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FOREST AND STREAM. 



I Nov. 1. 1883. 



But we enjoyed it. and always looked back at night on what 

 we had none over, and were proud. Tbe boat was much 

 easier to carry than the luggage, but after going a short dis- 

 tance it, got rather heavy, and many a time I could not find 

 a suitable tree to lean it against, and so would have to lie 

 down on my stomach with 'the boat on my back and take a 

 rest. When 1 tried to gel up 1 would have to exert all my 

 si length to ger ou my feet. If any person wishes to show 

 his Strength. I will give him a Chance to lift my boat, the 

 Sarauae, while lying under it, and I doubt if be gets on bis. 

 feel in live trials. 



When we again got on the Raqnotte we had good rowing 

 for eight, miles, the scenery was elegant, and we rowed slowly 

 and look it all in." We left, the Haquelte about ten mile's 

 this side of Tupper.'s Lake, and went up the Stony Brook to 

 the Stony Brook ponds. Why this stream should be called 

 the Stony Brook is a mystery, for there's not a stone within 

 half a mile of it. Goinsrlhrough the ponds, three in number, 

 we arrived at tbe carry this side of the Upper Saranac. This 

 carry was a mile in length, and being very tired, we had our 

 things carried oyer in a wagon, cost seventy-five cents. We 

 BOOB walked over, and arrived at Corey's at dark. Distance 

 traveled that day thirty-eight miles. At the bead of the first 

 Stonv Brook pond there is being built a hotel, bv a guide by 

 the name of Farmer, backed by the famous Mi. Murray. Tin's 

 hotel, when completed, ought to be always well filled, as the 

 Ampersand Mountains are best seen from its site, and the 

 flailing and bunting in the vicinity are good. At Corey's we 

 mill several parties, and the house' was full, so we bad to take 

 a room near the roof. The next day being Stindav, we con- 

 cluded to rest, and passed the time 'very pleasantly talking, 

 reading, etc. We made more inquiries' concerning the Sar'a- 

 nae River, and found it was all tbe, other guide bad said. 



The next morning we were off by six o'clock, and soon 

 were at Bartlett's. We could not see much of the Upper 

 Saranac on account of the fog. We passed through the beau- 

 tiful Round Lake, and to me it is the prettiest, lake in the 

 Adirondiieks. Through this lake we went into an inlet and 

 soon came into tbe Lower Saranac. We stopped at all the 

 pretty islands, and bad u drink from "Jacob's Well." We 

 came to .Martin's, at the bead of tbe lake, about 10 o'clock. 

 Ever} tiling- there was in a hubbub. Numerous parties were 

 .■■■: i jiff ready for a bind, guides were running around after 

 their clogs, and everything was in confusion. 



Of course, looking as we did, we got snubbed several 

 times in our short stay there. We saw a great many "asses," 

 aid the way they put on airs was killing; imagine a man 

 going in the mountains to fish and hunt w'cariug'an cyi ■ [ai I 

 and having on while kids! We saw such men there, and 

 iliey really tried to snub us; but what did we care? We had 

 a one and one-half mile carry to get on to the river, and con- 

 cluded to have our things taken over for us. We procured 

 a team of oxen and an ox-cart and put our boat and luggage 

 on. We had to pass in front of tbe hotel, and all eyes wpre 

 turned on us. AVe thought we might as well distinguish 

 ourselves, so I told Fred we had better both get on an ox 

 and ride. He agreed, and lo make the thing look as well as 

 possible, we both pulled out our bowie-knives and com- 

 menced to stick the oxen. They started off on a run, and 

 we had the cheers of the men and the kisses of the women 

 sent, after us, which made us feel better. We ai rived at 

 Blood's all right, and soon had our boat on tbe Saranac 

 River. For the first eight or ten miles we bad good water, 

 aud about three o'clock stopped in a quiet little nook and 

 had our dinner. The scenery along the route was very 

 wild, and looked grand. For the first three or four miles 

 we would see every now and then a house, but it soon got 

 so wild and rugged that it was a long distance before we 

 would see a ••clearing.'' After getting' our dinner and hav- 

 ing a smoke, we spent five or ten minutes in consulting our 

 map, and thought we must, be near tbe Permit Rapids", and 

 we bad not gone half a mile before we came to rapids, but 

 we went, through them so nicely, that we had a good laugh 

 to think tbe guides thought them so bad. We thought, of 

 course, these were the Permit Rapids, and were completely 

 taken by surprise to find ourselves coming around a curve, 

 right m the current, and going down stream at the rate of 

 ten mites per hour. Fred tried to stop the boat, but it was 

 of no use. so we let her sail, aud we did sail. We would 

 watch ahead lor rocks, aud would go between them, somc- 

 i i mes with only an inch to spare. We were both very much 

 scared al first, but aftt 

 bad not -roue over thr 

 still. The river spread 

 water to float the boat, 

 rock would let us dow 

 -e-eral times. We lot 

 fell, and wbile.laugl 

 dignaut at being liu 

 and with only oi: 

