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Vast crowds viewed the race, which, with the exception of 

 the unavoidable postponements, was successfully carried out 

 in every way, and the local aiu.lioril.ies of New London, from 

 the Mayor down, deserve the thanks of the public for the 

 manner in which all arrangements were put into effect and 

 the course kept clear, in spite of the numerous craft, most of 

 whose skippers had never before seen a boat race, aud bad 

 but vague ideas about keeping clear of the Bourse. The sep- 

 aration of the two leading universities from the ruck of 

 colleges and grammar schools scattered all over the continent, 

 we regard as a moat important step in the right direction in 

 college boat racing, and one which, while placing the Har- 

 vard-Yale race above all others in importance, cannot fail to 

 ho of benefit to other schools, inasmuch as it conduces to a 

 spread of popular interest in aquatics by focussing attention 

 upon two rival crews, in place of scattering speculation and 

 sympathies among the ruck of purely local institutions. 



Ufa and §ivei[ fishing, 



FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. 



SALT WATER. 



Bass, Centropri*tis airarius. 



probato- 



FRESB WATIiR. 



Tront, Savditnis /nntino lis. 



Salmon, bo/iko Salaf. bheepsnead, Archoi 



Salmon Trout, Salmo amfinis, ccphabi*. 



Land locked Salmon, Salmogtoveri. Srriptd Bass, Room 



Huakalunge, Ewcnabilior. White i ercti, Norm 



Pike or Pickerel, Exox lucius. vveaVflsli, Jfynwcion 



Yellow Perch, Perea ilaoescene. Blueflah, 



tail i 



Spanish. Mackerel, CyUu 



turn. 



Cero, Cybium regale. 

 Botili o, Sarda pulamyn. 

 Kingflati, MenticirruH ncbulosus, 



TROUT ITJEB IN SEASON FOR JULY. 



Little Egg, So. 12.— Body and feet of orange and yellow, mohair 

 and hare's ear mixed ; wings, bright hyaline, Brightly mottled ; 

 seise, eamo aa wings. 



■i Bug, So. 10.— Body of equal parts of dark brown and 

 black mixed, tipped with yellow ; feet, of feathers from the Eng- 

 lish grouse ; wings, double, tho inner wing black, the outer wing 

 a yellow brown. 



General Hooker, So. 9.— Body made of light yellow and green, 

 ringed alternately ; feet, red hackle ; wingB, of the tail feathers 

 of tho ruffed grouee. 



Utile CUrel, No. 11.— Body and feet, dark claret mohair, slightly 

 tinged with blue ; wings, of the bittern or brown hen ; aetre, dark 

 brown. 



Claret. Fly, So. 9.— Body, dark claret ; feet, black ; wings, of 

 the brown hen. 



Fr.lid Green, So. 10.— Body, feet and wings, a pale green. 



Pbencess Louise Sai.mox FTsirnra.— The Princess Louise, 

 despite the great pain3 newspaper editors and reporters 

 took to ridicule the ways of Canada's new royalty, basin more 

 than one way shown her good sense, and is setting a right 

 royal example for the emulation of her fair sisters on both 

 sides of the border. She has just been salmon fishing up the 

 Metapedia, and succeeded in bringing to gaff a 28-pound sal- 

 mon. Those who witnessed the feat report that the tirth dis- 

 played an appropriate amount of unusual pluck, and severely 

 tested the royal wrist. At last accounts Princess Louise was 

 " high hook," the Duke of Argyle being second. 



Hunting a.kd Fishing in Michigan. — The line of the 

 Flint and Pere Marquette Railway, West of the Saginaw 

 River, abounds in hunting and fishing resorts which are not 

 excelled in any other part of Michigan. Hunting and fishing 

 parties can obtain special reduced rate tickets to any point on 

 this line, also to any point in Northern Michigan on the G. K. 

 and I. E. E. North of Reed City, and on the J. L. and 8. Di- 

 vision of theM. C. R. R., North of Bay City. Through tickets 

 for sale at the company's offices in Toledo aud Detroit. Dogs 

 and camp equipment carried free. For further information in 

 regard to rates, transportation, etc. , apply to J. P. Nourse, 

 General Ticket Agent, East Saginaw, Mich.— Adv. 



