28 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



IAttgitst 9. 1*88. 



L. title bt Little.— Etiitor Forestand 9ri am: I have 

 been watching iim PoijEsi tHS Sti;kam foi several weeks, 

 hoping to und d graphic article from a competent writer 

 pvihg ft sketch pf a very pleasant meel at sever"! putties 



from various localities at "Tlalph's," ou Upper Phatcaugay 

 Lake. lastjiK.m.li. Also denouncing, in" proper Ijm; ' 

 the conduct of certain others who fished only for count, size 

 being apparently of no consequence, Bill the scribe-has 

 either been, too busy in stock operations, W forgotten his 

 pledge singe bi>: return to business, ami so iiulhiug lias 

 (jppoarftd, A Plfltlsourgb pap:*, sf Ihedatooi out visit, 

 hail an article on tin; fishing ai ''Ralph's," and closed with 

 Ibis sentence: •■The largest catch of Hie week, however, 



WaS made by Messrs. — — , of— — , and , of — — , who 



on Wednesday captured cue hundred and eighty trout, and 



still being apparently unsatisfied, called at Bradley Tend on 

 their way borne for more." It so happened thai other parties 

 were there and siv. that lot of trout, one hundred find eighty 

 in umnber, and what is more, had tin entire lot Weighed on 

 the sly, and what Hunk yon was the result'.' evict l\ nine 



one-quarter pounds, an average of less than one ounce 



. .. ■ 1 1. •■nid less than four inches in length Of course such 

 tingcrlings are only caught lip the inlets, and thither the 

 party went, and there they spent the full day. Of what use 

 is it tO slock our streams if they are depleted'in this manner? 

 top which the partv made ou their w ay home was hi 

 Chazy Lake instead of Bradley Pond, where it is reported 

 that they caught one rish about four inches long, and We're so 

 bitten by the blachfliesthattheir friends sen reel v knew them, 

 —J H.'D. 



The New PlSS \XP i>.\mi-'. PBESBHVA.TIVK, — Four large 

 brool trout from the Nepigon arrived in New York city by 

 express from St. Paul, Minn., on Monday last, Th.03 bad 



Ik '< 11 oul of water three weeks without ice. ami were in good 



condition. Tlie\ were captured by a partv 1 siting of 



Bishop Wiiipplc'of Minnesota. Bishop J'.eel, with of tleorgia. 

 Mr laimli.'of St. Paul, and Mr. 15. F. Fairchild of Mew 

 York. The li-h weighed six. six, four .and one-half, and 

 four pounds respectively. They were opened and pi 

 with the "Rex Msignus," or "liitmision food preservative. " 

 which wiE be found advertised in our columns. We saw 

 tl em on Mouthy and Tuesday at i-'airehild Bros., druggist! 

 60 Fulton St. Therewas no odor except that of fresh fish find 



lor were fairly preserved and the eyes plump. They 



were prepared in ike woods before the party started oil (lie 



uii'edayi' trip lo s-L Paul, and came- through wrapped ill rvtotllS 



wet with the preservative, which i* carried in the form of a 



r aud is dissolved in water when required. This is 



be entirely harmless, and to piove this the agent is 



- 1 d ro have drank a pint of the solution. The fish will 



:hibitiou with 1'oijroy & Bissett. 63 Fulton street, for 



some lime, and mi Sat today "next we will cat one of Ihem. 