 thing: 



•ather liked'it, W 

 ;s before we came to a stand- 

 id we were left without enough 

 waded. Sometimes a slippery 

 u in water shoulder deep, aud we fell 

 A an oar, and Fred started for it and 

 jg at, him 1 went down. He was in- 

 hed at when in a strange land, wet, 

 ■, but we towed the boat ou slowly, as 

 s looked blue. After making about eleven miles we 

 saw r our oar bobbing up and down in the middle of the river, 

 fast on a rock, and we captured it. 



At last we got through the Permit Rapids and hardly knew 

 what to think. We had no idea that wc would have to go 

 through anything like this, find now had to go on. The 

 Rapids are five miles long and very rough. Alter [e 



them we bad good wa 

 where we arrived at 5 

 good hotel, and we w 

 the water was good for 



haps We bad d' si 

 There was a carry of tt 



falls. They arc falls ab 



mailer. 1 am c 



■editablv 



sheriffs of the con 



n ties in w 



is committed, do 



nake .-aid 



baskets. But, th 



i sheriff h 



baskets are relm 



It, How 



patent to any one 



who will 



himself. 1 submit 



that, if, is 



.ell 



il, as Mr. 



Tire Stjse}UEiiAis-NA Frsrr Baskets.— Editor Vbmt <nvl 

 Stream-; Since writing my note concerning fish baskets in 

 the Susquehanna, which note was publistiedAn vour issue of 

 October 18.1 have made a number of inquiries about the 

 uf'ormed that occasionally the 

 ich this infringement of the law 

 along the river and destroy tin; 

 s scarcely disappeared before the 

 being the case, aud it is 

 he pains to go and see for 

 :fflcient that "the Fish Com- 

 'look to the local authorities to overcome" the 

 Hunt says. They, /. e., the Fish Commissioners, 

 must require the local authorities to discharge their duty. 

 and 1 further submit that the mere destruction of the illegal 

 baskets is not all that is required in the case. The fine which 

 the. law imposes in such cases must, be levied and collected. 

 Any measure short of this, will, in the future, as it has in the 

 past, prove unavailing to stop this open, flagrant violation of 

 law, which renders fruitless the efforts to stock the waters 

 of the State with valuable food and game fish.— M. (Oct. 

 27, 1883). 



Watson town. Pa., Oct. W.—Editm- Forest mid Stream: 

 Clad some one is making war on the fish baskets in the Sus- 

 quehanna rivers. Here" in the west branch, right under the 

 eyes of the Lycoming County Sportsmen's Association, from 

 WiUiamsport to Muncy Dam, the river is in many places 

 dosed up from shore to shore, and yet this association winks 

 at. the deslructiou of thousands and thousands of black bass 

 in these baskets, and they call their society a game protec- 

 lociation. Out with your colors, gentlemen, (or you 

 hiive the law to remove the unlawful obstructions. Sun- 

 bury has another association called a Sportsman Club, and 

 yet the river at that place is lined with fish baskets and un- 

 lawful means of catching fish. At this place, Watsontown, 

 we have caused the removal of all such fish dams. Yet we 

 do not, have any dress parades. Wc mean business, which 

 all sportsmen's clubs should do. — Jos. R. lloi str. 