Bx.ttbfish in TEE Grkat South Bay.— After a little lull 

 the bluefish have again "Btruck in" on the South side of 

 Long Island and the waters of the Great South Bay are teem- 

 ing with them. During the past week very large catches 

 have been made, 100 fish being nothing unusual for two or 

 three rods. The fish are all taken by the " chumming'' pro- 

 cess, although the supply of " bunkers," or menhaden, the 

 oily fish which supplies the material lor "chum" and bait is 

 not as abundant as could be desired. The fish run from two 

 to three pounds in weight but are remarkably strong and 

 gamey. The favorite points for fishing are in the channel 

 which runs North and South, nearly opposite the Surf House, 

 from "the Elbow" to the point of Fire Island, and on the 

 " Cinders." While chumming, an occassional weak fish is 

 taken, also large flounders and sometimes a shark, 



Outside the Inlet the large bluefish are also fairly abundant, 

 and run from five to ten pounds in weight. They are also 

 taken with rod, the boats anchoring from two to three miles 

 off shore generally about South of the Lighthouse. It is not 

 possible to get out every day, however, and anchor with a 

 small boat, on account of the heavy sea which generally ac- 

 companies anything in the shape of a good strong breeze. 

 The fishing grounds of the Great South Bay can be reached 

 from any of the stations on the South Side road, from Aunty - 

 ville to Potcho^ue, the most central probably being Bay Shore 

 which is directly opposite the head of the channel. 



The Wa-wa-yanda Club of Greenwood Lake has shifted its 

 quarters and built a commodious club-house at Whig Inlet 

 adjoining Uncle Jessie.Conkhn's. 



New Youk— Shelter Island, June 29 —The flshiDg for the 

 past week eontinues to be light, what few are caught have 

 been found in Long Island Sound and the Peconic Bays. 

 The steamer Peconic baa made June trips up Sound as far as 

 New Haven and returned with about 75,000 each time. The 

 yacht Mary S. has sent in to Peoonie works about 125.000. 



Gardiner's, the Eden of bunkers, seems to be entirely deserted 

 by them at present. Oil is on decline and factory men are 

 despondent. We know not oE any large catches this week, 

 ending .Tune 28, with 'lie exception of Capt. Tallman on 

 Monday, who caught 200,000 in the Sound. The steamers 

 all seem to have about the same luck, viz., from 200,000 to 

 300,000 each. McL. 



MiasL&tst— Grand llnoOh, Jinn 28.— The Blue Grass Club 

 Winchester, Ky.. went up north from here Tuesday, June 

 17, to the chain of lakes between Petosky and Cheboygan. 

 They returned Thursday, Sb'rb, highly delighted. Never had 

 so much sport, they said. Caught all the fish, bass aud pick- 

 erel they wanted, and more too. Say they will come up 

 again in the fall with the " Muckletonians." Tbey encamped 

 at Smith's, foot of Bad Lake, and used Andrew's tug boat for 

 excursions to the different fishing grounds. The party con- 

 sisted of Dr. Wash. Miller, Pres., Winchester, Ky ; J. W. 

 Poynter. W. D. Rash, S. R. Zinn, P. B. Dudley, A. K. Sphar, 

 W.' P. Wills, ,1. G. Wills, W. B. Ford, L. T. Lewis, J. J. 

 Eubank, Capt. Jas. Parsons, Montgomery Co., Ky.; Dr. H. 

 H. H. White, Yazoo City, Miss ; Robt. Brown, colored cook; 

 John Armstrong colored valet. 



Chas. Johnson, New York : Chas Kipp, St. Johns, Mich.; 

 Jas. G. Bunt, Hillsdale, Mich.; Chas. F Kimball, Postmaster 

 Pontiac, were on the Jordan River six days, fishimr, June 11 

 to 18; caught nearly 2,000 trout ; average nearly 100 per rod 

 per day took ; three weighing tespectively 2 lbs 6 oz,, 2 lbs. 

 8 oz., and 2 lbs. 10 oz. Johnson says he never saw so many 

 trout in the Jordan, and he has fished it several years, and 

 never saw such fine averages. They took many weighing 

 from 8 to 15 ozs. 



