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FOREST AND STREAM. 



July 12. 1883. 



noticed by Prof. Ujttls kgasmv, who called New England 

 •'a zoological island,'' on account Of its famml pccaHaritfes as 

 compared with t,hr rest of the United States 'Urns, oi more 

 Han a hundred genera of fresh-water fishes now known to 



OCCUTill the waters cast of I hi- Mississippi Hirer, only alioiit 

 ,-.i. ■• r..iirih ■ ..-'•in- in Ner, England, and oi these ail excepl n 

 half-dozen genera are represented by but n single species each ; 

 and not more than thirty-five, genera occur in the waters oi 

 the Pacific dope, Almost any stream of any extent of the 



Ohi ■ Mississippi basins will Eurmsh double the number of 



genera and >i,eci-s i- I lie entire waters of either ol the above 

 named sections. Thus, as Prof Jordan Btates, "In the little 

 White River at Indianapolis, seventy species, representing 



>es nui seem to be much 

 l.alie inline:. 

 ,ne or both species may 

 i leealitie-. they readily 



The distribution of the black 

 affected by geological formatii 

 character' of waters; for alt 

 have been absent iriginally ii 

 adapt themselves to thi 

 planted, nnd rapidly increase 



Originally i oth one atbongthe primordial 



roefcof the co/.oie period ol Lake I'hnmplain. Northern Wis 

 cousin, and along- the Appalachian chain in the Oarolinas and 

 North.- niieoruia. '1 hi v llonnshed amid the pateOBoio rooks 

 W the Great Lake region and tin- Mi-:-is.-ippi Valley, and in 

 the eoal mea-tue- of the OhiO. Illinois and Missouri river 

 basin! While m the marine tertiary formations of the. 

 CenOiBOIC period, along the Atlanlie and Gulf slopes «f the 



Southern States, the large mouthed bass alone occurs. Thus, 

 while the small-moul bed bass seems to be rest rioted naturally 

 to the older formations, the large-mouthed buss roams at his 

 own sweet will through the regions of metaiuorphie and 

 stratiii.-d rooks ami glacial drift, down to the reeently formed 

 coral rooks of the peninsula of Florida. 



I'liinatie influences do not seem to affect the distribution of 

 thelarge-mouthedhussinauv decree, in the Tnited States, 

 and of the small -mouthed bliss only to ., small extent. The 



original habitat of thespeciee extended through twerity-flve 

 degrees of latitude and thirty degrees of longitude, the small, 

 moot he,! bass alone not oecurringin the extreme ten degrees of 

 Roiitliern latitude, and the ten degrees of extreme western 

 longitudeof this range Tims, while the amaU-mouthed bass 

 is naturally restricted to cold and temperate waters, the 



Lln-.l bass bids delianeo alike to the icebound 

 streams of Canada (he tropical lagoons of Bast Mexico; and 

 thesunnv streams of Southern Florida, He Bashes hisbjighl 

 armor under the firs and birches of the St. Lawrence basbi, 



and ere, in the grateful shade of the palms 



and live oaks of the. southern peninsula. To lim.it is given 



"To hot he in Bery Hoods, or lo resl 

 to ttaifltog- regions of ttoek-rrnUed 



de 



Tie- oharactexof waters baa little influenci upon ehe-dis- 



tribntion of the species, less upon the lorge-mouthed bass than 



ii) his small-mouthed congener IF I he water is reasonably 



pure, both species will thrive in it. but as bas just been inti- 

 mated, the small-mouthed bass naturally seeks cooler and 

 clearer waters. Thus, while he is found in the headwaters of 

 certain rivers flowing into the Atlanlie (notably those of the 

 Alleghany region of the Cnrolinas. Georgia and Alabama), 

 co existing will, the large-mouthed ba-s. the latter only 

 occurs in the lower purl ions of tin ■•■ n are sev- 



eral rivers' m Hernando county, on the Gulf coast of Florida, 

 ihai bursl out from the base of a sandy ridge runidni parallel 



with the coast ami some I welve miles from it. wh SOurci - 



are large springs till v or sixty feel deep, and of half an acre 

 in extent. Their waters are remarkably clear and cool, with 

 a strong current Until tide water is reached: nnd I have no 

 doubt but the small-mouthed would thrive wonderfully well 

 in the upper portions of the streams if introduced into them. 



n~, ondinon-all seem favorable, and, he large-mon. hed 



ba-s is verv .abundant in llicmi. 



