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Both the winners were without pedforees, and one of them waa very 

 bright in color, with much white, and the only thing we saw that could 

 have induced the judges to give him a prize was his great size. A fif- 

 teen months old dog was by long odds the best looking.- 



Tr-e black and tan setters were better. There were thirteen in all, and 

 all of them were remarkably good. We have never seen a better lot to- 

 getber, and it must have given the judges considerable trouble to award 

 the prizes. We think, however, they sacrificed one or two points in 

 favor of color, for there was a dog that to our eye was perfect in every- 

 thing except his tan marking?, wlrch were a trifle too dark. 



Iirthe English class there were only nine entered, and some of .'them 

 were sorry looking enough. Mr. W. F. Bayly's were all good. He showed 

 two flcst rate Laveracks, and his orange and white dog Dash, by Grouse, 

 out of Lard, took first prize. This dog is a very fine one, but terribly 

 "throaty." His Pert, a black and white ticked bitch with a very Lave- 

 rack took, took first in her .-lass. Zephyr, a white dog with black and tan 

 markings, was another good one. This dog was entered without a pedi- 

 gree, and for sale at £20. He was not a Laverack, but in looks was like 

 "Mohawk's" Field Trial bitch Kirby. 



In tb« spaniel classes there was a fair show, there being thirty-eight in 

 all which included three Irish water spaniels and five water ones other 

 Irish. Some of the clumbers were beautiful, and are the dogs we should 

 breed in America for ruffed grouse, woodcock, and all covert shooting. 

 We never remember of seeing a fall blooded dog of that breed at home, 

 but there are some good spaniels of Norfolk and Sussex blood bred there, 

 and a New Jersey breeder has, we believe, a fine strain of black and tan 

 cockers. Strange to say, none of that color were at this show. We be- 

 lieve that Mr. Jenkins, of Baltimore, has the only pure clumbers in 

 America. We saw some fine dachshunds, and the show of fox terriers 

 va^ wonderful, there being no less than 130 of those useful and beauti- 

 ful little creatures. 



In clas? No. 20, for other hounds, there was but one entry, a large, 

 wiry-coated dog, and we should think this breed would be a useful ani- 

 mal in America to run foxes on the snow in some of the Northern States. 

 Baring the setter and fox hound classes the show was a great success, 

 there being 640 dogs entered in the different classes. As many sports- 

 men with their setters are shooting on the moors, and that cub hunting 

 has just commenced, it is not to be wondered at that the classes for these 

 dogs were not better filled— in fact, in that for fox hounds there was not 

 a single entry. 



We have yet to see the Russian setter that so much has been written 

 about, though we have seen a dog that answers the description of that 

 breed, and that is the griffon. These dogs we first saw in Paris at the 

 Jardin cTAcclimatation, and a half bred one, the other half being setter, 

 was very like the picture "Stonehenge" gives in his book on "The Hog" 

 of a "Russian setter with English cross." The griffon is much used on 

 the Continent for sporting purposes, being very staid, staunch, requir- 

 ing but little breaking, and, as a general thing, is a good retriever. They 

 are usually of a dirty liver color, though we have seen some with white 

 marks, as well as one or two that were tawny gray, or rather dull red- 

 black, with dirty white underneath. They are as shaggy as a poodle, 

 their fize being that of a good-sized setter, the half breed^when crossed 

 with getter or fox hound, being somewhat larger. These dogs are used 

 sometimes to cross with the fox hound, the issue making a large and 

 wiry-haired animal, not unlike the otter .hound. They are also crossed 

 with the French beagles, and, we are told, make excellent dogs for driv- 

 ing rabbits to the gun. Yours truly, Viatobbs. 