Wisconsin — Baraboo, June 25.— The trout streams at Wil- 

 ton Station are daily visited by anglers from all over the 

 country. Fred. Pearson and Dick Metcalf, our high-hook 

 anglers, were out the other day and brought buck a fine dis- 

 play of speckled trout. The fish bit good, but they thought 

 the mo8quilos bit better. E. H. 



NORTHERN MICHIGAN. 



Columbus, O,, June 16, 1879. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



I desire to give parties contemplating a trip to .Northern 

 Michigan this summer or fall a few items regarding the same 

 that may be of benefit. I know it would have been to me 

 had I been able to receive any such information before going 

 myself. Having traversed the route by both water and rail, 

 I am able to give information from personal experience. 



The trip by lake to Cheboygan (opposite Macinac Island), 

 the point at which you will leave the steamer, is quite a long 

 one, as going aud coming will consume more than a week's 

 time from their starting point, be it Sandusky or Detroit. 

 The route by rail is shorter and much faster, giving more 

 time for visiting the many places of amusement and interest 

 which have to be reached by water, thereby giving all the 

 water navigation, either by steam, sail or row-boats, any one 

 wishes. The only direct rouie is by the Grand Eapids and 

 Indiana Railway, which, with its leased lines, extend from 

 Cincinnati to Petoskey. Parties souih or west of Ohio, or 

 in Southern Ohio, should make. Cincinnati their starting 

 point, there taking the Cincinnati, Richmond and Fort Wayne 

 (controlled by the G. R. & T. R'y), from whence you can 

 take nearly a straight shoot for any point you may wish to 

 stop at in 'Northern Michigan. From here we go to Rich- 

 mood, Did., and for parties living further east or north, Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., or Grand Rapid*, Mich., by the most direct 

 routes, would be the most advantageous points to strike. 



At Walton there is a branch of this road running over to 

 Traverse City, a beautiful little place, on Grand Traverse 

 Bay, where parties can find excellent fishing within sight of 

 the town, and near there are many of the famous lakes for 

 which Northern Michigan is so noted— Grand Lake, Long 

 Lake, Torch Lake, etc., od infinitum— all full of fish, so that 

 a party cannot go astray for sport at any of them. You will 

 here find good hotel accommodations, plenty to eat, and very 

 gentlemanly landlords. Rates, about two dollars per day, 

 with quite a reduction by the week. 



Petoskey, the terminus of the road, is par excellence the place 

 to stay. It is built up high and dry, and from there a beauti- 

 ful view of the bay and Luke Michigan beyond can be ob- 

 tained. At this place there are excellent hotels. I do not 

 mean backwoods hotels, but hotels where good accommoda- 

 tions ean be had at about two dollars per day, or from seven 

 to ten dollars by the week. Very much to my astonishment 

 I found everything here neat and clean, the eatables served 

 up in a very wholesome — aud not mixable — shape ; room 

 clean, bouse clean, grand air and beautiful views, and the 

 landlords are all very accommodating and gentlemanly, en- 

 deavoring to please all who come their way. The hotels are 

 Occidental and Cushman. Take your choice; I am not 

 salaried for either. 



From Petoskey you can go into the interior, to t he lakes, 

 by private conveyance, or if you wish to take in the large 

 chain of lakes (which I would advise ) take the horse tramway 

 running from here to the head of Crooked Lake, a distance of 

 about six miles, at which point you take a little Bteamer that 

 plies from the head of crooked Lake to Cheboygan, a distance 

 of about fifty miles. This trip I would advise all who can to 

 lake, as it is one of the most beautiful and wild trips imagina- 

 ble, the trip through Crooked River alone well repaying for 

 the journey. This would be an excellent side I rip to take for 

 a gentleman and his family from Petoskey. You can leave 

 Petoskey early in the nioruiDg, aud have a beautiful ride, by 

 dinner time landing at David Smith's, just at the head of In- 

 dian River, where the boat stops about' an hour, giving parties 

 ample time for dinner, which is served here at Smith's Hotel, 

 and time for a short rest, arriving before supper time at Che- 

 boygan, at which place stop at the Spencer House, where 

 your wants will be well looked after. Stepping here over 

 night, you can leave the next morning again by the same little 

 steamer, arriving at Petoskey the same evening, or you can 

 go over to Mackinaw Island and from there back to Petoskey 

 by steamer through the strait, but I rather think you will not 

 be satisfied unless you go back the same way. a half dozen 

 trips through the iuland route notstiLisfyins me. 



