34S 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



(Mat 31, 1883- 



Daws, the Mam .imimik Leap? -TSIralra, N. Y., May 33. 

 — The arfiele a Utter heading "Docs the Masr-alongc Leap?" 

 published in May I? number qf Fokkst and Stream l 

 brtve read witli interest, as my experience with that most 



noble fish li ita place him mi ai least an equal 



basis wiiii the black bass so far as "gamines*" i a ii 1 1 ■-■ 



I liiivt- visited Kit-i- Lake. <"'■ nada. several Limes, anil have 



iod fortune id "kill" a fair number of in i ealongt 

 nd ijufing June and September, the water being 



■ thi fish lie near the surface, mad when Btmcto breai 



wateralraost without cvecpiion. soinciiines loapiug clear 

 mil, lull oftotier, especially if large fish, showing but. a por- 

 [nlj I'M "■■ 1 1 ■. ■ i umj watci' being warmer, the fish seelt. the 

 tii mi if tbeirbody, nnd .generally fighl tutrd tolbo elid, During 

 innnels, and when affnek aTo ojM to make for the 

 rii. beds •without .-bowing themselves, sulking more and 

 give up the fight soonei : ' oplnicfn, it depends largely 



i m ihp temperature of llie water whether the flsb in question 

 i aim bef o i ill 1 1 Shoul i II te to liear From some of the 

 lei liatiris" on Ibis Jtibjecl - If 



Mohbdk fottns - Monscn), Mis., May -h- I'arlios coming 

 wa Boston can piuchaae a ML Kineo "ttxcuraioji ticket, K 

 whjcb arc issned each season by the Eastern ami 



da railroad ithatpl w and return. The route from 

 Boston is on either one of. these roads thence by Maine Cen- 

 tral lo Bangor, thence by Bangor iS Piscataquis Railroad in 

 Mpnson Station, when h tagc ride of five miles briii oni to 

 Lake Hebron Hoti L Tic] i ton uu I tion or Abbot, 



both being our depot, maj tie obtained in Boston at either 



lie i Boston { ffainti depots, Leaving Boston n( 



seven o cli ■ i I ■ ! - mis in the nvernhft the tourist 



reachesthc Honson FTolol ai i i io b n Ins day. This 



11 . -i i-oui.' to Urn famous "Slip pond," 

 or Lake Onaway. in Elliattsvlllc, which i- only nine miles 

 nwny.— J. P. a. 



i.-. fteirran - Rochester, Micji v 3ffay>88,— ''Kerr/' 



' yotu i il i . i nsfa in-. :i means for the prevention 



.•mil a ri'm.'il;, I'm- the min- of. sunburn. Medical treatment 



for pi 'n i, ,i i„ : | |j satisfactory, 1ml a 



most efficient and speedj remedy for sunburn is a free appli- 

 cation of, alcohol i" the affected pan. £ have seen and ex- 



- ii stantaneous 



- relief hj ili'- ust of this remedy-. It repels the 

 Ii 11 l the conge . lis; its frequent na baa IL 

 del ! I ii UC : i' I mighl be lOUUd valuable in 



fortifying againsi ii. lurcac'ei ! difficulty. — F. M. 



1 •■ [A correepoudent- aommends a preparation mown 



li'M juice .-on I :i ,• Minn |.|': i, in-ii iiv E. S. 



it- 



Tin-: Titri m \s \ Font, Fi-h— Mve.s. Kin 

 ' i " refen i i in ■ tarpimi at a Jj Lfisli 



■ qui uui ol them in my twelve years' 



i , I orac in mi ' Ilaljfa t Klvi r, on the east 



BJi i '. an i imc in I lii el ver (the < 'aldosah itel f do not 



Kiiin, Lin I,- i.- nn,y known iisu f ii , ■; ■■, i h its equal a 

 wlibletisli Ibavseaught I hem weighing LTOiponn 

 -mall as fort) pound .and em see very little dlfteivn ic in the 

 leirfli I ■ .ii ,i ,.. ii urn but 1 

 have generally caught them with the grains, a I , » fl 



.-pear— I'l.eiaOA. 



N \'i-i, .- .._!. 1 ;■ -i. \ ■-. i. I ■: , • i i i,,-,.— There will be a 



1 ' ■ << ■ ■■ on U'ednesday, June li. at ti P. 



M„ at lii- 1 Melropolilan Hotel, STcw York! Business of im- 

 mnei with the next bournanieal and other 



Lhi tin 'i' : 't ii|.i. 



(i OSS.— A e, ,rr, ■spoie I, ail t&H8 U' 



■ ■ Sshii had at Woodville, X. Y. The 



pto toili L'otel accoj lalions good: 



rffjisltculture. 



