FOREST AND STREAM. 



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j|ua and JJii/ur ,ffishifig. 



FISH IN SEASON IN MARCH. 



80UTIIEKN WATERS 



Ponipano, Trachynolm carvluius. Grouper, Epimplulpusnlgrilus. 



Drum— two species. Family A'rtam- Trout (black base) CenlropUtrU at- 



idle. rariits. 



Kiugtlsh. Ifi Striped bass or Rockflsh, lioeeus 



Sea liasa, SdOOOpS ocetlattnt. lliteaiu*. 



Sheepsho&d, Atcheei Dallorflan, Pomatomus saltatrix. 



cephultn,. Mack Bass. MicrupUiUs salnwitltn; 



Snapper, Luljaiws caxxt. M. nujncam. 



Fish in Makket — Our Ash market continues to be abun- 

 dantly supplied, and good churcli people who adhere tena- 

 ciously to the customs ot Lent can find no fault either with 

 variety or prices. We quote:— Striped bass IS to 25 cents 

 per pound; smelts, 15 to 21) cents; blueflsh, 15 cents: salmon 

 (frozen), 30 cents; shad (southern), 50 cents each; mackerel, 

 30 cents; white perch, 15 cents; Spanish mackerel 55 cents; 

 green turtle, 20 cents; terrapiu, §15 per dozen; frosllish, 7 

 cents per pound; halibut, 15 cents; haddock, 7 cents; cod 

 fish, Scents; blackball, 15 cents; herrings, G cents; floun- 

 ders, 18 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 

 10 cents; sheepsbead, 15 cents; turbott, 18 cents; scoliops, 

 $1.50 per gallon; wkitcfish, 20 cents per pound; pickerel, 

 18 cents; sunfish, 10 cents; yellow perch, cents; salmon 

 trout, 15 cents; hard shell crabs, $4.00 per 100. 



— The moderate weather has set to work the Chesapeake 

 lishermen in preparing their seines and repairing their 

 boats, in anticipation of an early run of herring up the 

 Susquehanna, which sometimes begins in March. 



—Now is the time to impale the toothsome (?) sucker 

 as he buds upon the willows and alders which skirt the 

 river's bank. 



Abtiuicial Flies— We beg to refer any of our readers 

 who wish to learn the art of dressing artilicial flies, to a 

 very competent instructor, Mr. John Ilaily, 320 Henry 

 street, this city, (see advertisement elsewhere). Mr. Haiiy 

 has often been summoned to places far distant by person 

 who had heard of his skill, and wished to avail themselves 

 thereof. 



Vermont — Ferrisburgh. — March has come in like a lamb, 

 and is inaugurated by a perfect spring clay. Our four feet 

 of snow are dwindling perceptibly, and the sleighing is 

 almost gone. We are anxiously waiting for spring hsh- 

 ing. R. R. M. 



New Tohk— Lake George, Warren Co. — The fishing at 

 this season of the year is good. The kinds taken now, are 

 confined by law, (which law is often trespassed upon) to 

 perch, pickerel, and a lew other kinds that now and then 

 take the bail used. On the 1st of March this law will per- 

 mit the taking of all kinds. There will be hundreds 

 of pounds taken daily while the ice lasts. I have taken, 

 by being out before sun rise in the morning, and just at 

 sun set, since the 31st day of January, 01 dozeu'of perch. 

 These ttsh are the finest flavored fish that swims. On 

 pleasant days the grounds frequented by these fish are 

 dotted with people silting over the holes cut in the ice. • 



e . s. n. 



Movements of the Fishing Fleet.— The Georges fleet 

 are a week or ten clays later in returning from their first 

 fctfps than lust year, and although they iiave had excellent 

 weather for tishing, bring in small farts. Forty four ar- 

 rivals have been reported the past week, lauding about 

 1,000,000 pounds codlish and 130,000 pounds halibut. The 

 old stock ot Georges lish are nearly closed out, and the 

 prospect is that there will be a good call for new as soon 

 as in marketable condition, though buyers anticipate a 

 slight decline in price. The Grand Bank arrivals for the 

 week number three, bringing 190,000 pounds halibut, and 

 five herring cargoes have been received from Newfound- 

 land and lour Irom Grand Menan. Total number of fish- 

 ing arrivals for the week fifty-six. The shore fishermen 

 have met with moderate success, and fair prices have been 

 realized for their catch. — Cape Ann Advertiser, March 3d, 



CHUB FISHING IN VIRGINIA 



I a hook made of the link of a log-chain. With this outfit, 

 the natives— and in this category none is a grosser offender 

 than the delinquent at the bar— takes a small boat, creeps 

 cautiously along to the felled trees, and with a large float 

 and heavy sinkers, Btrives to insinuate his hook with alive 

 five-inch dace on it, between the limbs and brush of the 

 fallen tree. If the minnow goes down and is not speedily 

 struck by a fish, it quickly raps itself and the Hue around 

 a limb, and then there is the deii to pay with a huug hook. 