 and report on its quality. If till that is claimed for tills 

 preservative is irnc, then many fish miry be brought mil of 

 the woods which arc now spoiled. The party which took 

 these fish went in from St. Paul to Duluth. then by tug to 



Red Rock, Hudson's Baj C pany's station, out Up flu 



Nepigon River to 



;.. .ii-.;. l-i.;\i,.- a Litchfield, Gonn.. correspondent 

 writes "i fishing through a floating island in the town of 

 Thnmpsou, Conn.; "0'ir fisherman rowed us Over in an old 

 tnd sit pped oul with the tea chests that both hi- fol- 

 lowers had been told to bring along. The fishing ground 

 bent under our leel at every siepvao thai the black water 



burgled up around our ankles: but SO thick and strong were 

 the roots of thi bushes ind grasses iiitergrown, thai a per- 

 fectlj safesoppoM was afforded. The island wa- appar 

 ently alioat fifteen im lies thick and of several square rods in 

 extent, and was thick] \ overgrown with bushes and small 

 willow- Reaching the center each ■;' us cleaned out a 

 small hole ent through t li» : island, and. seated on our lea 

 chests, bef an to lish. ,.nd the fish (if bullheads maylieso 

 dignified) began to bile. They were voracious thai day. and 

 struck Hie booksassoon as they fell below term i)i.-Jtrwa. 

 W'e throe, m less than three hours, took 386 bullheads of 

 lair-i/.e. besides several perch and roach Such formations 

 a 'lie- an not allogcthei unheard of. They are probably 



occasioned by the water eating into hof I banks beneath the 

 tenacious rootlet-, of thick overgrowths, uutilat some-weaker 

 point it break: forth, setting the new-made island adrift 

 upon tin lake, there to collect debris and thicken by yearly 

 contributions of dead vegetation, or else to be scattered in 



tbG waters by wind and wave.' 



Tm T.m::-".-, is •. Food l-'tsii. — /v'/'"/- /■;.,-. w mid si,-,.,,,,.- 

 The fish was captured with n hand tjne; length, six feel four 

 inches, weight 130 pounds. To convince yon that it was 

 worth calling a lish. ami worth) of a tussle, I inclose two of 

 the scah s. In Bis tioiwi'.ioi i ti.v on the bottom of the boat the 

 .sih-r! like surface on the scales was abraded, [cutsoine 

 steaks fron) the sjde hi the fish abaft the vent, Theflesh 

 appeared verycoara a id ucarlj as dark as thai of tin; por 

 poise. I had tin steak- fried and mustered (jUd/ltUtti (M/ V pf 

 courage to testa portion. To my surprise 1 found the ttesji 

 tender, fine and delicious, [n flavor it was midway between 

 the i eel and a pompauo. 1 passed portion.- to three gentle- 

 neu al an adjoining table and they pronounce,! it excelleUl. 

 I ■ - [. au aged physici u, was one of the number, and he 

 asserted thai il was the best fish he had tasted on the Atlan- 

 tic or Pacini i oasts. 1 <an assure von thai hereafter p 



portunitj to partake of Ibis noble fishwill escape thoichthj 



i-iiini; with the letter an. ven beautiful, and v. illi our cor- 

 respondent's name written on them make unique eards, | 



A BIG CATCH or \\" i-. -\ 1% i- r ~u . -In M\o hour-' lisbniL' in 



Barnegai Bay. opposite tin club boust on I p Beach, a 



EOTtnight since, a gentleman and his son caught ovei toO 



Tbt 



pin., id- Of Wlakfish 



exhilaratiug. The sern 

 thai of Ins yacht, were ei 

 did all in his power to u 



Bshing during I In- t'uro pi 



only three fisli lis 



the < aptain said, lo the preseuceof porpoi 



of the li-lnc"-h, -,!-. fn the afternoon 



port the -port a- eMivmoh 



0] 



id tin 



plete. The 



■t of the dav bad been wry poor, 



•aught up to 12 o'clock, owing, 



in the vicinitj 



rgc school was 



A CrniosiTY — While fishing in the Brandywine a few 



duvs a&'o. a aentletmin caught a rish about six'inches long, 

 which appeared to be a cross between the black ba- niid 

 sunfish. Its head was exactly like thai of the bass, boUi in 

 shape and color, while iis body was unmistakably that of 

 the suntish. What was it— a half-breed or one of nature's 

 freaks? The specimen was not preserved. — Occasional. 

 fit is more than likely that it was some fish known to 

 naturalists hut unfamiliar either to (lie locality or to the 

 anglers, vyv do not think that fish named hybridize, The 

 rock bass. Ambhjilitm nijmtrta, comes near this description, 

 and there are several related Form.-, thai might also be con- 

 sidered hy In ids by persons who sec (hem for the first time. 

