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FISH IN SEASON IN NOVEMBER. 



Coast Fish. Lakes. 



Bluefish, Skipjack. Horse Mackerel. Black Bass, (Ma optent* nig 

 (Temnodon saliator.) and arehiaan.) (two species. 



Weakfish, Squetaug (Trout) Otoli- Pickerel, (JSsox retiadatus.) 

 thus.) 



Bays and Estuakiks. 

 S triped Bass, Rockflsh. (Labrax hmatus.) 



SOUTHERN WATERS. 



Pompano. Trout, (Black Bass.) Sheepshead. 



Snapper. Brum, (two species.) Tailorflsh. 



Grouper. Kingfish. Sea Bass. 



Rockflsh. 



— The sea bass with which many anglers are now amus- 

 ing themselves in lieu of something better, is a large- 

 mouthed fish, with ample fins and tail, and having no 

 teeth, the fisherman extracts the hook by inserting a finger 

 in the mouth, clasping it by the under jaw. The sexes are 

 readily distinguished, the female being of a dingy brown, 

 while the male is of a beautiful bright blue-black. They 

 are found inshore on reefs and mussel-beds, and are usual- 

 ly caught in company with the blackfish, though at certain 

 seasons they are quite abundant on shoals and banks along 

 our northern and eastern coasts. They vary in size from 

 three-fourths of a pound to twelve, and are considered fine 

 for boiling and for chowders. 



Although the sea bass is a bottom fish, yet once on an 

 outward-bound voyage to the southward of the Gulf Stream, 

 we made fast to a ship's lower mast found adrift on the sur- 

 face, which was covered with clam barnacles and surround- 

 ed with sea bass. We caught all that we wanted, and cut 

 loose. They weighed from five to twelve pounds each, and 

 were all male fish. The mouth of the sea bass is so large 

 that in hauling them in from a depth of several fathoms 

 the "sport" is reduced to a minimum by ti;e time they 

 reach the surface, the process almost drowning them. They 

 are caught as far south as Florida, where two species are 

 found. 



— On Sunday, November 2, two striped bass were caught 

 with hook and line, still fishing, by Messrs. W. H. and E. 

 T. Walker, of 47 East Twelfth street, N. Y. , on the Staten 

 Island shore, near New Brighton, one of which weighed 

 8|- pounds, and the other llf pounds. As these are 

 the largest bass taken at New Brighton in several years, 

 they made quite a sensation among the experts who 

 thronged to see them. The fishing ought to be good from 

 now until ice comes. 



New York, November 3d. 1873. 

 Editor Foreest and Stream: — 



I am glad to see that Mr. Mather has taken an interest in 

 the matter of stocking the Hudson, and hope that his com- 

 munication in your paper 30th, ult. will draw attention of 

 others to the importance of the subject. 



And now is the time to try the experiment. The an- 

 nouncement is made in your paper and othar journals that 

 Livingston Stone is about to bring, or has already com- 

 menced to bring, eastward some two million of salmon ova, 

 which he has been gathering from salmon from the Sacra- 

 mento river. His operations have been conducted under 

 directions of Mr. Baird, the Fishery Commissioner of the 

 United States, and at the expense of the whole country. 

