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The Canadian Fishekies.— A dispateh from Ottowa, 

 Ontario, announces that while Sir Alexander Gait was in 

 that city he held a conference with the Minister of Marine 

 and Fisheries and Mr. Whitcher, Fishing Commissioner. 

 Figures have been prepared for presentation before the 

 High Commission to meet at Halifax, which are to prove 

 Canada's almost undisputed claim to at least $7,000,000 per 

 annum from the American Government. 



The Fisheries.— There have been 103 arrivals of the 

 Gloucester fleet the past week, as follows: 64 from off-shore 

 mackereling, 8 from the Bank fishing, 1 from the Bay, and 

 30 from Georges. The receipts of Georges cod is 347,600 

 pounds; Bank cod, 410,000 pounds; Georges halibut, 13,700 

 pounds; Bank halibut, 185,000 pounds; shore mackerel, 

 4,000 barrels; Bay mackerel, 100 barrels. There is a little 

 better prospect for the shore fleet than heretofore, which is 

 somewhat encouraging. — Gape Ann Advertiser, Oct. 1. 



Delaware River.— Large numbers of black bass are 

 being taken from the Delaware with hook and line. 

 Mr. Rutledge Scarborough, of New Hope, has been fish- 

 ing at "Eagle Island" for the past few days, and at last ac- 

 counts had taken over one hundred pounds, the bass rang- 

 ing from one to four and a half pounds. On Tuesday last, 

 Isaac Scarborough, while fishing at Washington's Crossing, 

 caught with hook and line thirty black bass, which 

 weighed thirty-four pounds .-- Exchange. 



Canadian- fishermen on the shores of Lake Huron and 

 Superior declare that they are forced from home to fish 

 on*the American grounds because of the disadvantages to 

 them resulting from the Canadian fishery regulations. 

 While the Canadians are not allowed to fish with less than 

 a five-inch mesh, the Americans can use nets with a four 

 or four and a half inch mesh, and the fish that escape from 

 Canadian nets only do so to fall into those of Americans, 

 as the shoals are continually on the move from one side to 

 the other. Thus, while the present regulation of the size 

 of the mesh lasts on one side only, the Canadian grounds 

 are made nurseries of fish for the Americans. It is also 

 alleged that the close seasons are not suitable to these 

 western lakes, as fish come in from two to three weeks 

 later in Lake Huron than in the lower lakes, and from one to 

 two weeks later in Lake Superior than in the upper part of 

 Lake Huron, and the close seasons at presenU/fixed prevent 

 any catch of white fish or trout in these waters during the 

 Fall. Thus, the close season for white fish being from 

 November 10 to December 1, and for trout irom October 

 15 to December 1, includes the period during which there 

 is any chance of a successful catch, and as the fish can- 

 not be made to understand the Canadian regulations for 

 their protection, they are just as liable to be caught on the 

 American side as to remain safe under the shield of Cana- 

 dian law. These are the reasons given why Canadian fish- 

 ermen take their boats, nets and labors to the American 

 shores. — Toronto Globe. 



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Lbesbukg, Va., Sept. 21, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Bass fishing is "on the mend." W. B. C. took forty-two Saturday, 

 and parties near him were quite successful. 1 started for Goose Creek, 

 but learning that it was muddy, turned off to the river. I caught two 

 fish, one bass and one fall fish; had promised my better half I would not 

 wade. I beard afterward that the creek was not too muddy, a friend 

 taking eighi with the fly . Tbey seem very fierce in Goose Creek for tbe 

 fly, and T thitik hereafter the fishing will be in that stream in preference 

 to the Potomac, at least for fly fishing. The largest taken have been cap- 

 tured with toads. Two anglers near me Saturday took eight or nine fish, 

 largest 2J pounds. A friend writes from Norfolk of the formation of a 

 Protective Game Association, and wants the co-operation of sportsmen 

 in different parts of the State to get suitable laws passed and carried out. 

 Fly-fishing here is becoming more fashionable, and accessions from the 

 hand liners are increasing in number. T. W. 



[There is no State more in want of such an association — 

 that is, one whose field will be general and not confined to 

 any one locality, than Virginia. Her game laws now are 

 very imperfect, and their operations confined to certain 

 counties only. — Ed.] 



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CALIFORNIA ANGLING. 



