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FOREST AND STREAM. 



173 



LONG LAKE. 



FLUSHED with victory and laden -with spoils the enthu- 

 siastic sportsmen came marching home. Some from 

 Blue- Mountain, Eagle and Utowana lakes; many from the 

 queenly Knquettc, and a host from the lovely and pic- 

 turesque waters of Forked and Long lakes, the most, beau- 

 ful and romantic watering places in the great Adirondack 

 •wilderness and the ''Idle-wild" for sportsmen. The waters 

 of the Kaquetfe are. SO to speak, literally alive with speckled 

 beauties and beauties that are not speckled. 1 have refer- 

 ence to the celebrated black bass. Trolling through the 

 waters of this magnificent lake is enjoyed, not only by the 

 mule portion of our sporting fraternity, hut by the ladies 

 who accompany them to enjoy the health-giving sports of 

 the great Adirondack wilderness, and to paddle their light 

 canoes upon, the bosom of the kike at sunrise and sunset, 

 quailing the balmy breeze. 



AVbo is it that dare saw "T have never seen ForkedLake!" 

 Why, you may as well be out of the world as to be out of 

 the fashion, and, not to see Forked Lake implies aa much. 

 Trout fishing, and bass fishing along it- shores cannot be ex- 

 celled. Just let old Capt. Parker, the renowned musician, 

 for music we know hath charms to soothe the savage breast, 

 not. that the fish are savage, paddle you around the shores of 

 the Forked, and don't forget when you go to take your 

 tiolling line, and all of the paraphernalia requisite on such 

 an occasion. My word for it, the old captain and veteran 

 guide will astonish you equally as much as he has the 

 natives, there to the manor born. 



Have you never made a voyage through the Upper Lakes'' 

 Can it be possible that you have never fished with fly or 

 spoon? Never, with dog and gun, secured a supply of ruffed 

 grousev Never tried to discover the exact spot where a slv 

 little woodcock whistled his last lay when he saw the dog 

 and smelt powder'.' Never, indeed! Then the coming 

 season be sure to visit Blue Mountain Lake. Seek and make 

 i he acqtinintane of the versatile Commodore — the veritable 

 Commodore Henry Bradley, of the Raquette Lake Steam- 

 boat line — and my word for it, he will post you as to every 

 sly little nook, where with line and with hook, you can 

 while your pleasant sporting hours away. lean assure the. 

 sporting fraternity that the old Commodore can, to a nicety, 

 post them a* to the various spring holes along the Marion 

 River, where the speckled beauties seem to court the presence 

 of even enthusiastic sportsmen. 



We must not forget Loner Lake with such residents as 

 Robert Khaw r , Esq., Albert Hanmor, Jerry Plumbly. and the 

 world-renowned Indian guide, Kitohel Babtfates, who lives 

 in that almost enchanted locality. 



The scenery at. this matchless watering piaee cannot be 

 surpassed; 'tis the Mecca of the wilderness. The. view from 

 Edmond Butter's Mammoth Hotel is exquisitely beautiful; 

 really enchanting. As Long Lake abounds in fish of the 

 finest quality, no sportsman should fail, if an epicure, to 

 test their flavor. The guides located at this lake are fine 

 specimens of manhood, obliging and courteous to all 

 strangers, and trustworthy. If a Long Lake guide, and this 

 I say to their credit, should tell you that he was posted in 

 all the ins and outs of a piscatorial region, you can believe 

 him. Ton can shoulder your fly-rods and follow hint 

 wherever he lead>. Such is the character of the much abused 

 guides, not only of Long Lake, but of the whole wilderness. 



Dr. T. C. Dtirant and" son will, the coming season, place 

 upon the charming wafers of Long Lake a niaguificeut 

 steamer. This will" be hailed with delight by many of our 

 sportsmen. 