You will find no more mosquitoes here than at your homes. 

 There are plenty to be found in the marshes, but as soon 

 as you go up a short distance above them, to the loca- 

 tion of the hotels^ you find very few, if any. Take along 

 some of the Persian insect powder (fresh) and keep it secure- 

 ly i bottled so it Will not lose its strength, and you are fixed 



for whatever may appear in the insect line, my experience 

 proving it to be better than all your tinctures, oils and ingre- 

 dients used for this purpose. 



The cost of a trip to this locality is very reasonable, the 

 round trip excursion tickets via. G. R. and 1. By., are very low, 

 and hotel aud other accommodations are all reasonable The 

 fare from here to Petoskey aud return is but twenty dollars 

 ami thirty-five cents for ten hundred and eighty-eight, miles of 

 travel, and from all other points the rates are equally low, 

 not an extortionate price will you find ou auythiDg, at any 

 rate this is my experience. I wish to respectfully dedicate 

 this to whomsoever it may be of benefit. FkakkM. Beebs. 



water, with a beautiful law 

 which is almost alive in the s 

 Neet, aa It is called, 



LAKE WINNEPISEOGEE. 



Lake vTxlaoe, H. H., April S, 1870- 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 

 We have been there and got back, ana have had a " boas " time. 

 "Been where?" you ask. My answer is, "Upon the b-e-covered 

 waters of our beautiful lake, which helps our state so much to earn 

 the poetic title, 'the Switzerland of America.'" And justly proud are 

 of Granite State of such a name, for the flneBt scenery that 

 exists within an area of several liundrt" da of mile3 is to be found in 

 this section— and well appreciated, too, for in the summer months our 

 granite hills are sought by thousandsof pleasure seekers from all par's 

 of the United States. But not oaly pleasure seekers but ex masted, 

 minds seek the much needed rest which only nature can give, and 

 eaBlly found around this lake and the White mountains. 



Under tne picturesque dome of the Osslpee Mountain, which casta Its 

 shadow from a distance of sixteen miles upon the waters of Lake 

 Wlnneplaeogee is located the Bear Camp River House, where In the 

 summer monihs we And our great national poet, Whlttler, taxing the 

 ninch needed rest that, great mind requires. 



Fifteen years ago center Harbor was tne most popular resort on the 

 lake, a small village of two hundred Inhabitants, whose streets are 

 not numerous, but still beautiful from the elms which thrive ou eliher 

 side. The principal house is the Ceoier House, kept by is at moat pop- 

 ular landlord, J. L. Huntress. Further around the lake on the east 

 Bide, is Wolfboro, where the railroad terminals, a pretty village, bus 

 made attractive by easy access and large hotels— Pavllllon, G endon 

 and Bellevue. The Pavil.ion is upon a knoll some fllty feet above the 

 sloplug gradually t) the water's edge, 

 urn r with snail craftof all Kinds The 

 ; Into the lake in crescent shape, and 

 forms a basin of nearly a mile in width and two in length ; and being 

 thus well protected by the Neck and Big and Lit le Barn Door Islands 

 from the wind. It Is quite safe as a small harbor for ladles and young 

 people to enj ry the pleasures of boating and bathing. 



But the locality which has of late attracted much attention is the 

 Wiera, ou the extreme west end of the lake, on the Boston, Coucord 

 and Montreal Kallroad, just where the waters of the lake, running 

 thtough a narrow channel— "from which the locality takes its uame"— 

 How into Long Bay, at the foot of which is situated Lake Village, a 

 thriving place of two thousand inhab rants. Six years since the Wiera 

 was kuownonty as a railroad station : as tbeeoudoctors used to express 

 it, " Wiera Station, ohange cars for Center Harbor," to convey the dea 

 for the ti aveller to lake the steamboat Lady of the Lake for Center Har- 

 bor, a pleasant Irlp of eight miles on the laka. 



