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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Septkmbeh so, 1880, 



or fire feet deep, would gkidden the lieart of any anglex, 

 and he would be gloating over his prospective pound 

 trout before he would wet a line. But after a number of 

 casts, and raising no Jai-ger trout than six inches, he will 

 he overjoyed at llielamhngof an eleven-inch fish, weight 

 about seven ounces. The larger part of the fish of the 

 north and south forks were caught last fall in a trap set 

 below the junction of the two forks, which form the 

 main stream. There were smalt hopes of any success 

 after learnmg of this lawless practice, as it is a well es- 

 tablished fact that ;rout always return to the same stream 

 in which they were bred. I experienced the best success 

 iu the south fork, catching twenty- live trout, w^ei^ht five 

 pounds, Die largest being eleven Indies in length, all 

 taken with the tly exclusively. Tliis was by no means 

 up to my exp.'cUiUouH, whicii would nut have been .sal- 

 i.-.uua v.itli uiiyiliiu-uiulei- a pound troul, but this is the 

 disappointment all auiateurs are subjected to. The tish 

 in Laurel Itun seemed to lie very smaU, and few and far 

 between. A rathejr peculiar discrimination in the move- 

 ments of the flies by the trout attracted mv attention, 

 The fish in Laurel Uuu would never take the fly unless 

 it was being drawn down stream, while llioso of tht 

 north and south forks of Cheri'y would invariably take 

 it >vheu drawn against the cm-rent. J^ast year, iii July, 

 1 found it impossible to induce a trout to laJse the fly by 

 drawing it through the water. They would leap at it 

 while slid in the air, or just as it was about to touch the 

 water, but as soon as it struck the surface of tlie water 

 they Would detect tho deception, and all the most nat- 

 ural movements I would give the fly -would not tempt 

 them to take it. 1 su impose the very low and clear water 

 at that time wa.-j the rume of this, as I had no trouble to 

 induce the few trout that were in it the following year 

 to take the tly by drawing it down stream. The white 

 miller, pheasjant, dotted dun, cinnamon and yellow hackle 

 were found to be the most taking (lies. I encountered 

 my first rattlesnake at Cherry Tree Bottom. Returning 

 to C. 1'. B. Irom Laurel Eun by a narroiv road cut in tne 

 side of the mountain, about 4 p.m., I -^vas .suddenly 

 awakened from my pleasant thoughts by a loud rattling, 

 resembling the music of a locust— thought it was a locust, 

 but liiy innate dread of snakes iudu';efi mo to stand per- 

 fectly motionless the instant I heard it and try to place 

 it, in which I did not succeed very weU, aslhadsup- 

 po.^ed it issued from a clump of bushes about five feet to 

 th.L' right of the road, but I was cunvinced that that sup- 

 jiusiliua was wrong ivjien I saw a vellow rattlesnake suu- 

 nhig Itself on somn rocks in the center of the roadabout fif- 

 teen feet from me. Necessity compelled me to attack 

 it, lor the reasuu that the mad was too narrow to allow 

 me to pass it safely, I comuienced to throw rocks at it, 

 and after throwing about twenty 1 managed to hit it, 

 inducing it to ci-avvl away. It had kept up a continual 

 rattle from the moment it discovered me until 1 had 

 ick it with the rock, when it became perfectly silent, 

 iug a few feet, and at tliesame time carelully ex- 

 ; the side of the road in which it had disappeared, 

 jw thoroughly frightened at seeing the reptile in 

 a coil, Willi it;i head m the centre, ready to strike the 

 mouK'ut 1 caiiir, within reach of its poisonous fangs. 

 Hastdy stepiping back, I again commenced to attack it 

 with rucks, and :i.t last succeeded in dnvujg it up the hill, 

 whereIobta,iuci! a good view of it, and judged it to be 

 about four or fum- and a hall feet m length and about 

 one and tliL'ee-'iuaiters or two inches hi diameter. This 

 v,'iis the only ratUesiiake I met with, but I frequently 

 iiiistouk (lie siugiiig of a locust for the rattle of a snake, 

 caused by the i-eiuembrance of my fh-st encomiter. 



