On. 4, 1883.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



189 



death from natural or unnatural causes will keep the 

 mm !. .■,! ,:,,n I,, is in , we Will only reckon upon the number 

 of fish the bird,-. T have killed would eat. 



, I'foK. 



«LVCrflBC bUIJlbor birds kfltejpwyeui-. for five years U7 



11.... ^'l. ..,.,, .!o.. ■>,, , ,1,,,-.. ,„.,- ...4.... ,, 7,400 



'.'.'..'.".'.'..... 37,000 



29,000 



92,800 



Turn yeare 1 supply forlonrtU year's score ! 



Average bumhei birds idlleJlpwyeai", [or live 



per da; 

 Five years' sup] Ij r'ffi seoi 



. i supply for sec rod year ■ 



i. I- . ■ ■■ •!,,] :,, ' .-...i-..-. 



'-; supply I 



Ti.l.'il 



..111,000 



This is the number of fish saved. Tins is only the num- 

 ber of flab required tu feed the birds while they arc here 

 on their summer business tour, and our southern friends 

 must care lor them 165 days longer to complete the year. 



.-Win,, thirty-seven bi ids will eat 13,505 flsh per year and 

 upon the same' basis as above, if all are allowed to live, will 

 eal 202,575 fish in five j oars. Now. if the kingfisher should 

 happen to confine his die) to food or game fish of the various 

 kmd~, and iillo. i I de for a slight increase of birds, it 

 would be necessary for Mr. Cleveland tp sign an appropri- 

 alion bill of four (Shillings or so with a \ it « to hatching out 

 fl new batch of Caledonia?. Cold "M" m -Harbors, etc., to 

 feul kingfisher,. As im.ii as T can gel at i ! my traps have 



!■!. ircd a section cpveriE a ioul thi e miles square, which, is 



equal to nine square- nulus, and I le Bti c of New York 



tains 50,5 lai lies, einti lligent pupiJ will readily 



(mentally) that if the whole State had been attended to 



in the same way. the total Baying of tish to the State would 

 lino oreii eS8,067,6GO fish in five years. These calculations 

 furnish sufficient mile stones for the persevering philosopher 

 to catch on aud tr.ll US how many fish are destroyed annually 

 in the TJnited States "hy kingfishers. May it not be well to 

 offer premium* or pay bounties for the 'destruction of this 

 terrible scourge of which so little not ice has been taken. 

 1 w aive sinv present claim that 1 may have. 



Appendix. -Three more kimdishers scored since writing the 

 above and G.025 tish saved in five years. Wooden Sinker, 



THE LOVES OF FISHES. 



THAT the tender passion is strong in fishes no one who 

 has witnessed a tierce battle between male trout on 

 the spawning beds for the possession of a desirable nest and 

 the companionship of a more desirable mate will be likely 

 io goiiisay. This subji I ' ■■■ insj ired a Western poet, who, 

 far from the shores of old ocean, may be supposed to 

 know more of tile loves of the festive catfish, the pensive 

 !, : am! The rollicking terrapin than of the marine forms 

 from which he draws his alliterative comparisons. He 

 sings: 



"Love assails 

 'Aud warms, 'mid seas of tee, the melting whales, 

 Crimped cod, fierce pangs to perch imparts, 

 Shrinks shriveled shrimps, and opens oysters' hearts." 



Passing i he "melting whales" over iuto the class mam- 

 malia without remark, we may fairly consider the power of 

 love to cool the crimped cod. Now the cod when crimped 

 for the fnintr pan has many transverse gashes cut in its side 

 by l he sympathizing rook, who our pool, with keen obser- 

 vation in his eye, which, although in line frenzy rolling, has 

 not lost a jot or titlle of its love for exactness, has perceived 

 allows the risk to cool, but whether this may be the effect of 

 iln temperature of the surrounding air or the effect of love 

 is hard lor one nol a born poel Io say. The unpoetic cook 

 would probably reply that the crimping was done to allow 

 the hot fat to penetrate, the muscular layers and more thor- 

 oughly cook the fish, but cook's do not cuter into these 

 aesthetic questions, and are therefore unreliable on anything 

 outside Of gravieo. That love "cools the crimped cod' is 

 among I'ne possibilities, for a plate of it ordered in a cheap 

 restaurant will invariably be found to have been cooled by 

 Something, and we are not prepared to say that the little 

 blind god may not have had his finger in the crimping, 



Who that has captured the osseous perch can deny that its 

 rushes when reeled in are not the result Of fierce pangs? 