A sportsman never makes a clown or show of himself, I 

 have actually seen a young man who, as he thought himself, 

 was a sportsman : he was armed and equiped in the most 

 fantastic style, he was dressed in a corduroy suit, his coat 

 had as many pockets as Joseph's coat had patches, around 

 his waist, was "a. broad leather belt, and to this was hanging 

 a four-pound ax with halve, on the opposite side was a large 

 bird-bag stuffed with paper, rags, towels, socks and various 

 other things, sticking inhis belt was a hatchet, a No. 3 car- 

 penter's hatchet, across his shoulders he carried four fishing 

 rods, a lauding net, a paddle, a shotgun, and a rifle. In his 

 bootlegs the handles of two large bowie knives protruded, 

 and in his hip pocket a navy revolver was stowed away 

 among cigarettes and fine, cut tobacco. Poor fellow, be 

 marched to the battle-field, and, marched home again. 



and conviction before the jury is almost a certainty. The 

 subscription has been met promptly and the informant has 



his reward. The fishermen here feel quite elated, as these 

 IT!, ii are old offender" and dared some one to take hold of 

 them. The conviction has created a great stir, and it looks 

 as though the noted streams of this township might again 

 afford pleasant sport. We are to put in 30,00(1 brook trout 

 this spring ; from the Stale, and last year 15,000 Californias 

 e planted. A man brought up this spring, after netting 

 bait fish, four queer-looking little fish, new to him, and sub- 

 mitted them to us, who were on the lookout for the Cali- 

 fornia trout. They were all right save the heads, which 

 looked more like a sucker without the sucking apparatus. 

 Thev were Spotted, apparently without scales, and fins cor- 

 rect and large. We packed one oft' by mail to Mr. Beth 

 Green, who wrote us the following': "The fish you sent is 

 not a California trout; it Is a minnow. 1 saw the same 

 kind of fish in South Carolina. 1 never saw it in this 

 State." Would somebody advance a theory liow this South 

 Carolina fish came in our waters?— Isaac W, [The name 

 "minnow" covers perhaps a thousand different species. 

 Many of them inhabit the waters of the Atlantic slope from 

 Maine to Georgia. Send us a specimen and we will try to 

 identify it,] 



Trie Lehigh Vai/key — March 23. — From the Lehigh val- 

 ley the following front an ardent angler speaks thus of the 

 trout-fishing prospects as soon us the season opens; "Nearly 

 all of our trout streams are good for the first few warm days 

 in April, but they are lished out very soon. It is not worth 

 while to come up, however, before the snow water is done 

 running, and there is lots of snow in the mountains yet. A 

 warm rain would bring it down and clear the beds of the 

 streams and make elegant fishing." — Homo. 



Two-Si'tNEK Stickleback.— Bridgeton, N J. March 

 18.— A fortnight ago. while crossing the marshes aloug Del- 

 aware Bay from duck shooting, I picked up in the. melted 

 snow in the path made by gunners going to and from the 

 blinds, a fish which was unknown to me and which was 

 equally strange to professional fishermen to whom I showed 

 it. I put it. in my pocket, and a half-hour afterward, cedol- 

 lectiug it, placed' it in a bucket of freshwater in which it 

 swam about in the most vigorous manner, though rather 

 torpid when found. When I returned home 1 unfortunately 

 forgot to bring it. I will try to describe it, and if my de- 

 scription fits any known fish, "please give the name on in- 

 closed card. The fish was about li inches long, of silvery 

 whiteness, barred transversely with* very faint gray stripes 

 close together. Its shape very similar to that of the Goody 

 or Lafayette, Its peculiai ity consisted in three small curved 

 spines on the back, perfectly round and set well apart, of a 

 dull "old gold" color. From its belly, back of the throat, 

 projected ar right a utiles for about half an inch two orange- 

 colored needle-like spikes, which were immovable to the 

 touch, although the fish once closed them, alternately, to his 

 side. Connecting these and lying along the belly, but not 

 touching it except at the junction, was a white trowel-like 

 bone, like a cuttle bone. The accompanying drawing shows 

 my recollection of the appearance of "the fish anil of his 

 singular weapons.— F. S, J. C. [The fish is undoubtedly the 

 "two-spined stickleback," (J-agleroatem biacuhatitd, DeKay, 

 although it has three spines on its back. It grows to a length, 

 of 8J inches, and (8 found in both brackish ami fresh waters. 

