FOREST AND STREAM. 



men's Association, in the dining rooms of the house, wsa 

 a superb affair. There were present some 320 sportsmen's 

 delegates from all parts of the country, among whom we 

 noticed Mr. Sterling, of Cincinnati; Mr, Acklen, of Louis- 

 iana; Dr. R. Young, your correspondent from Mississippi; 

 Dr. Rowe, of New York, and the editors of the local press, 

 the editors of the Empire State, the Rod and Gun, the Chi- 

 cago Meld, the representative of the Forest and Stream, 

 and a large number of other gentlemen interested in the 

 protection of game. The chair was occupied by Mr. P. 

 Bryson, President of the Tennessee State Sportsmen's As- 

 sociation, who opened the banquet by a few well chosen 

 words. Mr. Acklen, of Louisiana, replied. The rooms 

 were handsomely decorated, many toasts were drank, and 

 the evening passod off with the greatest good feeling and 

 eclat. 



Our correspondent summarises the result of the recent 

 gathering at Memphis as follows: — 



We have to congratulate the members and friends of 

 the Tennessee State Sportsmen's Association upon the 

 fair and upright manner in which the late meeting at 

 Memphis was conducted. We would at the same time 

 suggest that more co-operation and greater assistance to 

 one another is necessary on the part of the citizens of the 

 State, and especially the sportsmen of Memphis, in fact 

 the whole army of those interested in the dog and gun, in 

 order to bring such multifarious and difficult details to a 

 final success. For such laborious duties to devolve solely 

 on two or three gentlemen, is too much to expect, and we 

 would suggest that the next exhibition of sporting dogs, or 

 pigeon tourney that takes place in the United States (which 

 will most probably be held in Chicago) should demand the 

 support and interested consideration of every owner of a 

 dog and gun in the country. Gentlemen, it is not because 

 you do not own a dog nor can make it convenient to be 

 present, that your co-operation, and good will is not sought 

 after. A suggestion, however small and apparently of lit- 

 tle utility, will always be acceptable to Executive Commit- 

 tees of sportsmen's clubs. The judges of field trials, 

 Luther Adams, Esq., of Boston, and W. W. Stirling, Esq., 

 of St Louis, although we believe for the first time holding 

 that unenviable and onerous position, completed their 

 arduous and difficult duties to the satisfaction of all owners 

 of entries. There are many slight alterations in judging 

 and points, which may at a future time be made with ad- 

 vantage. 



We propose during the coming Winter from time to 

 time to give such additional information as w T e may 

 gather from our numerous friends, both at home and a- 

 broad. We would also call attention at once as to the 

 points in judging on the show bench, as conducted at this 

 exhibition. They are two numerous, and some are wholly 

 unnecessary. The head, neck, shoulders, legs, loins, and 

 stern are quite sufficient to judge by. If the original pro- 

 gramme had been carried out at this meeting, each and all 

 the judges would have had to write down on paper 

 some 10,000 figures in order to arrive at the maximum 

 merits of the animals. Supposing the entries to have been 

 300. some 22,000 (?) figures would have been noted. This is 

 too. much to expect from any judge, and will have to be 

 curtailed. 



The animals on the whole, both on the show bench 

 (which was cleanliness itself) and in the field trials deserve 

 praise; in the former for the general sleekness of coat and 

 physique, and the latter for the manner in which they 

 were handled. However, we can not say so much for their 

 training. Taking into consideration that these exhibitions 

 of sporting dogs are comparatively new in this country, 

 and that this was only the second field trial ever held here, 

 we think we take up things pretty fast, and trust in one or 

 two years to hold our own against any other country. We 

 wish to impress upon owners of clogs and trainers that they 

 must begin with their pupil puppies at an earlier age, teach- 

 ing them their A. B. B. in field breaking, where there are 

 positively no birds, and with care, consideration, and firm- 

 ness these youngsters will be able to spell D. O. G-. on 

 birds in a much shorter time than if left to their own care- 

 less will and way until they are yearlings. 



The exhibition of prizes, comprising plate and articles 

 of vertu, drew together quite a large number of citizens and 

 visitors interested in the success of the meeting. The 

 sporting journals of the United States behaved nobly, as 

 their contributions of plate were very costly, and what with 

 the cash prizes offered by the Association made up a very 

 handsome aggregate. 



We have now a very pleasant task to perform in thank- 

 ing the President, P. II. Bryson, Esq., and the Secretary, 

 M. A. Wheatley, Esq., for the many courtesies and neces- 

 sary information extended to us. The proprietors of the 

 Peabody House will also accept our greati'ul thanks for 

 their handsome and elegant banquet, where they received 

 the sportsmen of America as their guests in the proper ac- 

 ceptation of the latter word. 