 The specimen should have been put in alcohol.] 



Black Bass FisHiMi.-li'ine fishing for black Can 



now- be had fin the Brandywine Greek. The ri b fit 01 

 large size, and will take minnow- bait freely ; Hie water is in 

 good condition. Two gentlemen took eighteen -a few days 

 sinee, the whole number Weighing Ihiriy-six pounds. Oiie 

 of the tish started ihe scales, at four pounds. Some of our 

 Philadelphia aiealers have lately liad tine sport bass fishing 

 with fly in (he Great Cacapou. which runs into the Potomac 

 Pi'tver. Bass rJshiug in the Schuylkill near Philadelphia has 

 been better this week, the river being less cloudy than last 

 week.— Homo.. 



JfiislfMtttite. 



THE AMERICAN FISH CU LTU RAL ASSOCIATION. 



[PROCMTOlMaa (viM-iMTu.l 



Kxi'KW.me.\'i>. Ifi tivsiKit Knot'AOA no.v. 



in ii, .;. MCE, so. „. 



Dl'KfNU the past three or lour \ ra.rs a number nl I efforts 

 liav" been made bv dilferenl individuals to aseeruiin the 

 practieabUity of propagating the American ovstor [Ostrttt 



fulivemploved will; a lar^e number lit b,,i Ii' fiesji andsatt- 



vate 



ruld 1 



imdei 



ling to 



which, if not Ms-i-IrM" 

 woidtl inevitably, as th 

 grinide ^elien " 'this .■. 



f embryo 

 ions, ami. 



productive he 

 ] e/opiuration L 

 first work in t 

 tion, so far a 

 the summer 01 



at Foit ^Yool. 



tucsla-lion. ' 



uminiJa 

 ■which I 



111 both j: 



1 'fa 



-eh.oul;-r 

 ■aiiojKdii 





lottion < 



1 the time Dr. Brool;- wa- eari-viie. on 



iiv\- t -.(i"ar 



ions nti 



Cii-ii. |,i. and noted the dill'uailti.-.- w 



which he 



" h- '■).. •■■'. 



lad to ; 



ontend, and it was not until later in 

 Ight Of a method of arrnugiiig appuni 

 ilil,- forth! end in view. 



t did no 





SB ooporliniif. 10 test tin- 1 

 ;.,m i. 'wh.-ii being in New Y. 



y. 11; i 





.. ia -11 w.n km.u 11 among you &* Ids 



thusiaam 





Hu fish work, fcindlj plaeen my di.-po 



not onlyi 







found, and then the fun bi gall il) 1 



aged about one and ;• half pound-. Shfil p-ln :n't wen-aid to 



be biting well, one gi utlcman ha\ Ing eaught twenty sijs fine ! 

 specimens, many of them weighing ovei ten pound... Bhic- 



(ish were not Minnillg. flood :,■■ ommodal inn., ..01 be bad 

 (11 Batneaat village for all liio-e who de-ire to priel a few | 



(i.o in li-bini' Till tin., :o, ■ , o I. IMl. Om i.-II.MI.. I 



1 without dem 

 1- at least pal t 



....I In vi, -w 1 w.i 

 How of wutei 



•r in inoiii.n a number of times •hiring the 

 -as the uiojv diiii.uit of Booomphsnment, 

 ;._> a fiow 01 the water, an outlet to the 

 iry, and anj outlet, however guarded by 



•to allow thi- ■-<■■! |j" of 1 In- young lurimj the 

 ;-,-. when, I'm the most parr, tie ■ ■oii..- 

 a ot the water. To obviate sum.- ol the 

 ied that it was nfict --.in during the earliel: 