 The spines on its belly, "back of the throat," represent the 

 ventral fins.] 



3 of 



Tue Unitkd Fishekmmn.— The "Society of 

 Fishermen" was organized last May in Salem, N. Y.. 

 protection of the treut streams of the township, 

 scription list wa 

 men, each agree 

 should be made 

 of fifty dollars f 

 have the pleasut 

 in. in has paid tW 



made up containing fifty 

 rig to pay one dollar in ease any con 

 if persons violating the fish law. A 

 >r such evidence was then offered, a 

 D to report that on evidence mi proem 

 eiity-five doilais for netting, and a 

 has twenty-five days in tail, unci both cases have been 

 in the Criminal court. They are now to be presented 

 district attorney, according" to the. law, in the Circuit 



1'nited 

 for the 

 A sub- 



gentle- 

 viction 



simply 

 by the 

 Court, 



"That reminds me." 



r IMtE incident related in "H. L.'s" communication of 

 A Brooklyn, strikingly approaches a story once told by a 

 veteran duck-hunter of this vicinity. Being out one day in 

 pursuit of ducks, he espied a flock, but, they were out of 

 range and could not be approached sufficiently near with 

 the boat to be shot. However, he didn't allow himself to be 

 out-generalled, and quickly divesting himself of his equip- 

 ments he plunged into the water and dived to where the 

 ducks were quietly floating upon the water. He first seized 

 two by the feet, bound them securely with string and then 

 fastening them to his own person he continued his exploit, 

 until he had secured seven pairs, at which point the remain- 

 der took flight. He returned to shore, donned his traps, 

 and struck out for home with the fourteen ducks he had so 

 strategically caught, f idly satisfied, be said, with the day's 

 adventure. W. K. M. 



Sai.km, Pa. 



Belonging to the regiment (Fourteenth Tennessee Confed- 

 erate) was a man who stammered in his speech very badly, 

 Lite one evening while the "boys" were gathered around 

 the oamp fires, the stammering soldier saw a squirrel in a 

 tree. Poiuting his finger at the squirrel, he exclaimed ex- 

 citedly; "L-l-l-look b-b-boys at t-t.-tliat sqiiTJsqui— ff-gwie in 

 7m fide/" Btnno. 



Port Koyal, lean; 



"Pica's" advice to "Clerieus," (in your issue of March 

 22) that he should "rent a trap and buy a lot of clay 

 pigeons" to shoot, instead of going woodcock shooting, 

 reminds me of the story of the "small boy. who asked his 

 father to take him to the circus. The stern parent replied 

 that he would not take him to the circus, but that if he was 

 a. very good boy, he would take him the next afternoon to see 

 his grandmother's grave. A. D. 1883. 



New York, March 23. 



tgtelicnltttre. 



THE DETROIT HATCHERY. 



A REPORTER of the Detroit. Free Press has visited the 

 hatching station of the Michigan Fish Commission, at 

 Detroit, in charge of Mr. Oren M. Chase, and thus speaks of 

 the place and the glass jars invented by that gentleman: 



Probably not one-half of the residents of the city are even 

 aware of the fact. that, t here is ., Stat.- fish hatchery within 

 its borders, and no more than one in fifty knows its location. 

 It is on the north side of Atwater street, "jasi east of Dequmdre 

 street, a long, one-story wooden building, firing a small 

 flag. To the right of the entrance is a, small office and a bed- 

 room, plainly bar comfortably furnished. Here E. O. Chase, 

 son of Superintendent O. M. Chase, and an assistant pass a 



rd l 



lt.fui e 



and the other b' 



Upon entering the main room the visitor at first hears noth- 

 ing but the tinkling end splashing of falling wafer, and se.-s 

 nothing but rows of jars tilled with a moving mass of the 

 funniest looking corpuscles imaginable, a little larger than 

 grains of tapioca, whitish-brown in i-.olor. looking like noth- 

 ing else in nature, each dotted with two black specks and each 

 speck unmistakably an. eye. 