The names of the following gentlemen sportsmen who 

 gave their time and experience to the welfare and praise- 

 worthy success of this convention, as a labor of love, will 

 hereafter be handed clown in the future history of the dog 

 and gun in the sporting annals of America: Mr. Whitman, 

 of Chicago; Mr. Smith, of Strathroy, Ontario, Canada; 

 Mr. Acklen, of Louisiana; Dr. Rowe, of New York; Mr. 

 Luther Adams, Boston; Mr. Arnold Burgess, of Ken- 

 tucky; Mr. W. W. Stirling, of St. Louis; Mr. Campbell, 

 of Tennessee; Mr. Horsfall, of Memphis; Major Taylor, of 

 Kentucky; Mr. Nicholson, of Memphis; Mr. S. H. Terrill, 

 of Chicago; Captain Lightburn, of Memphis; Mr. Orgill, 

 of New York; Mr. Williams, of Tennessee; Mr. J. W. 

 Alley, of foxhound notoriety, of ^Tennessee, and several 

 other prominent gentlemen. T. 



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—A full-blooded English scatter belonging to Thomas W. 

 Lane of the United States postal-car service, while hunting 

 at West Roxbury, Mass., last week, brought to his master 

 a large pocketbook, containing $425 in currency and some 

 valuable papers, belonging to Mr. Langley of Cambridge- 

 port. The dog now wears a $30 silver collar as a reward 

 for his sagacity. — Moral: teach your dogs to retrieve pock- 

 etbooks, only be careful that no one puts cayenne pepper 

 in them. 



FISH IN SEASON INNOVEMBER. 



Striped Bass, Eoccus lineatm. Weakftsh, Cynoscion regalis. 



SOUTHERN WATERS. 



Pompano, Trachynotus carohnus. Grouper. Epinephelpus nigritus, 

 Drum (two species.) Family Sciai- Trout (black bass,) Centroprisiis 



nidm. alrarius. 



Kingfish, Menticirrus nebulosus. Striped Bass or Kockfiah, Boccus 

 Sea Bass, Sciamops ocellatus . lineatus. 



Siieepshead, Archosargus probato- Tailorftsh, PomaUmus saltatrix. 



■cephalus. Black bass. Micropierus salmoldes; 



Snapper, Lurjanus caxus. M. nigricans. 



[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 attemnt 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 space. In designating game toe are 

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

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

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

 them will only create confusion.'] 



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Fish in Market. — Our quotations show no material 

 change from last week's prices, and the supply of most 

 varieties continues abundant. Striped bass are more scarce 

 than they should be at this season, those in market com- 

 ing from Long Island, where they are caught in the surf. 

 Smelts of very fine quality, indeed unusually large, are be- 

 ing received from Maine, price 25 cents. Blue fish, which 

 last week were being caught in quantities off Cape May, 

 have suddenly disappeared and the smacks have followed 

 them to the North Carolina coast; those now in hand are 

 the remains of the last catch, and sell for 12£ cents per 

 pound. Frozen salmon bring 50 cents; mackerel from 

 Provincetown, Mass., from 10 to 25 cents each, according 

 to size; white perch, 18 cents; yellow do., 12 cents per 

 pound. Spanish mackerel, (frozen), 50 cents; torn cods, 

 Scents; halibut, 20 cents; haddock, 8 cents; codfish, 10 

 cents; pollock, 8 cents; blackfish, 10 cents; flounders, 10 

 cents; eels, 18 cents; sturgeon, 12 cents; siieepshead, 

 (frozen), 25 cents; whitefish, very fine, weighing as high as 

 nine pounds, 18 cents; pickerel, 18 cents; salmon trout, 

 20 cents; pmopano, (frozen), $t.; green turtle 20 cents, 

 terrapin, $12. per dozen; scollops, $1. per gallon; soft 

 clams, 40 to 60 cents per 100; hard crabs, $5. per 100. 



Fish and Oysteus in the North Riveb . — For some 

 weeks past large numbers of bass of fair size have been 

 taken along the river front in the upper part of the city, 

 and the fishing is said to have been better than for many 

 years previous. This increase is said to be due mainly to 

 the efforts of the Yonkers Sportsmen's Club in preserving 

 the oyster beds, which furnish the natural food for the 

 fish. Oysters are also bung planted, and if they can be 

 secured from the depredations of foreign oystermen a very 

 important branch of industry will be revived in that vicin- 

 ity, and a means of livelihood provided for many. 



—A week or two ago Capt. John Krider, the well-known 

 egg-ologist, gunner, and fisherman, of Philadelphia, ac- 

 companied by the two Williams, surnamed Brooks and 

 Young, and Charley Thomas, went down the Delaware to 

 the favorite fishing grounds at Betterton, and in two days 

 caught four barrels of perch, weighing from a pound to a 

 pound and a half apiece. Uncle John swears this is a fact, 

 and we know that he wouldn't tell a fib for one barrel. 