10'niw (he water fr mi i' 



•nhai ii. Mow from ib,- vessel should 1 •■ 



ntmv not to permit ..: 1 -ape of the 



ml to iiupl.n ■■ iiallaii attract 101 



H-r- of various cloths win-n iminer.-. o in 



1 jvas employed principally in ex- 

 various Idnds ni 1 loth- 1- to than' i-apaiiti 



le,l,[,- to ■.!'.,-.■.■ il,-- V |,.||i M1 



meshes a ml i-aiain i In-r.- a- -. . , ■, .-, 

 out of the vessel in the onitlow-in- - 

 a portion of their eoloriu ; ;- material 



water, and while I cannot say thai t 

 ous to the young animals. I did not. t 

 experiments in this direction, v- 

 anally concluded to try n B 

 strips and laid over the side of I lie vi 

 animals. As a rule the pi 

 insideofthe yease), and I found h; 

 these strips as ro position and size 

 would be praetieallv -,. l-regi.ilati. 

 liquid was to the top of the- vess 

 vvat.er ou iic-outit of the less distanoL 

 iiv eapilliiry attraction. But by lia\ 



suspended in the liquid, flu 



iroug-l OUl its whole length, or at It 



-- ffloienl 

 apiUar\ < 



• ni were 

 ec - lie g ■■! in the 



or be carried over and 



, s lost 



id thus discolored the 

 prove nriuri 



ink it desirable, to' trv 



Ke result ol - labor 1 



of w bite fiaune] use 



1 ., 





;sh. 



I,-. 



ot the A run 



mesh 



chimn 

 the inside of this. I h 

 the bottom of the vo 

 goinjn in.a1 the bottom 

 nel and so out at the 

 Could get into the ei 



i i he flannel e 



under the eutl of the c 

 ranged in a Similar ma 



i .. ... i deceof I 

 into the 



Asa (I 

 two strii 



orsuppl 



strip ot 

 breediue 



el. 



i ■ ."--. i- i. I or Tcr j'i om 



•vent tliss 1 ue 0..1, ,.;-:;. i :, smaUlaan]) 

 flannel upon 



end of the lamp chimney resting upon 

 el allowed water t i pass out oulv by 



:■' .U'lhe'tlan- 



top. In t3iis manner no -young oyster 

 water or mto the 



- 

 tmney, rhi ifio jf wi ter was ar- 

 ner but without the chimney, simply 



mnel to pass over from a supply tank 



ol two v 



vessel. 



ei . c this a 





H ,,, 



stantlj siipi.li ■ i ■-■■ ni. 



fre-shwate. - j til invoi; ;vas well sn ( .| - ' . 



.,.- plm-ed upon ;i. 

 Vessel from the entrance or inlel -trip, and the second piece ol 



flannel passed fiom ii oui o. • . ■ - the side at the . ■ - , ■ 

 lowing the overflowto take plate into a waste tank placed 

 some distance below the ap] 



With thi- arrangeiuenl and with strips of ii..i,.|. 



inches in width. 1 found rlmt I I'd. dd pass about two : 



water per day ihrougli a. small liuubier. which 1 n 

 brcediug-.iar. 1 also hit roibi . ...;1 times a day b'\ 



meant of asniu.ll spoutte. 



I Eon id ii. i « il ! i I ; . ■ a • i ■ . lent t - [ had i 



diffioi " • • ■■ i - -iliv-r. ami ... Ear as 1 



I ffieul circulation 



of the water 1 rcome. and i iuaiiuaine.i au ei|nabl.. 



teiuperature by jilaeiug all my vessels that is. both supply. 

 tank and breeding vessel, in a ooustani stream of water flow 

 tag from the hydrant, the temperature of the water in the 

 vessels thus ehaimiiie, only with the eh im_. > .... 



speriments, 





On the 



I plaeeil niy ii,... lial.-hlll 



in- t iggs was 



■■ small portion of the ;■• 



-• •• wle-ih.-. the - (men was a 



i". Have, 



slii the ovarii'., ami -. 

