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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 19, 1883. 



<giu}\mlime. 



TO FISHWAY EXPERTS. 



Til E following, headed a circular to experts in the construc- 

 tion of tish ways, has been issued; 



ii. s. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, I 

 "Washington. D. C. J 



'' ' i BlB A" appropriation of SnO,lii>(i has been made by 

 Congress for Hie construction, bv the Commissioners of the 

 District/ of Columbia, of « fish way at the Great Fulls of the 



Potomac lor the purpose of enabling -had and other food 

 lislios to ascend to the upper portion of the riven The plans 

 ■,"■■•1 ileal ions of the work are to be famished by the \Z, !S. 

 Pish Commission. 



The construe! ion uf n fishwayat this point involves very 

 ;;reat cueiuo.-nii-j dinieulties in view of the heightof the rise 



and the rocky nature of the bed of the river, and the very 



. i ;io-.ure of any structure to the Uniting ice The ex- 

 treme ri-e ih alu .uf on feet, on a h< en mi H ',;.- ,■ ,,| a I 



Desirou- of -•: urine the assist) if these mo-1 ei.mpelent 



to advise in this matter. 1 would rcspoetfulh invite vim to 

 furnish any suggestions that mav pi. •-.,.,., -j, ( ',, pelves to von 

 in this connection. 



Should you bo sufficiently interested in the matter to inves- 

 tigate the subject in its details, 1 will take pleasure in sending 

 yon more specific uAta, as also a Copy of the map represent- 

 ing the contours and grades of the portions of the Potoi ■ 



River involved in the il 



Very respectfully yours, 



HTEN'C'EIl F. Baihd. 



Commissioner. 



THE ILLINOIS COMMISSION. 

 TXTEhave the report oi this commission for the year eud- 



>> ins: September 30, 1881. An nnoissanee of the Illinois 



P,iver was made, and it was found that a naval amount of 

 nine was done, in sonic instances -tea nib. .a I s are em- 

 ployed. Complaint has been made of t ■ r < nortalitv 

 among the fish at various points on this river. The people 

 ha£ a theory that it was from the red;- ,,.., ,,,,,:,,. 



rie« and distilleries, and while the i e : .,....., ,|„ Uut m 

 i in words, they guardedlv -av: ii n , , ■-.,. 

 we find that great quantities of Bel die every vear from some 

 cause or causes that do not rist it ,ij , r streams and in other 

 parts of the State." 



The Commissioners have experimented with carp paying 

 particular attention to their habits and peculiarities, and 

 their conclusion is that they are the comma- food fish of this 

 country. They are satisfied that, "if a proper interest, can be 

 created, it will onlv be a question of time when they will bo 

 - i'i '■■ itedi - -■ i. rally on farm-, as are ehickeaa and hogs' 

 andtnat when tile small amount of trouble and expense' 

 for raisin* and feeding them is considered, their 

 i l..od producing source will be appreciated 

 When the fact is taken into consideration that the buffalo, 

 the ■•oar-et of our rh er lish, now commands a price that 

 makes them a luxury, retailing even at river points at e?ght 

 | ■ ■ .....: ii, Mini. When a few vears ago they could be 

 bought for eight, to ten cents a lish, averaging from six to ten 

 pound-, the importance ol introducing the carp w ill be seen " 



Asto the future of Illinois fish, the Commissioners say 



"With a proper enforcement of the In »s. tishwavsover dams' 



el season's work in planting Dative nsh a proper 



interest in the cultivation of carp and the problem will be 



soived. IM is -houldaml dd be fhebest -locked State in 



the Union." 



A brief statement of the plan of work adopted is given 



.. | Miniissioiiers have adopted the plan adopted by the 

 Iowa Commission, i. c, taking vouug li-h, i lousand 

 which annually perish along our rivers, "either by the drying 

 Op or freezing out of the small ponds, lakes and" low p]ace<? 