 The careless observer may attribute this to the hook in its 

 jaws, or to fright at the monster with a rod in one hand, 

 and a landing net in the other, but the poet knows that it is 

 love. This love may have been unwo;thily bestowed upon 

 a deceitful angle-worm with a barbed steel intestine, which 

 has literally proved u delusion and a snare to a too confiding 

 perch, but the love WAS OS true and devoted nevertheless. 

 and the perch is not the- first victim of misplaced confidence. 



We confess that we do not know how the power of love 

 '•shrinks shriveled shrimp-," because we are unfamiliar with 

 the shrimp when in that state, and do not elcatly sec how 

 one so shrunk could be slid more desiccated, nor'is it plain 

 . ■ ; ,1., passioa "opens oysters' hearts." We in- 

 quired of a Fulton Market oyster opener how this could be, 

 ami he tossed high in air an oyster knife of half a pound 

 I deftly i niching it by the handle after the man- 

 ner of a juggler exclaimed: "This is wot, I uses to open the 



i. i i, and I don't want anything better. Have a dozen. 

 boss?" ___ 



THE ANGLING ANANIAS. 



ANang-ler sac by the winter lire 

 W. he only Ilia wife was nigh; 

 Aud he said to himself , 

 Did tins cunmnR old elf, 



"I'll lell i-i. . ... Si;-: I..- 



A briiliaut and inu-i.-ate lie." 



He leaned his ctin on Ms ancient band, 

 While gently he stroked his heard, 

 Then be gathered Ins pen, 

 HisinkaadiUou- 



tlcshlveii.i Snowline leered— 

 Aieer lie- .-.. . foxy and weird. 





fle wrote and hr wrote, a solid hour, 

 His wife all the white silting by, 

 Very certain, however, 

 That her rtitbhy, so clever, 



Was v.-.n!- |. ...i.,. novel lie- 

 Some wild and extravagant lie. 



When sudden the old m ■ I -, npats 

 With looks that Were wia 



•-vvii.it .-. the !.. 

 "The de- J!" said he. 

 "Pin eel-tail; fil^r emu-inn- old- 







OUR SUMMER'S OUTING. 



[Concluded f nnn page 170.] 



TJR last morning and now for some lish, but thefat'-s did 

 not prove propitious, for on reaching our favorite spot 

 Horace commenced the ball by striking a fish tka.t broke bis 

 hook at the shank. Then the hook tore out from another. 

 Then I struck one and my braided oiled silk line, which had 

 not failed mc before, diifnot hold. Such luck, and all big 

 ones, too. "Of course," sod Horace, "if they were little 

 ones they could not get away." "Well, that chap that, broke 

 my line was the largest .fish "i have hooked yet," I replied, 

 "that is one thing sure." We fished on and by noon krd a 

 very fair string, but what would it have been had we 

 captured those last four "darlings." Reluctantly we pulled 

 buck to the landing and unjointed our rods, "then to the 

 house and off with the old suits we had lain round in so care- 

 less of dirt. It did not seem as if we were the ss.ine chaps, 

 when we came down stairs wilh our "oiled shirts" and 

 blacked boots. After one more of Mrs. BtrOhn's good solid 

 dinners, we boarded our democrat and bade farewell to Long 

 Lake, but, in parting with the pleasant spot. I will cheerfully 

 recommend it to any who want to visit a convenient locality, 

 mid can assure them" though "Sir. Strohn does not pretend to 

 keep a hotel, they can secure good clean bedsand plain, well- 

 cooked, substantial fare, at a moderate charge, all things 

 considered. The fishing in Long Lake is fair and under 

 ordinary circumstances one can gel all that they want to eat 

 and take away with them, besides returning all the small 

 ones to the lake as we did. The mosquitoes are not bad on 

 the lake, only in the morning and at night. No flies, at 

 least while we were There. 