As we approach lidewnier ihe small-mouthed ba.sdis.ap- 

 pears. The large-mouthed bass. However, line to his cosmo- 

 politan nature, descends the streams to their mouths where 

 he seems to be. as much at home in the brackish waters of 

 the estuaries as in the pure and crystal rapids of the high- 

 lands. 



The black bass being in a manner omnivorous, is probably 

 not restricted m its range to any great extern b> the supply of 

 anv one article of his food: though it would he affected, 

 of Course, by ait abundance or -carciiv of its food, as a whole, 

 rrawlish and minnow- ,,iv tiie principal food ol adult black 

 ha--, and these are more or less plentiful throughout ihe 

 liters of the United States. In addition to these they feed 

 upon insects, larva;, flogs . ■ Prof. S A l-'orbes. in his 



studies of i he .' lot li-le s, ascertained that the food of young 



bass, when less vhan an inch in length, consisted entirely ot 



rookj 



small 

 lw 



,,i llnseei eti,,n in reference to oh 



ed before this Association against the 

 It bass into e.,, bin waters, upon the 



insects, larva- ami frog.-, and 

 object to young eel-. 'I he pit 



fish are almost entirely pist 

 might be exp-eied tromthec 



the bass will take in a yourta 



the black bass. But while 

 or s.ilmoii if it comes his 

 to them special objects of 



of the black 

 pursuit of tl 

 They are oal 

 honio, with I, 

 to prevenl 

 breedmg sea 

 succeed in t 

 the rivers, t 



hannah, the Delaware and many other streams for evidence 

 of its rapid increase in new 



The black bass is excelled by no other fish that swims for 

 g, ,, urn ess. and among fresh- walcrspeeies by but one. the white- 

 fish, for the table. And furthermore, be will not eat the 

 sbawn of hi- mate. or tii.it of his fellows' mates. His natural 



food is tin- crawfish 1 and the minnow; he prefers them, and 



fchej a-ilv procured. On them he will wax and grow 



fat. increase and multiply. The man who alleges that he 

 depopulates (he streams' of valuable food li-le-. or asserts 

 that he •'kills for ihe loveol it", b-f? neverlooked into the 

 mouth -I the ''.ass with his eyes open. 



Mu. KxmroTT— I ho. 

 nleivsiing paper by Ii 



listened wilh great attention to the 

 Henshall. and 1 I'ecl constrained to 

 on the subject of introducing the black 

 era. Or llensliall is well known as the 

 bass, ami he therefore defends him agaansi 

 ,.-,i, its. [t i- a deplorable fact that the. 

 cb.-L-s intosomeof the Adirondack waters, 

 I^ike, lias resulted in I he t binning out of 

 ghng ■!..!• '■■., - 1.- all I hat can be I, inked for 

 f Sport There is no doubt of the value 

 ;ers that am not inhabited by trout, but 

 ie superior of the bass as a game lish thai 

 ila.e 1.,,-sin trout streams or la] 

 rivers 1 can agree with Dr. Henshall, for 

 other predatory lish which may be kept 

 . for it is well known that in manv waters 

 .-([ out the savage pickerel. The learned 

 ,n, trout streams, and having caught the 

 learned to love them, docs not seem bo 

 i upon the trout as we do, for he evidently 



ii.-i-l. if not the superior, of the trout. 



This is an assumption which I cannot assent t-. nor will trout 

 angler- gent rally, Sears ago while fishing in the Adirondacks 

 fi.iiiout 1 wasannbyed by the continued rise and capture of 

 small black ba-s. nnd (turned to mv companion and said: "The 

 tvout must go. for ihe black bass is more fatal to them than 

 in ■ suhfish ere.' 



