FOREST AND STREAM. 



489 



my aim as pos- 



, ii. ' ' iilnn, I 



thai comes the 

 most natUi 



and before 1 could Bay, i 

 think ■ . ■ : ■ = 1 1 cl Uie 



next glance thad was of a white flag bobbing between the 

 1 1 ■ ■ ■■ : nlmosl the same instant his mate cashed out ol' 



|, HlKC 



Although my thoughts concerning that rabbit wen: 



y weit none the less forcible, I 



iapa same old hunter may say that it ia o< 

 likely a novico could steal up to within sixty yards of a ooar 

 m iiv - ii' l( without being heard, but it is true nevertheless, 

 ■ . 'I ich a three years' campaign, embracing limes 

 when life depended upon just sueh kind of stalking, had to 

 (Jo with it, those who have, been there can imagine. 



O. VjtRl I 



t ex- 

 SB I I IV 

 very 



ik 



A. TRIP TO BURLEIGH. 



AT the close of a -lovely summer aftei D 0< ' : I June a party 

 Of uine (ladies and gentlemen—; . rsjsian.ed 



for the lakes among the rocks and mountains ol Bmlei b 

 dli fcance of fifteen or twenty miles from Peterboro, to pass the 

 i ftshing, boating, and roaming the forest, once the favo- 

 rite haunt Of dusky warriors. 

 After a lovely drive of four hours through a thickly wooded 

 I [ear Lake oo our route, 

 rived at the falls, where we left our horses and paddled 

 tothec: ' "' at ' Lovesick" Lake, one-fourth mile 



distant, I i corns on our way which the lum n 



Have stretched to keep the logs from floating away — as many 

 ' ' ag in one drive at a time. The fire was 



Ai Last 



.!|' ■■'!'. 



turned 



ith our echoes, till daylight dawned and 



disappeared in the sky. We were then 



ihe clear waters of the lake, which we 



. ■ 'resheoiri as Eqj tin 





day 



its iffjOOO to 30,000 ul_ 



then lighted, and what with pitching tents, getting 

 lUlting things into a homelike Bbape, il nadrngn 



t ■.,,, iwe were aware of it. The morn 



, above the trees in the dis1 - ■ | pectr 



.; here an 



- ran- hearts villi love 

 and tlianMulm 5i '"''">' <"'f '-be univ. iv 



has given us so much to be grateful for. Each seemed to feel 



olemnity of the scene, as our voices floated oyer the 

 waters in hymns of praise, echoed hack l>y the clear but 



nfolnotesof the whippoorwiU * 



our tents and prepared for rest : but 



and novelty Ol the sil nation had such 



the first experience of moSI of us i 



Sleep was banished " 



till the woods rang 



one star aftet n ith 



tempted to a halhii 



enjoyed i 



day. Wha! with 



readinc 



very romanl 

 We threaded our w 

 pel, of moss, that y 

 flfiwers peeping in and 

 way bright ; straw betrk 

 and there; lovely lilies fioati 

 thing around us to make it charmii 



1 sufficiently tire d 

 ?ery high and our tents were in di 

 but everything passed off quietly. 

 party (including nrs sell .- : 



; j >od bass fish ng i t the napias. 

 f ul time there. The scenery around was si 



ii- ; ' towering high in.thi 



ny enough; the water dashing n 

 jling the spray in our fac 

 bass, and then turned" our steps campward, 



, hieakfast at the fashionable hour oi : > ,. 



Some of the party amused themselves catching small fish 

 around the islands which dot the lakes m all directions, while 

 others lounged around the_t>;ics. reading or otl ■.■■-.• i. - v.,.-.!. 