Our original intention when leaving Detroit was to go on 

 the I). M. o.t M. Railroad as far as Marquette, stopping on the 

 way to try the trout at Muuising, but just on the point of 

 leaving Horace notified me he must be back two days earlier 

 'iii , - , ctedj so, as both our names appeared on certain lit- 

 tle pieces of paper I carried, I was forced to go back 

 With him, thus losing the pleasure of a different kind of fish- 

 ing. We had, however, one day at our disposal yet, so we 

 concluded to run up to Mackinac. Taking the fit. C. Kail- 

 road at Cheboygan we went to Mackinaw City and then 

 across on the Akomah to the island, where we spent one 

 day very pleasantly seeing the various objects of interest. 

 However, as the island has been written up time and time 

 again by those who wield a much more facile pen, I will not 

 attempt to describe it. While at the island I nut a gentle- 

 man that gave me a. "pointer" in regard to a choice spot 

 where all kinds of fishing can be had, in addition to game — 

 bear, deer, etc. Next year, if all is well, and I do not take 

 a much longer jaunt, which I now contemplate, I shall en- 

 deavor to go to Ibis spot. If I do I will chronicle the ad- 

 ventures which may befall the party, and mayhap the good 

 editor of the Forest and Stkeam can be prevailed upon to 

 give the article space in his columns. In conclusion I would 

 say that although I must still hold to my original statement 

 thai Northenn Michigan can not compare with the West, I 

 think the further north one gets the better the country be- 

 comes, and next year the great resorts will undoubtedly be 

 on the northern peninsula. 1 was better pleased this year 

 than last, and for the benefit of those that took mc to task 

 for the article I then wrote, will say I caught a glimpse of 

 "the other side of the shield." Prairie Dog. 



"An Advertising Dodge." — Upper C'lutleaugay Lake, 

 N". V.. Siq.it, SB. — Mitor MresA and Stream.' I have read 

 with much indignation your remarks upon the advertising 

 dodges of Adirondack resorts, and of this oue in particular, 

 and being the author of the article from whence your per- 

 verted information is drawn, presume to know of its intent 

 as much as any one. The facts are these: Two gentlemen 

 from Plattsburg came fishing aud caught just, such a mess as 

 you mentioned in your first article" bringing down upon 

 them the contempt of all who saw them, both guests ana 

 employes; but one being a hotel man and a friend, a rffeasaut 

 word was sent Iris home paper relative to his catch, knowing 

 it would come personally to him in many ways, and some- 

 what repay him for his man} 7 kindnesses. My only desire is 

 to have Ih'e truth stated, regardless of the result to myself. 

 That fish are netted here and the cradle robbed is well 

 enough known, aud every effort, possible is put forth by the 

 house to prevent and discountenance it. This is the whole 

 truth of the matter, and 1 trust you will give it the attention 

 it deserves. Yours for the truth, F. M. Halsted (with Mrs. 

 M. S. Ralph). [The writer of the above note confirms our 

 original statement that after two trout-hogs had captured 180 

 trout, the average weight of which was less than one ounce, 

 he, "the enterprising manager posted off a notice of 'the 

 largest catch of the week,' which in due time appeared in 

 the Plattsburg Tiegriim." He leaves it to be inferred, how- 

 ever, that he. did not incite the "two gentlemen from Platts- 

 burg" to their now notorious exploit; and he explains that 

 he sent the notice in epiestion because he thought it would 

 please his friend — to see himself paraded in print as a finger- 

 ling trout butcher. We accept the explanation. Now let 

 us hear from the man who caught the fish.] 



thiiiliofi been told!" -Ex. 