 Whatever may be the doubts as to the salmon which are 

 raised from eggs gathered in more northern latitudes seek- 

 ing, or flourishing in rivers whose mouths are so far south 

 as the Hudson and Delaware, there should be no question 

 in regard to success with California salmon ova. The tem- 

 perature of the Sacramento and its branches is much higher 

 than that of the Hudson, as all know. A proper represen- 

 tation of the claims of the Hudson to a portion of these eggs 

 by influential papers, and by our Fishery Commissioners — 

 if they can be urged into showing some life — must result 

 in Mr. Baird giving our river a trial. The cost is too great 

 to be met by private purses ; and Mr. Baird will be only too 

 glad to have the opportunity of proving the usefulness of 

 his work. The eggs could be hatched at the State hatching- 

 works, and the upper waters of the Hudson can now soon 

 be reached by the Adirondack Railroad, to North Creek, 

 and thence by stage. At Newcombe near the old Adiron- 

 dack Iron Works, on the road to Long Lake, and there- 

 abouts, there are many small and pure streams suitable for 

 fry, and from thence down to Glenn's Falls there are long 

 stretches of the river itself entirely free from tan-bark, 

 saw-dust, or other deleterious matter. A little inquiry at 

 Glenn's Falls would doubtless find many people acquainted 

 with every mile of the Hudson and its tributaries above 

 that place. I have seen many a river in Canada apparently 

 less adapted to salmon, and where protection gives the 

 seineries large hauls of that fish in the tide waters thereof, 

 and good rod fishing above the flow of salt water. 



There is no reason why, in a few years, with proper ef- 

 forts now the new fisheries in New York Bay and the tidal 

 waters of the Hudson, should not get their salmon as well 

 as they now get shad. And it is just here that the import- 

 ance of the subject appears; for as the value of the shad 

 fisheries is great, so can our salmon seineries become valu- 

 able. It is as a question of commerce and food that I urge 

 action. Bod fishing will necessarily follow, and when 

 done in season cannot harm. In fact, as you know, rod 

 fishing in Canada is the very preservation and safety of the 

 supply of salmon for the purpose of commerce. 



In regard to the saw-dust, I do not think that any great 

 impediment, although doubtless injurious. Salmon can 

 easily find spawning places above Albany and Troy, and 

 the presence of a few dyea or other foulness in as large 

 waters as the Hudson, at these and places below, will not 

 prevent their going through and up until they do reach 



pure water. In Scotland and the North of England the 

 mouths and lower waters of their salmon rivers are often 

 foul with every refuse which accompanies manufacturing, 

 commerce, and civilization, and yet the fish know by in- 

 stinct and memory that pure waters are above ; and they go 

 through thicker messes of scum in small rivers, than any 

 refuse you can find diluted in the broad and deep waters of 

 our river. They do not seem to mind the steamboats there, 

 although the tugs fairly make the mud boil in the narrow 

 channels of the small Scoteh and English rivers. 



Now, Mr. Editor, it will take four or five years to find 

 out whether this salmon experiment will succeed (I heartily 

 believe it will; vide Mr. Wilmot's success in' Canada in the 

 streams running into Lake Ontario, where salmon are now 

 quite plenty, but whence they were driven years ago.) 

 Will not our Commissioners apply to Mr. Baird for a fair 

 proportion of these two million of California eggs, hatch 

 them, and place them in the upper waters of the Hudson? 

 Mr. Slack, of the New Jersey Commission, has done some- 

 thing; need our Commissioners do less? Salmon fry should 

 be deposited next spring, and additions made for five years 

 to come. Then will the expense of our State Commission 

 have been indeed money well laid out. But now is the time 

 to commence, at a small outlay. Apply for the salmon 

 eggs now. Piscatqr. 



New York, October 2, 1873. 

 Editor op Forest and Stream: — 



I cut the enclosed paragraph from a copy of the Sun: 



" A salmon weighing some seven pounds was taken near 

 Governor's Island on Friday last. It is supposed to have 

 belonged to the myriad of young ones let loose in the upper 

 waters of fhe Hudson river two or three years ago." 



Can you inform your many readers when and where the 

 myriads of young salmon referred to in the above slip cut 

 from the Sun of to-day's issue, were put into the Hudson? 



I hope the facts are so; if not, then why not endeavor to 

 put into the Hudson some of the two millions of California 

 salmon eggs which Livingston Stone is announced to bring 

 on from the Sacramento River? Surely, the Hudson is as 

 important a stream to stock as the Susquehanna, Schuylkill, 

 or Delaware, and as well adapted for salmon. As these 

 two million eggs are paid for by the United States Com- 

 mission, we have a right to demand that some of them be 

 placed in the Hudson. Will you urge this matter upon 

 Mr. Baird? Yours, Salmo Salar. 



[We do not know of any "myriads" of young salmon 

 put into the Hudson, nor of even one fish. Some private 

 parties are hatching salmon in a tributary, and are succeed- 

 ing well, we believe. See No. 11 of this paper, page 168. — 

 Ed.] 