San Francisco, Sept., 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



The love of angling is very much on the increase on this coast. In 

 my occasional visits to Liddle & Kaeding's gun and fishing store, I often 

 find it full of applicants for rods and tackle. They go to all points of 

 the compass from here to fish on this slope. Some take to the bay for 

 smelts, rock cod, torn cod, perch, etc.; others go to the northern rivers 

 for salmon, generally trolling with a spoon for them, although they can 

 sometimes be taken with a fly, and many dip, bait fish, or throw the fly 

 for the smaller brook trout in the mountain streams, such as the Lagon- 

 itas, in Maria county, the Purissima and Pescadero Creeks, in San Mateo 

 county, with numerous others farther south as well as north. Some 

 of the rivers communicate with the ocean, from which salmon are con- 

 tinually running to and fro. My nephew, P. F. Hooper, generally goes 

 every Saturday to Lagonitas, some distance up among what are called 

 the red woods, in very wild and romantic scenery of brush, vegetation, 

 rocks and boulders, where, with his companion, but sometimes alone, he 

 camps out at night, and he has been occasionally disturbed by the rather 

 heavy tread of some large animal in the thickets around him, which he 

 has thought to be a bear, and which supposition was rather confirmed by 

 the keeper of a tavern near the station where he alights from the cars 

 informing him that the place of his encampment was near the cave 

 or lair of a cinnamon bear, which had been sometimes seen in that 

 neighborhood, near which there is a small swamp where he is in the 

 habit of wallowing. The campers out always keep up a good fire, which 

 renders them fearless of any attack from bruin, and besides these ani- 

 mals, whether grizzlies, brown bears, or cinnamons, seldom attack any 

 one unless they are crowded upon too closely in some narrow place from 

 which they cannot escape without some sort of an encounter. While these 

 gents were camping on this spot they told me that one of them, during 

 the night, threw out a piece of beef into one of the adjoining bushes, 

 when it was not long before two wild cats were heard, with horrible 

 screeches, contesting for the coveted prize. The red woods abound in 

 foxes, wildcats, skunks, bears, and some other wild animals; but tree 

 squirrels are scarce and cotton-tail rabbits rather plentiful. The largest 

 brook trout my nephew has taken with a fly in these waters weighed one 

 pound and a half, with many others a good deal under that size. The 

 fishing on this creek is very fatiguing work, owing to the many rocks, 

 boulders and thickets with which it and its banks are covered. The fa 

 cilities f 6r piscatorial sport in the natural streams here are of course not 

 so abundant as in former years, owing to the generally thoughtless ac- 

 tion of metropolitan anglers, who abuse the streams, fishing out of sea- 

 son, as well as in season, curtailing the stock of fish and obliging the en- 

 thusiastic and discriminating disciples of Izaak Walton to seek pastime 

 usually more than half a day's journey from the city. But the protec- 

 tive law is beginning to operate a little favorably for true sportsmen, and 

 the stocking of many of our lakes and rivers with game fii-h is already 

 affording excellent recreation and amusement for our anglers, and is 

 promising for us a still brighter future. This is. arousing the enthusi- 

 asm both of accomplished anglers and amateurs, and provoking contin- 



ually increasing inquiries about the most likely localities for legitimate 

 sport and pleasure in this way. Most of our mountain brooks are 

 famed for their picturesque beauty, and abound in charming nooks and 

 pretty cascades and clear pools. Purissima Creek, before spoken of, 

 contains trout of rare beauty. The rich color of the fish in this stream 

 is attributed to the fact that they never reach the salt water. The wa- 

 ters of this creek empty into the ocean over a precipice fifty or sixty feet 



in height. E. J. Hooper. 

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THE ORVIS REEL. 



New York, Sept. 20th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



I received, some time since, from Mr. Charles F. Orvis, of Manches- 

 ter, Vt., his new extra nickel plated click reel, capable of holding from 

 forty to fifty yards of line, with a neat walnut case. The perforation of 

 this reel is a very decided improvement on the old style, making it light 

 and protecting it from sand, and allowing the line to dry without remo- 

 ving it after use— a very decided advantage, which any angler will read- 

 ily appreciete. Being quite narrow, it takes upline very rapidly, and 

 gives evenness in the reeling. This reel is strongly and beautifully 

 constructed and convenient in size, and its strength, lightness, compact- 

 ness and moderate price, must meet requirements long needed, and the 

 approval of anglers. F. C. F. 