only a matter of general information, but which has been said 

 by the Government itself 



When Mr. Whitthfir says thai, the system pursued in 

 Canada is a failure, w. ■,'..■-! ,„ ; i, „•;,'-; i. .'en,] in putting that 

 beading to this article: tor :■ - ,-,, i in it's for knowing are 

 equated by none, and hi lias - u' 1 il in hnsie. Wbhave 



! e.u opinion pari ly I roro the i i I - of Bsboulttiral 



nperati '!"'• '-'it M. , ■■ : - , ,,,- . leaned 



from personal ■ re . : r WiiitehaT has been 



hampered in his <■ Hie department to which, 



according to < Martian Eoimf I e I ijteot, and thai 

 were free to act, and to choose Ids sue. is ' VOUld be 



able to accomplish much that ianow unpo : ,„i j„ the 



light of the Commis i, n.-; .--..■.■- '■-, •■ c.a.ob.an sy.s 

 tern is a failure, the maamlooio at -<. it menfc oi the' Superin- 

 tendent. In the reports and in for ign i •■ spi pers, undergo a 



There is no reason whatever why Canadian lisheuiture 

 should not be equal to that oi anv oarr of the world. Mimv 

 rivers contain salmon -" :■■■■ is '-,!,. ■ -warming with 

 foodfor the l'rv. Th.- la ■:■•. .a ■ i ■ i toon the best of food fishes 

 and there is no falling ofi iB the inilior life which sustains 

 them. All that seems to be requin-d is smoothness in the 

 machinery of the Department of Marine and Fisheries and 

 good, practical men under the Commissioner. 



Black Bass FisErse..— This is practically the last month 

 for black bass fishing in the latitude of New York. While 

 the law allows them to be taken in December the weather 

 usually forbids it. In November there is usually a week or 

 two o'f glorious weather which many of our anglers count 

 on for the last trip of tbe season. A 'parly from Greenwood 

 Lake made a fair record last week in' spite of the bad 

 weather and the netting which has been done there. The 

 catches at Lake llopatcong have been better this season fchw 

 heretofore, and this looks as if the fish were increasing there. 

 We expect to make our final east for the season about 

 Thanksgiving, weather permitting. 



Caep ix TENNESSEE; — From the report, of the i'i.-h Com- 

 missioners of Tennessee, for 18S1-82, we learn thai in the 

 first named year there were 8.709 carp distributed within the 

 State, in 1882 the number was 4.035. The fish were all re- 

 ceived from the U. S. F. C aud one of the Concni i :e i - 

 expended about $200 out of his pocket to distribute the list 

 there being no State appropriation. It is time thai i Hi.. - i 

 woke up and did something toward distributing the fish 

 given her, at least, for it is unfair to ask commissioners to 

 give both their time and money for the good of the State. 



THE LONDON FISHERIES EXHIBITION. 



THE list of American awards at the International Fisheries 

 Exhibition, in London, has just h-----n ei.ble.-] to this coun- 

 ii v bv Messrs, Ears and ''-..■ I. • '•:■■■ r. ;:!1 . i^iou. Tliev 

 say that the list is, in the main, correct, but may be subject 

 to Slight changes. In a prevmu - ■ a partial list 



of gold medals, ft now appears thai the" United States re 

 ccive; -is -old medal-. I- oi wiA-h _■-. ,o the Fish Commis-:' e 

 mo.-tivon eolleetive exhibit-': IT silver medals.j'.i bronze medals. 

 ■?. i diplomas, .and T special prizes. This appears to be a good miiu- 

 ber.bur. we hare at piv- a. - - eb the 



awards to other ran i •■ .v .aiepleasefl 



to note that our hard- working ichthyologists weta _i i 

 gold medals,, but cannot help being surpris same 



given for a fully equipped whale boat/while Bshcultural inven- 

 tions, in which we really lead the v\ odd. a :" ab Aac'cd hr the 

 gold medal class, while a few arc given inferior prizes. The 

 only aold medal in this line is taken by the McDonald fishway, 

 and all other inventions are placed below an exibit of cod-liver 

 emulsion, or a display of manilla cubic! With this prefaci 

 give the following list: 



A— HOLD MEDAI.S. 



United States Fish Commission, tfft collective exhibit of 



United states , ■;.:, Commission, tor collection of boat 

 .odels. 



United States Fisli Commission, for collective exhibit of fish. 

 United Stales Fish Commission, for collective exhibit of fish, 

 -whale and seal oils. 



United States Fish Commission, for best i most c iffi let 



eoik-ociou ..-I l -'sees p-a l .";■!,: ' : - 



United States Fish Commission, for general collection or ap- 

 paratus used in the preparation of fishery products. 



United States Irish Commission, for collection of rigged 

 models of fishing vessels. 