 If the chub strikes the bait there comes a pure contest of 

 physical force between the beast in the water and the man 

 in the boat as to which shall dislodge the other, And 

 this, we are told, is sport. 



But if the question of sport be thrown aside altogether, 

 and pot only considered, there might be some possible ex- 

 cuse for this barbarous procedure, for I have snuffed the 

 savors of that famous disti a la mode King William, aud can 

 bear cheerful testimony to its appetizing properties. But 

 ihepot has its limits, which are easily defined aud under- 

 stood. 



Aud then, too, there might be some palliation, if this 

 region afforded no other sport for the rod. But just here, 

 we meet the intensest aggravation of the enormity of this 

 offender. His own residence is midway the narrowest 

 point of a narrow pcuinsula, between two fine streams for 

 rock or striped bass, aud from the top of his house Seth 

 Green could cast a fly into either river. And what is 

 more, his own land ruus down to and into one of them, 

 embracing a magnificent sweep of that majestic water, and 

 including a sand-bar, where, this delinquent himself con- 

 fesses, the rock delight to school, till murdered by nets or 

 trot-lines. And yet this professed sportsman never yet 

 experienced the rapture of a rod and reel, with a twenty 

 pound bass at the end of his line! Oh! judge, be merciful 

 in your judgment! 



But even this is not, all, bad as it is. If there were no 

 rock or bass in the waters at his door, you have only to 

 take the map of Virginia aud see what streams are within 

 his reach. From the Potomac to the James — a distance of 

 not more than forty miles as the crow flies— there is a suc- 

 cession of narrow peninsulas, hugged by lovely tidal 

 streams, resplendent with striped bass. First, the, "northern 

 neck" betweeu the Potomac and Rappahaunock. Next, the 

 still narrower peninsula between the Rappahannock and 

 the Piarkitank; then the tributaries of Moo Jack Bay aud 

 the rivers of Glocester — all mere arms of the Chesapeake 

 — abounding in fish, and especially the rock bass, as game 

 as the Salmo-Salar itself. Next comes the histoiical 

 peuinsulaof the Yorti and the James— two oceanic streams 

 —aud all wilhiu half a day's ride of this terrible delinquent, 

 who fancies he can pass with the world as an artistic 

 angler by never tackling a rock, but prowling arouud 

 mat ponds, and from the midst of logs aud brush dragging 

 out the lubberly chub by main force. Dispense justice 

 with mercy, O judge! Piscatok. 



[judgment of the court.] 



The Court confesses its astonishment at hearing that any 

 person, calling himself a sportsman, aud being within 

 reach of striped bass or rock, never knew the exquisite 

 delight of capturing: one of those ganiesl of fish with rod 

 and reel. There must be some mistake in this allegation, 

 and in the full confidence of a satisfactory eciaircjssement, 

 the Court will await the response of the defendant. 



As to the alleged mode ot capturing chub, that of course 

 cannot be reconciled to any of the laws and usages known 

 to artistic anglers. It cau be only considered in reference 

 to "pot:" and how far its merits in that respect may exjuse 

 a depaiture from the strict letter of the law, is a matter 

 worthy of calm inquiry aud grave consideration. The 

 Court does not hesitate to own to a weakness for "pot." 

 The Court therefore contents itself for the present with an 

 interlocutory, decree. 



In the words and figures following, to wit: 



Ordered aud decreed that the defendant, in this case, 

 shall ou the 1st day of April next, meet the Court and the 

 complainant at Sweet Hall Station, York River Railroad, 

 Ring William county, Virginia; thence repair to Lee's 

 mill pond, aud then and there in the view of the Court 

 capture at least three chill), weighing seven pouuds each, 

 aud forthwith proceed to coudiment aud cook said fish a 

 to mode King William, in order that all the senses ot the 

 Court may be fully and duly illuminated as to Hie vaunted 

 virtues of this much mooted dish.— J-licel/\ 



Editor Forest and Stream: — 



1 have a controversy with a very dear friend, involving a 

 question of sportmanship. 1 think lam right, and he" is 

 wrong; but he heeds uot my logic, and, therefore, I ap- 

 peal i he case to the Supreme i'tibumtl of Forest and 

 Stream. 