Ju-t north of the station, at the end of a hnndred-feet platform, is 

 the entrance to what is known as the Lake Wionepiseogee Camp 

 Meeting Grounds, an association Incorporated by the Legislature oi 

 this Mate for a p ace of camp meetings. 



In a beautiful pine grove are BeatB facing the water and grand stand, 

 accomm dating lo.tioo people. This association being composed of 

 miny men of means outside of the Dootors of Christian ty, has been 

 the great means of beautifying this place. Tiere being no hotel for 

 two years, it led these gentlemen and their friends to bay lots ou or 

 near the grounds, and build what closely resembles "buech houses," 

 which are occupied by the owners and parties leasing for nearly four 

 months in the warm weather. Fond of ashing and hunting, they seek 

 this quiet place, leaving their business at home, and come up here with 

 good doge, tackle and guns. 



The sport Is more varied than In Maine or the Adirondacks, away 

 from the sound of railroads and steamboat whistles, and although two. 

 large steamers and six small ones are running over these waters la 

 the summer, there are trotu at the hottom of this lake which " weigh 

 a ton." A short pull In a rowboat from most any trout ground in the 

 lake will place you where you can say after a day's sport, '• That, is the 

 biggest string of pickerel I ever caught." Blaci bass also afford good 

 trolling and fly fishing. 



Many sportsmen have chosen to build what are called camps upon 

 tne islands. They are very plain, but warm and comfortable In tne 

 winter, with good, old. fashioned tire-places, whence come hot cakes 

 and rolls in the Dutch ovens, potatoes in the ashes, and tea or coffee 

 on the coats. 



Such a camp is ours. We have two rooms— the bed-room In back 

 end, and parlor, kltohen, drawing-room and reception-room, In one, 

 In the front. We oan accommodate six in bunks with Btraw nut- 

 tresses. 



The winter experiences are not always the moat pleasant. The 

 strong northwest and northeast winds, with heavy falls of snow, drive 

 the lndulger of winter camp life Into his retreat till he has a " Bpeil of 

 weather." 



Neither Is flahlng for tront by " bobbing " always pleasant when you 

 sit all day and no bite, bat by setting In fifty to a hundred lines, and 

 visiting them four timea In twenty-four hours, makes time pass pleas- 

 antly. Cask are the greater proportion of the Utli caught In this way, 

 but now and then a trout gets " hung on." These somewhat resemble 

 their salt species— very greedy to take anything suspended from the 

 lake bottom. 



The trout of these waters differ from other lake trout even in this 

 State. Their dorsal fln U of different shape, the shade of spots is of a 

 peculiar eo.or— and this la not due to " bottom "—and are of a crescent 

 shape on the uppermost side. The average weight of those caught 

 this winter— and it is quite urn dl In regard to nuajoers— Is much less 

 in weight than of previous winters, consisting mostly of "school 

 trout," and once In a while one of eigtr or ten pounds is carrier! into 

 the village. Our nearest neighbors ou Jolly Mand canght in eighteen 

 days, by very industrious bobbing, 71 trout, whose net weight was 216 

 pounds. 



A lake trout is not generally admired for the table. Most everybody 

 complains of bitterness, but this Is owing to the dressing— not scraping 

 thesktu enough, in order to avoid the bitter taste. Rnbbed well in 

 ashes, then thoroughly scraped and cleaned, cooked In the frying-pan, 

 makea a nice dish. Winn biked tney seem coarse In llesh, and ury, 

 but well cooked In the frying-pan they are nice. The cask caught 

 here are also a very a .veer dab., priperly dressed and cooked. 



For three week* we enjoyed ourselves as much a* a plea-nre reeker 

 could ask— fishing, receiving visitors, and visiting oar neighbors on the 

 lafee; having everything good toeas and smoke, but no di inking, for 

 we live in a temperance town. And now we are at home, we gather in 

 the evening at Clark is Tuck's popular grooery to relate Incidents and 

 oraok Jokes on our three weeks' camp on iAke Winaepiseogee-. 