Behig within about ten miles of Hew Mountains, I con- 

 cluded to try the fishing of the Cherry River at that 

 point, where trout had been caught last year to the length 

 of eighteen inches, and securing a giude and his son as 

 compauioris we managed by riding, walking and crawl- 

 ing through the laurel bushes to reach the river. My 

 guide selected a suiah hillock, with four small trees at 

 nghL .-uiglis, uud coinmeuced to build a camp by trim- 

 ming ihc trees, leaving a V iiolcli on each at the jtinctiou 

 uL twi) ijr.iiu-hes, across which he laid two poles. The 

 next thmg to do was to get a roof for our frame, and 

 selecting some small and rather juicy trees about a foot 

 in diameter, he notched with an axe a circle at the bot- 

 tom and nuothcr about five feet above the lower one ; 

 then cutting a .straight groove between Ihe two circles, in 

 which he inserted the axe and pryed ofl' the bark. He 

 then proceeded to lay the plates of bark across the poles, 

 and weighted them with rooks to prevent tiie wind car- 

 rying them away. It was only at night that it occurred 

 to uie that it was dangerous to bo in these mountains, 

 containing a few panthers, plenty of wildcats and bears, 

 with no inhabitant wilhia ten uiilea, and two perfect 

 Btraligers as compauiou.s. But tiiis is by uo means a com- 

 promise nf- i,,v .ji,i,l,- ,iad his sou, but simply attributable 

 to niv . ' etranga surrouudmgs, which is 



paiLlv _ lo tlio fact that it w;is my first 



night sii I,. 1 . M . wild country. Camping out, even 

 if it did limit my sleep, increased my appetite, and corn 

 pone, honey, butter, bacon and trout fried in the fat ex- 

 tracted from the bacon by fiying, comprised our break- 

 fast, and though it would caus'e me to sneer at it here in 

 the city, I never enjoyed a heartier breakfast, served in 

 no finer manner Dian on bark plates, which 1 a<lvise 

 everybody tu make use of when camping out. 



liosult of two days' fisbiug, oightv trout, raniiing from 

 four to eight inches, all taken wdli the lly. Tlie average 

 eiste of the fisli not being salislactory, and feeliug the 

 hick of civiUzed accommodation, I returned to C, T. B., 

 after spending two days and two nights in the Hew 

 Mountains. 



Anybody desiring a good guide for hunting or fishing 

 in these regions can do uo better than to employe Mr. 

 James MuUeu, whose charges are extremely low, and who 

 ii3 perfectly at home in these mountains, as ho spends a 



1.1. ....f,.. .^..,»l np \-\ln ti..-.r. irt t\\mrt^ 1,1 t,flrlVr.h .if ,.■■.. .1.. Til. 



Horse hire fortwentv days 



Kouncl trip to K.F. from Cluuln 



Adv. 

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larger part of his time in them in search of game. The 

 Hew aioimtahia abound to a fair extent with bears, wild 

 cms, deer and turkeys, while pheasants and .sipiirrels 

 are without limit, and an occasional paulher is seen. My^ 

 second fishing tuur to C. T. B. was not commenced with 

 as great expectatiuns. as my first, consequently I was not 

 as badly disappuinled at my tViilnre to calch anything 

 larger tliaii eleven inches, as I had been at the beginning 

 of uiy lust day's trout fishing. Fortunately^ or unfortu- 

 nately, 1 had made up my mind to retm-n to Kanawha 

 Kails "about fifteen hours previous to a very heavy rain, 

 which caused Cherry River to raise five feet in twelve 

 Uours •, unfortimatcly on account of being detained fur 

 some time at UavUey River, -ft-hicU -was swvllea to audi aa 



extent as to make it impass.-ihle to the clumsy ferry boat, 

 guided by oars, used to t.ike horses and wagons "across 

 the river. The fishing of this trip was bv no means up 

 to my expectations, but taking into consideration the 

 health gained and the small expenses incurred, I by no 

 means regret it. The horsebackride can be shortened about 

 twenty miles by starting from Eondwerte (on C. & O. R. 

 R,),Chei-i-y Tree Bottom beingdue north of it. It is better 

 to hu-e a horse for the entire length of time that one in 

 tends to stay, the charge of pasturage being very small. 