I'm. McDonald— 1 agree with Mr. Eudicott concerning 

 black b.,s- in trout waters, but do not. think they have any bad 

 -lb ■ i in shad rivers. 



Mn. E.npkott- 1 regard the black bass as the. bluefish of 

 fiesl, waters, ami Professor I'.aiid hi- characterized the blue- 

 (ish as more ravenous than the shark. 



Cor. M, -1)« i.n a i.n— The black bass is of great value to some 

 rivers, tsent to the Holston River forbass to stock New 

 gini.i. 



apes.),, 

 allehlll 

 mlrodu 

 notably 



rega id 

 those ri 

 in chce 

 the bas 

 Doctor 

 ha s in 

 place a 



tie 



,nd made 



ighl 



idirccllv 



. the anglers, and 



Mi: MA3&JEH I ■•• BOl t hink t ha t I ir. I lenshall has advo- 

 cate,! the placing of black bass in trout waters, lb- - very 

 entl,usi„si'i, ,,n ihe b.i.-s as a game lish. and personally m.-iv 

 ■ trout, but he ,s too well informed not to know tliat 

 trout anglers do not agree with him. I know of a gentleman 

 in tin- city who has taken brout tor years, and only fished for 

 ror a bruit,, I lime, who prefers I lie bass. Kormv- 

 self Iprefer troul fishing, but ihink very little of cither t rout 

 or black bas- for the ;.,ble. for me a fresh codfish is far 

 ahead of •them. I would never put, black bass in good trout 

 waters, but our large rivers are not trout waters, and the 

 bass there will prove the most valuable of fishes to the 

 angler. 



the Memtel 



To insure prompt attention communications should be ad- 

 treased ti> the Forest and Stream lhOilishinfj Co., and not to 

 ',Wb ■,,/„,,/*. ,„ whose absence from the office mailers of im- 

 portance me liable lo delay. 



FIXTURES. 



BKXCH SHOWS. 



Oct. -. ::. 1 ami.',, London Bench 

 close Sapt 19. Onirics Lincoln, i 

 secretary; ('. A. Stone, assistant secretary. 

 FIELD TRIALS. 



November 19. 1889. — Eastern Field Trials Club, Fifth Animal Trials. 



at High Point, N. ('. Km lies fur the Derhv close July 1 ; for the 



Members Slake. Nov. IT; for the All Age, f state. Nov. 1. W. A. 



:.,rv. FI.'iil.usli. bong Island, N. Y 



N lulier •.'...' Is*l. Hoi, ins Island Clul 



Trials ,,i Rubin's Island. L. I., for mem 

 Sepl 1 A. T. I'hiniiner. Secretary. 



December, 1H.SH- National American Kennel Club, Fifth Annual 

 Trials, at Grand Junction, Tenn. D. iiryson, Secretary, Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



THE DOCS AT THE NEW YORK SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



By the way, ono ve.rv pertinent question that no one has 

 asked vet, and one for Air. S. Taylor to ponder, is: When he 

 was laughing so heartily of "tail-holding," and quoting all the 

 Englishmen he ever heard of, why does he not tell how his 

 friend, Mr. (.'has. Mason, held Friday Night (greyhound) up 

 by collar and chain till his front lent, barely touched, so his 

 — ' well i„ the. judging ring. 1b that the 



aiglisluueu and anglicized Americans 



j of; 



u power that would enable us to see 

 us But it could hardly be expected 

 ss" is made, a point in" his favor by 



ltroversy, but having read Mr. Taylor's 

 letters to Forkst ami sjtkkam, have, wondered at his meaning 

 at times. 



He says the dogs at the New York show this spring were a 

 "wretched lot." Well, the best dogs iii the country were 

 there , and almost every one thought so, what more does he 

 want.' Hi.gsare. born," not made to order, and because they 

 are not born to suit Mr. Taylor he. "thinks and thinks and 

 thinks." 



