204 



FOEEST AND STREAM. 



[OOTOBEK 14, 1880 



work nioy >ir w, 

 Ukeu In.; 

 TUcm, i 

 TVaS allBCUl ij a;i 



all tile principal I 

 lottding cliiofB. 



IWCr..- 

 otljertril- , I 



gl-OlUklh, rn I 



H'-l in Alnslcii 

 ppailiijij uf tlio 1 

 IvLi-e taught Ijv 



'i'K. 



I'll ft-oiu llio following clipping wjiieli is 



11 iidor Major Moiris tma Oapt. B«u-<l»loe, 



: y IT-!,! .1,^, nil- 11 ■ -0 ill-- in.rtblat.jViBitiug 



I ■ --■•111 li-luiir; auili.aiciiri with the 

 - . 11 1-1 rl,:it tlir.M- j;.r,li.«li caiiofiK from 



- i: '.. . •! ■■■ ]■.', -.LiMiihV, Lad Uieu to 







otlev liad l.iieu 







i-i ; othorwisf. 



,(,, , ; 



:. .'liii; i'i 



V flijuiialiH aiv 





,, 1 -•■ l\:'d 



- I'iir war in the 







1 -ood fouuda- 









liil.-i iiu.ndi 



1, ilretof Bixtv 





aiis, will leave 



Flirt SiiiipKcjii 





. If lliis is 1 



Lir„istcd m war 



csuil, Co 



1' Hiv Hooniili!' 



, Chiliuats aud 



auSuials, 



arc rcaolved to protect these 



Tlir United States has 



Tlie Indian tn 



lithe 



V tr.'idi 



Jm, 



Th, 



letitthe 

 •ted thei 

 » Indian 



Hanus, Vjiited States nav,. '. , ;,. i.,;, iivij. 



wild uiocovtrcd north of lev iSmiuis cunneii jueKs lueuled, jbIiuuIh 

 diacuTcred, reefs Biirvcyod, aud otlier useful work done. 



Oa giTiiif!: np eomraand of .Tlm■lPslo•\^^^ aiirl the charge of 

 Aki-^-ii, ,iir.,ir- the reluruin^ e,,; ineeii;-- i-r-eived the rare 

 ''"■ ■ r.,,,.-.,: lieine; mweil li.) ;;ji ■ e. — e i-'ssioned Officers 

 \v.ie. i-iinni-, rrii, n.iul he lelt lie. .-liji Heiler a siilute of three 

 tUt-ws which were followed up iis the sLcauiei- drew off by the 

 same from the whole towa assctuhled on its wharf to see liim 

 off. 



Aside from his oIDciiil duties, as hia Fores'i- and Stream 

 friends know, ■ " Pisgco " has foimd t ime to ptirsue liis iiatiirni 



lustory studies, n:i!l 



tUe country and ii- 



published iu om- ei in 



1 if letters which surini 



( Considering only the 



chagrined that Uncle Sum did not leave oiu- correspondent 



his cheerless abode of snow anoUier winter, but for his own 



sake we may rejoice that "Piseco's" letters will hereafter 



come to us from a sunnier clime. 



n about 

 K;dreadylieeii 

 hiiiid a series 

 Viidy printed. 

 • quite 



New Tobk Puotectoes.— The fact that our remarks in a 



recent issue relative to Hie selection of Ihe newiranie and fish 

 proltctr.i-share heeu u-idely ciipied and echoed liy llie jiress is 

 iisufflciem pruof that the criticisms made were well a"rouiided. 



THE FJSH COMMISSION. 



THE suumier work of the U. S. Pisli Commission at Kew- 

 pnrt is finished, and Prof. Bivird and his staff have gone 



t" e "'..ri; 11] 1 ihi- material obtained. It has 



I ;i:, i. ill. I. iioiii fur science and to the 



I' ' . i ■ -. lie!, e;il;e I'I liliode Isl.and, but alsi to the 

 Atlantic coast; for while the former will rejoice ovei- new 

 JVauis nf fishes, mollusks aud crustaceans added to the fauna, 

 the fisherman will obtain a deeper insijrhf into the liabits, 

 ill enable him to 

 er sneress. The 

 ■n and \Vaahin;r. 

 ill remain at these 



food and migrations of his prey, which 

 sock it more intelligently aud with greal 

 Fish Hawk -wiU hlmi'i', ], ;i,e i.ii- Wilniingl 



ton, but it is not ; ■ liefber she w 



places all winter, in I;-- i l- len-e snullioi 

 ligate and exple.re the hsli 

 The woi-k on the Pii 



watei 



1 to 



ives- 



aud their many interests. 

