trial. In- 



|J(,-pt-iii!o,.l u-oiii advance , 

 f uriiishcd to the Fop.i 

 Cassell, Petter, Galph 

 New York.] 



IT is, we believe, a pretty generally admitted fact among 

 sportsmen that modern pointers are deficient iu uose 

 when compared with what they used to be; in oilier words, 

 nose bus been sacrificed by [he almost insane importance 

 which bus been attached to pace. Breeders appear to have, 

 in many instances, only had in view the production of an an- 

 fnal that can gallop, and thereby cover more ground than 

 other dogs which might be brought against tliem ; and nose 

 has thereby suffered to a great extent. 



Our Continental cousins, especially the Germans, have, 

 however, viewed things in a very different light, for the 

 Continental pointers partake more fully of the nature of 

 their Spanish ancestors than do the Knglisb. A leading Ger- 

 man sportsman only recently remarked to us, that though he 

 admired the English dogs (pointers) they were too fast for 

 the sport be wished to put them to, and that his expi rience 

 taught him that the slow and staunch German pointer was, 

 in his part of the world, the most valuable dog. However, 

 be added, that he hoped that the crosses he had in view, be- 

 tween the two vaiicTies, German and English, would improve 

 both breeds and render each more valuable for Ma purpose. 



The German pointer does not differ very materially from 

 the English, save in his clumsiness. He is more throaty, cer- 

 tainly ; but this is scarcely to be wondered at when hia closer 