Golden Fish-Hooks. — E. J. Smith, the County Coroner, 

 has four gold fish-hooks that, he unearthed in 'the South 

 American placers. He was mining in a river bed near the 

 city of Cali, in the State of Cauca, United States of Colom- 

 bia, in 1866, when he pulled up a small tree by the roots, and 

 there in the sand lay an eveu baker's dozen of regularly 

 shaped gold fish-hooks of the ordinary size. They are not 

 bent in the Limerick fashion. Without doubt they are the 

 work of prehistoric Indians governed by the Incas. When 

 Mr. Smith returned to San Francisco he gave some away, 

 lost others, and now has only four left. He has been repeat- 

 edly asked to put his price on these, but refuses to do so. 

 The other day lie refused an offer of $20 for one. It was 

 such trifles as these that, excited the avarice of Pizarro and 

 other vandals who tore down better governments than have 

 ever occupied the same territory since. — Tucson Citizen, 



Fish Poaching m Pennsylvania.— The streams of this 

 State are filled with . fish pots or traps which are known by 

 all to be illegal It, has been made the duty of the Fish 

 Commissioners to remove these traps, but it has not been 

 done. At, a recent meeting of the Anglers' Association of 

 Eastern Pennsylvania it was decided to call the attention of 

 the Commissioners to their apparent, neglect of duty, and to 

 urge them to attempt to enforce the laws. These traps 

 destroy both old and .young fish, the latter by the Thousand, 

 audit is lime that an c.ud was put to the nefarious business. 

 The association is in earnest in this matter, and deserves the 

 support of all honest anglers. — Philadelphia, 



We Mourn. — ' 'Hung be the heavens in black ; turn day to 

 night;" and put mourning badges all over our linen duster. 

 We mourn I We refuse to be comforted ! A gloomv si adow 

 has been cast athwart our pleasant path, and we lunch but 

 sparingly. Poor Tom's a-eold. Having taken our readers 

 thus far into the innermost recesses of our feelings, it would 

 be manifestly unfair to withhold from them the reasons why 

 we don the habiliments of woe. We will tell them. It's all 

 along of a Canadian newspaper. The name of that paper is 

 the Tomato Weekly Mail, and the special copy which opened 

 the floodgates of our grief was published on Tuesday, 

 September 27. It contained the following item: "A 

 young man named Howe, a resident of Ottawa, went 

 tishiug recently, and proceeded to explode a dynamite cart- 

 ridge in a pool known to be the resort, of fish. While young 

 Howe was preparing to carry out this scheme the dynamite 

 cartridge prematurely exploded in his hand. The result was 

 that his right, hand and thumb and first two fingers of 

 his left hand were blown off; his left eye was destroyed: 

 both arms had a large portion of the flesh' torn off, and his 

 chest and stomach "were badly injured. Notwithstanding 

 these injuries he walked into" town, and after having the 

 wounds dressed drove to the Roman Catholic hospital." 

 This is indeed sad ! We soi row that the fingers were blown 

 off his hand and that an eye will no longer behold the joy- 

 ous trout, leaping high in air at the explosion of a dynamite 

 cartridge, but our grief readies its maximum when we learn 

 I hat after his chest and stomach were badly in j tired he- was 

 able to walk. O, why could he not have shared the fate of 

 the fish and not only been blown out of the world but also 

 have taken all tke'poaching fraternity wilh him? In our 

 affliction we would suggest to sympathizing friends that 

 there is a state of grief too deep tb be reached by letters of 

 condolence, and we are nigh unto it. 



Adirondack Trout.— Grafton, Vt.— In the year I860 1 

 spent some months in the woods iu the town of Minerva, 

 Essex county, N. Y., staying at a place about eight, miles 

 from Minerva village, known then us "Tom Baker's." In 

 the immediate vicinity of his house were two ponds known 

 as the Beaver ponds, and about a mile from the house were 

 two ponds known respectively as Frank and Loon ponds. 