 These successful disciples of Walton fished with rod and 

 reel, using hard crabs and worms foi bait. One induce- 

 ment for them to go to Betterton, aside from its beina: a 

 good fishing ground, was the cosy farm house kept by Mrs. 

 E. Price, who can accommodate at least forty such thor- 

 oughbreds. Uncle Thad Norris goes there, and so does 

 friend De Moyne, and such like. Betterton can be reached 

 by Ericsson boat at Chestnut wharf, and we understand 

 the sport is good there now. 



—Our correspondent, J. W., at Leesburg, Va , under 

 date of November 6th states that the bass fishing on the 

 Potomac has lately been very fire— no small fish taken, 

 and fair strings as to number. Goose Creek furnishes 

 smaller fish, but nearly the same number to the rod or line. 

 They seem to have dropped back into deep water, and the 

 minnow is the surest lure. A few were taken with the fly, 

 but all small. 



Bass fishing, however, may be said to be practically over 

 for the season in all high latitudes. Those who are disin- 

 clined to hang up their rods must go to Florida, where the 

 sport throughout the Winter will be unequalled. 



— A. B. Shipley & Sons, of Philadelphia, have just re- 

 ceived an importation of six large logs of greenheart wood, 

 of the fine quality suitable for rods. This information 

 may be acceptable to many of our rod makers, professional 

 and amateur. 



— A correspondent mentions that the common ailantus 

 tree, in grain, etc., is very much like the iancew T ood used 

 for tips to rods, and asks if it is ever applied to that pur- 

 pose. We have never heard of its being put to any such 

 use. We have cut down a great many, old and young, but 

 have been too disgusted with its odor to examine it with 

 a view to utilizing its wood. It is a succulent, pithy 

 growth, and, we should suppose, wholly unsuited for rods. 



The Fisheries. — There have been 85 arrivals of the 

 fleet the past week, as follows: 12 from off shore maekerel- 

 ing, 10 from. Georges, 5 from the Banks, and 8 from the 

 Bay of St. Lawrence. The amount of fish landed is 6,700 

 pounds of Georees halibut; 110,000 pounds Bank- halibut; 

 128,000 pound? of Georges cod; 295,000 pounds of Bank 

 cod; 1,545 baarrels of Bay mackerel; 1,500 barrels of shore 

 mackerel. Most of the Bay fleet are on their way home, 

 with small fares, and it is estimated that they will not land 

 in the aggregate over 6,000 barrels. — Cape Ann Advertiser^ 

 JSfov. 5th. 



— The Mid Nation says: Messrs. Collier & Hicks, fisher- 

 men of Long Point, Canada, captured in their gill net, on 

 Tuesday night last, a sturgeon over six let long and weigh- 



ing nearly one hundred and twenty pounds. It had to be 

 allowed the net three times before it was got into the boat 

 After being hauled in it floundered so as to endanger the 

 craft, and was with no little difficulty kept in. 



Angling in Prussia.— In our last issue we printed, un- 

 der the head of Fish Culture, a description of a visit made 

 by a correspondent of Land and Water to Berneuchen, the 

 residence of Mr. Max v. d. Borne, the eminent fishcultur- 

 ist, of Prussia. The same writer describes fishing in the 

 Berneuchen, Berlichen and Dobberphaler (they must fish 

 with floats there) Lakes, as follows: — 



"During my sojourn, at the latter end of August last 

 with Mr. Max v. d. Borne, I fished the Paver Meitzel) 

 w T hich traverses his estate, and caught many jack, carp,' 

 pereh, bream, etc. They seemed to be abundant, and did 

 not require any skill in their capture. In the trout brook 

 were a fine let of trout, some up to a pound in weight. 

 My friend asked me several times to throw a fly over them 

 but knowing the trouble he has had in rearing the same' 

 I thought it a sin to try, as I am sure it must be a pleasure 

 to his friends to see these handsome fish disporting them- 

 selves in their element. Mr. v. d. Borne feeds these trout 

 with maggots. He has a covered square box, fixed on to 

 long, outstretched legs, which is placed in the water at the 

 head of the brook. This box is pierced with holes at the 

 bottom, and in it a dead heron, from which the maggots 

 are continually falling through the apertures, and winch 

 the trout seem to know, for I saw a shoal of the largest in 

 close attendance. 



From Desenow Lake, close to Berneuchen, we caught 

 several jack and perch, but did not succeed with pike- 

 perch; they are considered a crafty fish, yet are taken oc- 

 casionally on eel lines. You must not expect to catch any 

 very large fish in these Magdeburg Lakes, because they are 

 netted and the largest removed. The North Germans arc 

 great fish eaters, and are tied to fresh water species, be- 

 cause, with the exception of an occasional salmon, they 

 never see salt water fish, except in a cured sfate. 



