OuroiiER 21, 1880] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



225 



I PEBATUKB ASI) RAISPAIX LAW8 TOR LoSBO>', — Aq in- 



i:,' paper, read at the last moeting of the British Asso- 

 'mr the Advnncement of Science, attempts to answpr 

 Is diiTe to be found any definite relation hc- 

 - of riiiufall or temperature in any monih or 

 ! .\ L-ather or lemperatuj-e -of the month or scuson 

 . jwiug? Tlie author, II. Coui-tenayFox, M. B. (J. S., 

 ;:- conclusions on data obtained from an cxauuoiitiou 

 bscrvationa on monthly temperature and rainfall, as 

 III at the Koyal Ol)servatory during ^he sixty-sbc years 

 ' 11 to 1880. As a result of M5 investigation he lays 

 III- fill low in;;,' dcfinilc proijositions : 

 ■ old si.u-ing is verv prone to lie followed by a cold 

 ! !•, a (■old nuuuuer tends to be followed by a cold autuiim, 

 i a cold autumn lias a slight tendency to be succeeded by 

 Winter of low temperature. 

 . Warm sumroera are generally follOAral by wiirm 

 mmns. 



, Lino fewer thaji elgltf, out of the twelve mouths (that is 

 : every one, except Pebruarys March, May and October) 

 S' Jow temperature tends to he prolonged into the aucceed- 

 g month. 



. If June, .Inly, AiiLiii-t ot December be warm, the next 

 [both will probai/ly iip a warm one also. 

 ». Two months ;,.Junc and J ulyj tend, when very drj-, to 

 rfOilowed by dry ones. On the other hand, a dry August 

 ^ioatea the probability of a wet Septeu>bcr. 

 , A wet December is apt to be succeeded by a wet Jaim- 



lesides the foregoing, there are a few instances in which 

 llu- rainfall o! r.riaiii iiio)itbs appears to bear a defmite rela- 



''■"' ' ' -I I'l.- •^.' -iilisfoiH.ait exinan'-s of temperature. 



1. It Auiinsi or Si iitcinliei- be warm, iJic ensuing Scptem- 

 I I October iiicliues to be wet. If, on the other liand, 

 I hsberor November be cold, the succeeding October or 

 i) . . liihpr isliUely to be a dry month. 



ti. If ]\bniary, June orjulybe very ttry, the next month 

 Waa u siii.nn tendency to be warm. 

 9. li Januar.\-, March or April be wet, we may also exjject 

 'iba next nioiUii to be a warm one. But a wet May or July 

 ' gives a stioiii.' probatiility of cold weather in June or August 

 •■-■! "-lively. ^^^ ^ 



SiiAiiiw Sw,\LLOW TiiKiTj Yousti. — A short time ago Mr. 

 Blacltford of Fulton Mai-ket, New York, received a specimen 

 of tlie "porbeagle," or mackerel !i\uiTk,IiiUrijpahaekai/iyfhioh 

 was caught near Great Neck, Long Island, smd proved to be 

 V, female which measured six feet eleven hicbes in length. 

 UTr. B!ne!(fnni said : 



: I : -I I ;iir she iiad been dead more llian seven 



-! use si/.e of her stomach 1 Ihou.irbl she 



' I barrel or two of ino.sa buukers. and to 



I 'UKaied her. Iinagine my .surprise. 



I ■ loiiker.s I found ten little sharks, evi- 



I- lialall just the same .size — exar-lly two 



1 :i- 1 .:'i:;'l ^aj,' they were about six mouths old, for 



u young sli;uk when hatched from the egg measiu'es about 



four inches. There was no- mark upon them as if digestion 



had begim." 



The question wa.s raised whether thcy were taken in for 

 food or for ijroieriiou. If, however, tliey were taken as 

 food one redeeniiiii.': unality cau be placed to the aceotmt of 

 sbai'ks. 



^ Flint's Field Note.s.— IFffrre/ito/i, Fa., Oet. l\— Editor 

 Ffirext ana i^iream: I give you the following memoranda 

 from my note-book : 



ISSO -April 23. Hunted over our "snipe ground:" no 



- birds all gone. 



I I 37— Saw Baltimore oriole for first time; saw Aspen 

 a 34th iust. 



j^i^iil 38— Reliable informant saw ye.stcrdav twelve English 

 mocking-birds in a flock ; savs tliev raise there in gi-eat uuui- 

 liers every year, bhilding in"large"ilioni Imshe.? ; think thev 

 had just-returned from South. Saw to-day the first catbird 

 ■of the season. 



