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the desire not to impose (oo great a liability upon those 

 who kept dogs for hunting and Sporting purposes, the 

 English common- law at an early period assumed that I o 

 make the owner of dogs liable for their niisehievous acts, 

 lie must be shown to have been aware of their particular 

 tendency to such acts. Sydney Smith said (hat pointers 

 ays been treated by the legislature with great 

 deUcacy and moderation, and that to wish -Mo he a-dog 

 and to bay at the moun " is not quite so mad a wish as the 

 poet thought. 



Mr. Campbell, in his book on •' Negligence," remarks: 

 ■■ The domestic dog has occasioned many legal disputes, 

 and the presumption of the common law of England is 

 that he is tame, and therefore the owner is not 

 iogin question is by disposi- 

 >le ground be shown for pre- 

 tl 



3 the 



held responsible tmle 

 lion ferocious, and n 

 Burning that this ferocious' hasaotej 

 er. But tins presumption -was carrh 

 tent when the wolfish nature of the e 

 so completely extinguished that it wi 

 to worr\ sheep and cattle. And it did 

 sheep farmers (incapable as they weri 



when this doctrine was brought to tli 

 cision of a .Scotch appeal by Lords E 

 worth, who applied the rule of Scotia 



. to 'an absurd ex- 

 sature was deemed 

 against his nature 



istonish the Scotch 



i .f seeing the joke) 

 r notice by the de- 

 nugham and Cran- 

 id, so that, as Lord 



Click burn observed, ••every dog became entitled to at 

 least One worry 1" 



In speaking of a monkey which did attack, bite, wound, 

 lacerate and injure Mrs." Sophia May, '• Whoever,'' said 

 Lord Denman. "keeps an animal accustomed to attack 

 mankind, with knowledge that it is so accustomed, is 

 prima facia liable in atJ action for damage at the suit of 

 any person attacked or injured by the animal without any 

 averment of aegligi ic > or default in the securing or taking- 

 care of it. The gist of the action is the keeping of the 

 animal after knowledge of its mischievous propensities." 

 Hence so far as members of the genus " homo " are con- 

 cerned, every member of the family of Cards has the right 

 to one bite or worry before his or his master's conduct can 

 be called in question. 



Gentle when stroked : 

 Fierce when provoked, 

 is the motto of the canine tribe, and as sufficient provo- 

 cation will reduce what would otherwise be murder to 

 justifiable, homicide, so it will deliver a dog and his master 

 from punishment. What is sufficient provocation is not 

 clear. In the State of Illinois a bite, given on repelbng a 

 kick or other aggression and not from any mischievous 

 propensity, is pardonable. Treading on the dog's toes is 

 not sufficient in England if he has bitten human flesh be- 

 fore. But hurting the feelings of a noble animal by offer- 

 ing him candy- when unaware of his stern and cross na- 

 ture is no excuse for his springing at a lady and biting 

 her. no matter what kind of stuff the candy 'may be. Nor 

 was another lady unsuccessful in her action for damages 

 against the owner whose dog she. had insulted by undue 

 familiarity. She was coming out of a butcher's shop with 

 some meat in a satchel under her arm, but a dog with a 

 muzzle, on lay across the doorway. Thoughtfully she 

 Baid : " Doggie, aint you going to let me out?" Without 

 a reply the dog rose up and bit her. One would think 

 that if it had been sausages the lady had been taking home 

 for her breakfast the dog might have been justified in his 

 action, as the lady's conduct would have been so harrow- 

 ing to his paternal feelings that it might be affirmed that 

 she brought the injury upon herself. 



A dog has no right to punish a child of seven years old 

 by throwing her down and biting her for merely meddling 

 with the whip which was lying m his master's sleigh . al- 

 though he bad been left in charge of the team. And that 

 dogs master was held to be liable, as he knew of his fero- 

 cious disposition and that he was accustomed to bite 

 people. 



In New Hampshire and Connecticut one bite before that 

 complained of is sufficient to charge the owner with notice 

 of the dog's bad habits, but in the Empire State there 

 must be two instances of such bad behavior. In England 



Li ha:-. I ':;. 11 ':, U'h I t'l 1 iCl . I .: ,:i : Iu:i n ,111 ,n- o" 



a person for keeping a. ferocious dog it is not necessary to 

 show that the animal had actually nipped a person afore- 

 time : it is enough to prove that it has. to the knowledge 

 of the owner, evinced asavage and anthropophagical dis- 

 position by attempting to bite, and it has been very simi- 

 larly decided in New York State. 