The total expense of a three and a half weeks' trip was 

 as follows :— 



ys-- ., $10 00 



Cluulauutt J3 0« 



^..y.,..,, ,,„e-lmli weeks' auooiumoaatioa tor myse:! and 



_ herMJut CT. U :. looa 



lueMcnUU '■''''■■"^''^' K. J? ,.., .....;.;.'::. 5 (10 



^ This is a very pleasant and cheap trip for any bod v who 

 18 satisfied with a fair number of trout, and whose means 

 are limited, and if more inl'ormalion is required bv anv 

 sportsman \visliing to visit C. T, B. or Hew Mountains, "l 

 would refer liim to A. Spencer and .fames Mullen, of 

 Cherry Tree Bottiim, Nicholas Couiitv, W.Va. Tliey 

 will be happy to give .ill the niformalion jjussible, and 

 be wifiing to accommodate a limited numlier of anglers 

 or hunters. A map of the .State of West Virginia, pub- 

 bshedbyC;. W. Coltou & Cn., New York citv, is ex- 

 tremely useful to the aiiglw, it being the most" minute 

 map of that Slate published. I mention this only to ac- 

 commodHle the sportsmau, as I found it impos.sible to 

 procure one in Cincinnati, and was compelled to send to 

 Kew York for it, A. W. 



MENHADEN MOVEMENTS— A NEW THEORY. 



THE following letter, written by Capt. Terry, pro- 

 prietor of the South Bay Oil Works, situated just 

 east of Eke Island Light, to Prof. Baud, has been given 

 us for publication. Capt. Terry's long experience in the 

 capture of menhaden entitle Ms views to careful con- 

 sideration. 

 Prof. Spencer F. Baird, United Statts Finh CommU- 



sionev : — 



Dear Sir : I met. by invitation, with the United Statis 

 Oil and Uuauo Association, at the United States Hotel, 

 on the Mth of January, ] 880, and had the plcasm-e of 

 hearing the address of Prof. Ooode, on the menhaden 

 question, as to the time when they make their appear- 

 ance on our coast, and where,; how far thev reach "East 

 and the cause of their not reachiug as far a.s" the coast of 

 Maine hist year : also their food and the various causes 

 of the searcUy at certain iseasons of the year at different 

 places on the feeding grounds, etc., etc., all of which I 

 listeued to with great interest, and the greater part of 

 which 1 could assent to. 



As to the fish le.iving the entire coast line, iu that part 

 of the season, from Cape May to the Alneyard Sound, 

 dicre they should be the most plenty, he could not, or 

 did not, give any particular reason, "f have been in the 

 fishing business" for the last siKteen vears. hist as piart 

 owner of the Whig Inlet Oil AVorks. and lately of the 

 South Bay Oil Works (formerly owned by Wall's Sons), 

 situated at Fire Island, in the Great South" Bay. For the 

 first leu in- twelve years the lisb made their "appearance 

 with us about the irith day of April, entering our sounds 

 and buys as scattering fish, and could only be taken by 

 set nets, or hauling seines on shore, the w'ater being too 

 cold for them to shoal up or show on top of the water 

 until about the 1st of May ; from that time pm'se nets 

 commenced to take the iisli out hi the ocean. The fish 

 would remain on our coast so aa to be a profitable business 

 untfi about the 2lltli of September, and then the summer 

 lisii would leave our coast for the season. Un or auout 

 the 20th of October the lish would again make tlieir ap- 

 pearance, and were what wc woulel caU the fall run, or 

 main lisb, which were very fat, and would couthiue with 

 us uutU Dec. 1st, or until severe cold weather set in, in 

 all this time the feeduiggrouud for the meiih.-tdeu was 

 from Ciipe Henry to I kuow not how far eastward of 

 the coast of :\Iairie, taking in all the sounds and bays 

 along our coast, with uo molestaliun, except at the fol- 

 lowing places, via ; At fii-st, only couimencmg at Cape 

 May and in the IJtlaAvtire Buy, afterward in the capes of 

 Virginia, say about ten miles in extent ; at Capo Charles ; 

 then about twenty uifies at and near Cape May^ ; then 

 about ten miles at tfreat Egg Harbor : then from Long 

 Branch up to Sandy Hook, and thouce across to Long Is 

 land and as far east as ten miles east of Fire Island In- 

 let ; then in Gardner's and Pci-onic bays and across lo 

 the coast of Ci iimecticut and Rhode Island. Further east 

 I have no positive kno\vleJge. So vou will see that but 

 a very small part of the feeding ground fur the men- 

 haden fioh was iu any %vav iuterfeietl with, or lish taken 

 with the purse net, from Cape liemry to Montauk Point, 

 and the habits of the fish, from year to year, was very 

 uniform ; but for the last i^ew years a great cliauge has 

 taken place. Tlie menhaden c'lteh began to fall olf iu 

 Maine, and has resulted m an euiiro failure of the men- 

 haden fishery any further east than the A'liieyurd Suund 

 in the season of 1810, And that is not all, for" the fish has 

 for tlie last few years left our coast, south side of Long 

 island, from four to six weeks iu the summer season, at 

 the very time when we used to iuivo about our best fish- 

 ing, and factories have had to be closed up more or less 

 of the time from Barren Island to and including Gard- 

 ner "" 



off from the land and in deep water. I know that it ia 

 said that the temperature of the water, as far west as 

 Boston Bay m lyTS and "ISTU, has been too cold for the 

 menhaden to migrate further east ; but I think there are 

 other causes to account for it, such as stated above. 