IMPORTED SETTERS AND POINTERS. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Setters and pointers broken abroad and brought to this country have 

 proved inferior as a rule to our best breeds, when tested with them at 

 once in the field, as well as against animals that were imported when 

 young and traiued on American game. The English greatly surpass us 

 in the breeding of fine stock of every description, and there is no doubt 

 that the blood imported to, this country in the past two or three years 

 bas improved, and will further greatly benefit our stock of American 

 field dogs; but I am convinced that foreign setters and pointers, broken 

 on their native birds, cannot compete with our own trained dogs on our 

 species of game, owing to the difference in the cover in which they would 

 be hunted and the dissimilarity of the game of the two countries. 



In answer to a letter, Mr. Ed. Laverack, who is doubtless the best 

 breeder of setters living, expresses himself as being of the same opin- 

 ion, and I have taken the liberty of quoting that portion of his favor to 

 me: "I consider yon are quite right in procuring a young dog, from nine 

 to twelve months old, and to break him on American ground and the 

 game found there. I feel certa.n that American dogs, accustomed to 

 your game and the nature of yonr country and the variety of scrub or 

 ground, would beat our English dogs until they were accustomed to hunt 

 and find your different species of game. I have ever found that all dogs 

 require to be accustomed to the nature of ground and game. An Eng- 

 lish dog, accustomed to range wide and fast, on Scotch and English 

 moors, would be too fast and not range close enough for quail, snipe, 

 etc., and, unless used to cover or brush, would have to be educated, that" 

 is, used to the ground and game. Nevertheless, well bred English dogs, 

 when brokou at your game in your country, would quite equal, if not 

 surpass, American dogs. The great value of my pure breed is, they 

 never knock tip, and can last daily for weeks, and are good on all kinds 

 of gam:', when accustomed to it." Again, in a second letter to me, Mr. 

 Laverack reiterates his opinion: "I quite agree with you as to having 

 the young dogs broken on your American game." 



Thus far all importation of English dogs have been those of broken, 

 and I may say aged, setters and pointers, which will be better suited for 

 stock purposes than for the field. I have given these extracts from Mr. 

 Laverack' s letters to the readers of Forest and Stream, trusting they 

 may be valuable to them in importing animals from abroad. Homo. 



BRITTANY POINTERS. 



Boston, Oct. 30, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



The little extract from "Wild Sports in Brittany," which appeared in 

 your paper of October 28th, attracted my attention at once, recalling, as 

 it did, a conversation long since with a fine old sportsman now passed on. 

 A gentleman of elegant leisuie and a collineomaniac, his experience in 

 fieid sports covered neatly every part of the globe. I recollect well 

 (being, as they say, a dog man,) his praises of the Brittany pointer as the 

 very best dog for general shooting within his ken — of fine nose, staunch, 

 enduring, facing the roughest cover, and withal a capital water dog. Are 

 not these dogs the very fel ows for American sportsmen, and worthy the 

 attention of our importers and breeders? How can we get the genuine 

 eimon pure, and of whom? Can your Leipsic friend, Fr. von Invernois, 

 give us any information, or possibly Col. Waring may have heard some- 

 thing of them, as his charming "Farmers' Vacation" papers in Scribnet's 

 Indicate his late travels in their region? I nave no personal knowledge 

 that the gallant Colonel would even look at a dog, but a lover of good 

 horses and fine cattle usually has an eye for a good dog, and I hope he 

 may have met some sportsmen there who can put us in the right track. 



Under Grip. 



[Fr. von Invernois may be able to furnish us with infor- 

 mation regarding Brittany pointers, or some of our Eng- 

 lish or French correspondents may confer the same favor. 

 If Col. Waring has as good an eye for a dog as he has for 

 a cow— vide his capital description of the cattle on the 

 Island of Jersey— his observations would be both valuable 

 and interesting. We agree with our correspondent that a 

 tough, rough and ready dog of the kind described would be 

 admirably adapted for this country. —Ed.] 



Areca Nut as a Cure for Worms. —A correspondent 

 writes us from Fort Scott, Kan., under datetof October 



25th, as follows: — - . 



"I administered one of the areca nut powders (thirty 

 grains) to my Gordon setter Billy to-day noon, and in two 

 hours he passed several pieces of a well defined tape worm. 