 ies, and then pressed oul the pro 

 in - 

 •d them with a little watei ilter 

 ■ed to a largei vessi 1 . • ■ rii 

 ire ail. .weO to remain q liei to 

 irpla.- ot milted water 



id the vessel again filled 

 ith fresh water. I'm tag bhe tame the wai ■■ ■ - I ii 



quiet most ol tie o>. a -ii a to the bottom a 



us a thiii layer, which with care will remain u ied 



while tin- li.-^ht ova and the onused ■■ wu oil 



The ova can h< washi a suveral times if thought 



siphoned off and thro 



irder to thoroughly eiei 



-n. -i, nsa dull knite. 



organ, and press the 

 111 this maimer, it t he 

 milky liquid v ith 



them 

 on n hich nen bo I 

 gbl t.-ml to affect the 



ebii-h I ■ 



, a, pressit thocoji 



pieces, 



tla- minute fragnients 



III to go on. '-" " i. 



•no which Is e\ . a bettei 

 >dl flesh, su< h as uills. 

 i- parts with a pair ot 



i ! 



,, ii, 

 istrume il ■ i tnd 



llll.'lte the -tile- III III' 



and .ml in". :le .! -I 

 ■. vou will i, 



foreign material. The mi uiln 



nn-nt-can then be p.-tformed as already erplained, 



Alter iliorniie|il\- elcdii.-ine Ni.. ova they ■ ' I 



■■ in from two ti i 



obryo could hi face of the water, 



bid moving about in a very brisk . 



! fashion. These were then siphoned < 



.1, and .ifier several la 



p a- pie ed il '•' '' ater 



eet in motion throug-h their liewiOei 

 experiment begun on the ioth ol July, and above- 



spech is were examined every few horn's i id note 



th- development, and during one such examination, on Mis 



87th inst.. about Forty-foui b saiterthi ••• been im 



nregnated, one ol the vounjr ousters, wliieh had d oped 

 iai-7i-:oi ntir.-h enclosed 03 n-i ru shells within the held 



,,; it,-. i,.;.-i. ■-.-,. p -. Ilini-t inn a portion oi rl ,.!um ami 



lirmlv - . ui-ed itself lo tin- ;.ia-- slide upon which II 



placed, furl In-r o:,.-..i vat.on ms to shot 



normal uioilt; .a atta'-limeni, thai i-.tothnist out t he velum 

 iroiii b.-iueen i he shells and adhw-fl fcowbatever Is within 

 reach, afterward i Ii feneraHi 



■ tli.-siieli ot that side gradually forms 

 outbeyond this attachment ol thi i - an Latei 



port! I -in i' miteiial form- under the l! i i iiiiipiir ami 



-Pel! proper in tin- attached Rubstanee. 

 iiml Che fleshy attachment atrophies, so thai while al rii-i r.h- 



animal rise ■ th ter -world, later in life the 



bed. and the animal itself becomes at- 

 •ni in an entirely different phi fp ■ 

 made, 



ichment, when fchestiell I 

 1. but simply held Srmlydbwn to the 

 t is iii COUtac] . i .. 



■ b soil of prol isol oi 



-lolUalion o| Hie nio.nl, ,,.; , l . wlmll l- eapal.l JOfbl 

 about lr.--.i\ w ilbm i m -h -li t.v. ll v. I'e 

 lasts until the -III- an- lilIP lorn,..: ffl 



-ix to nippb food to tie' animal, when the proboseis. or 



I.ltller its llexibi i- I ■ ;in-l. .i-i.l- d into , h- la.b;'.-l palps 



which i losob connected -with the gill-leaves, It will 



■ n thai in- life of tin oyster R ;..-.entea.!|.. 



shell is 

 t ached 

 where 

 Dura 

 is nor 

 -ubstai 

 food, < 



i porti 