^>ea mid ^iver L <gfishmg. 



FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. 



FKKSH WATER. 



I Muskalouge, Exox nubiUnr. 

 Pike or Picket. Esox ln-:,\i ,. 

 «b. | Yellow Perch, Perm Ikivcsvcus. 

 it) QlO- Grayling, Thyinv.Uus tricolr.r. 



ottnts sal mo idc^',; jr. nigricans. 



SALT WATER. 



'rim. I Bluefish, PoiiwiornvxnaltriT. 



■ '•■"'■ .-"■"■ ' '• :i.."l ■ I ' I'. 1 '. 'J '■■■■■ 



ulatum. 

 •ins. , Cero, Cybinm regain. 

 cuiui. I Bnnito, .Sijj-.i'h ivAamys. 

 t." I Kingfish, MenMcirrva nchnlosns. 



i II.— Body, silv 

 t gray hackle i 



r-gray mohair tibped 

 ound over peacock's 



Trout. Salmn funt inolk: 

 Salmon, Salmi; Soto'. 



Salmon Trout, Stti w 



Land-loci: <-d Salmon, s, 

 vrri. 



BlaekBasa,3fic 



Sea Bass, GenHropristis 



Sheepshead, Arehosar 



tOCepliirfi. 



Striped Basv.. !;■ :■..','.- \ 

 White Perch, .Vnronr.n 

 weakfisb, Dyneeoi m 



Gray Corxr.s, No. in as 



with orange silk ; feet, liy 



herl ; wings and sette. hyai 



Brown Coflix, No. 10 a.nd 11.— Body, grray and bright claret mo- 

 hair mixed; feet, dark gray hackle wound over peacock's herl; 



wings and seta?, gray hyaline. 

 The gnat flies named for April. 

 The Quaker for evening and moonlight. No. 7 and 8. Body, 



gray wound -with honey-yellow hackles j wines, made of Feather 



from an owl's wings. 

 The white moth, for dark nights, No. C and?. Body, teet and 



.i pure white- 

 Tin.' stone It ic* continue on I he water iiiuil the close oi the season 

 Al this season use the -mall flies for day ll.slung. and the lttrge 



Hies for evening and night. 



Salmon Fisutxu in- Canada.— Angling parties visit- 

 or.; Canada. Jot salmon, trout, bass and other fish, will be 

 satisfactorily fitted out at the tackle establishment of T 

 W, Boyd, 841 Notre Dame street, Montreal, See Ids adver- 

 tisement elsewhere. 



W. J. Florence's Score. — Dundreary's fishing party, 

 comprising the Duke of Beaufort, Sir John Reid. W, J, 

 Elorence. and E. A. Sothern, returned from the Natash- 

 quan river, on the Lower St. Lawrence, last week, W< 

 append Mr. Florence's individual salmon score as pre- 

 sented to us by Messrs. Abbey & Imbrie, to whom it was 

 sent, From all accounts the trip was quite an expensive 

 one, far more so than was really necessary : yet it is evi- 

 dent, from what our own correspondent has told us in his 

 series of letters from Canada, that the sport of salmon 

 fishing cannot he indulged in to its fullest enjoyment 

 without a great deal of outlay. For instance, the steam- 

 boat chartered by this party to take them from Quebec to 

 the river cost them $1,000. Other expenses brought the 

 bill up to $6,000 or so. With an expenditure not lavish, 

 they should have got off with an expense of $4, 000 at most, 

 which is paying dear enough for a few score of fish. 



These lower rivers are not Only inaccessible except by 

 special steamer or sailing vessel, but any party visiting 

 them, in order to be comfortable, requires to build a com- 

 modious eabane ; to have cooks, gaffers, and supernume- 

 raries: to provide liberally with provisions and camp fur- 

 niture, as well as personal outfit. The single item of fly- 

 oil must be an important one of itself. 



BATS. 



I No. 



of 



Fish 



Pounds, 

 each. 



Total 



No. of 

 Fish. 



Total 

 No. of 

 Pounds. 



HKMAltKS. 



.Tune 23. 



1 



1 

 I 

 1 



1 



28 



not 



weighed 



10 

 IT 



IT 







Fished 4i hours. 



" St.. 



•' 38 

 ■' 30 







ti 



" 80.- 



" "a "" 



"" TO 



.Tuly 1.. 



a 



3 



i 

 ■i 



10 



12 



m 



IT 

 12 

 10 



u j, .. 