^Hchfing %ndj§ anting. 



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All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 

 later than Monday in each week. 





HIGH WATER. 



FOR THE WEEK. 





Date. 



Boston,. 



New York. 



Charleston. 



Cct 7. . 





H. M. 



4 32 



5 31 



6 31 



7 34 



8 30 



9 20 

 10 6 



H. M. 



1 19 



2 17 



3 17 



4 19 



5 14 



6 6 

 6 52 



H. M. 



32 



Oct. 8 ... 





1 31 



Oct 9 



2 31 



Oct. 10 



3 34 



Oct. 11 



Oct. 12 



4 30 



5 20 



Oct. 13 



6 6 



Matches to be Sailed. — The week has been proline in 

 challenges and acceptances. Mr. Bennett has waived all 

 allowances of time, and will sail the Dauntless agaiust the 

 Mohawk, an ocean race, on the 26th of October. Mr. 

 Rufus Hatch, owner of the Resolute, has published a chal- 

 lenge, which Mr. Bennett also accepts, naming the 30th 

 inst. Then comes a deluge of challenges upon Mr. Hatch's 

 devoted head from the owners of the Estelle, Comet, Vesta 

 and Dreadnaught, all of which he accepts, and the race 

 with the Estelle was to have been sailed yesterday, that 

 with the Vesta and Dreadnaught Tuesday next, and 

 to-morrow at the remarkable hour of 4 P. M. he hopes 

 to meet the Comet. Mr. Hatch must intend to get Mr. 

 Lanley outside and lose him. 



Fall Regatta New York Yacht Club.— The regatta 

 for the prizes offered by Commodore Kane to be sailed for 

 by the yachts of the New York Yacht Club on Thursday 

 resulted in a most remarkable series of contretemps, and 

 practically was no regatta. It could scarcely have been 

 expected that on the last day of September almost the en- 

 tire fleet should have been becalmed inside of Sandy Hook, 

 while the few fortunate, or it may be unfortunate, ones 

 that succeeded in getting outside should at the same time 

 have found a fresh breeze of wind and sea enough to carry 

 away masts and disable some of the finest vessels of the 

 fleet. It seemed cut out for a day of disaster, as the mis- 

 haps commenced with the signal to prepare to start. When 

 the judges' steamer reached the club house, about 10 A. M., 

 sixteen yachts were found lying with fore and mainsails 

 and working topsails set, and a large fleet of yachts not en- 

 tered in the race were cruising on and on, waiting to accom- 

 pany the competitors. The following is a list of the start- 

 ing yachts: — 



FIRST-CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Cubic 



"Name. Owner. Feet. 



Mohawk W. T. Garner 21,023 



Alarm Com. Kingsland 14,703 



Palmer R. Stuyvesant 14,035 



Resolute R. Hatch •-•-.. 10,860 



Atalanta W.'Astor 7,947 



Idler S.J.Colgate 7,945 



SECOND-CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Estelle ..J. Smith 5,736 



Comet W. H . Langley 4,662 



Clio Bradhurst & Asten 3.729 



Peerless J. R. Maxwell 3,498 



I'lRST-CLASS SLOOPS. 



Vindex R. Center 3,259 



Addie C.Roosevelt 2,711 



Vision J. J. Alexander 2,545 



SECOND-CLASS SLOOPS. 



Active W.J. Hurst 1,903 



Sadie W. Norris — 



Madcap J. R. Busk ; 1,491 



The sloops Vision and Madcap were also to contend for 

 the Bennett Challenge Cup for sloops, which has been held 

 by the Vision for the past three years, the Vision having in 

 this race to allow the Madcap 12m. 44s. 



The course to be sailed over was the regular club course, 

 around the Southwest Spit and light ship, returning in the 

 same way. At 11:23 a signal from the judges' steamer 

 warned the racers to prepare, as the start was to be a flying 

 one, the yachts crossing a line between the judges' steamer 

 and the club house. About this time the huge Mohawk, 

 in getting Under way, fouled the little sloop Kaiser, break- 

 ing off the end of the latter's boom, and compelling her to 

 slip her cable. The Estelle also collided with the schooner 

 Dreadnaught, carrying away the latter's mainboom, and 

 nearly spoiling the pleasure of Mr. Osborne's large party 

 of friends, but with that generous feeling with which mem- 

 bers of the "Board" always come to each other's relief, 

 Mr. Kufus Hatch insisted upon receiving the entire party 

 on board the Eesolute. At 11 :33 the second whistle started 

 them, and the yachts one by one drifted over the line. The 

 crew of the Mohawk, being busily engaged in clearing 

 from the Kaiser, had evidently misunderstood the whistle, 

 for after she was clear she rounded the steamer and came 

 for the line the second time, after the fifteen minutes of 

 allotted time had expired, thus throwing her out of the 

 race unless her original time of crossing was taken. As it 

 turned out this was of but little consequence. The time of 

 crossing the line was as follows : — 



Allowances 



M. 