INTELLIGENT vs. MISDIRECTED FI3HCULTURE. 



ileJiberate at1 apt to belittle mj • it htyea ol effort 



■ vi,.:, if-fis] en Itnre i u taJce Eot \ our text a solitary 

 , i apli in! 'i a a' spapei ai-taeJe i- ,• .- e 



romtcl md prefixed by a st'ir?ai an lUiilamnot i aver 



iflshenfta ' i 



i ,r;il weeks as;o, 



• ■, ■■ ■ a ,,,,,•:. i , ,idi ; j i .. 



■,■!,■,. i he item in its pres 



doing ai ■ " wrol ch Jout 



,,', ■, ■■.■inn iiiuJea.tions from New c,,, 



!.■ ' ■, lead you sera bllis artielc, it dur.s jiut 



tup - ! i 1 " your editorial of last week, orany- 



, ',■,,■■ ■■' . I ,-, WOUld have found plu.ee in your columns. 



, i hM a tne. KiuiKST andc-tueam always s'iresi both sides! 

 ii li less repalable journals soinetimes iai! to do. 

 1 took espeeiid prillis lo inform bheJbam I I have bfv- 



:■ p i]i, '.■-'! thai ] Was vioT a. tis.h eoni 



I hadael i ■ tanl I ivisli 1 through 



your column that I am no) nov n Bini hithat eapacity, and 

 do not iuleuil i i pen iuld opportunity present. 

 I would lil ri hi o refer to miE 'developmsnt incou- 



,■■.!,■, ,.,!', , l,i nati :•. Last year a imieh quoted ueivs- 

 papei' in this trloinitj intimated b an unmistakable manner, 

 aviilioui, mtjutionitnj mj name, that J was makinjja good 

 thine in in i e-i-istaat, fmuiediatcly thereafter 



.11,1- , ■ .,,■'.,, 1 iby bonanza hunters bo secure 

 ,.,,,,.-. i , , - ; , [toe 'i". a U£ '.'i .-i-'. $ 



l| ' , ■■: ' ' , . .' ' 



sharps will ordinary time which I 



i l;o the one item of fish distribution, I 



ill i I " .'''. li taoy Will remunerate rue for my 



. n- 1 - m , lion therewith, I wdl pay them $250. 



ti,- 'i, , , , .,,'1 , - . , ■ I,,,.,,,.-,,: one for me. 

 •Now I would have no "0- -i ,.,,, ,,, Hie publication of the 

 ip bin. ju>:tnpo-.iuuu withyuur editorial reference 



,:l on, .1 and hi- tal en an n . ,- , ,, 



, i , , lire ,,.,,,. ;] u . Legis- 



lature I ' ' -' lltl ■ ' . ' '• i ' . ' ■•:■ 1 1 !■■■■■-■ op 



n .-. - bei .i for the use ol the < lom- 



... .. . . i . , . i ,,, , i ... i 



iltinomfh 1 1 ■.,,,, .... p a te selfish 



;." 



- i M - . r 'i ill dil Olio I I ,; &h to say 



ii i thep I . ■■ ■■- • ii-'.' arqii IB 



viUUious. In " ; i, I . ,' , .", ."il .mm , ', . , ...... m : . 



' .i ,.,...,., i .. upon the sub- 



. i , n, ,, fou ,.,,,.,. , ,, . n ,, ant ol the 



■ i ,..,,, , ms. They 



, , ii , . . , ■ . i . , 



n ' ' •: ' ■ 



' ■ - ' ii d I ■ 



several States, who ha, 

 my matter in the officii 



bantStates. But 1 oil 

 and Trenton. My add 

 were practically the aa 

 appropriation uahur n 

 Whoever started 

 iommendat 



■-I, 



nth 



did I i 





, it has grossly perverted the 

 vhieh I did make, and which I have made 

 -Cislat.ors of other Stales who have honored 

 opinion or advice upon this and eo ordinate 



rill 



llle 



the ownership of the soil, whether owned by the province or 

 an individual." 

 ( Judge Strong; * * * * * 



"It results from the proprietoreliip of the riparian owner of 

 the soil m the lied of the river that he has the exclusive right 

 of (ishiTiic m so much of the bed of the river as belongs lo him, 

 and this is not a riparian right in i tie nature of en 

 but is si rietly a right of property . * * 



' efore. that the thirteenth en 



Sect 

 ferreel upi 

 rights of ti: 

 game rive, 



1, bi 



siif! easier to demo shit. 1 

 occasion referred to. ami wl 

 with appropriations, was, tl 



tore of the future ■ thi 



luiini, conducted by farmers 



it would lie advisable to e 

 with the Boards Of Agricnlt 



lotest eouneeti 

 1 inland fishx-i 



would be, in t 



I tion HI without effect, for it m.av well beeonsi 

 iziue; Pari ia ii lent to pass laws for the regulatic 

 tion of all fisheries, inland as well as sea eo: 

 for instance, in order that protection may be 



breeding, probibiLino- obstruct ions in a-cradiui 

 - a: |, raven fine; the 



ion of 



,ith by 

 ■s given 



i. This 



vhft 

 n the. 