Along each side of the, room, but a lew feet from the. walls, 

 there is a double frame work of simple construction, but eom- 



Eactinform. It is about eight feet high. ,m.j along the top 

 •om end to end there is a tank probably about a fool wide 

 and deep. A few inches beneath this tank then.- Is a -halloo 

 trough. On the outside of I he frame there are narrow ledges 

 or shelves, upon which stand the jars, looking much like an 

 apothecary's shelves. A few inches above each" jar a wooden 

 faucet projects from the side of the tank. A short section of 

 rubber tubing connects the spigot with the glass tube above 

 mentioned, that extends down through the center of the jar. 

 There is a row of jars on each sid- of the tank standing a.1 

 most in coutaet with each other. Below the first there is a 

 second combination of (auk, trough ami jars. The double 

 row of apparatus upon i.i ad I r true Is somewhat, lower 



The waiter enters the building by an iron pipe 



ter. 



The 



half i 



dia.i 



highest tank. Sixty faucets send as many streams down 

 through the glass tubes to the bottom of as" many jars, the 

 water rises up through six quaits of eggs, flows out of the lit- 

 tle metal spout attached to the jars into the upper trough; 

 then along the trough to the. further cud, thronch a line screen 

 to remove all forSigri bodies, then around into the upper tank 

 of the second frame, and so on until it has passed through 

 lours.-!- of jars, when it llim-- into the large tank upon the. 

 floor, where now are the largo white-fish. 



The jars, an invention of Sunt. Chase, have revolutionized 

 the artificial propagation of fish. Formerly the eggs were 



placed upon trays immersed in running water. Daily each 

 tray was taken Ii om the water, and all dead eggs carefully 

 removed with a feather, requiring great, care and constant 

 labor. 



The glass jars are about tifteeu inches in length and six to 

 even inches in diameter. Thev are open at the top, taper 

 ud have wide, Hat stan- 



dards". 

 Sp W t 



strip of 



ietal, 

 Standing 



flat, 



, the 



throe projc 

 inch, the p 

 To fully < 

 led the wa 

 which ther 

 kit* 

 beauties, h 

 it up withot: 

 "Late in t] 

 cries, and, 

 water, pr 



Thn 



!rin 



eggs of tw 



pre; issly the 



he narrowed bottom of 



the jar but for 



hat hold it up about a s 



xtc-uth of an 



-hich will be seen furthei 



on. 



industry of ti.-h -lao-h 





e tank in the rear end i 



if the room, in 



>r eight mature whitefi. 





kind of paddle benea 



1 h one of the 



. the surface of the wa 



er and picked 



protest on the part of th 



l fish. Said he: 



(VioUS to December 1,-w 



•gototbofjsh- 



females as thev are o 



rawii from the 





>r securing the 





h is sc-ored in 



At first the eggs are ye.llo 



ish and i 



sd fo 



. Chase, as th. 

 lat every egg 

 jar in the roo 



ujgnnd beaJMbfj 

 curl of the bus 



than the- head of a pin, but after this i . 

 become darker, at least twice as large and hard Then we 

 place them upon clamp canton flannel in shallow trays, box 

 them up. and send them to the hatchery. We get them 

 wherever the catch is plentiful. 



"When the boxes are received at the hatchery, the eggs are 

 at once removed from the trays to the jars, and a stream of 

 water sot to flowing through them. That is about all there 

 is of it until the hatching commences, about, the 1st of April. 

 The water of the Detroit. River is excellent; lor our purposes, 

 being pure and of very even temperature. By warming it 

 even id few degrees, these egg-, that wilf not hatch for two 

 weeks yet, cotdd be forced to do so in a few days. When the 

 water used in hatcheries comes from shallow- streams, it§ 

 temperature is changed by the early soring rains, and the 

 eggs hatch much earlier. ' The; 

 however, as those hatched her 



"Yon will observe," said Mr. 

 watercourse 



motion. Lql 



not find an egg that, is not moving about. Tne flo 

 into each jar is regulated by the faucet, just enough of a cur- 

 rent being sent through them to keep the eggs in motion." 