 ast lias progressed favorably, 

 iiud a correspondent writing from there says: 



Ona of the boat points about the United Stutes salniou-breeding 



station on the MoCloud River is the e<»nomy with which it has 



r'^;-''i --!!■.■ ill I iperation— thin iri 



- ■ 1 ' ' jhiion eggs, aud 



I.I ' ' ■ ) StuteH, iuchid- 



ili n, ban lieeu leas than ilO,- 



-iahllHluueut — ^tho largest of its 



ii perfect order aud run eight 



■jes ha\'e been built, and three 



• huildiugH, have been 



ilie 



1 the MoCloud River 



!-iirried on. It has 

 lUth— and lj:i,s tur. 



dwelling-h. 

 L-reeted. I 



akt'i, lieaid, 

 lilt of this K 



' the Deputy Coi 



been paid^ and a, 

 jmt ui nmmug ori 1 

 just before the M: 



'■ ■" '. liesides all the 



■ I. Kill of thuo, 

 e and m.atiu-ed; 



I.I I'. , III" the eggfi has 



1.1 liilhr tamleri. States, 

 il, at ct.i a thousand. 

 le the 5iJ,i'iliil,0(J0 sahnnii 

 iiery would eoiuelutbe 



Til 



atll 



iel to 



J «sgs ha, 

 I shipped Kaat, ai 

 a outU'C cost of lesi 

 en l.y tlie operatii 



ail 1 



odiieed 



d all the biiUdii 



ill, nun 



Tlie 



lis ut tluH station, 



-:!,lo.5,iiOi), or 1- . I I I I II i-i nf the toruier eost of the 

 same nimilie.r of wiliuu.i egg--- il is doubtfol if the United States 

 Treasury reeord can show Btto(-hor jnatanco where so uvuoh has 

 been accompliRbod lor bo little nionov. 



Of the investigations in < mnr. ti m ^'ith Ike census, tinder 

 the direction of Pmf . G. ,■ ■ , - i mly lo speak, but it is 

 gratifying to note tluit Hu- rn.- li.i lyluml the cotratry ap- 

 taeciale the labors of the Coniniissiou, and hi this connection 

 we print the following editorial from the New York JETwaW .• 



A.t a time when newspapers aud liimittn hends are full of pohtios, 

 the aunonncewwt tW th» ?vh Commission has ended ite Btinnner 



labors is hardly likely bi e 

 is that the uoimuiB.sioii hi 

 within the suninier tliae 

 combined. The hen-l -I 

 several of his assi-i - I 

 years in studyin;.; ili. e- 



11 Btea.bly at work for several 

 lariinis fishes that are of great 

 eomiuereial value, ;, i i li.au one reason or another disappeared 

 trom our eoosts, and the results, accoinijlished with so little blow- 

 ing of trumpets that not one person in a thousand has heard of 

 then,, have not only h.-n (lie .-estockhigof many of om- rivers with 

 -liiiliiii'l M'-n i.r ,1 I- -i.linon, but have given .ahundant 



yT..iiii.l.s !-!■ l-li'. .... . II. - 1. Pass and the cod, once plentiful 



i.iltuur -.la.-t, liiil no,. .,,,1 .-.,■,•.,■.- Ivo-.i.- to he with us again 



m great nnmher.s. To tie , ,.,i,: - I ' , ,, miitry owes the 



informatiou thatom- Soiiii :,, - , , n , ,, ^—ihose for the 



muHet^tliatarelUiely tur.Mil -i n.ie-ua.i,- — ,,, ..f the Northern 

 "catches." The conmioreial importaueu of oiii' [-(nheries is greatly 

 nnderrated ; even the announcement ot tl e uoii.eoso pru-e ue paid 

 Great Britahi for the privilege of fishing for a te«- years in Cana- 

 dian waters has not brought the people to a. realization of the 

 \-aluo of the " ha.r\est of the sea.'' Like all ottier uatiural ]iroducts 

 the liaheries depend largely upon Hie inlePi-enee of the lisliermeu. 

 The sea crop may be exhausted liy I,: ,-, ,' lilvasany 



land crop. A few years ago the sat i ,i|iinibia 



■t yrf (he tiTitb Dr. Sterling has also sent us photos of Lake Erie catfish, to 



.1 servieo | which We Will refer again ; the pike-|ierch i t wall-eyed piko, 



1 I" i!'s-i!>^is and of the "lake mullet" {Mij.mxiniim o'lreala), tdl froMi 



""'J plaster casts made by himself. 