 Dr. O. A. fngalls submitted it to microscopic examination 

 and discovered both the head and tail. The Doctor was 

 greatly surprised at the quick action of the powder, and 

 started off immediately to find some man with tape worms 

 so he could dope him with areca nut. S." 



Another Cure for Worms. — The remedj'- mentioned 

 below is well worth a trial, but we have found the areca 

 nut to be so successful that we now prescribe it in prefer- 

 ence to anything else: — 



Brighton, Penn., October 26th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Seeing a great many inquiries in your valuable paper asking a cure for 

 worms in dogs, I would give you a very simple remedy which I have nsed 

 with success, namely, common washing soap dissolved in their food, or 

 cut in small cakes and put in a piece of meat. S. S. 



Kennel Produce.— -At the kennel of A. C. Waddell, E?q., at Newton, 

 N. J.* Fanny, one of the finest pointer bitches in the country, whelped 

 on the 29th utt. The litter comprised seven puppies, viz., five dogs and 

 two gyps, sired by old Fhil, who is too well known to require further 

 mention. 



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FISH IN SEASON INNOVEMBER. 



Black Bass, micropterus salmoides, micropterus nigricans. 

 Striped Bass Hoccus lineatus. Bluefish, temnodon soltator. 



[Under the head of "Game and Fish in Season" we can only syecify in 

 general terms the several varieties, because the laws of states vary so much 

 that were we to attenmt to particularize we could do' no less than publish 

 those entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in question. This 

 would require a great amount of our spare. In designating game we are 

 guided by the laivs of nature, upon which all legislation is founded, and 

 bur readers would do well to provide themselves with the laws of their re- 

 spsctive States for constant reference. Otherwise, our attempts to assis 

 them will only create confusion.] 



Fish in Market. — A bountiful supply of fish and 

 prices kept within moderation is a blessing to the peor>le. 

 Such is the condition which we have to report this week, 

 and although the variety is not so great as before the close 

 season for trout commenced and the Spanish mackerel left 

 for Florida, still the benches present a fine appearance. 

 The cousins German to the last named fish, the common 

 mackerel, appeared in immense quantities off Newport 

 harbor last week; the catch is estimated at three quarters 

 of a million fish. The quality is called No. I. and very fat. 

 Some found their way to this 'market, but the larger pro- 

 portion were salted ; the price is from 10 to 20 cents each, 

 according to size. Striped bass are being caught in Rhode 

 Island; price 15 to 20 cents. Smelts (green) are still com- 

 ing from Maine, and in larger quantities, the price haviug 

 fallen to 20 cents. It is rather remarkable that bluefish 

 should linger so long on our coast, and their presence may 

 possibly foretell a mild Winder; they have been caught re- 

 cently in immense numbers between Barnegat and Cape 

 May; price 12 to 15 cents. Salmon, (frozen), bring 50 cents 

 per pound; weakfish, very few in numbers and caught in 

 nets in this vicinity, 15 cents; white perch, 18 cents: Span- 

 ish mackerel, (frozen), 50 cents; frost fish, (tomcods), 8 

 cents; halibut, 18 cents; haddock, 8 cents; codfish, 8 to 10 

 cents; blackfish, 8 cents; flounders, 10 cents; eels, 12 to 18 

 cents; lobsters, from the eastward, 10 cents; sheepshead, 

 (frozen), 25 cents. Fresh sheepshead, however, are being 

 also received, coming from New Orleans in refrigerators 

 on the steamers. Red snappers are brought in the same 

 way, and sell for 20 cents per pound. Scollops are worth 

 $1.25 per gallon. Soft clams, 40 to 60 cents per 100; white- 

 fish, 18 cents; salmon trout, 20 cents; pompano, (frozen), 

 $1. per pound; pickerel, 15 cents; yellow perch, 12 cents; 

 hard shell crabs, 50 cents per dozen; frog's legs, from 

 Canada, 50 cents per pound. Green turtle, from Key 

 West, 20 cents per pound; terrapin, $12. per dozen; the 

 latter are brought from Norfblk and Savannah. 