Here is my brief: 



May it please Your Honors, the delinquent in this case 

 is instinct in every fibre of his body and every emotion of 

 his soul with the true spirit of agenuine sportsman. More 

 the pity and the greater the penalty; but the object of this 

 complaint is not punishment, but reformation, 



lu tide-water Virginia, there are a great many mill- 

 ponds, in many ea.ses covering hundreds of acres of laud, 

 led by small streams, which flow through level and sandy 

 districts, therefore rarely riled, and consequently are 

 favorite aud favorable habitats for the finuey tribe. The 

 southern chub {Urystes Nigriaina) ot the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tutiou and Oswego bass ot Seth Green, is the predominant 

 fish of these waters, where it is very numerous, ami 

 frequently attains the weight of ten to twelve pounds 

 This lish is esteemed by the natives as among the 

 best they have for the table. This fuel, no doubt, tiie de- 

 linquent will urge in extenuation of his fault, fie asserts, 

 that the streak of fat and streak of lean, which pervade the 

 body of this iisli, constitute it a morsel more delicious than 

 any ever tasted by the Olympian Deities— especially when 

 condimeuled and roasted by his artistic hand. 



It is the habit of the native anglers to cut large trees into 

 the ponds— around aud in which the chub are wont to 

 congregate— in part from the habit they have in common 

 with hogs, of rubbing against logs, aud iu part f»r protec- 

 tion—a coign of vantage— to which Ihey retreat in ease of 

 danger, for they are foul lighters, and as soon as they feel 

 the sieel will strike below the belt, or resort to any un- 

 gamely device for deliverance aud safety. Consequently, 

 only very strong tackle is adequate to their capture. This 

 usually consists of a rod, stiff as a fence-rail, and as tough 

 $s a white-oak withe, a ILie as strong m & plough-line, and 



%ew j§ubtiaitioiis. 



Laws and Practice of EtJCfi&E. 



Wo have received from the publishers, Messrs. T. R. reterson & Co., 

 Philadelphia, a neat little volume with the above title, aud wnicu con- 

 tains iu addition "The Laws and Rules for Playing Draw Poker." It is 

 comprehensive and compact, and will prove a handy book of reference 

 iu cases of disputed points. 



The Text-Book of Mineralogy. By Professor E. S. 



Daua, of .New Haven. 

 Rotueruam's Critically Emphasized New TESTAMENT. 

 A new and revised edition, prepared by hamster & Sons. 



Graphical Statics. By Professor 'A. Jay Du Bois, of 



Lehigh University. 



TrtEORV op Transverse Strains and their Application 



to Koofs and TansSES. iiy H. G. Hatlieltl, author of "American 



House Carpenter." New York. John Wiley & Sons. 



The above works are all now iu pre=s and will appear in the course of 

 the present mouth. Professor Dana's Text-book will, it ia thought, 

 completely cover the field of investigation in mineralogy, without going 

 into minute details. Tt.e auihor takes a very extended view of Ins sub- 

 ject, and enters into the latest discoveries, comprising Determinative 

 Mineralogy and Crystallography. The latter is Heated more in detail 

 than any of the others. The author's design is to lay before etuileuts 

 the guiding principles of the science and the most recent additions to 

 it, aud thus to furnish a guide to thorough and independent research. 

 The work will be an octavo of almost five hundred pages, and.will con- 

 tain eight hundred wood cuts aud a colored plato. It will be published 

 at 85. 



Bageter'B Rotherham is designed to clear up obscure passages, and 

 will be of great volne to theologians and students. 



The first edition of Professor Du Bois' ''Graphical BtaticB" having 

 been adopted by most of the leading scientific schools, the new edition 

 will probably be in more greater demand. The same author has now iu 

 preparation a translation rrom the secoud volume of Weislmlh's Engin- 

 eering of the Theory or Hydraulics, Hydraulic Motors, aud Ihe steam 

 engine, intended as a text book and companion to Mr. Coxe'a able 

 translation from llie first volume. 



Mr. Hatfield's work will contain new tables of strains and resistance of 

 material, and is designed to assist the non-professional architect and 

 student. The author, thinka that iu tUeae days of accident and disaster, 



s thorough understanding of the subject of which he treats caunot be 

 too stougly insisted on. 



The MesBrs. Wiley's also publish the works of John Ruskin, which 

 may he had either in sets or separately. They are in three styles, in cloth 

 to ctoths wnh plates, and half calf with platen. We have before us bia 

 "Mornings in Florence," a hook which fairly illustrates the trenchant 

 style and deep insight of the great Euglish critic and lecturer, it is 

 said by the author to contain "simple studies of cbrislain art for Eng- 

 lish travelers," hut will he read with profit by the travelers of all lands, 

 for the sake of the lessons it teaches iu regard to the value of travcliug 

 with one'Beyes open. 