--'i.-i -1 f!s;;lit.!,!i.,il into ao attempt (o so regulate tlio 



-,.,..1 :,l til... -!],|.l:, -Li-iild not be exhausted : the deple- 



i-ii ..I .1.,, II- i:s in oI.iT sitaf.- is a matter of long record. To 

 prevent loss and to gain so much at a cost so little as the Fish Com- 

 asions is cause for congratulation. 



Barntm as a Fjsh Cuwckist.— At the recent fair of the 

 Suffolk County, N. Y., Agricultural Society, Mr. P. T. Biu- 

 num, the well-known showman, siioke to the people on agri- 

 culture and kinib'ed subjects at the conn-bouse at Riverbead, 

 Long Tslanil. Mr. Jilarmim said that he came more to hear 

 whai :\[essrs. Uooisevelt and Blackford, of the New Tork Fish 

 Coniiiiis,,i,iii, had to say upon fish ciit tare, than to .say any- 

 thin- himsell', asbelnul Se-n tbi.-n n.lTeyil,-:-,! r- arbli'-ss rfi- 

 people upon Ihat ini|.oii.i.e -oei i -,,! ,- . ,,,.., i... y . 



was done and how to do ii ; luil as there was no prospect of 

 having any tisli-talk, he would give his experience in tliis di- 

 directiou, wliicb he did as follows: 



"Ihftdauico pond on my farm full of pickerel, smiflsh 

 and other worthless species, and everybody advised me to Idll 

 them off and stock it with black bass : so T got men with 

 seines, aud dragged out all the ].iii-kerel, and put in twei bun- 

 ch-ed line black bass and left them aloue foi- two years. A 

 friend one. day s.aid. ' Itanimn, Ihere are some oilier lisb in 

 Ihat pond yel, and Ihey nia;v eat up all the yoimtr bass. I 

 saw one tli'erc Ihe other day- :i loot long.' So^ as he kui'W all 

 about this sort of thing, I lei himinanage it, and he caught 

 quite a lot of them. 1 birget what he calleal them, but as 

 they wcro-veiy destructive to bass ami lirst-rale for the talile, 

 he fi-shcd away, and sent me some occasionally, untU he re- 

 ported tlie last lot as being all that was left of tliem. As 

 they were going to the cook, a Iricnd arrived, to whom I 

 .showed tbein ami told liieslory, 'You big fool,' Said he, 

 'those are your black bass!' And it was a fact; he had 

 caught and we had eaten the whole lot,, and T Pame here to- 

 night to leant liow I miglit keep fish and eat them nt tlie 

 Siuue time." 



Justice to 1)oo-Kili.bus.— We publish elsewhere XTOm a 

 Virdiiia correspondent, whose pseudonym will l^e recognized 

 with pleasure, tlie stoiy of how a dog-peiisoner met bis de- 

 iSerts. The atory is literally true, and is of service as estab- 

 lishing the points .shown. It seems to tie very generally be- 

 lieved, even by very infelligeni people, that there is no remedy 

 in law agaiu.st the malicions or wimtuu Idlling nf a dog, on 

 the idea that « dog /•!■ ivl pri--itui!i, A dog is notpi'openy in 

 this— that a man cannot lie convicted at comman law of lui-- 

 i:eny of a dog owing to the iieeubar nature and habits of the 

 animal. But the eonrts in \'irgtnia have in several instances 

 decided that bis mvnei can recover damages for the wanton 

 and malicious killing of his dog. Tiiis opinion hieing so preva- 

 lent the story ma.y be of service to .sporlsinen in other States 

 wliere the common law of llngland is the rule, as it i,s in Vir- 

 ginia, in bringing to justice and punishuig that class of people 

 who are not willing to respieei the rigdits of their neighbors 

 without the fear of the law to restrain them. 