United State- Fish Commission, for collection of builders' 

 ni i!e!-. toi isbine vi isel 



lb, a, a SI ii. - 1 i a m :"--'"Li, for callecWe exhibit p 



United I m. for collect!' diip l oi 



.,',.',,,.; 



StrayTrovt.— Editor Forest and Stream: While fishing 

 a few months since for bass on the .southern coast of Lake 

 Ontario, I hooked and lauded from deep turbid water, a lull 

 grown speckled trout, bearing every characteristic of the best 

 developed specimen of that tribe ot finny beauties ever taken 

 from the coolest spring brooks of any mountain country. 

 How would you explain its presence in that locality Where 

 no record of'a similar catch had ever before been made? — 1). 

 A. CoTJitTEit. [It is not unusual for trout to stray from tbe 

 streams into the lake, or even into sail: •water.] 



The Angling Tournament.— New York, Oct. 89.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 1 beg to call your intention to an 

 inaccuracy in your report of the anglers' lournameut, Class 

 D, in your issue of 86th inst. Tlic. report states that I used 

 a rod 'weighing five ounces. The rod 1 used was one of my 

 own make, and the one used by Thomas Pilchard, son of 

 Harry, the champion, and weighed but four and one-half 

 ounces. By correcting above error iu your uexi issue you 

 will oblige— Tuos. ,1. Conrov. 



Lake MEMfUREMAGoe;. — A trout weighing Hi pounds, 

 and caught, in Lake Memphremagog at a depth of 350 feet, 

 excited some interest while on exhibition iu Burlington, Vb, 

 last week. 



" until we "reached Franklin Falls, 

 clock very tired. Here there is a 

 : Inclined to stay, but finding that 

 even miles below, we thought per- 

 and stop at Union Falls over night, 

 kree-fourthsof a mile to get around the 

 bout twenty feet high, but not amount- 

 ing to much. The scenery was still fine, and we could see 

 where wc had left Camel's Hump, and could see Whiteface 

 for miles. At first we were this side of it, and would wonder 

 whether we would go to the right or left of it. We saw a 



f treat number of partridges between Franklin aud Union 

 alls, but did not try to shoot any. 



[to be continued] 



To Stop Poaching in tiie St. Lawrence.— Albany, 

 N. Y., Oct. 27. — An association was formed here last even- 

 in e which has for its object the prevention of netting con- 

 irary to law in the St.' Lawrence River. It. is called the 

 Anglers' Association of the St Lawrence. The following 

 officers were elected: President, .John ,J. Flanagan, of L'tica; 

 First Vice-President, Daniel Pratt, Jr., sf Syracuse; Second 

 \ ■■■ ■ --President; William Story, of Albany; Corresponding 

 Secretary, W. W. Byington, of Albany; Ltecordini 

 i.arr. Col. Oharlee 11'. Ballon, of Ulica, 'Treasurer, Gardiner 

 M. 'Skinner, of Clayton. Executive Committee— John II. 

 Quirnby, of Albany 'Myron P. Bush, of Buffalo; II. L). Oil- 

 lave, oi Syracuse; E, P. Granger, of Rochester; Dr. J. W. 

 Townscnd, of Ogdensuurg; T.'liuUertield, Jr., oi Ulica, and 

 William Frisbie, of New York city. 



igisffcttlture. 



CANADIAN FISHCULTURE A FAILURE. 



]7 l OB a year or two past some of the Canadian newspapers 

 have contained occasional articles, some of them Df con- 

 siderable length, claiming that the system of fishculture pur- 

 sued in Canada was extravagant and uupr.-ib.cuve ol r"-ud- 

 We have refrained from commenting; -u ' - • or 



even alluding to them for fear of doing injury to lisheuiture 

 in a generaf way. It appears that it is not claimed that Lish- 

 euiture properl v managed is not a useful or | .rori table thing for 

 the Government to pursue, hut thai ! il ovemmi rfsttshcul- 

 tural establishments have not been properly managed. We 

 do not know- all tile particulars of the management, but have 

 heard enough to know that there is a strong opposition which 

 is active and aggressive, but whether it has become a. question 

 of party politics or not we cannot say. 



