1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



369 



I'm instnnebj u curious ami most eccentric looking: flsliing 

 ruii'i ■ our country coireiti is &\ a loss to make out what ii is 

 intended for. If* lie will take tin? trouble to look above h\e 

 will see a photograph of this Hi tic vessel In progress of 

 building, then g second shoeing it- launch, yet a third illus- 

 trating its purports when out 111 sftu and. finally, a serifs or 

 others showing what is done with II until ii returns to shore 

 again. Perhaps it is accessary, in order better lo convey lo 

 the raiaon ■''■'/,-■ of this particular boat, to have 

 :, model of •! Bsheru an vow ing or sailing it out to sea, and 

 lo! tln'iv In- Is, admirably executed in painted vvpQd as large 

 -- « - I i i • - . and in i lie identical costume be habitually wears when 

 in the exercise of bis daily vocations. Let us study, for 

 instauce. the not over creditable history of the youthful 

 American herring, who al an early stagenihisoareerfigiir.es 

 in the European market- under false pretenses as d sardine. 

 There are about twenty pliotog-rnprshowing us bow hi and 

 hi- companions in involuntary im|iosmrc are caught by the 

 million off the coasl of New England, and how be is 



'dressed" in boiling oil. dune up in tin eases, ami si-nl on 

 hi- final tour of tin- world, with only oncexlenunting oircum- 

 siuui-e in bi's favor, and thai is, thill nrn ai Xante- ii 

 would be difficult lo detect his true origin, his taste being 



idenl.ica] with llial of Hie Croi-ic sardine, although if he had 

 bsen allowed to grow up to maturity lii- would have as- 

 sumed the proportions of n Yarmouth bloater. In connec- 

 tion willi ti XbibitB of Auni-ic-ui -ardiucs is a scries of 



wooden models. Bhowiog how the fish is eured and tinned 

 |oi(-.\|iorl-iti..n. and al-o viewr. of tin- b, auliful residences 

 ot the capitalist* who are making targe fortun is by the in- 

 dustry. 



In 'addition lo the photographs, pi.cturee.and models of 

 men. an- al-o a series of casts of the must remarkable ti.-li 

 can-lil in Hi.- Ami ricaii sens, nolahlv curious being those 



illustrating the gigantii "devil ti-h.'or pievves, rendered 

 famous by Victor Hugo's marvelous bill bv no mean- unex- 

 aggerated description of the monster in "Lee Travailleurs de 



la Mer." One of these, the exact 81ZC of life, could not only 

 attack and soon destroy a man, buj render himself highly 

 ' irk. Of course the American 



the "troiigh," which requires running water, tiud the "float- 

 ing" apparatus, the latter being si batching box placed in a 

 Sijjall lake. There is a large water tank, the water iu which 

 lis forced through the tisli hatching appliances to, means of 

 a gaa engine, so that the actual work of hatching can be 

 carried on and studied iu the presence of the visitor An- 

 other feature is the group of models of experts in the aci of 



pWDUriHg the eggS and milt from the sal i. One of these 



represents the. "spawn -laker.'' kneeling on one knee, cla.-p- 

 ing under his arm a line female -allium, from which he is 

 pressing the eggs with his thumb and forefinger, There 



are al-o photOgrapbjS of all Ihe American li-h which have 



been propagated by fishcultiire in America, as explaining 

 ihe development of the egg and the growth of the ash in 

 Ihc egg from day to day, followed by others explanatory 



of the size and condition of ihe ti-ai aitei ii h.-- been 



hatched. 



Other ^photographs Illustrate the method employed in the 

 United states of transporting young fish to various pair- of 

 that immense country A greal variety of novelties m the 

 way of tinrjed dried, and otherwise preserved fish of all 

 :1 among other I liinirs of interest should 



he 



med Le Page's fiah 



icndi 



he Ihe -I 



get and 



1 foi- 

 ls said t 

 much st roni;, r g 

 heller known c-.-i 

 In connection 

 I'. S. Fish Com 

 tons, a model of 

 Ihe Thames toward- the 

 especially for deep sea r 

 of fishing and dragging 

 anything in tl 

 uud' 



china, 



i adhesive which can be 

 id fundi lire, and which 

 covered. It certainly i- 

 tlicr gum or any of the 



nth Ihc United State- Deportment is the 

 ission steamer AJbatross, of about 1,000 



shown, and which will arrive in 

 liddleof June, si,,- is designed 

 earch, and is fitted with all kinds 

 iparalus. so that she can capture 



is irom the tinicsl fish to whales, sin- is 



Captain Tanner, and forms a pari of the 



Inch tin- American Coinmissfoners intend to 

 xtend special invitation. 