5tS, la, 



pri 



n ■ ■ i hrough tl 



its of the Slate won 

 lure and fish protei 

 radical extent, Bv 

 -t. the same could b 

 1 witli when the ne? 



rith fc 

 ys providing for what 



s called the pohee of the 



of the. limited jurisdiction is in the wordjs 

 s owner." t rider the amended act no leas 



:-pact the Fish Con 



,, ,-.. 

 I highly i 

 also Of Hew -Jersey as. now cons 



, m|, . a- in „,|1 their riraetica 

 of listieulture. Upon this subj 

 1 any disappointments which a'r 

 praetienl lishculturists who. lifc. 

 sisted in experimental work dei 



a,' ■ a I-, ! n pi 



you aei 'i a.,: ,n, .,,.,. ■■■ 



Stryhad gained a 



Pennsvlvania and 

 would cheerfully 



tho advancement 



skeptic, nor have 

 in common by all 



ive for j mi -. pi r 



likely rni; 



objection 



1 iwi ores 



right, the 

 wholly o 



the 



would other 

 on. The Don: 

 :1 pohcefor i 



be provided for bv local le 

 act already provides penalt 

 ing rights heia under lease or license. (Si 



Fi'sli.-, ics act. i Therefore, the riparian ow 

 or the tenant of provincial authority on ui 

 at his option, bring himself within such pi 

 tal lose or license. If any fee be cbafg 

 sarilv must, be, comparatively speaking, n 

 snlwiitthe ,- ' 



same when better able physically t 



odoso. Faithfully 



'. - 



lust how i 





Mil, TON P. I'E 



ini'F 



wublic cxi 



117 .Market street, Philadelphia, 







seem to be 



[We did not intend to bebitle Mi 



Peiree nor his "t 



wenty- 



amended 1 



eight years of effort in bihalt of i 



-h'-ulture," which. 



as fir. 



of his righ 



i larliek only began experimenting 



ii lishculture in ISS 



, must 



affords bin 



give him a longer connection v, ii h 



lies than « 



- were 



and enhan 



aware of. OUT article w,:: , 



o what we 





it or not, j 



from tin- Fi-h Comuiissiouer.s of th 





partly 





on what, Mr. Peiroe nlmspll Lid 









best known to iiiuiwlf. as w • i ■..•!'<. 





1 '.-•!•'■.- 



There ai 



hosl.Ue Lo the New ,1, a ",. , ,- 



: on. and wh ■ , at! 







Of the 



•ight f 



idy attaches 



der a lease or li 



*nse at the 





perty would 





lafee. The 





my riparian 



or imposing bu 



■ ' a- realty 



UltS 



a-:, m a loot. 



made it appear to us 



the role of an oh-l riicl.ioee 

 did. Il we have done bin 

 do not think thai w< ti I 

 has been mtanipl ing p 



through mistaken motive 



ti 1 1 



, inn we 

 ink that, Mr. Peiree 

 er intentionally or 

 v. We do not at all 



rlture should be the 

 arp as of great value 

 a poor table fish for 

 rceis a little bit vis- 



iie.tion it need concern no one butiiim- 



na friends, out, wdieo the disease I .,!-. 



acks all other fishculture, he cvidi-nth* 



talked to.[ 



If Mr. 



THE CANADIAN FISHERIES. 



ently passed by tin 



Editor I'orext. itnd ■' 



Theliill ai.iini.biigrlie Fis 



- ' innions, is referj 



capital as being an interter, 



a bo fishing rights, irn 



•a to 





tin 



a 11 :-;, 



■lit 



lOl 



he 



dir 



i 

 pi 



I. 



ith ii 

 set c 



> be, 



the 



h tin 



Di 



onflict with iinii'eial 

 conformable to the 



question Of riparian 

 legislative jurisdic- 



onto point out what 

 The same miscou- 

 nt the New Bruns- 



mteutioii has hereto- 



le on behalf of the 

 pretensions, that no 

 le supposed to exist, 

 brary pinion, that 

 are disregi rded i 

 a antipathy, and to 

 ninion fishery laws 

 the proprietors, the 



as a: toe dentof ownerahip of the soil, such as in the St. 