 These fish are left there by the receding waters alter an over- 

 flow "t the river banks and are utilized for stocking the 

 streams, by gathering and diatribulang them. These ash as 

 early in the season as the low places c-ui be reached h . , ,,;, 

 or boat, are taken out by menus of a small meshed mosiiuito 

 bar, being necessary to take the first, a larger mesh bein^ 

 used later in the season. Gangs of men, provided with surf 

 m . ui.s, are sent into the bottoms,. drawing these low 

 plac ritli seines, and where transportation Is easily pro- 

 id i are put into galvanized iron tanks holding about 

 fwenry-tive gallons ..t water, and forwarded by rail"., such 

 points as mav seem desirable. When transportation facilities 

 are limited, the Hner varieties of game fish only a.-,- , i, . T . 

 for shipment, the coarser ones, such as buffalo, catfish, perch, 

 etc.. put int.. the nearest deep water, the doglish and gars 

 being- destroyed; 



CANADA AT THE LONDON EXHIBITION. 



Canada will be well 

 eg packed at the fish 



mi be forwarded 

 tions to the exhibit 

 ower Provinces wfll 



AT the coming Fisheries Ehrbibitii 

 represented. The exhibit h now 



, SIMM 



shortly by wav of Halifax, where at 

 now being prepared in Quebec ,-uid tie 



be taken up. Mr. Wilmot has been fortunate in securil 

 some beautiful specimens, and the trout and salmon families 

 ippeat bo be Complete. The great bull; of the tish and tish- 

 devouring animals have qow been treal.,1 by the taxidermist, 

 and are placed in position in the eases in which they are to be 



shown, 



A collection of aquatic insects, such as are detrim fftal 6c 

 a will form a part of the exhibit,, Certain Hies, it 

 -■ i rap their larva- in the water, which, sini -jug to the 

 bottom of the stream, get attached to und feed On the n 

 eggs. There are other insects to he found on tin. ak-a., and 

 i ..a the juice of these plants. Small Bshfeedon 

 these insects, and are in turn gobbled bv larger tish, which in 

 n-"M i tfen meet, a similar fate by more formidable occu- 

 pants of the waier, 



A ease of mink, stuffed, in the act of catching fish is an at- 

 tractive pait of the exhibit. A model of the hatchery at 

 Newcastle, measuring about twelve by four feet, will be 



kept instantly Ln !,'r."' with^numlng U wate?, ro^at^e 



and 



•alt 



of in 



waters in the fishing industry 



uodd of tie m: - Frances 



line, is among them. Various 

 I will be taken to the exhibi- 



havo been made 

 Smith, of the Lata 

 breeding and other up 



tion. 



Models of fishing boats and tugs have been" very hand- 

 somely and accurately constructed. They are titled up t,o 

 show the nets, gaff,, and other implements and parapher- 

 nalia, of the fisherman. The steam fishing-tug will be some- 

 thing new to the British fisherman, who" has not yet pro- 

 gressed beyond the ordinary smack. An item of peculiar 

 merit in the exhibit, as showing the commercial interest of 

 the fisheries in Canada, is the large show which will be made 

 of nsh canned, preserved, dried, salted, and put up in other 

 n dyfor the consumer. The machines and apparatus 



,, i ■.. n,.. in nil i.,.;-,; v ariuu- forms will also be shown. 

 and an effort will also b. tnadi bo how line process of pre- 

 servation in ... | . ,: 6p n '- in. Ki ;'- rat its and freezers for 

 keeping the fish fresh for market will also be among the list 

 of objects. 



A pretty feature of the exhibit when arranged in the 

 10,000 feet allotted toil: in the Albert. Hall, London, will be the 



Canadian emblem. In the center will be a mast thirty-five 



feet high. This will be supported by hollow wire stays, in- 

 side of which will be placed lobster and salmon cans bearing 

 different colored labels. The design is. in the shape of a pyra- 

 mid, and along the base, which will be twenty feet, will be 

 arranged a tier of tish barrels, over which will be a layer of 

 fish boxes. Suspended around the mast higher up will be a 

 number of lobsters, above which will be the Canadian coats- 

 of-arms of the different Provinces. At the foot of the coats- 

 of-armswiU be a stuffed beaver. The animal weighed fifty 

 poundswhen caught, is a remaikably large one. and well 

 mounted, Above the cuats-of-urms will be a stack of fishing 

 rods, spears, drop net-, ,-te . fm on which will hang Canadian 

 Jacks and Koval Standards. Placed in smaller pyramids 

 about the emblem will be canned delicacies from the canning 

 establishments which would provoke the appetite of the most 

 fastidious now met A painting of the fishery establishment 

 at. Newcastle, by Mr. Shrapncll, of Whitby, will be taken with 

 the exhibit. It is a bright, happy picture, and executed by 

 an artist, of no mean ability. 