obnoxious 'o a large-sized sb; 

 Oyster, \ alued principally for its edible qualities, is exhibited 

 in a marked manner as being, which ii really i-, one of the 

 chief products of the country. Ii- importance is illustrated 



by numerous tanned -pi -I linen-, and also bv plaster i ;i-l- 

 ahowiug the mo-i in. reilihle size lo which the transatlantic 

 niollii-c g oWs, Some i>\ the bivalves, though worthless 

 for food, are, nevertheless, cxireiueh valuable for the 

 heauiy and quantity of the deposit of mother of-pearl which 

 lines their -hell-. The utilization of Ibis material is shown 

 hy a collection of buttons, necklace-, etc.. and hv one large 

 cm-- surmounted by o wreath wholly made out "of the ex- 

 quisite -lulls lound iu Florida, In thit connection maybe 

 mentioned the various objects manufactured rroro the ivory 



of the whale and walrus, and Ihe supei b dis,.| ;l v of artistic 



artii h-s seni by Messrs. Tiifany <& Oo . of New York, made 

 oul of alligator hide, tortoise-shell, and Bsh skins, mounted 

 in ivory. bf-OUZe; and silver in a manner al .-,. so rcmark- 



Bllle and so peril.' 



tl,. 



It e 



to attract universal adtnira 



•mlei Ihe dopartmehl Still more complete 

 -e which will amuse as well as instruct. 



all that Jack lov.-s most dearly. There 



i-tln 



itbod Bible, hi 

 utto 



: hi 



ill I 



mi 



. his 



I .Ma 

 ml hi 



5 On 



te bundle of his ' 



-oiled pack of pk 

 study for himsel 



all 



illustrate 

 .display. 



Ihe In 

 I lisle 



lerlocxpla 



ell 



nytb 





ted, 



cl-c 111 



aldistril 

 'ilscipm 

 on a series oi large maps. Then th 

 Ogy i- explained. The lisln-n of the cod i 

 will, model- ot vessels and boats employed 



p.ir.itiis. trawls, handlines, etc., of every c 

 while ihe methods of ihe fisheries, the pass 

 Ihe banks, the process of cleaning and curi 

 the dangers encountered— Indeed, all ih.-im 



fisherman's life— are graphically illustrated 

 AftOl' I hi- come Ihc numerous methods Of I 

 m-oio.i. For instance, a schooner lands 

 wharf her cargo of hundreds of quintal 

 which are dried, .-kirmed, lioned and pub 



pletelies- with which 



the cod fishery will 

 ■ thoroughness of tin 



of I lie cod. ax well 



arc first of all shown 

 ologv and (iiiliryol 



Converted into the famous 

 Which thi 



greatly poni 



i Bngh 



of it ; 



Ahlel 



cbibjtion 



id as il 



„1 l.c-l . 

 ill he s 



tab ofits kind theyhai 



1 of the --I eleaeci 



ver Ihc intej-ior of An 



porale 



1 codfish 



II soon 



prohahl 



alreail 



v in Ame 



here, 



lid those 



piesiio 



i the chc 



3b is delicto 



: il will din 



-traied. 



actual ap 



able kind, 

 land from 

 fish al sea. 



ill the cod 



all codfish, 



. and 'lieu 



is and 



hi le.-s 



Thei 

 such ; 



The 



Fare of thi 



■llection of boat and vessel fittings, 

 ■•• blocks (of which a Boston firm 

 anvas, cordage, anchors, 



i.asnol heeii overlooked, 

 ig point when conleni- 

 s. fog-signals, fog-horns 

 ire tliegrcatei -safety of 

 lost effective fog-alarm 

 dulcet, hui at tie- same 

 the 



lishel 

 llll 



1111(1 II 



platmg the collection of life i 



ami other anicic-. intended to si 



\c--il-ai sea. Captain Collins** 



occasionally emits a by no nieai 



linn- .-itnost. far-sounding howl, which certainly siarti 

 ladies, lor ii is io he heard al an incredible distance at sea 

 as well as on shore. The exhibition of objects belonging to 

 Ihe United Slates Life Saving Service and Ughthou-c 

 ad of the department, is as 



Scour in Coi.oiiAoii.— Gunnison County.— Shilling oul 

 from our cabin one beautiful morning in June, with my 

 shotgun strapped to my back and ray fishing rod in my 

 hajid, 1 thought 1 woiild't'ollim up Maroon Creek, which i's 

 in t!unni--on counly, and have some fine sport with the trout, 

 wilh which the creek abounded. Such Sport as 1 did haw: 