S. 



Allows 



1 



10 



1 



27 



3 



47 



8 



38 



8 



39 



Allows. 



5 



28 



11 



43 



13 



31 



Allows. 



05 



05 



06 



47 



Allows. 

 05 25 



Time. 



H. M. S. 



Estelle 11 35 36 



Addie V 11 36 52 



Vindex Jl 37 31 



Madcap.. H 37 48 



Alarm n 38 58 



Comet 11 40 18 



Sadie.. n 40 33 



Active 11 41 03 



Time. 



H. M. S. 



Palmer..... 11 41 18 



Atalanta 11 41 59 



Idler II 42 09 



Clio.. 11 45 27 



Peerless... II 46 22 



Vindex 41 47 24 



Resolute 11 48 07 



Mohawk 11 49 07 



Madcap 



H. M. S. 

 ..." 1 34 35 



Sadie . 



..1 38 00 



Estelle 



Addie V 



Comet 



1 38 45 



1 40 08 



1 40 20 



Vision 



1 47 08 



Halanta 



Peerless 



1 49 49 



1 50 13 



Fortunately the tide had just commenced to run ebb, as 

 the wind was so light from the southwest that liad it been 



the other way the yachts would have drifted toward the 

 city. The drifting continued until the fleet had reached 

 the lower bay, when a light breeze sprung up, which en- 

 abled the little Madcap, the leading yacht, to round the 

 Spit at 1:34:35. Meanwhile, the Commodore's schooner 

 Alarm had drifted ashore on the west bank, from whence 

 she was afterward towed off by the club steamer, but was 

 henceforth out of the race. The time of rounding the 

 Southwest Spit was as follows:— 



Time. Time. 



H. M. S. 



Clio 1 50 18 



Vindex ...1 52 05 



Active 1 52 31 



Resolute 1 54 25 



Idler 1 57 14 



Mohawk 1 58 09 



Palmer 1 58 44 



After passing this point all the leading yachts favored 

 by a strong tide managed to get outside the point of the 

 Hook, when they found a fresh breeze blowing from the 

 south which made them take in topsails and sent the 

 schooners along in a way that looked like racing. The 

 unfortunates who were still becalmed inside the Hook were 

 the Active, Vindex, Resolute, Idler, Mohawk and Palmer. 

 Those on board coujd see the rest of the fleet bowling 

 along while they were compelled to remain inactive, with 

 all hope of further competing in the race. Those outside, 

 however, were not having as nice a time as appeared. The 

 Comet had gone to the front and taken the leadinor posi- 

 tion. A heavy swell from the East made it lively for the 

 smaller yachts, and the accidents commenced. First the 

 Addie V. had enough of it and ran home. Then the Peer- 

 less parted her bobstay and down came both masts, they, 

 with the browsprit breaking off close to the deck; only one 

 of her crew was hurt, and a passing fug took the disman- 

 tled vessel in tow. Then the" Vision's turn came, 

 her jib stay parting and causing her to run back 

 under a close reefed mainsail. Next came the Clio, 

 who sprung both masts, and had to be towed home. The 

 little Madcap behaved remarkably well, but the sea was too 

 rough for her and she too took the back track. Four 

 yachts only rounded the lightship; the Comet at 3:19:45, 

 the Estelle at 3:20:45, and the Atalanta, Mr. Amor's 

 schooner, not timed. At 4 o'clock the Comet passed buoy 

 5i homeward bound, the becalmed yachts, with the excep- 

 tion of the Mohawk, having got their heads in the same 

 direction. At 4:10 the Mohawk had got the breeze and the 

 Resolute turned about to have a tussel with her, but the 

 Mohawk broke both the shackles which held her bobstays 

 to the stern rods and her racing was over for the day, ex- 

 cept before the wind, as the crew managed to get a tackle 

 rigged which relieved the bobstay. The finish was as fol- 

 lows: — 



FIRST-CLASS 'SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. 