"1 observe many dead eggs in the jar. In the days when 

 trays were used it was considered necessary to hum, e a , . 



remove the dead egg-, because they would contaminate and 



destroy the. live ones with which they Were in contact." ,.a.irt 

 the reporter. 



"By the use of flic jars, that becomes unnecessary, for the 

 continued motion pre.v. ats conraiiiinaiion. \ i; r ir. Bgg das 

 been dead a few hours, li.iw. er. it becomes lighter, Boats to 

 the surface .and passes off into the trough. The screen at the 

 end of each trough is to prevent the.se dead eggs from passing 

 around into the next tank and rows of jars. Thoy can he 

 cleared out of a jar in a very few minutes, however, by more! , 

 letting on a trifle more press of water.'' 



"How many of these, jars have you in operation;'' 



"Two hundred and five." 



"And how many eggs in a jar.*" 



•'From l.o(),oo0 to ITo.OOO. There i, one that has '.'OU.OOO in it. 

 In all, we have 10,000, Olio eggs in the hatchery." 



"All whitelishr 



"Yes. As soon as these are hatched we shall go to collect- 

 ing pickerel eggs. That will be early in April, and they will 

 hatch in a month. After that we shall gp to Troy, N. Y., to 

 get eels. We got them there in immense quantities, from 

 three to five inches long. They are placed" hi mud lakes, 

 where, none but coarse rish will live. The pickerel will be 

 planted principally in interior lakes ami streams, and the 

 whiteh'sh at Petoskev. Traverse Citv. Grand Haven, South 

 Haven. St. Joe, Saginaw Bay, Whifelish Bay. and in Lake 

 Superior. A few are to be planted hi some cold and dee],, in- 

 land laj " 



••lb 



; do 



jhes he makes his way directly to die 



top of the jar, swims out into the trough, and round down to 

 the big rank. Thev hatch very rapidly after thev commence; 

 so rapidly that a man cannot count those passing out from a 

 single jar. The tank soon becomes alive with them. Then 

 we scoop them out with a net, put them in hig tin cans, like 

 milk cans, and express them off to be planted. That is 'done 

 by holding the can down to the level of the water and pour- 

 ing them out." 



"Do not pike and the otberfrsh-woJ vers make sad havoc with 

 the fry?' 



"Not to the extent generally supposed. These little fellows 

 are very quick and nimble, and. being so small, can easily get 

 away from a pike. Come down the 1st of April and see 

 them go down through these troughs. You will then realize 

 the meaning of the word 'speed."' 



SHAD.— The 

 ward on acootin 



not st ruck n 



-ha 



nds< 



aJ Of I 



-•fly > 



in fitted out till 

 Major Feign 

 ■ be opera 



CO. MOM 



i the 



III 



'Bat- 



iggei] up in the 



. of 1'. 8. Fish 



lch for scientific 



Commission, which will also 



purposes. The shad caught will be placed in' the 



prepared for their reception and be utilized for spawning 

 purposes," 



AMERICAN FISHCHLTHRAL ASSOCIATION. -At a. 



York 

 Math 

 paper 



mine, 

 I). Jot 



of the Executive Co: 

 lion Market, New Yc 

 :d to hold the next, in 

 on Tuesday and AY 

 a-andPhiUipsweros 

 - to be readatthe m 

 a diplomas of hone 

 i of Prussia, Hflw vSi 



. Blackford's 

 ry, March 24, it was 

 aoner Institute, New 



Be'hr, Thend.'i t n - (iarfiek and Johr 



THE NEW JKKSEY COMMISSION.— Trenton, March 

 84.— The Governor sent the nomiuattion of W. f.^Conoverto 



the Senate to be a Ssh c aissianai In place Of Mad. IS. J. 



Anderson, whose term has aspired The nomination was re- 

 jected op Thursday an •.>■.'. 1, and on rhc same day the Gover- 

 nor nominated Mr. William Wright, of Newark, now Sheriff 

 of Essex county, as the tish commissioner, ttua he was con- 

 firmed the next morning.— Jebsjeymax 