TilF. TEXAS COMMISSION.— The report of the Commis- 

 sioner of Fisheries for L883 is at hand. Knowing the difficul- 

 ties that he has had to contend with in the way of indifference 

 to the subject in the Legislature and a consequent lack of 

 funds, we are surprised at the amountof work done in the dis- 

 tribution of carp, to which his energies have been mainly de- 

 voted. He is of the opinion that the rainbow trout will thrive 

 in parts of Texas, and .",0011 were planted in the Comal River, 

 near New Braunfels, and 1,000 in Barton's Spring. The fish 

 have lived and are now from six to eight inches long. The 

 IT. S. Commission has planted shad in Texas, but with what 

 success time will show. Lobsters will be planted hi Galveston 



THE NEW JERSEY COMMISSION.— Two new appoint- 

 ments having been made in this commission to fill the vacan- 

 cies eamsed by the death of Dr. Benjamin 1 J . Howell and the 

 resignation of Mai. E. J. Anderson,' the new board met at 

 Trenton this week for reorganization. Mr. Theo. Morford. 

 of Newton, was elected chairman, and Mr. R. S. Jenkins, of 

 Camd.-n. secretary and treasurer. Sheriff \V r . Wright, of 

 Newark Ii the Other member, his appointment having been 



The Metmel 



FIXTURES. 



BFNCH SHOWS. 



May 8, 9, 10 and 11, 1888.— Westminster Kennel Club. Seventh 



Annual Beech show, Madison s.iuare Garden, New York t'itv 



Entries close April 33. Chas. Lincoln, Sup't. 



IT ELD TRIALS. 



November 19. 1813.— Eastern Field Trials Club, Fifth Annual Trials. 



at; High Point. K. C Entries ton tin Derby Close July 1; for the 



Members- Stale.-. Nev. 17: ft* the .Vll-A L-.-d Stake, NOV. 1. Vv.A. 



COhter, Secretary. iTatbiisli, Cue Wane. N. V. 



December, 1KB.— Rational American Kein.ei uiuh, Fifth Annual 



Trials, at (band Junction, Teun. I), l'rvsou, Secretary, Memphis, 

 Term. * ' 



To insure ,.,,.-..,..,.,. .,' ,•■<;.'..;■..'...,... Iltcatioiis should be ad- 



dre&ied In the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and not to 

 individuals, in uimse absence from the office matters of im- 

 portance are liable to delay. 



"AMERICAN KENNEL REGtSTEuV 

 Entries for the next number of the Ameriean Kennel Register 

 should lie sent in at once; 



MY DOGS SANCHO AND NEPTUNE. 



"VTOU know, my clear SaneUo, the shooting is o'er, 

 -* That the gun o'er the meadows may thunder no more, 

 You know with regret the " close season " is here 

 And the end of the fun is the end of the year. 

 That in hedge-row and wheat hold, in stubble and weed, 

 The coveys of quail unmolested may leed; 

 That in intricate swamps, where rivulets run, 

 The « oodoook have vanish'd and silent the gun; 

 That far in the forest's sequester'd retreat 

 The wings of the partridge securely may heat. 

 So, farewe'l to the sports of woodland and field, 

 The last shot is fired, the last volley peal'tl. 



Old Neptune! brave child of bleak Newfoundland! 

 Your joys are all over at hayside and strand. 

 The snipe have all fled from meadow and marsh, 

 Where the honk of the geese rose discordantly harsh; 

 The brant and the duck In phalanx no more 

 Stretch across the broad bay, or enliven the shore. 

 Nor entice your old master, with boat and decoy. 

 To follow the sport with passionate joy. 

 While you with a dash and a splash and a swim 

 Woidd plunge for the fowl and hear them to him. 



I sit by my fireside's flickering blaze. 



And muse o'er the past with its glorious days; 



I think of the moms of October SO bright, 



flush'd the gray skies with the bloom of the light, 

 all the gay woods are oolor'd with dyes, 

 i foliage illum'd with the glow of the skies; 

 joyous, light-hearted, I'd pass from the gate 

 ige o'er the billowy uplands elate, 

 inge in the woodland's dim, glimmering shade, 

 j the whirr of the partridge was heard in the glade, 

 tss thro' the tiry stubble iields of the grain, 

 •e the shocks of the wheat so lately had lain, 

 re the quail were at feed, or hid in the hedge 

 ssoeks of weed or hillocks of sedge, 

 a Saneho crept on with eyes all a-llame, 

 for the faintest first scent of the game. 