Mr. W. F. Whiteher, so long and favorably known as Com- 

 missioner of Fisheries, has been suspended by tlic Department 

 of Marine and Fisheries, because, without consultation with 

 the head of that department, he published a hostile criticism 

 of the policy of that department aud of the Government, This 

 was deemed an act of insubordiuat on, yet iu saying publicly 

 that the. Canadian Government's fish breeding establishments 

 have been failures, he suid no more than the. Government it- 

 self said, for Sir Alexander Campbell, Minister of Justice, 

 visiting British Clumbia as the representative of the Qovem- 



eluredtbe System of lisheuiture pursuedin Canada to be a 



etc 



■'•] 





United States Fish Couiruis-ion for eolleetive exhibit of 

 artificial flies for salmon, trout, etc. 



United States Fish Commission, for collective exhibit of- 

 large photographs illustrative of the lislieries. 



United Slates Fish Commission, for general exhibit of publi- 



-;. ,.,: i :--,.. ' is flei ■ exhibit oi 



i ItedS ■ ; ' 'il Commission, for madels. and lira wings of 



I io i ,i Sta ' - , a Commission for exhibit ot" whalebone. 

 I nit d States Pish Commission, for model of menhaden oil 



United States Pish Conumssion, Eur model of lobster estab- 

 lishment. 



United States National Museum, for collective exhibit of 

 fishes. 



United States Signal Service, for most complete collection 

 of apparatus forwi i i «■ pn flicti 



United States Lighthouse Board, for models .ami drawings 

 of lijilithei - - ai. i a '" -i i- - , ' ai i" ■ io -:ame. 



Trot. il. Browne Goode, Washington for work on ichthy- 

 ology. 



Prof. D. S. Jordan, Bloomiagton, Ind,, for work on ichthy- 

 ology. 



Prof. Alexander Agassiz, Cambridge, for work on ichthy- 

 olqgy. 



Prof. J. E, BBlgarfi, Washin I m I asimeter. 



Capi„ C. Sigsbee, United States Navy, for deep-sea sounding 

 apparatus. 



Potter & Wrlghtin^foo. Boston, tor mackerel m tu fli 



B. F. Snow & Co., lioston, for tend..- eoihish 

 L. Pickerre. Co., Boston, fori 

 William Mills & Son. New York city 

 of fishing roils. 

 William MiUs & Son, New York city, for Leonard front rod. 

 Marshall McDonald, Wnsumejou. for salmon laddei 

 American Net and Twine, Company, Lioston, for collection of 



I.H. Bartlett & Sons. New Ue.dl'ord, for wkalehoa: ,,,d, 

 equipped for usi , 

 John Bliss & Co.. New York city, for chronometer, 

 H. D. Ostemioor it Son, New Yorsr city, tor life-saving 



,.,, , - , E-ighJ ami Signal Company, 1'iuk.del- 



- beacon, 



,...'-i.'.-o 'due 



. . . , i ,'...'. ve ba" loon 

 Son New ?orhcft>-, forth • - alted o 



.audoipll, Mil-- ,, e,.- -. ai,'-.,, b 'i la. d l.nlue 



ii alii 



i bin 



vet for repeating this statement, and no one who k. 

 Would doubt his belief m anv siai.-iui-nt he might make, Mr. 

 Whiteher is suspended. We hope that this suspension is 

 merely temporary, lor we know him to be au upright con- 

 scientious man, and one who has the. interests of the fisheries 

 ai heart II looks to us, al this distauce, like a bit ot petty 

 persecution to suspend au official for reiterating what is not 



n •;;--;,:;:,. 



HAW I 



J. W. Bcaidsie 



Charles Udeit, 



Ubeu Pierce, New Bedford, tor Unproved gun-lance and har- 



Junius A. ftrand, Nonvieh, Conn., for whaie-gun and bomb- 

 lance. 



Thomas A. Irving, Oloueesier, for model ol three-masted 

 schooner. 



Old Colony Mill;-, Plymouth, for canvas used in tsbiflg 



j. and H. Green, Now York city, for borunieters, thermomo- 



\\ L bailie, UniteS Stales Navy tor dcj. -sea thermometer 



*" A.' W. Dodd '&. Co., Ciouee^ter, Mass.. tor eod-livd i 



B— SlLVEIl MEDALS. 

 I nil d -c.,,t.-.- Fi-h ' om.oe- ion. to'- exhibits of dredges. 



tea Pi d Commistflon, torapparata<i for the manu- 

 Umted States ; isl :ar for the 



United States Fish Commission, i'orcollecticaiof large photo- 



Prof, li. Brown Coodi 

 mg to the fisheries. 



, Washington, lor publications reiat- 