'' 3. 

 4. . 







5 





» 



115 



July «:. 



9 



5 

 16 



27 

 82 

 21 

 20 

 18 

 10 

 12 



in 



10 

 17 

 28 

 18 



lot 



22 



27 

 28 

 22 

 19 

 22 

 15 

 18 



7 



7 

 11 

 18 

 10 

 U 

 15 

 15 

 13 



Fished live hour at 

 Second and Third 

 Falls. Rained 

 nearly all the 

 time. Thermome- 

 ter 50 degrees at ft 

 a.m.; never reach- 

 ed 60 degrees dur- 

 ing the day. 



1 Fished 5J hours. 

 Rained in the 

 morning. Water 

 clearer than On 

 any previous day. 

 Thermometer 55 

 degrees at ti a.m.: 



The larger ti'>h'lo')k- 















" 8 - 



July -, 



.... ,„. 



'245'" 



':: :: ; 















" ' 







nol weighed until 

 5 or 6 hours after 

 they were killed. 









" ",. 



16 



264 



July 8.. 



14 



a 



3 



.... 



i 



12 

 S 



21 



19 

 19 

 It 

 10 

 21 

 11 

 20 



§* 



8! 



s 



T 



22 



22 

 17 



w 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



19 



i 



94 



9 

 10 



8J 

 10 



12 



if 



11 



7 



7 

 ft 



IS 



73 

 16 





















morning. Caught 

 most at Third 

 Falls, six or seven 

 miles from our 

 C a m p. Wind 



II ;;•_; 







:: : : :; 







urometer 00 deg. 

 at 7 o'clock, a.m. 

 Fished 5 hours. 



" in.. 











'"35" 



368 





























:: :: :: 







rar Doctor" Fly 











:; :: :: 

































" it. 



" . U 

 •• 15 . 



" 1ft.. 



20 

 98 



3651 



1,328 



Fished li hour. Wa- 

 ter very dark. 



Fished H hour. 



i 11 Grilse. 1 salmon, 

 llfflbs. Fished 1J h. 



3 grilse. Fished 1J- 

 hour. Left for the 



- Port at 13; board- 

 ed the steamer at 

 8 o'clock. Left for 



L I'orQueoeeatOPM 













A 



BtUttl tlrni 



spent 1 



r fishing-. Bl 



i hours. 



Fbsh at PuijTOS Market,— The old Fulton Market in 

 this city, which has been doomed to demolition by the 

 Board of Health, has been twice partially destroyed by fire 

 within a few mouths, This Fulton Market is the principal 

 fish market in the United States. The New York Star 

 has given the following interesting statistics :— » 



Ninety-five per cent, of the fish disposed of in this city 

 comes through this market, and is distributed thence 

 East, South and West, Six million pounds of codfish and 



1,000,000 pounds of bluefish passed through the market 

 last year. Thirty-two vessels, bringing fish direct to 

 the market, were engaged in codfishing, and thirteen 

 smacks at the same time in blue fishing. A large quantity 

 of fish was in addition brought in boxes from the tfew 

 .Tcrsev and Long Island coasts and front Massachusetts and 

 Rhode Island. The annual production of weakfish pass- 

 ing through the market is estimated at 335,000 pounds, 

 There are in addition millions of pounds of other fish, 

 eels, shad, mackerel, perch, etc. During the year 1876, 

 according to tlte report of the Royal Canadian Fish Com- 

 mission, there was imported from Canada mto this country 

 over 1. oOn.000 pounds of salmon, the greater part of which 

 passed through this market, and this is represented to be 

 a fair sample of the business done. In the snnson codfish, 

 sea-bass, lobsters, eels and hlackfish are kept alive in 

 crates. Mr. Eugene G. Blackford also keeps trout alive 

 in tanks expressly built by him for the purpose. This 

 market is a favorite resort for ichthyologists. Mr. Black- 

 ford states that the fish business done at Fulton Market 

 is considerably in excess of $2,000,000 per annum, 



— Cape Vincent, on the St. Lawrence River, is proving 

 itself one of the best points as headquarters for anglers 

 who desire something beside a brown skin to show as the 

 result of their fishing. Mr. Squires, of Cortlandt Street, 

 who has just returned from there, has shown us a box 

 of black bass, taken on a 10 07.. rod. with flies, on the last 

 day he spent there. Sixty-seven of these gamy fellows 

 were hooked by him within four hours, in some cases 

 taking two at a cast. Mr. H. L. Fox, the gentleman! 

 proprietor of the Rathbun House, at Cape "Vincent, will 

 furnish any who desire information in relation to the fa- 

 mous fishing grounds full particulars, giving kind and 

 amount of tackle needed, the best points for bass, pickerel, 

 or the splendid muskalonge, which are just now in sea- 

 son, and of which several are taken weekly. 