Wher 

 All Hi 

 Wher 

 To ra 



To pi 

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Alei 



And now by my hearth, in sluggish repose, 

 Half-watching the flame o'er the ember taat glows, 

 Lie Neptune and Saneho, both idly at rest. 

 In comfort luxurious, so perfectly blest: 

 Half-awake, half-asleep, they blink as the blaze 

 In their slumberous sense so fitfully plays; 

 And mothlnks, as 1 gaze in their eyes, I can trace 

 The thoughts and the musings that wrinkle their face. 

 They aro thinking, mayhap, 01 their triumphs again, 

 Of the autumn foray, or the summer campaign — 

 Of the coveys they rous'd, of the flocks they pursued 

 By the hedge, in the Held, or at edge of the wood; 

 And I know that when drowsy with sleep ye recline, 

 What exquisite dreaniinga and visions are thine, 

 For you whine and you yelp, and your paws seem to move 

 As if in pursuit of the gome of the grove. 

 Geeewoint, L. I. Isaac McLellan, 



CANINE ARISTOCRATS AND PLEBEIANS. 



rA.M at last wending my way homeward, and in transitu 

 between the sulphur-laden atmosphere and almost con- 

 stant rain of Ihe last summer and autumn in Geimanv. and 

 the snioke-ullcd fogs of Loudon, where I shall proba'ly re- 

 main a month In my other letters 1 have threatened to 

 write you in regard to the fish culture establishments I have 

 visited and the dogs I have seen. 



I approach the latter subject with hesitation, for each 

 week as I perused your "Kennel Column" I became more 

 and more convinced that what I did not know furnished a 

 great deal more matter than what I did. aboul dogs, but if 

 Him ;e 1 1 column thus sickened me, it supplied tho antidote, 

 for I found also that what I could say no one else had, and 

 hoping that the cause of this omission might prove to be 

 want of knowledge upon the subject, and not want of suf- 

 ficient interest, I resolved, in my capacity of "sporting tour- 

 ist," to introduce to your and their notice one or I wo species 

 ol Kuropenn clogs. 1 shall not ask you to place them in 

 your well-kept kennel, but give them a bench in the column 

 to which you have assigned nu-. 



(hi the s. art i will disarm criticism by owning up that 

 except as playfellows 1 have but little knowledge of the 

 .spotting d«gs of the various varieties of which so many 

 beautiful specimens have been described, praised and illus- 

 trated in the Forest axd Stream. So I won't try to write 

 of them, but eliminating them at once, divide the dogs of 

 Europe info two classes. 



Class 1.. ihe aristocrats. Class IL, the plebeians; the 

 first living only to be pets, the latter laboring »o live. 



Of Class I. I have seen a great deal. A¥ho lias not that 

 has spent time in cities of either the Old or New "World? And 

 of them I know little that I even think to be new. Pet dogs 

 have been in fashion for a period far beyond the range of 

 history. A plaster cast at Pompeii shows vividly Ihe dying 

 struggles of one petted before historians began to date A. D, 

 Shakespeare soothes King I, ear with bis spaniels, more 

 faithful than his childieii. Alaiy, Queen of Scots, adored 

 her spaniel, which, after her execution, was found trembling 

 under her clothing; and .Madame de Sevigne wrote poem's 

 extolling ihe virtues of her pet, which, perfumed and 

 decked »ith ribbons, need uot have envied the favored pug 

 of the present day. 