 All these ponds contained trout. The trout of the two 

 Beaver ponds were seldom over half a pound weight, those 

 of Frank and Loon were larger. In another direction from, 

 the nouse was another and larger pond, known as Mink 

 Pond. This pond was a great place for deer hunting, and I 

 have spent days and nights on it, and then knew every inch 

 of it. There was not a brook trout, in it, and apparently 

 never had been. Of small fish, sunfish, etc., and snapping 

 turtles, there were any quantity, and fish food was present 

 in abundance. The outlet of tins pond flows into the Hud- 

 son and there is an abrupt, fall of twenty or more feet near 

 the river. We could see no reason why trout should not 

 thrive in this pond, and late in the season a few trout were 

 taken from one of the Beaver ponds, none weighing over 

 one-third of a pound, aud were carried in milk pails to Mink 

 Pond and dumped in. The pond was not fished for four 

 years, when trout were seen jumping. It has since become 

 one of the best fishing ponds in that vicinity, and has pro- 

 duced larger fish than any of the other waters, several having 

 been taken of over three pounds. I have not heard from it 

 for several years past. — S. W. Goodridgb. 



Our Angling President.— Newport, R. I., Sept. 29.— 

 The big fishes of our country are becoming aware that the 

 present head of the nation is au angler, and the strife among 

 them for the honor of being hooked is growing. Had that, 

 fifty-pound salmon which he captured several years ago 

 lived until now he could have been taken by President 

 Arthur instead of by plain Mr. Arthur. Not content with 

 his laurels on the Yellowstone, the President came here in 

 quest of the mighty striped bass, and to-day stands "high 

 hook" on the book's of the West Island Club to date this 

 season. He has been the guest of Mr. S. B. French, and on 

 Friday last the party spent part of the day between Tag- 

 gart's ferry and the Island, but owing to the storm and the 

 consequent rough water there was no fishing. The next 

 day he went to the club and took a striped bass of eighty 

 pounds, the largest captured this year; Among those here 

 fishing are Mr. "Charles Tiffany, Mr. Charles Miller aud Dr. 

 S. W. Mitchell. The President should now try for the sea 

 serpent.— West Island. 



"Me and Pat went out one night to bob for eels. On the 

 way we got into a wrangle about the best way to skin an eel. 

 Pat was for his style and I was for mine. When we came 

 to the creek we threw down our bobs and began to argue our 

 points. At last Pat told me that I knew more about skin- 

 ning a Christian than skinning an eel. Non r , that was purty 

 plain talk, and av coorae I lould him he wasn't a gintleuian. 

 Then we climbed out of our coats and got to fightin' instead 

 of fishin'. The fight was what ihey call a dhraw — that is, 

 each man won and got what he desarved. The dlvil a bob 

 we fished, aud we brought home black eyes instead of eels. 

 Next day I told me father all about it. 'Con,' says he. 

 'What's that?' says I. 'Neither you nor Pat,' says be, 

 'knows how to begin to skin an eel.' 'What makes you 

 think that?' says 1. 'Becayse,' says he, 'no eel can be skint 

 before he is cotched.' 'Begob, you're right, sir,' says 1." — 

 Naturalized Citizen's Shnj in Sun. 



From Sherbrooke to Moosehead. — Sherbrooke, P. Q , 

 Sept. 22. — Just returned from a canoe trip to Moosehcad 

 Lake, Me., via Lake Megantic and Moose River. Our patty 

 consisted of six, and occupied two birch canoes and one 

 Stranahan canvas boat. The trip occupied eleven days. 

 The canvas boat stood the trip well. The canoes were com- 

 pletely demoralized. Some of our party returned via Ban- 

 gor and Portland. The rest, are on their "way back by Moose 

 River and Spider Lake. Any quantity of trout, particularly 

 a', the outlets of Long Pond and Brasilia Lane. Large game 

 plentiful on the Upper Moose River. A trout of 5J pounds 

 was caught near the Mt. Kineo House before we left Moose- 

 head, and several weighing 3 to 4 pounds each. — D. Thomas. 



Mr. Wakejian Hoi.uerton has entered the fishing tackle 

 establishment of this city, bearing the familiar firm name of 

 Abbey & Imbrie, of 48 and 50 Maiden Lane. Mr. Holberton 

 has been well-known by his connection with the trade in 

 New York for many years; and by virtue of his devotion 

 to the practical pursuit of the gentle art has a very wide 

 circle of friends among those choice spirits who know how- 

 to lure a trout and hoodwink a black bass. He, doubtless. 

 also has some enemies among the game law breakers, but 

 this is rather to his credit. 