 Hardly a east but I would hook some speckled hcaulv. and 

 they would take alniosi any bait. 1 tried two or three dif- 

 ferent colored (lies, grasshoppers, and even a niece of red 

 flannel. It. did not seem to make any difference whatever 

 with them as to whal they wanted for hreakl'a-t. so you can 

 imagine the .-port I had.' After following up tbo creek Tor 

 about two miles. I came across a la rue drift pile. A tm ir- 

 pine tree had lallcn and laid acro.-s the creek from bank 'to 

 bank, and driftwood coming down (he creek had caught 

 and formed a sort of waterfall, and (here, is where I cau-ht 

 -onie beauties; one was one of Ihetinest specimens ol -almon- 

 trout 1 have ew-r seen, lie measured i:!i inches, and Was a 

 deep red color. It seemed alniosi a shame to eat him for he 

 was such a beauty. About twenty yards above Ihe drill 

 pile a large pine tree extended across and 1 I bought I would 

 try a cast- there; so walking out on the tree, I was ju.-t 

 about to cast when 1 heard a rattle of stones and slicks, ami 

 looking up the side of Hie ravine saw a wildcat coming 

 down, apparently to -et a drink, lie trotted oul on the drill 

 pile and just as he reached Hie middle of the pile I let him 

 have both barrels of my shotgun, nothing hut No. 6 shot, 

 hut woe to me, for the recoil of the gun kicked me over into 

 the creek and I got Ihe nicest rolling- over and wetting I have 

 overbad. I got out all right, though, for it was only about 

 three feel deep. After finding my gun and rod I looked for 

 Ihe cans,- of all this trouble, Inn Mister Wildcat had liOiie 

 far away and left nothing but a few blood drop-. I hail 

 enough for that morning, so, picking up my string of trout, 

 I went back to mv cabin and soon had a 'line mess of fried 

 trout.— Pai;l Scott. 



Tm-: Hichtii.v.mi l.-i and Ciri-.. —A number of well known 

 gentlemen in New York cily interested iii shooting and 

 angling have recently purchased Uertrand'- Hand, in Luke 

 llopatcoug. New Jersey, where Ihev propose to build a club 

 house. In addition to the island, which contains about 

 twenlA-lhree acres, a tract of shore laud has also been 

 secured. Al. present Ihe membership will he restricted t i 

 fifteen, and Ihe organization will he known as the Bertrand 

 Island Club. Il will he governed hv rules similar to those 



of tho\Vc-i Jersey C.-uin- Protective Association, aud hence- 

 forth angling out of season in the waters ol the lake will be 

 prohibited. The Club proposes lo restock the lake with 

 black bass and other game fishes. During Ihe summer 

 Ihc club house will he kept open for the. bcnelil of single 

 members; hut a number of the married clubmen propose to 



lea.-i -mall plots of ground from Ihe club and build coj 

 (ages. The members are George li. Post, president; G. W. 

 Campbell, Jr., vice president; J. Heron Grossman. Ireasur 

 er. (J W. Nichulas, secretary, i,n<\ Messrs. A \. Martin. .1. 

 R Cox, James Kent, Jr. ; J. A. Risley. B. K". Jameson, Prank 

 Jenkins, Henry I.. Pierson, Jr., and E. 8. Rcnwick. 



A Word AiwrrflKoiuai Dawson.— June 2, 18R:!.— 1 do 

 not believe in having time drag on my hands because there, 

 are no books or papers in camp. I tim no hook worm, hut 

 give mc a hammock, a shady spot, such hooks as lliese for 

 ihe first two or three days liner gelling into Hi'- woods, and 

 I am happy. I think Dawson's works the purest of Un- 

 kind ever written. The} touch the keynote of kindred 

 souls. They are pitched high, and must elevate tin- mind 

 Of the careful reader. They are deeply reverential, and 

 will purify m my a Ihinking mind.— Xokm.vn. 



icludesthi 



i Jar 



pat- 

 v V-!. 1850, and 

 men. women and children 

 Ayrshire. This collection 

 .ii lo i.l, is and life-sized 

 lik h wiil doubtless much 

 assortment of the richest 

 England, ami exhibited by 



Wiinr.Fisu T a lit: -rut: Hook— Bi.acic Bass. — I haw seen 

 a good many articles of kite upon taking whitefish with 

 bail, elc, but have not notice of a single instance of one 

 being taken wilh spoon by trolling. Once, some ^-xvu or 

 eight years ago. I was H-hing for pickerel wilh a spoOO on 

 Lake Cayuga. X. V.. ami eaughl a whil-lisl, weighing oyer 

 four pounds, it was not hooked, bin caught wilh the hook 

 well in ils nioiith. Was ihis noi » rare occurrence? First- 

 rate black bass fishing can be had al Niagara, Ont., a1 the 

 mouth of Ihe Niagara River. No fly-fishing, they are taken 



with chuh and hy trolling. Good hotels, boats. , | d 



ll\ lishiiigcan be iiad laler in the season at the same place 

 for white or silver bass, which are very gamy, bite fa-t, and 

 are found in good numbers. A- many as sixty to eighty 

 are taken in an evening. — Ni voAU.-v. 