SizK OF Bl.vck Ba.ss. — We have on several occasions <'.\- 

 pi-essed a doubt about the small mouth black ba-ss exceeding 

 the weight of four pounds. It is true wc often had accounts 

 of larger ones from correspondents whoso veracity we had no 

 rca.son to doubl, but then our skepticism wa' transferred Crnrn 

 the size of the fish to the iehthy oiogieal knowledge of our in- 

 binnant, as the big moutli olteii iuhubits the same water, aud 

 is so very often confounded withit. All doubts arenowsetal 

 rest hy Dr. E. Sterling, of Cleveland, Ohio, who sends na a 

 photograb of one caught at Lotig Point Reel, Ivclly's Island, 

 Lake Erie, on Oct, 10, ISGS. which neighed six and ii quarter 

 ixiuuds! The picture shows the fish lo lie remarkahly stout, 

 as llioiigh full of eggs or gorged with lish, its depth bemg 

 contained in its length nearly three times, aud the question 

 may arise whether or not it is fair to record the weight of a 

 fish when so filled. The season in wluch it was caught is not 

 the orduiary spawning lime for lliis fish, but specimens have 

 been found"full of eggs al. fully as late n p.-ri.,.!. Even allow- 

 ing a half a poun.l I'.il- 111! -,e e\ir:is, lliere siiil yemaius eUilUgh 

 to give it precedence ovci- any Alirr'tiK'-rii-i :<iiiiii,'!ihx which 

 we now remember as being upon record, 



Thb SAw-nrsT Arena.— The nest six-days' walk will begin 

 in Loudon, Nov. 1. Several English competitors will walk, 

 and America will be represented by three men, one of whom 

 is a negi'o. In accordance with tlie preconcerted plana of 

 "the management," one of these iVmeiicans will win, and the 

 Astley belt will come to America. By regularly alternating ' 

 I' ,s.i 111. I 111 , Ise-kers of these hippodromes are 

 II their contests enough of the 

 ( liiiiiii by 1, airracl the entry fees and betting 

 at unwashed. We could wish that the mali- 

 ayers H.niiii find it to their interest this time to let the belt 

 remain iu England. That would be a consununation devont- 

 1}' t,o be wished for by all decent men. 



the victoric 

 successful 

 " internal il 



staki-s ot If 



TJu gparkmm §amisL 



HUNTING IN MONTANA. 



A chUl, sad ending of a drear' 

 The waiung light in stUluess li 

 lienueatlifi no ray nf hone the 

 But lends to gloomy thoughts 



day, 



tout b.' 



sadncBK still. 



QLClIwere my thoughts as 1 crunched among the reeds 

 O and rushes of a little shm-h, one day last March. U 

 was cold, cloudy , ami I had been there all diiy watching for 

 waterfowl >. iii, Iml . -u.; ,. -. :;s my bag up to that time was 

 <in]ylv."'' Is, As I repeated the lines to 



myself I ., , . , ., , , ,i-;!, home, when I heard the 

 familiar a,i„l p,,;.,. -piu ke.i.iii, ■■ Ib.nk ! honk !" of a flock of 

 geese, and presently saw tlicin comins;- .straight toward the 

 slough. I did not allow- them to lii;ht, but just as they were 

 .about to, I let bofli liarrels of iiiy Xo. 10 Wciiley into'tliem. 

 aiKi 'li'-i:,!"-! li.!,-- I'-i.,-, ! had lime to iratber tUeni up, 



■li-,- ' "> '■ ■ ■- ■ ,1 '- ■■I.I 1^ got live of tiiose. Then 



■■-'1' -11,11 ,,,,,■ 1,1, 'SI ',,■! it' lilije teal, and changuig my 



coarse sli.a, b.r a , h,,,;, ,111-,,- ,,1' Xo. 8, I dropped nine 



of them. Then ail s , , . Inni ami mallards cliargcd 



al, me, and were 1 -,il s o . 1 I, , ,i bmr uf their miuiber. 

 In fact, 1 wa.s kepi 1,11,., I.iniiiiy ,,i,i| iiring till ilark, mv la.st 

 bird being a Hue large s\van, wiiich I dio|iped with a charge 

 of BB. So iiiy day's spurt ended tinelv after all, and next 

 niornijig I scut liie wagon up lor Ihe game, aud foniid I had 

 killed thirlceii gccsc, eight brant, scvcnfeen mallards, tbirtecni 

 teals, live ducks, whiciri do not know the name of, mid one 

 ,swan, making a total of lifty-scvcu bead, which Icall a preUy 

 large bag for two and one-half or tliree hours shooting. 



But waterfowl is not Ihe only game here by any moans. 