You will obsev\e that imtil within the last few years, 

 only sailing vessels were employed ui the menhaden 

 fisheries : but fast sailing steamers have been jiut into the 

 busmcss. so small in numbers at first as not to be 

 perceptible. But in 1S78 tlie number was 64, and in 

 ISTil there were -!1 : and with all the iuerease in iium- 

 bei ■■( sh aiuers luid tonnage we find llie eatch of fish to 

 be -:i.;,-jsi(.( nil ],,,, i,^ is;,, j),.-,,, ,,^ j^;f^_ .,jjj y^^ cry is 

 that .till the .steamers come. To sum up the whole mat- 

 ter, in my opinion, the fish need, and must have, some 

 portion of the feeding ground loft to them unmolested by 

 either sailing \'essel3 or steamei-s engaged in the purse 

 net fishing. Has not the fishing for menhaden all along 

 our coast been so conductetl, or carried oti Ijv those en- 

 gaged hi the fisheries that, although we have' nut kUled 

 the goose that lays the goldea egg, we have in a great 

 measure liroken up the roosting place and nest, and com- 

 pelled lier to find a safer place to rebuild her nest for 

 tulureuseV W. J. Teiuiy. 



BaijviLe, L. I. 



SOHUETZEJf EOTES.— The New York Schuetzen Corps 

 is the ablest organization of the kmd m America, and ia 

 comjirised of our Ijesf citizens. Their membership is 

 very large, and all work iu barmonv under the captain- 

 ship of jMajor George Aery. The New York City Schuet- 

 zeu Corps is an oflsprhig of the above-named corps and 

 is also composed of gootl men, but bears no coniparlBon 

 with the original corpis, 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 



—The Holatiirii Shootir 

 NfuLoUau sole manafaelui 



—Mr. Garrelt. Koach advi 

 oelebrutea Block champion 



secure a good dog. Bee advertisement. 



g and ffishlnt' Siiils, I'ptliegrove & 

 i-i'3, Valpnruiso, fad. Send lor circulai". 

 si-lisesa lew poiutor pupiiiea from tie 

 Kusb-Queou 11. Now is the eliaiiiie to 



^njiw^rg ta fflotnespontUttts. 



'"'No uotioe taken of Auuuyuiou 



Con 



auIoatlonH. 



My reason I'.f -in (ii;= i^: that so long as the fish had 

 almost tl: il the greater part of the 



sound ;i!i for then- feeding ground 



the entui ; m lo December, they would 



remain on the coast, ami near the laud, in shallow water. 

 That is, thoy svould strike the coast near (^Jiqie Henry, 

 and follow" it (somewhat like the mackerel) uutd thev 

 reached Eastpior!:. And still further east and iiurth, some 

 remaining all along the coast, so there would bi- lisliing 

 the entire clistauce, excepting at short intervals, from the 

 lucemeiit of the season to its close. But for the 

 last few years the enth-e coast line, from end to end, lias 

 been run over ahnosC everyday by the lishing vessels, 

 and the fi.sh have had no ch.ince to remain in any one 

 place for any length of time, liut are continually har- 

 assed from moruiug to night e-s-ery day, untfi they are 

 forced to leave their old feeding ground," and aie only to 

 be found, as some supposed, some thirty to forty miles 



R. S. I, H.— See (jur game columns. 



J. A. a., Matteawun, N. Y.— Xoa oan procure the booli trom 

 us; price $:->. 



M. S. F , Charleston, S. C— You will Una ao answer to your 

 Dlitmar Powder inijuh-ieain Our Issue ot last week. 



M. L. A., Yonkers, H^. Y.— The law permits robia shooting after 

 Oct. 1st, in this State. Your other ituoations Iiave been answered 

 already. Seo last issue. 



L. W. r.. Midddleton, Coon.— "We do not T3uy guaa for outside 

 piirtlea. You can find just what you want by wiIiIdb lo our ad" 

 vorlisers. 