Idchting and j^mtittg. 





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— Yachting and boating being virtually closed for the 

 season, and in order that our subscribers should not lose 

 the interest that they have manifestly taken in these manly 

 pastimes, we shall give from week to week during the fall 

 and winter months a short review of all recognized Yacht 

 and Boat Clubs, throughout the United States and Domin- 

 ion of Canada. If secretaries of clubs and friends of yacht- 

 ing and boating will kindly "lend us a hand, 1 ' and send us 

 items of service to those who take an especial interest in 

 aquatic sports, they would be furnishing information 

 which will be read with profit and pleasure. As the New 

 York Yacht Club is the oldest organization of the kind, and 

 an acknowledged authority on all matters pertinent to its 

 name, we give it the first place and will start with then- 

 August cruise. The season has been one of varied success, 

 both as regards 'weather and the comparatively small list; of 

 entries to contend for the large number of cups, prizes and 

 purses, which have been presented by several officers of the 

 club. The August cruise was sadly interfered with, as 

 Long Island Sound has scarcely ever Avitnessed such a suc- 

 cession oi bad weather during the first four days. The 

 vessels of the fleet rendezvoused at Glen Cove on the 11th 

 of August, Rear Commodore Kingsland taking command 

 of the fleet in consequence of the absence of the Commo- 

 dore and the Yacht of the Vice Commodore. The Squad- 

 ron started for Newport under very adverse weather, which 

 compelled several of the yachts to make harbors for shelter 

 where they remained for two days weather bound, and 

 after a series of delays finally arrived at Newport. The fleet 

 started from Newport on the 18th on a cruise to Martha's 

 Vineyard, but the weather was again very dirty. After 

 cruising and tacking for sometime, several of the yachts 

 becoming disabled, the Commodore signalled the order to 

 return to Newport. The Bennett Cups were sailed for 

 August 21st. Schooners Alarm, Eva, Foam, Idler, Joseph- 

 ine, Madeleine, Madgie, and Tidal Wave; Sloops Ariadne, 

 Qui Vive, Vision and Vixen, were the starters. The 

 Madeliene won the cup. and in a run of forty miles made 

 the fastest time on record — 3h. 22m. 23sec. On August 

 23d the Douglass Cups were sailed for; the Madeleine again 

 winning the Cup for Schooners. The Vision won the Cup 

 for Sloops. James Gordon Bennett, Esq., the Commodore 

 of the Club, presented a series of cups, prizes and purses, 

 which were sailed for in October last- 



The race for the Schooner and Sloop Cups each of the 

 value of $500, was sailed on October 2d. The wind was 

 very light and the weather just the opposite to that of 

 August. At the south-west spit the wind freshened a little, 

 barely sufficient to fill the sails of the smaller craft, the 

 larger boats havine; no chance at all in the race. As the 

 race by the rules had to be sailed within eight hours, the 

 Eva won the Cup for Schooners, and the Vision the one for 

 Sloops, with but a few minutes to spare. The ocean races 

 were sailed one week later on October 9th. These races 

 are so fresh in the minds of our readers that we will only 

 give the winners of the different prizes. The Enchantress 

 won the $1,000 Cup for Schooners. The Thomas S. Negus 

 won the $1,000 Purse for Pilot Boats. The W. H. Van 

 Name the $250 Purse for Working Schooners, and the 

 Wallace Blackford the $250 Purse for Smacks. 



As Ave finish this short resume of the New York Yacht 

 Club, it suggests itself that if the club in question would 

 build their yachts stauncher, make the spars a little shorter 

 and stouter, they would better withstand the wear and 

 tear of the season. The fact cannot be concealed that 

 the expenses of keeping up such yachting establishments 

 must be excessive, and thus debar many gentlemen from 

 entering into this most exhilerating sport, owing to the ex- 

 ample shown them of building pretty, light, racing craft 

 which must be constantly requiring repairs and large out- 

 lays of money. 



— The American Schooner Faustine, E. Y. 0., Mr. Pea- 

 body Russell, is now hauled up on Hansen's slip at Cowes, 

 England, having a false keel put on, which will enable her 

 to go to wind better than she at present does. 