Seth Green's Apotheghms.— Every little while that 

 Pythagorean philosopher, Seth Green, opens his mouth 

 and speaks. When he speaks, he utters words of wisdom, 

 and if a little collection were to be made of all his wise, 

 quaint and practical sayings, they would constitute a 

 book of apotheghms of much value to all anglers and 

 students in ichthyology. Whatever he writes for our 

 columns is always'timely. as well as to the point. Here is 



.hat he says now- ; — 



if- Rochester. July 14, 1879. 



Editor Forest and Stream .' 



A few hints to young and old who take time to lie off 

 a few days and go fishing. Never take more fish than 

 you can use while they are fresh. Take what you can 

 use and then stop fishing, and lie in camp or on the banks 

 of the lake or streams and enjoy the beauties of nature. 

 It is a mistaken idea that any one will think any more of 

 v r ou because you have made a great catch. A good many 

 go, and their excuse, is to have a rest : and they work 

 harder than ever they did when they were at their busi- 

 ness. They will kill all the small fish to have a big story 

 to tell when they get home. If the man knew how mean 

 he looked to some of the parties that he is showing his 

 fish to on telling his little fish story, he would sneak off 

 and hide his fish and say to himself : "I will not do so 

 any more, " 



I know a great many of the above kind of fishermen, 

 and I have made many enemies by telling them their 

 weakness, and I know a great many gentlemen who go 

 fishing and do not make slaves of themselves, and have 



good time. They take what they want for present use, 

 and the last day or two fish hard and get a. good mess to 

 bring home to their families and friends. I will tell those 

 gentlemen who wish to bring home a mess of fish and not 



rork hard, to get them the last few days. If you are 

 fishmg for bass or trout on lakes or ponds, have "a scow 

 built with a water tight well tinder the seat, make the 

 seat in the boot 18 or 20 inches wide, hang it on hinges 

 and make a hole through it large enough to admit the 

 fish. Then cut two holes 4 or 5 inches square through 

 the bottom of your boot, one at each end of the well, and 

 ith wire cloth. You will keep your fish alive 

 until you get to your cabin. There you can have a. ilry- 

 goods box or barrel with holes on each of the four sides, 

 foot square with wire cloth nailed over and sunk in 

 the water near your cabin. You can keep your fish alive, 

 and when you get ready to come home you can take the 

 .t and pack the large 



,nd put the little 

 ;etho 



i back 

 r friends 



m the water, and when you get home and tell your friends 

 of the nice box of fish you brought, home in good order 

 and distribute them, you will feel well, that is if you 

 have not forgotten some one you would have liked" to 

 have given a mess to, and when you meet that friend 

 you will be very apt to wish you had not brought any 

 fish home. For the man who" brings a mess of fish and 

 game home and distributes them among his friends, and 

 goes to the trouble of sending them around, makes more 

 enemies than he would if he Yiad only brought a mess for 

 his family. But when he comes to tell about how many 

 little ones he put back, there will be a thrill of joy run 

 through his veins which will make him feel that lie too 

 has helped to stock the waters. Seth Geeen 



IS" August is the best month of the year for salt 

 water fishing, and fish are found then in greatest variety. 



Artificial Potato Bugs.— Mr. Chas. F. Orvis, of 

 Manchester, Vt.. replies to "Mr. Webb," of Nashua, N. 

 H., who wishes artificial potato bugs, that he can fur- 

 nish him, or any one, all they desire, with hooksou them. 



NEW BU.MPSB1UP— v&tfdmd, duly 2S.— Bass arc getting 

 quite plenty here, showing that the Fish t.Y.i,, m- ..,, -, 

 are doing a" goo, 1 work in restocking our waters about 

 here with so gamy and line fish. In the Peinigewasset 

 River they have been caught weighing i : nur pounds, while 

 in Lake 'Waukewan, or Long Pond, so called, they 

 run from two to four pounds ; not very large, it is true, 

 because they have been there but a few years, still it 

 shows they arc there, and find plenty of feed, and will 

 well repay the cost of pu1 M, 