— Our correspondent, Edgerton Browne, of Ninety-second 

 street, East River, who is well known to our better class of 

 anglers, and thoroughly informed on all fishing matters in 

 the vicinity of Hell Gate, states that there has been very 

 fine bass fishing in the Gate for the last few days. Mr. 

 Dorrity caught five fish weighing 40^ pounds; Mr. Gal way 

 four, 17 pounds; Mr. Davis four, 15 pounds; Mr. Heine 

 three, 15 pounds; Mr, Clark one, 7 pounds, and himself 

 one, 16£ pounds, and one five pounds. Mr. Foley caught 

 a good fish; weight not given. 



—Striped bass fishing is said to be good about Watch 

 Hill and Montauk. 



—Gil Ward, one of the Ward brothers, noted as a famous 

 oarsman, recently captured, at Cornwall, N.Y.,ashark 

 some three feet in length, the first ever captured in the 

 Hudson so far north. The fish lay upon the surface, evi- 

 dently affected by the fresh water, and was dispatched 

 with an oar. 



— Dr. Lavvie, in charge of the Fisheries Protection Ser- 

 vice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, informs the Fisheries 

 Department at Ottawa, that, contrary to the experiences of 

 previous years, great abundance of codfish prevailed at the 

 Magdalen Islands, and herring and mackerel were struck 

 in large quantities on the 13th tilt . Eighteen American 

 vessels were anchored in Pleasant Bay, and about a hun- 

 dred vessels were taking mackerel among the islands. 

 Fishing from vessels is not as good as the inshore fishing. 

 The American schooners averaged about 250 barrels each, 

 which represents from $200,000 to $250,000. 



Large School op Mackerel.— The fleet of steamers en- 

 gaged in Fall fishing for menhaden (mossbunkers) for sup- 



plying the oil and fertilizing factories, were somewhat 

 astonished when off Newport on Thursday last at finding 

 themselves in an immense school of mackerel. The New- 

 port JVews says: — 



"The fabulous amount of mackerel secured yesterdav off 

 the cliffs and beach is the principal topic of conversation. 

 The immense amount of about, 125,000 mackerel was seined 

 yesterday in our waters by sixteen steamers and a number 

 of smaller fishing craft. The fish average 150 to the bar- 

 rel. Peter Lee shipped 13,500 to New York by last night's" 

 steamer, which was delayed nearly an hour by taking them 

 on board, and 12,000 to' Boston. The whole catch was 

 worth, in round numbers, $6,000. Men were at work all 

 night getting the fish ready for the Providence and Boston 

 markets. All yesterday the cliffs were lined with ladies 

 and gentlemen, catching mackerel by the slower but more 

 interesting method of the hook and line. As many as fifty 

 people were fishing from the forty stens, and people had 

 to take care not to get on other people's hooks instead of 

 their own." 



Mackerel have also appeared in large quantities in 

 Fisher's Island Sound, where at least a hundred boats are 

 engaged in the fishery. Last year the mackerel fishing was 

 very poor, but this season it has been exceptionally good* 



Connecticut — ISFeio Haven, Oct. 27th. — Blackfish have 

 been very abundant for the last two weeks. For the first 

 time in many years hake have come into this harbor, and 

 last week they were in the Sound in large numbers — hand- 

 some fish, weighing from one to three pounds. On Friday 

 a party fishingon "New Reef," off Branford, caught a large 

 number, the first of the season. But the best day's &port 

 yet recorded was on Saturday, when Dr. W. H. Thomson, 

 of New Haven; M. S. Crosby, of Waterbury; and J. C 

 Kinney, of Hartford, in company with Eli Hills and Capt. 

 Ward," with the yacht Niagara, caught in two hours a bush- 

 el and a half of hake by actual measurement. — Courant. 



— A muscalonge was caught at Cromwell, Conn., ono 

 day last week. This fish "is very rarely found in any 

 waters but the St. Lawrence and the great lakes. 