But, while pel dogs have been always in fashion, the 

 fashion in them has often changed, and in certain cities of 

 Europe dogs are the xage which in others are but slightly 

 cared Tor. A pleasant af'lenioon stroll on the boulevards or 

 Chumps KI.vhcs convinces one that, with the French ladies 

 ai hast, there is an independence, and no favored breed 

 monopolizes Ihepetling, from the dainty little Italian grey- 

 hounds, shivering, although well blanketed, through all 

 gradations of size and style up to an occasional bloodhound, 

 All arc muzzled and held in leayh. ihe dangers from the dogs 

 I hem-elves being thus reduced. I5ui there arc others. The 

 man who cannot face calmly the contemptuous glance or 

 angry words of fair women •dioiild select the Unfashionable 

 sale for his promenade. Obeying their natural instincts, I la- 

 pels dhcrgc to the right or left to "bold a moment's con- 

 verse short and sweet" with Borne favored one of the other 

 - \. or, yielding to impulse, seek brief interviews with Hank- 

 ing lamp posts. Such trilling delays an-, borne with exem- 

 plary patience and equanimity by their fair leaders, whose 

 composure is uuruflled under circumstances which would 

 seem Hying; but let a masculine leg become untangled with 

 the cord and- -well, its owner will wisli it hadn't. '■•J'ardau, 

 Madame," fails to recompense. 



In Italy the men seem to be more given up to the pet dog 

 mania than Ihe women. Italian officers arc generally handsome. 

 men, and their uniform becomes them greatly, but on the 

 Pincio and in the Borghusa they add to the charms of tlicm- 

 s.elvesand their surroundings the attraction of a pet, on which 

 they can practice, for the benefit of admiring dames, their ails 

 of caressing. 1 saw one fine-looking fellow coming on horse- 

 back down the hill from the Pincio; he was resplendent in 

 his gold-adorned costume, and every woman lie passed turned 

 Eor another look. So did I. for in 'bis arms he heia a liltle 

 greyhound, which at intervals he would lift and kiss. 



iii Heidelberg, the bloodhound was at a premium, and 

 wherever one sauntered Or sqt, scar- faced, bright- colored- 

 capped Students strolled or sat beer-drinking, and with every 

 group was oik, at lea-t of this species. 



In Fi-ankl'uri-ain-Maiu and at il-mbourg les-Bains, the dog 

 was the dachshund and this dog, which 1 never sa^K in our 

 part of the world is. I think, entitled to special notice, for he 

 is not only a very affectionate pej, but a very brave and use- 

 ful little fellow.' The first one I saw I thought was a de- 

 formed black and tan terrier, for his markings, even lo the 

 spots over the eyes, were identical with those of the terrier. 

 When 1 asked his owner and my landlord (Mr. Sehlolterbeck, 

 who keeps Ihe Quatre Saisons Hotel id llombotirg-les-Bain.s 

 SO comfortably that anyone who lias once been his guest, 

 will be so again) about iiim, he gave me bis points in writing, 

 which I will quote, and thus justify invsell for msing your 

 columns to give mine host a free "Ad." 



•■The badgerdog or dachshund is the most peculiar arid 

 Strangest of all dogs. His not a cross from draereht dogs, 

 but is to be considered as a primitive race, whose origin and 

 borne cannot be clearly traced; the long body, borne by Ihe 

 crooked legs, which are somewhat turned in, the large "head 

 and the long muzzle with tin.* strong teeth, the lone, hang- 

 ing ears, the strong paws with sharp claws, and the short; 

 smooth sense- l'.air, denote the breed; the tail is thick at the 

 root and poinled at the end. and is generally curved upward, 

 seldom stretched out; the color ot the coat is either black, 

 with tan or brown spots on the paws, breast and muzzle, or 

 il is of one color, a rusty red; there are, however, also some 

 -polled specimens. Above the eves are two small light 

 spots. It is a stioug. bold animal; it is useful in bunting on 

 aocounl of fine smell, and can be used in pursuit of any 

 kind ol' game, because if shows the groatesl valor and per. 

 Bcverance in the most dangerous chase. Agooddogwill 

 penetrate with eagerness into the hole of a fox or badger 

 and will uot rest until he lias driven out his arch enemy, on 

 which occasion it will sometime happen that a dog remains 

 working marly a day under ground, and sometime gels 

 severely hurt 



"The length of the dachshund is about 90 centimeters. (3<j 

 inches) from muzzle to lip of tail, which i.s about 20 centi- 

 meters long. Its height at the shoulders is from 85 to 38 

 centimeters i 1 -;. to '.) inches), and his weight from 6 lo 8 kilos. 

 (12 to 10 pounds)." 



The value of these dogs varies: that uf .Mr. Seltlotterbeck, 

 having distinguished himself several limes in contests with 

 foxes and badgers, was held at fancy figures; but a good, 

 pure blood pup cau be bought for 50 marks (a mark is about 

 25 cents). 



At Aix-la-Chapelle, six hours from Hombourg, I saw in 