— Mr. Loubat's Yacht Enchantress, is undergoing a 

 thorough refitting, and will have a new set of sails prepar- 

 atory to making her European voyage. She will most 

 likely start on or about the 12th instant. 



Harvard Collge, November 1, 1873. 

 Editor Fore t and Stream : — 



Notwithstanding Harvard's defeat at the Springfield re- 

 gatta, which., by the way, she has the grace to acknowledge 

 with all candor, the interest in boating continues unabated. 

 The Scratch races held on October 4th, were more than 

 usually successful. In the single scull race Stone, of '74, 

 came in ahead, and showed some excellent rowing. In the 

 race for double sculls, Appleton and Wetmore were vic- 

 torious over their opponents of '76. The race for six oars 

 was contested by two crews miscellaneously made up. The 

 fall regatta took place on the 25th of October on the Charles. 

 Owing to rough water only the last race on the programme 

 was rowed, that between the class crews. The Senior, So- 

 phomore and Freshman classes were represented. These 

 crews pulled respectively 37, 38, and 39 strokes per minute 

 at the start, and held to that rate until the end of the race. 

 The Seniors came in ahead, closely followed by the Sopho- 

 mores. The Freshmen did well for the short time they 

 have practiced together, and raise some hopes that Har- 

 vard's defeat in the Freshman race at Springleid will be 

 atoned for next season. The following is the time: 



Senior crew 15 min. 7 see. 



Junior crew 15 min. 15-$- sec. 



Freshman 15 min. 35 sec. 



An important meeting of the University Boat Club was 

 held October 21st. The treasurer's report showed the club 

 to be in an excellent financial condition. The debt on the 

 boat-house, which at the beginning of the year amounted 

 to $8,000 has been reduced to six hundred. An amend- 

 ment Was made to the constitution to the effect that the 

 treasurer shall be a graduate of the University, who, it is 

 supposed, would keep the accounts more systematically 

 than an average undergraduate. Holden. 



—The Spanish Sailor's Parrot.— Mr. Bret Harte, in a 

 charming letter to the Tribune, tells of meeting an old lady 

 of past a hundred, who had seen Washington. From the old 

 dame he gathers the story of a sailor and a parrot, which 

 Mr. Harte tells in his inimitable way: — 



"It was a terrible night, that winter's night when . she 

 and the century were young together. The sun was lost at 

 three o'clock; the snowy night came down like a vhitc 

 sheet that flapped around the house, beat at the windows 

 with its edges, and at last wrapped it in a close embrace. 

 In the midlde of the night they thought they heard above 

 the wind a voice crying "Christus! Christus!" in a foreign 

 tongue. They opened the door— no easy task in the north 

 wind that pressed its strong shoulders against it — but noth- 

 ing was to be seen but the drifting snow. The next morn- 

 ing dawned on the fences hidden, and a landscape changed 

 and obliterated with drift. During the day they again 

 heard the cry of "Christus!" this time faint and hidden like 

 a child's voice. They searched in vain, the drifted snow 

 hid its secret. On the third day they broke a path to the 

 fence, and then they heard the cry distinctly. Digging- 

 down they found the body of a man— a Spanish sailor, 

 dark and bearded, with ear-rings in his ears. As they 

 stood gazing down at his cold and pulseless figure, the cry 

 of "Christus" again rose upon the wintry air, and they 

 turned and fled in superstitious terror to the house. And 

 then one of the children, bolder than the rest, knelt down 

 and opened the dead man's rough pea-jacket and found— 

 what think you? — a little blue and green parrot nestling 

 against his breast ! It was the bird that had echoed mechan- 

 ically the last despairing cry of the life that was given to 

 save it. It was the bird that ever after, amid outlandish 

 oaths and wilder sailor songs that I fear often shocked the 

 pure ears of its gentle mistress and brought scandal into 

 the Jerseys, still retained that one weird and mournful 

 cry." 



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— Why is moose calling allowable in hot "weather? Be- 

 cause it is a low device; (load of ice). 



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— Desdemona's destiny— amour; (a moor), 