 A few of us paddled to "Lovesick" Kapids, over two miles 

 up the lake, and were well repaid for the trip by the beautiful 

 scenery. When we returned we partook of some refresh- 

 ments, and then prepared t> 

 laden with a precious cargo 

 to our landing place, < u 

 take us ■'home again." Al 



r feel would 



g Singing, 



,tly away. 

 sited by water and land. 

 rocks covered with a ear- 

 Ink in at every step ; wild 



ig g ass, making our path* 

 uebertjes in clusters here 

 heltered nooks, and every - 

 i. The second night we 

 st well. The wind rose 

 lger of being blown down 

 Early next morning some 

 ledonafisliing exonrsion, 

 Rapids. Had a delight 

 id was something wild and 

 b in. the air, looking dark 



r el hornet 



ird. 



,'iftly i 



ral tine. 

 arrived 



io lake 



icss tc 



wher 



■ miles around. To our 

 u-ge lumber slide, when 

 menus in the foaming, i 



right, down mm 

 hundreds Of to; 



feet, 



piupgiug i 



;One UireCtiy in ironi or us lay uie cum wuiets ui 



Sluuv Lake: to our 'left the waters winding their way around 

 ,„ ;.k ;i ,. : i., ,,,;>!, are so numerous in ic ■ ■ -. ...,,-..., 

 with forest trees that one -would imagine, rrom -.. i ptn.oi 

 them, thai game a :n or - ( <■■■ _•: - ll ' : ' 1 .-' 



for man to penetrate them. Two steamerspjj tl a elf 



daily, which enable tourists to visit 

 • j ., ,, ., . mat y days sport 



being free Irom the cares and worries 

 home in the mountains. The drive h 

 evening being cooL Our time at 

 amused ourselves singing snatches of 

 the time. Arrived at our destination at twelve clock 

 thoroughly satisfied with our trip, and heartily sorry the pleas- 

 ant time was over, hoping soon to all meet under as pleasant 



oirrnmslanecs. M. P- 



atii ■ 



■ life in their 



..',. ightful, the 



posal, we 



tc, to while away 



Stories. — We are in receipt of no less than thirteen 

 ''bear Stories," and while we hold Mynherr Bruin iu venera- 

 tion, we are, unable to pacify his mane* by giving him free 

 scope iu our columns. We ask our friends to bear aud for- 

 i st We offend, and become ourselves Lost, buried, under 

 the accumulation of ursine, matter 



"Qui V ive," writing from East Saginaw Mich., tells us of a 



black bear trapped by Marvil Secord on the Tittebawassia 



i in April or May, who lugged off a heavy steel trap with 



„ weighing 70 pounds, and the hay Used to conceal the 



the total weight being upwards of 150 pounds. He 



was found over a mile from where the trap was set, being 



brought up by the clog catching a hemlock log. When killed, 



weighed upward of eight hundred pounds, and 



:, . issured over eight feet, iu length. The writer truly 



that he was a v. 

 Mr. T. H. Esly Of NicaBlC, CaL, gives his first experience 

 i m,, uin , i ...■!• :■'■.■■ '" an Luis, Obi8poCo. 



While riding along the trail, McCoy, who was al 8 I ud 

 deuly pullci There's a 



bear!" Being behind, 1 did not hear the exclamation ; but 

 seeing Will dismount also, and both stand with theii rifles 

 pointing up hill, I followed soil As I struck the ground both 

 Bred. And sure enough, at a large bear, though in such a 

 to make a clear miss, The bear stopped still, giving 

 me a fair shot back of the shoulder. At the crack of the rifle 

 she threw her head between her foreltirs and came down the 

 bill end over end. Not knowing just what it mc-ant.and all rifles 

 being empty, we mounted and left somewhat in a hurry; 

 bin on looking back and perceiving we were not, followed, we. 

 itopm land loaded our rjflcs. Upon listening, I could hear 



l ■ Beat i ii in the creek where she had rolled, so riding 



i [saw her lying with a broken buck, though her head 

 was still up. 