L. E. \V., Uayt's Comer, N. Y.-l.Tho pistol is made by Pittstoit 

 Arms Company; price, about $4,50 retail. -J. Flobert riHe, price 

 S7.M to SIO. i. A good deal used In galleries, etc., i. 100 feet. 



New York.— Tour postal heeded. We had already lakeu oog- 

 uizance of llie fact complained of, and had eet ahout remedying 

 it. There can surely be no complaint of hist isbue on that 



UKAUEit.Baldinoie.Md.— Will you bo kind onoug-h to inform 

 1110 whelner, alter one night, it would bo siit'e to Blsiy several 

 nights in a very miihuious dlEtricfi' Aus. Ono eevcre frost la 

 generally sufficient to destroy thog-erms of malaria. 



C. D. n., NcHmarl-;et.~ Will the use o! oliUlcdsbot injure a gua/ 

 The ■luostion has been raised here, and I write for iuformatlou. 

 Ans. Chilled abut is pusslbly luoiu upt to mark a gun than soft 

 shot, but U cannot, we think, injure the gun in any way. 



(1. S., New Yoi'k.-All thrto tvero li 

 which we can decide ihat one uuiJte is l 

 thmiunutlier. Dis.-.issiu;is ot this kir 



idihil ! 



.i , K. i-.-r 





Thuio is uo lest by 

 dniablo and accurate 

 to prompted by Indi- 

 style of arm, anilno argu- 



vilh 



le .-nuiri'el queilioii was disciissi ! _ i : uh in 

 Ktue.vM- Ufo yoars ago, the ■-" :. us 



y us iu the issue of March 2Ist, I . . .,;i;ts 



■y Lubiibsuiutiale the opinions iiuv.M.^eu, lUiU ihe 



dlsoueslou was closed to be opened agaiu only for the aamlsaiuu 



of further evidence than was ilien proffered. 



B. ty. D, Rockhwid, Maine.- We would sujrgtst that you send 

 for tlie live articles on dog breaking, which appeared in the For- 

 est AKU Streaji afew months back. They wUl tdl yon all you 

 want to know, and ia a very few words. We are pleased to say 

 that they have the indorsement of Br. C. A. Packard, Piesideat, 

 Sugadubcic Association fertile protection of fomeand lish, at Bath 

 in your Statu. 



I£. G. W., Virginia.- -I have u setter dog elghteoi 

 andhuhadtho distemper when .si.v luontlis ohl, 1 

 did not recover for severa mouths, during whieh 

 almost covered With yellow blistcis, but n:- 

 nose or eyes. Since he recuvered he luiia; 

 symptoms when given any e.veieise. Ans. : 

 mange cure, advertised in auolUei eohimu, :! i, 



A. P. IC, Boston, JIass.— 1 have a setter bitch iiov 

 eleven months old which seems very healthy and ati 

 since she was large enough to run with any strength she has had 

 thehahit of drivelling at the mouth, allhough t caimotsay that 

 it does ber any harm- Will auylhlijg stop it? She has not had 

 the distemper. Ans. Keep the digestive organs healthy, give 

 plenty of exercise, and iu tho couise of time Ihc habit may cor- 

 rect iiself . There ia no spoeitlc remedy for drooling. 



C, B T., New York.- Can you inform me thranghyourvolu- 

 aljle papei' how to dress u deor'a hide to make it soft and pliable 'i 

 Ans, I'aku soft water, about ten gallona, one-half bushel wheat 

 brim, se\-en pounds of salt, two and a half pounds of sulphuric 

 Held. Ijissolv.- :i!le-..-ili..r ioid mil tlie skins in the solution and 

 iilio.v then. '-iiem out and eieau 

 ihemMtll. - hours, or longer, if 

 uet.issary. 'uc, well washed and 

 dried, 'i'licy eau be L",:ei.'i^ j^nii, :r .iedir^u. 



r. ;iX. J5,,Metuchcn, K. .1.— M.v seller puppy, live mouths 'p|o 

 barks and howls on the elunn miil when looked uji In the kennel. 

 WliatBhallldo to remedy this? Ans.ln tholirat place, uo young 

 puppy should ever bepuniahed by being chained. Ifor many rea« 

 sons all young doga sould have their freedom. If you will swltoli 

 the dog every time he commences to make a noise, and tell .Win 



inths old, 

 which he 

 L- he was 



!»■, but 



I 