May 28.— Fishing in all the 

 - section is now excellent, Has-. 

 J are lo he had in abundance I 

 icst quarters possible, /. • .. farm 



-.«.„^ -v.*~.~.^„v«i,„v,uo, »i/rany brethren of the angle who 



may wish |., i ry our waters.— J. V. I.OCK15. 



l.AtKii: SitAD. — A shad weighing eight pounds was on 

 Mr. Blackford's slabs la-t Saturday. It came from theCOn* 

 "' ii it in River. 



Minnesota.- - l > illshur\ 

 many lake- throughout til 

 wall-eyed pike and pickei 

 will gladly provide Ihe 



house accommodat 



sffixfjatltttre. 



"MISDIRECTED FISHCULTURE" AGAIN. 

 In your editorial comments upon, my rejoinder published 



last week you express the opinion thai von have noi ,|,, n - me 

 injustice, and that I have bean ''interrupting progress [of lish- 

 eolturei whether intentionally or through mistaken notions 

 we [you] cannot say." Now. Mr. Editor, if vou will state tbn 

 particular facts upon which you base the opinion lh.il I am 

 an "obstructionist" in this mailer, your readers can better 

 judge whether I am playing il.ai role >„• wheiher you are do- 

 ing me injustice bv whal I consider very wild assertions 



Tn the first place, you have received a copy of my humble 

 monograph on "Carp and Carp Culture." You oriticised the 

 same quite sharply (without Offense, however), and Ihe pre- 

 sumption is that von must have read it. If so. vou found on 



page ga reference to Dr. fiarli.-k and his rations of 1858, 



wherein you can judge whether my interest in ti-heultiirehas 

 extended back twenty -eight year.- or whether it has been 

 confined to the construction of "some carp ponds and making 

 speeches, before the Legislatures of Pennsylvania and New 



Next, as I said before, the files of the EoBEST and Stream 

 for eight years past will all'ord some evidence upon II;,- sub 

 jeet. And further, my letter tiles contain a somewhat prised 

 accumulation ot personal communications from the editorial 

 depailmeiit of Koukst am. Stick am _,,„■ eight years past, eon 



facts are sometimes developed which 

 change of front. I, at this moment, re 

 experience, to wit: the Dittmar j. 

 Editor, do not hesitate to tiro out your 

 ne to be the. fisheultural sinner porta 

 editorials upon the subject. It is possi 

 myself open to the charge of "egotism" 

 perhaps suthcieutlv quoted 



.vhetherlamnow, 



lerienoe, that 



B an editorial 

 in your own 

 ,i-.„|... Mr. 

 eh will prove 

 olh your late 

 uu rendering 

 ing that I am 

 •ender it de- 

 e been 



prep 



nioii breeding and o 

 iplcie and historical 

 ir.ilioii of lish iron 



Mill 



-omjia 



appn 



ated l:> 

 .1 ill Ihc 



/ely early age down to 

 our lime, whereby we can trace the gradual' progress from 

 tin- beginning ot lishciiltiin in America to tin p.-,-.., „i day . 

 A scries o| laiilcs l,.i- bi.ej, aho provided willi the most im- 

 proved modern appliances for hatching Dsh egg-. This 

 apparatus may be cUiRscd under three heads— the "closed,'' 



I'knnsvi.vanh. --Philadelphia. --Ilundr-ds were fishing 

 yesterday along the Schuylkill for black buSS.il being the 

 legal opening day oJ theseason. Op the river, near Potts 



lown. anglers oiilnuinhercd llu- fish, ' >n the- train from 



Reading in tin- early morning there w-a- a large delegation, 



which was joined at PollStOWU by a conl iii-enl fmin lln- 

 latter place. Allwenl for Vaiikec Dam al I. ill. click, or 



Paw ling's Bridge, both considered the best places in the 

 upper Schuylkill for baas fishing. The catch, I learn, was 

 y.-iin-d; few tish were lakeii. The season is backwan.l Ihis 

 spring for every line of .sporl, and a week nun-.- al least i- 

 wanied before ihc writer is tempted to joint his rod for bass. 



llo\to. 



sirable for the public to kn 



during the. pa.-t quarter of a century or more, obstructing 

 legitimate, practical and intelligent fishcultiire. or whether 

 the real obstructionists are those who are apparently endeav- 

 oring to vent a little pent up- jealousy through the medium of 

 Forest ami Stukam. 