 Dismounting, I walked to the edge of the hank, and shot 



' I bach il i be head, killing her instantly. Then a new 



trouble came, in the shape Of a year-and-a-half cub, which 

 had not, been seen before, and at" the crack of my rifle, he, 

 sprang up the bank not twenty feet away. 1 did not, take n 

 long look, but mounted and got out of his way, while McCoy 

 and Will coining up, shot, him in the throat, killing him 



d ad. ', ii' i :i 1 look to see if there were any more around, 



we went, to the dead, and found the first, was an old cinnamon, 

 01 SOTti i, Ol large frame, but very poor, not weighing much 

 over three hundred pounds. The cub had a tine skin of silver 

 t , , I, , and anyone who had not seen the dam would call 

 ii ly. That it was the cinnamon's cub, there 

 COula be OO doubt, as it was still nursing, though it would 

 weigh almost two hundred pounds. 



- ing a very interesting account of a camp-out 



on Ihe Jon 



Dell wen! ahead with his shot gun, in h 

 sage hens, which almost always gat e as ■ 

 ! followed wltha bottle. 

 Spring, bane-l bang! went a gun, and D( 

 sc nib, his legs going at the rate of 100 per 

 out, "Run for it ; he's after rue. 

 for the boat, and shoving her loose, waitt 

 ing in, he shoved out— not a minute too s 

 feet behind him an old she-bear came fc 

 bushes, and yon bet we didn't take any e 

 lo the other side of the river. She stop 

 then, with a snort, plunged in. Handing 

 I gave her a charge of No. 4 shot, hoping to blind 1 

 just pawed the harder, and gained fast. I ,!u , .. -i ; 

 Of SO buck, and when she was within ten feet of 

 tired, and fortunately settled her. Casting a larit 

 head, we lowed her ashore, where she dl 

 pounds. It seems that Dell came up to her as she v as taking a 

 hath in the mud, and as she rose, up to see who disturbed 

 her, he lired both barrels of No. 4 square in her muzzle. Haw- 

 ing her head a minute, she gave a snort, and took after him. 



"ia Springs : 



s to gel, a ■ 



ill. "Jump- 



■ hardly ten 

 through the 

 I in getting 

 loment, and 

 He to Dell 

 but she 

 oharge 



mat, I 



ciat over her 

 ad about 800 



THE CORREGONI— THetr Natural History, 

 Native "Waters, Economic Value, and 

 Implements Connected with Their Pro- 

 duction. 



No. 24 — Past Pibst. 



(Co/reyoniM AUnn—WmTSFLsn, Aetedi.) 



TIIE whitefish is altogether the most valuable of the more 

 remote members of the Salmon family. It is assuming, 

 trade b rl iicial cultivation, an economic value and a commer- 

 cial importance equal to any of the fresh-water food-fishes on 

 this continent. Akin to the salmon, its flesh is of great value 

 as an element of food. Were we disposed to dilate exten- 

 sively upon the importance of this fish, as connected with the 

 settlement and growth of those States bordering upon the 

 great lakes, we should find, during seasons of scarcity of agri- 

 cultural products, that the whitefishes had tided over many a 

 pioneer family until plenty again smiled upon them iu gener- 

 ous harvests. It is the lich man's luxury and the poor man's 

 blessing. The Indians, too, during year's of scarcity of game, 

 have relied almost entirely upon the aUe-haw-meg, as the 

 wdiitolish is called in I heir language, and many have been 

 kept fiom starvation by the whitefish which have been so 

 abundant in the lakes from time immemorial. The native 

 habitat of this group of fishes is the great lakes, where they 

 thrive and fatten from the abundant supply of food, which 

 consists of larva;, fresh-water Crustacea and aquatic plants. 