About thirty miles from Berneuchen is a pretty town 

 called Beriinchen, which has a large lake close by. The 

 drive to this place is mostly through fir forests belonging 

 to the State; about half way we halted at the residence of 

 Mr. v. d. Borne's brother, vdio is Oberforster of that dis- 

 trict. Here we were pressed to stay and enjoy some wild 

 deer and wild boar stalking, which I should have enjoyed 

 very much if I had come prepared. We, however, left in 

 the afternoon for Berlinchen, where we were met by the 

 postmaster of the town, who is considered a great fisher- 

 man there. This lake is netted several times a week, yet 

 is very prolific. The centre contains a submerged moun- 

 tain, and is so very deep that there is no chance of the 

 fishermen who rent the fishery ever catching all the big 

 ones. We rowed to the declivity of the submerged moun- 

 tain and commenced. Mr. v. d. Borne being supplied 

 with Farlow's best tackle, we soon caught a nice lot of 

 fish. The postmaster had a long wand or pole, about 

 twenty feet in length, no winch or running line, but a 

 strong cord the same length as the rod, and about a foot 

 of six twisted horse hairs, with a very large hook for the 

 bottom, and a big cork for a float. The baits we used 

 were soft crayfish; these crustaeeaus are about double the 

 size we see them in London ; the whole of the shelled tail 

 is put on one hook, and the body on another; and notwith- 

 standing the very coarse tackle, the postmaster caught sev- 

 eral large perch and roach, my opinion is that the large 

 bait is so tempting, "like the Turkish bonds," that the fish 

 overlook the dangerous attachment, and are caught. A 

 yacht near us contained a lady and gentleman. They had 

 five rods out. The most laughable thing is to see all these 

 long poles with their tops resting and lying about a foot 

 deep in the water. The small fish nibble away at the baits 

 a long time, but when a larger comes and the floats .walk 

 away, the angler simply strikes and lifts the fish into the 

 punt. At first I tried a usual roach line and a small piece 

 of crayfish, and caught no end of small ones. Afterwards 

 Mr. v. d. Borne and I used a float-ledger with two hooks 

 each, and the large crayfish bait. Our fine tackle soon put 

 the extinguisher on the other boats, for when we left off 

 we had caught seven fish each to the others' one. The fol- 

 lowing morning we were joined by Herr von Klitzing, one 

 of the largest landed proprietors in Magdeburg. This gen- 

 tleman had English tackle, and was my partner for the 

 day. He had taken care to bring an excellent lunch of 

 cold partridge, etc., and some excellent wines, and alto- 

 gether was a most agreeable, charming companion. He 

 caught the largest roach, which must have weighed about 

 two pounds, and I had a rudd to match. Mr. v. d. Borne 

 was with the postmaster in another punt, and both were 

 doing well, Mr. v. d. Borne pulling the perch out two at a 

 time. We were going on so successfully, when a storm 

 arose, and although we stood the rain out for over an hour, 

 the drenching made us retire; and it never left off all day, 

 which was a sore disappointment to all. Mr. v. d. Borne's 

 coachman drove us that evening to one of the country seats 

 belonging to Herr von Sydow, who owns a lake close by, 

 called Dobborphaler Lake. This gentleman was away with. 

 his family on one of his estates among the hills, but had 

 sent his servant with a carriage full of good things for our 

 delectation. We slept there that night, and the following 

 day attempted to fish for pike-perch7 with which this lake 

 abounds; but a hurricane drove us off the w T ater, and com- 

 pletely spoiled our sport, and so we returned to Bernen- 

 chen again and fished the Desenow Lake once more, before 

 my departure to Stettin and Berlin. I regret now that I 

 did not stay another week, for such angling is not to ha 

 met with every day." 



Venomous Serpents op the West Indies.— Poisonous 

 serpents are very unequally distributed in the West India 

 islands. Cuba, fortunately, has none; St. Domingo few 

 or none; Jamaica none; while the Windward Islands, off 

 to the southeast, do not fare so well. In Martinique the 

 dreaded fer de lance (lance of iron), or rat-tailed snake, 

 originally introduced from Venezuela and the region of the 

 Orinoco," to destroy the rats in the sugar cane fields, has 

 multiplied at such a rate as to become a public pest, an 

 ever present source of danger to all who visit the cane 

 fields, or go on foot into almost any place outside of St. 

 Pierre, oreven into the pleasant botanical grounds of that 

 chief town of the island. In the island of St. Lucia, south 

 of Martinique, it is still worse; there, the abundance of 

 venomous snakes of all kinds is such as to make it danger- 

 ous to every one who visits the interior of the island, and a 

 premium is now given for snake's heads with a view to 

 their extermination.. 