If the mild expression, on a few occasions only, of my indi- 

 vidual opinion, that ihe late New Jersey Commission did not. 

 use the State appropriations intelligently in many cases, is 

 suilieient ba-is lor your assertion that [ have "been very hos- 

 tile"' to the Commission, then 1 will plead guilty to that count 

 iu your indictment. I certainly have not antagonized them 

 otherwise, and upon that count I can interplead justification. 

 You certainly do not quote me correctly as to what I said in 

 your office concerning my remarks before the Pennsylvania 

 Legislature. After having referred to some of the misdirected 

 efforts of many lisheultiui-ts and l-'i-h Commissioners j wis 

 asked by one of the members of the Legislature the open 

 question, if I could recommend an appropriation for the Fish 

 Commission. I replied that if I were to answer the question, 

 either affirmatively or negatively, without qualification, my 

 reply would be liable to misinterpretation; that in my 

 opinion the Legislature should grant a liberal appropria- 

 tion for fishaulture, but under proper conditions: that I had a 

 high opinion of the Fish Commission, who ranked far above 

 the average of State Commissions, but I could not conscien- 

 tiously recommend an approptiation to be expended as here- 

 tofore; that most of the previous experiments were failures 

 that although these, experiments were justified under the 

 light then existing, there was now no justification for further 

 expenditures by the State in the same, direction. I then 



recommended aconsohdi n oithe l-i.-ii Commission with the 



State Board of Agriculture, as stated in my last communica- 

 tion. This is the substance of what. 1 said briefly in your 

 ollice. Your fish editor inquired of me regarding the new 

 Commission of New Jersey. 1 replied that 1 only knew Mr. 

 Jenkins of Camden, that J was not aware that he had any ex- 

 perience iu fishcultiire, that he was an authority on planked 

 shad, was a thorough, sharp lawyer, an experienced public 

 prosecutor, would be likely to inake it. lively for wilful vio- 

 lators of the fish laws, and' would be one of the most valuable 

 l oiumissioners who had held the. office in New Jersey. 



And now- in regard to your assertion that the carp "is a poor 

 table fish," etc. I have conversed with over twenty persons 

 who have tested their table qualit les. and most of these parties 

 were, epicures. All except one ex toll.-. I their table qualities, 

 and this one's test was of a specimen taken from a lilthv pond. 

 J am not the "least bit visionary on the carp question,*' but 

 have ocular evidence of its wonderful success in nuuerous 

 ponds constructed bv me for several of the leadiug business 

 men of Pennsylvania. New .lersev and Delaware. Nor do 1 

 attack "all other fishcultiire." ' On the other hand, I am 

 enthusiastically in favor ot continued, well-directed, intelli- 

 gent experimental work, such as most of that, performed In- 

 line United States Fish Commission: lnit not constant repe- 

 tition of exploded follies. Bv exposing the laltcr, I am aware 

 that I am incurring the hostility of those who profit bv a 

 n not so stupid that I can- 

 ness" of the petty anlago 

 ■uisiu n-iuuu, ii*.e uue ot lhc snappish enemies of the carp, 

 sometimes cone - to the -nrl'aee lor an airing. 1 do not think 

 the i-'oiu.sT ami STIU.AM is .nistified in its course without 

 proper investigation, which Would surely change its trend. 



By reference to your editorial leader 1 find lhat I have not 

 replied to your denial that the Delaware was an original 

 salmon stream. 1 think il will bother vou more to prove 



Ot til 



•it !■ 



i lha 



ish as dii 



iti 



et pro 



i .'iali-ts have published the statement that the colonial 



records ot I'.-i, n-yl-.a, iii make rep,ate,l reference |., the 

 abundance of salmon m the Delaware. An aged (Juakor gen; 

 tic nan. ivc-ulh decea-ed, who,,, graiidpar-uts wee res, 

 dents of Phfladelphia, informed me that he had often heard 

 tii-m -pcnl. of the abundance of salmon m the Delaware, even 

 in their day. Ihe late Thaddeus Norri- assured mem 1876 that 

 ho had no doubt of the Delaware being an original salmon 

 stream, and we all know that he was an imlu-i nous and reli- 

 able investigator of all matters relating; to river fishes of 