 It is a fine feeder, and at all times, except during the breeding 

 season, is toothsome in the highest degree. From being ad- 

 dieted almost exclusively lo vegetable food, these fish rarely 

 take to bait of any kind, although they are occasionally caught, 



10) set lines in Seneca Lake, N". Y. Asfoundupon 



the market tables of the lake cities, the following characteris- 

 tics regarding their natural history may be noticed: Body 

 more 01 leas elongated and sub-fusiform in profile; head sub- 

 conical ; mouth small ; snout truncated, sometimes quite pro- 

 truding beyond the lower jaw j both jaws toothless ; teeth on 

 tongue; bronchial apertures continuous under the tint 

 veutrals inserted posteriorly to the anterior mar. i the 

 dorsal I'm, aud situated opposite the adipose fin -. caudal m 

 furcated; scales of moderate development. The specific 

 characteristics of the Corregoaun wiUlamsonii are as follows 

 Head contained live times and a halt in total length; mouth 

 small; posterior extremity of m axillar hone not, extending 

 quite as far as the anterior rim of the orbit ; eye moderate in 

 uiy.ean.l sub-circular; its diameter enters about live times in 

 the length of the. side of the head ; anterior margin of dorsal 

 tin nearer the posterior edge of the base of adipose fin than 

 the. BXtremityof the snout; scales well developed, and dis- 

 posed upon eighteen longitudinal series across the line of 

 greatest depth ; nine between the lateral line and the base 

 of the. dorsal, and eight between the insertion of th 1 

 color, bluish V •< i re whiti [i beneath, with a silvery re- 



flection. Ray Formula; Bri ?, 7 , D. 3, 13 s 1; C. 5, 1, 9, 

 i i sturalista have discovered enough 



in in this family group to warrant ihe following dis- 

 tinctions: Correffonots albvA, Corregomu albula (resident of 

 Europe), i i '. yiprmU, O, umtii, C. fira, O. 



labradoriws, C. tiaydii, C, marama, 0. merkn, C. otsq 

 wiirhynch"', ' j ! ■ I gttadrifaferaffis, C. V/illiammnii. 



Avgyromiii — Cisco, Jordan. — For a long time naturalists 

 were puzzled over the little fish of Geneva Lake, whose habits 

 are so little understood, for the. reason of their appearance and 

 brief stay about the 10th of June each year, and the mystery 

 connected with their lives and habits the rest of the year, aDd 

 of the time and maimer of breeding; That these whitefish 

 are cloaely related to the Corregoni is manifest from the pres- 

 ence of Ihe adipose lin and other characteristics in common 

 with the whitefish proper. This genus was formulated from 

 the CornynwiM by Agassiz in 1850, which may be seen in a 

 work entitled " Lake Superior and its Physical Characteris- 

 tics.'' The distinctive marks of this genus have been found 

 to differ so much in different waters as to give rise to the fol- 

 lowing generic names; Argyrosmous agassiz, A. hayii, A. 

 Higriphmix and A. h<crmyu$. 



The whitefish is a native of the great lakes, their connecting 

 straits and rivere, from Lake Ontario to the farthest of those 

 that constitute the great water chain that separates the United 

 States from the Dominion, also of the lakes of the latter coun- 

 try to the Arctic Ocean. It inhabits the lower lakes of the 

 Eastern Provinces, having connection with the St. Lawrence 

 Basin, and all of those fresh -water beds connected with the 

 Mackenzie and Coppermine Basins. The whitefish, in a sense, 

 js anadromoiis (migratory) for it enters the rivers from the 

 Lakes to spawn inNovember and December, usually returning 

 in about four weeks. Like the herring and shad of the ocean, 

 it is gregarious, consequently moves from place to place iu 

 search of food. Until the modern art of fish culture had de- 

 termined to the contrary, it was supposed that this fish was 

 not, adapted to the small inland lakes of the United States — in- 

 deed, it was thought that such bodies of water had too limited 

 a range lo meet the requirements of their successful cultiva- 

 tion. Mr. Samuel Wilmot, of Newcastle, Canada, hatched in 

 the years 1807-8, largo numbers of whitefish ova, and the fry 

 were placed and reared in very small artificial pot ids, until many 

 of them gained the weight of a pound and upward. Many ex 

 pcrimenrs of a like character have been repeated with like re- 

 sults. 



Another experiment illustrative of the ability of the white. 

 fish to live, in very small bodies of water is related try Mr. 