Frie.md Fritz. A tale of the banks of the Lanter. Trans- 

 lated from the French of Erckmann-Ohalriau. New York. Scribner, 

 Armstrong & Co: 



"Friend Fritz" is a very pleasing addition to the many interesting 

 volnmes which American renders owe to the joint authorship or Messrs. 

 Brckmann & Chatrian. The plot is not strikingly novel, aud is very 

 simple, but the tale is told with all the vivacity a °d grocefulneeG which 

 have characterized the author's previous works. An apparently incor- 

 rigible bachelor of thirty-six is no uncommon phenomenon In the world, 

 aud such an one was frit/. Kobus, the hero of the story. The authors 

 have devoted themselves to unfolding the manner and circumstances of 

 his conversion through the instrumentality of a certain charming Utile 

 Suzel. The character of Fritz is strongly drawn . He is represented as 

 a rich, sunny-natured. bachelor, fond of comfort and warm hearted, 

 and delighting in bia freedom. Being a good match" he moved wanly 

 wheie the fair sex was concerned, but the astute detector of the schemes 

 of the artful, at last fell into the snares or artleesness. The minor char- 

 acters are equally well drawn and skilfully mauased. The humor of the 

 story is abundant and racy. Some of the scenes are depicted with ex- 

 ceptional vividness and evident fidelity. We may refer particularly to 

 the fete at Bischeno, and the inn in Wildlaod. "The College Life of 

 Maitre Fablot" Is continued iu the sime volume. 



MAGAZINES. 



The American Agriculturist for March covers a great va- 

 riety of interesting topics. This publication is undoubtedly the best of 

 itskind iu the country, aud there is none that we read with more inter- 

 est and congeniality of feeling. Were we not publishers ofl-utrsr 

 and Stueam we should be proud to be publishers of the Agriculturist. 

 [No disparagement meant.] 



Iu looking over a periodical which contains so much 

 that is interesting as does the Popular Science Monthly for March, it is a 

 task somewhat embarrassing to select the articles to he particularly re- 

 ferred to. Had we space in these columns we should like to reproduce 

 for the benefit or such readerB of Forest and Stkeam as do not see the 

 Monthly, Dr. Bain's interesting paper on Education us a Science; the 

 story of How the Earth was regarded in Old Times, and the abstract of 

 Judge Daley's address to the Geographical Society. We should he glad 

 too to give an analysis ot Prof . Groie's valuable lecture on The Early 

 Man of North America, aud to relate the struggles and hardships of that 

 true laborer iu the field of scienpe, Thomas Edward, the Scotchman. 

 But for all these choice things our readers must go to the Qiaga 



Perhaps the article of the most practical importance iu tins number of 

 \Me Monthly is Prof. Huxley's lecture, entitled "The Study of Biology." 

 No one is better fitted to speak ou this subject than this great teacher, 

 and his advice will be heard and accepted wherever this study is valued 

 at its true worth. 



The correspondence in the present number is unusually extended, and 

 the Miscellany varied and attractive. In the Editors Table, Prof. You- 

 mau's answers quito fully aud forcibly Dr. Deems, who propounds a 

 number of conundrums bearing on the evolution question. 



—The Hon. Smith Wright, of Wiiliston, Yt., is fatten- 

 ing for market 8,000 head of poultry, to which he is feed- 

 ing seventy -five btuliels of grain. Of the above number 

 3,800 are geese, 2,800 are turkeys, and 1,400 are ducks. 



What the Wife of an Editor Named IJer Lasv 

 Twins;— Adaliue aud Addenda. 



— The livid, dark crimson spins, sometimes called "port- 

 wine marks," with whiph some persons' faces ate naturally 

 disfigured, have generally been regarded as indelible. The 

 surgeon of the Londan hospital has performed several suc- 

 cessful operations, however, and he describes them for the 

 benelit of his piofession. He makes clean-cut, parallel 

 incisions over the affected surface, about a sixteenth ot an 

 inch apart, after making the flesh insensible with alter 

 spray. Upon healing, the blemish is gone, and no scats aie 

 left if the operation has been carefully done,— / 



Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, apd 

 Importers, have always a large stock of sil- 

 ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, 

 racing and other sports, and on request they 

 prepare special designs lor similar purposes. 

 Their timing -watches are g uaran teed for ac- 

 curacy, and are now very generally vised for 

 sporting and scientific requirements. Tiffany 

 <fc Co., are also the agents in America for 

 Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co., of Geneva, of 

 whose celebrated watches they have a full 



line. Their stock of Diamonds and other Pre- 

 cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and 



Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, 

 and the public are invited to visit their estab- 

 lishment -without feeling the slightest obliga- 



tion to purchase. Union Square, New York, 

 Adv. 