 Antelope can be .seen aii\ day by riding three or four miles 

 friim the house. Al this limc -1 tile year Ibey are not band- 



' ■-" 'ill I ,.'i''-' 'I !-■ i I'I ■" '1 - in the fall and wui- 



■11 ■ I ■ ' , ,, ,, ,1 ,:i,.h. I was scouring 



ai'-,.i . ,'| I III |,i,iii,, :i ■.-,,, .,1 nil Indian, and we ran 



o»er ,. hole b.inu a. ,^ e ioiiie.l ,iie p-iiii ,,f a riilgc. The In- 

 dian junqied oil liis horse ami killed tour before thev could 

 get out of range of his "Winchester. I neyer eaieil t"o bunt 

 antelope— in fact, could never Iiud any s[iiirt in it; and to 

 tne the meat has a vcrv stroin:, ilisa-rceable taste. 



The timbered bottoms of tlic river-.tlie Marias— arc full 

 of white-tail deer, and the '■ eoolevs,'' wliich ruu out in the 

 prairie, shelter a biir sprinkliiiL' of black-tail, sometimes 

 callednuile deer. Il is wiUi the birmer. huM-vcr, that I have 

 llteHlOSt sport. 1 have an old Indian mare whieli I ride when 

 hunting them, and I am sure slie enjovs ilie sport as much as 

 I do, for she will poke along tlnouirh the brush, keeping li 

 ShiU'p lookout, and when she sees one sh. will stop of hei' 

 own accord. I remember one day 1 was hunling with her 

 in the bottom below here, and when passing througb a little 

 thicket of cherry and liuUberry brush, she slopped all of a 

 sudden, and although 1 pressed my spur against her side she 

 woidd not, move an inch. Well, I looked and looked, aud 

 saw nothing, and was about to give the old beast a good 

 spurring, tluuking she had fooled me, when aliout Ihirty'fect 

 to iiiy left 1 saw a little fawn Standing staring at me. I i'mme- 

 iliainii lyii.i ii my compliments in the shape of nine larse 

 111, I ' 1, "her time 1 seared up a doe and two fawiia, 



fill n| - i_ I III 1; le and one fawn with a right and left, while 

 tile oinci ran oil a liltle way andsloppiid. Slipping off my 

 horse, 1 crept up within range, and lulled him also.'making 

 three deer in about as many minnlcs. 1 always use a shotgun 

 to luuil them, and .seldouv fail to get a close, fair shot, al- 

 though 1 often miss ; but, like all himters, I do nol care to 

 tell aliout tilt! misses. 



Of all foolish animals that "(valk on fow feet I think the 

 black-tail deer the most foolish ; uuless the wind is in theh' 

 favor, a person can nearly walk (ivcr them. 1 have heard 

 men tell of slanding in one place and killing a whole band. 

 Tn fact, when we ware -'out to bufltilo'' last winter I Si.aw an 

 Indian clean uji a banil of seven, shooting from one pOsiUoU. 

 They prefer to .siny iu a liniken, lully country, where are 

 great higli-cin byiiks .nul deep cooleys. Thcreissuch a placK 

 ationtli\r 1 ii'i 1 II lure, and I often go out there for a lil- 

 i Ic spori 1 I , 1 ek there one day winch I tlfiuk would 



have w- le 1 I,, b 1. over 325 pounds. He had a very 

 vcrv larue j.ioi I . ■ I -y but, like fdl black-tail, they were 

 irregular ami dev 1,, 1 1 n ■ , 



Aliout ibirty 1 1 ,1 ,, I 1 . looming up in all their gran- 

 deur, are the sn. ,-, ,-p ,> pi .,ks of the Rocky Mountains. 

 There can be found, mingling with one another, every spe- 

 cies of game there is on the North American continent — 

 Jlountain buffalo, moose, elk. deer, bighorn and Kocky 

 Mountain sheep; grizzly, cinnamon and black bear ; pan- 

 thers, wolves, lynx, swans, gei-se brant, ducks, prau-ic chick- 

 ens, grouse, etc., enough to satisfy the wildest dreaius ol any 

 sportsman. 



Then the streams arefuU of front, and the lanjeranil deeper 

 lakes have plenty of salmon in them, espieeially si. Maiy's 

 Lake, where il is said salmon have been eautrhi wci^hiua' fifty 

 pounds. After the rainy season I intend going up to Chief 

 Mountain and St. Mary's Lake on a hunting expedition. As 

 it is impossible to get among the game with a wagon I shall 

 take an Indian along nameii Knucki^yu. He is an A No. I 

 Indian ; has a large new lodge, plenty of horses to pack the 

 ]iliindcr; and last, liut iioi least, Ihreo Strong women to do 

 all the work. The expeusi .s of the trip wotUcl )JC! nothing, 

 and good saddle Jioraos cim be boughl, for $'Z(), 