 Gteorge H. Jerome, Superintendent of State Fisheries of Machi- 

 gau. Lie says: "On the seventh day of February, 1870, 

 Messrs. Davis & Co., fishermen and fish dealers of the city of 

 Detroit, presented me with live live whitefish, weighing arxiut 

 three pounds each, 1 moved them on the Michigan Central 

 from Detroit in one barrel of water to Pokagon, and from 

 there they were moved in a lumber wagon over a rough road 

 to the State Hatchery, about two miles, and placed in a shal- 

 low pond, its area not exceeding one-eighth of an acre. In 

 May following, three of them were taken from this pond, and 

 removed to a, 'fish preserve not exceeding five feet, square, sup- 

 plied with water that would flow through an orifice of less 

 than one-fourth inch, under one foot of pressure. And there 

 they have been ever since, and are now sleek and healthy. 

 Though on a few occasions crumbs of bread have been thrown 

 I ii, ret we are not certain through all these months 

 that they have partaken of any food, except such natural sup- 

 ply a,s is yielded by the water." This is a crucial experiment, 

 and settles the question regarding their ability to live and 

 thrive in all the crystal lakes of the Northern States, and 

 peih&psjm many of those of the Southern States ; at any 

 i-ai.c, the experiment should be tried to introduce them into 

 every stable, body of water, great or small, which maintains an 

 ample supply of "flic pure, elen 

 if the New Englanr 



Notably, we may mention 

 ates have already taken meas- 

 isions, to introduce whitefish 

 numerous lakes, where they will, without doubt, in- 

 itio ive a,;, in Iheir natural haunts. As both white- 

 ilack baas are natives of the Great Lakes, they will 

 and live, together iarmoniotjsly and without detri- 

 ach other. The experiment cannot but be successful, 

 1 means should be liberally carried out. Of the value 

 litefishenes of Ihe lakes, we have unfortunately hut 

 statisiies; indeed, data are so meagre that we can- 

 I nblic - ii mi exhibit, of their real value and im. 

 we would be glad to do,andas outward appearances 

 i , : ■ ; ,, it, however, that for home consumption, as 

 .■■mi i' .,-i., ll a great system of lakes affords the only 

 ,j,iv. ] hese inland fresh water seas once produced 

 ed an inexhaustible supply of this most valuable 

 and even now, after years of reckless and 

 1h fishing and unwarrantable waste, millions are 

 ;h i il. It would not be surprising if the white- 

 , ii ii reached nnlrions of dollars in value, not- 

 :: blind avarice and human greed rule the hour, 

 l.eatly impoverishing these magnificent fisheries. 

 The untimely capture of whitefish, as well as all others, is the 

 same " penny wise and pound foolish " course that has brought 

 about, the universal impoverishment of ihe rivers and lakes of 

 our country. Scientific research has determined that the 

 under such wholesale 

 in the drain consequent 

 neinies that destroy the 

 i i adult fish results 

 fish 



tin. 

 ores th 

 into tin 



multiplya 



and by all 

 of our whi 

 few roliabl 

 not, ii-ivetl 

 portancea: 

 indicate, 

 wel las for 

 field for si 

 what seen 

 food fish 

 reprehensi 



0» 



natural prt 

 waste, is al 

 upon reckli 

 Bpawn and 

 from live h 



id ova. It is quite probable that the 

 led iu our lake fisheries nearly equals 

 lion dollars. If is said that in the spring 

 of 1871 the spring and fall fisheries of Lake Michigan em- 

 ,;,,,, i, I ! i, m i hundred and eigbly men during eight months, 

 '.hi I. ,',, ,,,.r's fishing employed seven hundred ami eighty - 

 five men for seven months, in all about one thousand nine 

 hundred and eighty-nine men, only nine hundred of whom 

 Dotal outlay in wages for the season was 

 ahOUt $180 000. Wh.l. we possess no really reliable statistics, 



.... .hi of whitefish, fresh ai 

 that are constantly upon the market, the aggregate pi 

 one of large piop<a-i,ion=. Not only the capturing and curing 



results f 



working eapit, 