 Lawrence seigniories, and the baihor of St. John. N. B. In 



each of this cxcaiuioLial "lass ol holdings any license would 

 also be optioual and the fee nominal. There is, however, no 

 just reason why it should be incumbent on the lte[iartment 

 to issue free licenses to special grantees any mora than to 



riparians, 



It is well to mention that,, while the Quebec 1,,-i- un, 

 has passed an Act providing for liceusmg provincial fishery 

 rights subject to the Dominion fishery laws, and imposing 

 penalties for inreria: eaae with the holders of such fiUes, and 



where the esolusivc right of fishing is vested in th . ' ,, 



as riparian, ih- other legislatures have not pri 



lilar 



and 



ual pn 



eases. ' 



•aain- 



optionalprotection afforded b; the Dummion Fisheries act. 



, .: ii- ,, ■- of tiie Provincial i toyeramenfc, as also speoJal 



a-, -. a ■■ordinary, but nii-naii peculiar instances) iueffect- 

 • trespass, which m remote places, and urgent, 

 ,e tantamount abau-lomuent. The public and 

 ght. in consequence, -offer serious loss andin- 

 Thislawmay now- he invoked to protect il 

 ahke. 



The present explanation is prompted bv a strong regard tor 

 the welfare of the fisheries which is promoted bv harmony 

 between the various interests affected by the fishery laws. 1 

 feel sure that your journal will a-si-l in having this . 



•'',','ii,!- !■!■■■ -.,.■ :. 'a-^l.eing'eouso'nanMolaw'and advantage- 

 ous to riparian- and special grantees, as well as 

 and beneficial to the public interest, connected with liver and 

 inland fisheries ihroughont the. Dominion. W. F. WhUCHEB. 



OTTAWA, "'la; .- 888. 



FISH AND FISHERIES.* 

 A VERY pretty volume is this, and it contains some thirty 

 i\_ of the essays which received prizes at th • late n nai- 

 exhibltion at Edinburgh. Among the contents are: •'Whale 

 Fishing in the Fat be fslauiis," by Svsselmand II. C. Mill hr 

 Thoshavn, Farbe Islands. -Various Method.- ol ,,-■ , '.V- 

 ture,"by W. Anderson Smith, Lcida.,. Argyliahire, a pap°r of 

 great interest now chat attention is b jinnin -a i attracted 

 to this subject On the fertility of the oyster he w i t 



"xN'o , 



sthc 



t the Dominion authorities can, under 

 >n, in each case, regulate and control 

 oprietary right in the interest of the 

 ither riparians, but cannot convey it to 

 h alienation being a disposal of' "pro- 



regulating ■-• i , st and island lisln-ries' all must submit, but 

 ■■!■'[■■- must . it conflict or compete •with the legislative 



[.a, , a ■■ i I, - .a, I : : ■ a ..res over property and civil rights 



for the regulation, protectfenand preservation of 



vtfiile the local legislatures .... em ri htto anylanvin- 



. a a . ion and iroteotionof tie- fisheries, 



• bo ■■ ma ■: v.-, gffet :■■-- he 

 propaity it - ■ , , ,a .,,,,. r, a us,,ii--„,:. o 



a ■ :l In- ■" a ■-■■■ . ., ,-, on tleae lo ,e-al 



a 1 : 1 ;, 1 :..; 1 ';:: i: /^^^Vt^^t^^! 1 ^ 



Bio Dominion Parliament to deal with the regulation 



;.,-,,! ai ion . , t lie lishcries, a matter wholly separate and 



pei-oy in the fisheries," 



exceptional fertUity of 

 in tho ordinary stragul: 

 exceptional destructiorj 

 is added the further on. 

 only man's utmost care 



iniuryinfl I." 



This last, -a 



sexual, showing that he 

 can investigators Mess: 

 has not read of their d.- 











that 







i grap 



ide 



with 









to 



that 



ouwa 



Icou 



.•■'■'isle 



ond 



laaa 



tion. 

 e the 



d of vi 



isdo 



11 to 



ir o 



•ster 



It, sh< 



WS l 



hat t 





yster 



illious 



of i 



to go 



ton 



aste. 



- 



avc i 



t and 



11 Tlf, 



ct it- 



y will 



he i 

 it all 



•oi-t.li 



e a 



r ;ii 



ncal- 



e bi- 



rtbi 

 the 



the. same follicle with tin- ova, which 



that the melt was not, derived from 



iter In which it had been discharged 



als. Prof Hvdci-'s stal -i.ients have 



B I hc 



:■ said, the Mil 



live power ■ i .I-,-: ,,, authorize him to issue, as against. 

 ■ i ■ ■ i ,■■;,,■■ or right apart from 



spat 'have settled un these nullrlws, or collectors, that the 

 small oysters shall be easily detached. The greatest effort i- 



- "Fish ami Fisheries," a selection from the "Prize Essays of the 



, ■-..! ■ „ Exhibition, 1 ' Edinburgh. 1883, Edited bj- 



Davkl Herbert, if. A., with maps aud Illustrations, William Blacks 

 v.'oo,:K : , Sons, Fainliuia-li axej London, 