The Fisheries— There have been 82 arrivals of the 



fleet the past week, as follows: 1 from off shore, raacker- 



eling, 19 from the Banks, 13 from Georges, and 9 from the 



Bay of St. Lawrence. The receipts are— 1,355,000 lbs. of 



Bank codfish; 259,000 lbs. Georges codfish; 432,000 lbs. of 



Bank halibut; 106,000 lbs. Georges halibut; 1,700 barrels 



Bay mackerel, and 3,075 barrels shore mackerel. Many 



of the shore mackerel catchers are about hauling up. — Cape 



Ann Advertiser, Oct. %Wi. 



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SEA AND BAY FIS.HING IN CALIFOR- 

 NIA—WONDERS OF THE DEEP. 



IT is not the mere hooking of fish that brings delight, al- 

 . though to a thorough angler this and the playing of 

 them in their game struggles to escape and elude the 

 fisherman's skill, constitute a large portion of the sport,, 

 but either the quiet, pleasing or exciting scenery, a^ the 

 case may be, is a charm. The free wind beating upon the 

 cheeks, the glad waters sparkling and singing in the sun- 

 shine, the dancing waves, the rugged and romantic rocks, 

 the exhilarating sail or row; if on a river or lake, the shade 

 of trees, the song of the birds, and here in California even in 

 in our mild Winter season, just after the welcome rains, 

 the vendure of the newly Spring grass and budding of 

 some of the small wild flowers, are some of the most de- 

 lightful sources of enjoyment. At the time when you have 

 rigid Winter at the East we have plenty of enjoyable fish- 

 ing in San Francisco Bay, and in the Pacific Ocean, especi- 

 ally in the bay in the Winter months, we have had for these 

 two years good bait fishing for young salmon or grilse, be- 

 sides other kinds of angling which I will presently give 

 you some' idea of. 



Speaking of scenery while fishing, there are but few 

 anglers who do not love the poetry of nature during their 

 sport — they indeed live in the midst of it, and if they read 

 Izaak Walton's great and fascinating work, they must love 

 poetry for his sake. Here there is the poetry of angling— 

 in the quiet enjoyment of beautiful natural scenes and the 

 delightful repose it produces for the contemplative mind. 

 The most pleasing passages in good old Izaak's book are 

 those in which he leaves his rod to angle for itself, and for 

 the fishes to hook themselves if they Will, throws himself 

 down under the shadow of the trees on the grass, and con- 

 verses of what he sees around him. "There was a good 

 and contented and genUe spirit," as a good writter declares, 

 "in the interesting old man, a soul at peace with itself, a 

 mind ever at ease," and these form the very life of his 

 pages, and make them ever fresh and young. In one part of 

 the "Complete Angler," his great work, it is mentioned that 

 he and his companion, Venator, seek shelter while a shower 

 of rainfalls; they watched the drops from the leaves of 

 the trees dotting the stream, and a rainbow appeared, 

 which caused the old angler to repeat some beautiful lines 

 on the rainbow, by Vaughn, beginning with: — 

 "Still young and fine! but what is still in view 

 We slight as old and soiled, though fresh and new; 

 How bright wert thou when the first ravished eye 

 Thy vivid colored arch did first descry; 

 Which, with inlentive looks, watch'd every hour 

 For thy new light, and trembled at each shower." 

 This reminds me that one day last April, while fishing 

 for tom-cods I beheld after one of our mild Spring-like 

 showers over the bay, one of those glorious bows of tho 

 most brilliant and distinct colors, spanning the whole heav- 

 ens, without any other object to interfere with our ravished 

 vision, and, on account of its strong and dazzlingly bright 

 colors, forming a double arch. 



But to resume the subject of fishing— of all our outdoor 

 sports, I think, angling is the pleasantest, (of course this is 

 merely an individual opinion); but this may so prove to 

 me because I have for so many years (being now seventy- 

 three) most earnestly entered into this amusement, and ac- 

 quired of course, by continued observation and practice, a 

 tolerable skill and successsful experience in it. If one is 