There are indeed a. "great many disagreeable people, iu this 

 world." and it is greatly to bo feared lhat Mr. Taylor's papers 

 are apt to confirm, all who have read them, in that opinion. 



0. F. L. 



I'novit.KNCK. It. I... Tnly 8, 1888. 



hind legs 

 natural j> 

 are all th< 

 Oh. iftl 

 ourselves 



would -,, 



isition tl 



while tn 



"adding t 



lam in 



t.-ecking~ 



THE NEW HAMPSHIRE 



Iv '3.— Editor Forest and Sire. 



d distributed from Ihe joint h 



,1 spring. ■l.-VHiu Salmo so/or. 



Jul 



•tl.M MISSION. - Ply 



The Ii, 

 kept 



that lis 



u the l'e 

 are ml., 

 hi ripe, 



i p. 



id 



lower part of the river.— 11. 



They are reported plenty 



'$'mwer$ to <^orresyondent£. 



&s 



t^~ No Notice Taken or Anonymous Correspondent*. 



\ M., Boston. Mass. — Would advise you to clip the dog. 



1,0 W„ <:, n.i.i!,. I 'I We knmv Of.nbS.kye terrier for sale. 



iKAiiKi:. Meversilale.— Write to ihe West Jersey (iaine Protective 

 ciety, Camden, M.J. 



{. Y. Z.— The postal card amounted to nothing under tb 

 mces as given hyyou. 



Shy Coifs Sam. and 0U1 of 



n, Mass.- Write lo l)r II. \V l)mv„e V . N>u- Mar- 

 ,iv, Md. 



We fear that tlm minnows packed in damp moss 

 I, I. Tli.-y .-!>■., lid bo-.eiil ill ale ill. J. in a sealed 



W r,.. Spriugileld. Mass. -What c 

 broken flvroUs thai have been Mtn 

 no glue tda. will uiiiie i.nicl.-s thai 

 can -x tract ll.eoil .vol, pui asli or „ 

 ii glue. You will find Lo rage's Rui 



W". 1--S.. W,,,.ns..ekel I lluslh. 



ir Pino can I luse to repair 

 i oil? Ans. We knott of 

 Ituratefl with oil. If you 

 istitnee. yon can ilicn use 

 inent u good article. 



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PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



Editor I- 

 Col. S1 



of Hie;.-, 



pretty j, 



vertise 1 



'■:/ o 



is on the dogs and judges 

 leeded in bringing himself 

 if he has wished to ad- 

 hink he has succeeded be- 



lt i 



i litt! 



edge .md eharact 

 gencnil satisl'.ieti 

 to Mr. k'irk-wh 



ficiates was fully indorsed by the p 

 by the exhibitors. For myself, 1 h: 

 three times, and have been sat upon bj 

 derhisjndg, 



Iry and improve the kno.vb 

 e judges who has given such 

 public and exhibitors — I refer 

 at every show at which he of- 

 by the press, and for the most part 



of I'ol. 



kind, althr 



perfect coat. 



CoL Tavlor i 

 dogs. I have 

 Britain, and 

 were ahead oi 

 pointers, I def 

 are not more ;■ 

 York show tb 

 have tho authc 

 know ,,t in Kn 

 in America t 

 think that yd 

 dog question, i 

 the stump, he 

 ries his audien 

 1 can imagine 

 tag, and eons, 

 Mldelluil. 1,0% 



I think the 

 pretty good j 



nafebeen^nfc 



TK.^ 

 dogs. 

 Loniion, Ontai 



doi 



nder Mr. Kirk 



dipped 



apology 



ter l.-i.'i- 



» a rule, 

 if their 



s which 

 at their 



TRAINING BEAGLES. 



tho ic 

 deorej 

 with" 

 shad i 



of t 



of tho bass grew smaller by degrees nnd Ueautuully less. 



further distribution of the black bass by ,,,,r,,d, icing that , 

 desirable species. It is etisilv done, and success is already 

 assured. You have only to look at the Potomac, the Susquo- | 



lirreled 

 lllte,- 



\ long 

 out all 

 ly cast 

 btautly 

 BBophy 