Yacht. h. m. s. h. m. s. 



Atalanta 11 41 59 5 52 50 



Elapsed 

 time. 

 h. m. s. 

 6 10 51 



Corrected 

 time. 



H. M. 8 



6 10 51 



02 

 18 



50 

 29 



57 

 18 



S3 



29 



6 49 07 



the course. 



49 07 



Thus 



SECOND-CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Comet 11 40 18 5 43 08 



Estelle .11 35 36 5 54 05 



SECOND-CLASS SLOOPS. 



Sadie 11 40 33 6 29 40 



None of the first class sloops made 

 the Atalanta wins the first-class schooner prize, having no 

 competitor; the Comet wins the second-class schooner 

 prize, beating the Estelle 28m. 6s. on corrected time. The 

 Sadie wins the second-class sloop prize, having no adver- 

 sary, and the Vision still keeps the Bennett cup. 



Brooklyn Yacht Club Regatta.— The Fall regatta of 

 this club, which was also intended for an inauguration of 

 the new club house, was sailed most successfully on Satur- 

 daylast. In order to allow ample time for the subsequent 

 festivities it was decided to shorten the course, omitting 

 the run to the lightship and making the Southwest Spit the 

 turning point, the start being from Gravesend Bay and the 

 distance sailed over about fifteen miles. The following 

 yachts entered :— 



SCHOONERS. 



Name. Owner. Area 



Comet W. H. Langley 1,529 



Siren Dr. Morrough Not measured. 



FIRST-CLASS SLOOPS w 



Undine .W. M. Brasher 357 



Kate G. F. Randolph [.'.". ..['„". 876 



Sadie John B. Norris [[ 753 



SECOND-CLASS SLOOPS. 



Mean length. 



Lizzie L J. G. Johnson 40 oo* 



Sophia .CM. Felt 34 11 



Flying Clond W. P. Smull '.'.'.'.'.'."si 06 



Hope-. John Bimon Not meas'rd 



THIRD-CLASS SLOOPS. 



Victoria Thomas Ply 28 00 



The Saddie was the first to cross the line, followed by the 

 Undine, Kate, Lizzie L., Flying Cloud, Hope, Siren, Sophia, 

 Comet and Victoria, in the order named. A good topsail 

 breeze was blowing, and a large fleet of yachts cruising in 

 the lower bay, the scene was very spirited and exciting. 

 It seems, however, as though a yacht race could not be' 

 sailed in any weather without mishaps. The first of the 

 unfortunates was Dr. Morrough'snew schooner Siren, whose 

 jibboom broke off at the cap and rende'red her Jiors du com- 

 bat as far as racing was concerned. And then off Coney 

 Island Point the Sophia lost her topmast and withdrew. 

 Before the Spit was reached the Undine had passed the 

 Sadie and the Comet was gaining rapidly on the leader.- 

 They rounded as follows: — 



Undin e ii 35 4 S 6'uzzie L, % 40 30 



g°"?et 12 36 lOjHope ..V. 12 43 05 



| a fl d i e J? 36 40 Flyimr Clond 12 48 00 



Kate ; 12 38 00 Victoria Not timed 



The wind was fresher on the run home, but the positions 

 were not materially altered, the Comet, of course, being 

 the first over the line. The prizes were awarded to the 

 Comet, Undine, Lizzie L., and the Victoria. 



The Seawanhaka Ladies' Race — Tt was a capital idea, 

 that, of the members of theSeawanhaka Club, to give their 

 lady friends one eood day of yachting before the season 

 closed, adding a race to give zest to the occasion. The 

 course finally decided upon, in order to provide the best 

 sailing compatible with the comfort of those for whom the 

 event had been inaugurated, was from the Harrows to the 

 Spit and return, going over the same course twice The 

 yachts crossed the line as follows: — 



Name. Owner. ^ _, a 



Idler, schooner S.J. Colgate.. ij to ™ 



Madcap,sloop J. B. Bneh ii 2n no 



Ariel, sloop William Be.ekman 11 2Y VX 



Addie V Cornelius Roosevelt."! 11 A in 



Alert, sloop Henry Vail \\\\ \\ % S i 



Christie, sloop ...... Frederick Tarns .... 11 "" 44 1$ " 