Oct. !)— Caught with hook and line, in Rappahannock 

 River, twenty-odd "carp" and chub; carp about one-half 

 pound weight and full-roed. Do fish under favorable cireum- 

 stances— open winter, etc.— spawn twice in twelve montli.s? 

 An "old fisherman" tells me the advanced condition of tla .se 

 ^pawners indicate an open winter; savs " jaokfisli " shed 

 their teeth every moon : lliey iiite best on the dark of the 

 moon ; has occasionally e:iuM:iil them on I lie liirht of the moon, 

 when their gums were red and srliowed recent slieddiii;: of the 

 teeth. In eieanin.ir tlie " carp " discovered two small para- 

 ■sites clingini;- to iJie tongue: thought thev were dimiviulive 

 loeclie.s, until rea.ling FoiiEsi' ASD Stoeam of 7lh iust. AVliat 

 were they ? 



In July, while flshmg in the Slienandoali for bass, took iu 

 a sucker fioating belly up. When turned over back presented 

 appearance of decomposition and escape of gas. f'loser in- 

 epection showed a nudtitude of slippery, gelalinousdookiiig 

 'parasilps, wrii^t^linf^- aliont like diminutive crabs; fish was 

 ■plump ami recently dead. What were these wrigglers ? 



The article iu Fore.st and Stream on "Frotrs" Capturing 

 ■flerinan Carp " recalled the fact that when a boy 1 eansrht a 

 large water or hull-froa: which was in the act of' swallow intr a 

 smaller " brother." The legs stickhig out of the corners of 

 Ids mouth gave me the idea of his being a "homed frog," of 

 Which I liad read, but never seen. 



In July, 1804, iu Diuwdddie Coontj', Virginia, I witnessed 

 the attempt of a black snake to swallow a garter snake of 

 equal size, which he hatl captured and killed bv constriction. 

 1 could hear the bones crack in the deadly innbracc. My 

 ' companion spit tobacco juice in the black snake's mouth and 

 caused him to eject his anticipated lion btnidie, and then 

 killed the black snake. Fllst. 



It is doubtfid if any individual fish spawns more than once 

 syear. although some species which spawn in summer -Aie. so 

 irregular tvs to appear to do so. The cyprmoids (caip-Uke 

 ttshcs) spawn from May- to Septemlier, and even cover a 

 longer period in some localities. It la possible that your fish, 



for some reason, did not spawn early, and that, developing so 

 late, it might be checked tiy cold weather. Carp do not 

 grow in cool weather, and so spawn partly developed might 

 lie cheeked. Tour "carp " are probably uncolored gold fish 

 and not the true carp which have lately been brought from 

 (ierinany and bred in Washington for distriliutiem. It is im- 

 possible to say what the parasites were from the descriptioTi, 

 and if we had them we could perhaps only give you a long 

 technical name of more or less jaw-twisting capacity. The 

 be.ot plan is to study the habits and structure of such para- 

 sites, and then j'ou will know all that is known of them, 

 wliieh is very little, except the systematic cognomen. 



ExrmtrMFMiNO wnii Ss^aj^f Poison^ — The following dis 

 patch to the Ha aid etmt uus mformatioii which if authentic, 

 IS of vriy higii mijtoitdiiec itid liiilhtr infoimation on the 

 subject will be anxiouslj Inokid fm 



Hi I, Tun, I ni Sipf 14 ISSO 



Tb( It was some excitement md niiuiililk ibont tbt -titn- 

 tifii inlhiiMisni of Di Sli albn ^iii^i on on bo ird lla Ro\ il 

 Mill ( I M 1 ;l homlied Ih. fi. ^ mil 



passuu I I I |. 11 himsdl till (IheiM 



nf an II 1 II ill ind i1imo\,h 1 Vt 



Bahiih- udKdul in|,u <h.Mii. i 1 luc i ilth sii iki ^^]n(ll 

 hi fonvt\Ldonb(.ii<iMiiiipliliousl\ md loclaiu-- himsi 11 up 

 mhisdbm iklib, 1 iKh mull th< Miaki lull hiin with th. 

 ipsidl tint he wistoimd mhik twihi lioiii'- 1 iti r in i si ite 

 of conn tiom A\hRh Ik.wmh 1r w i^ uiAuid ^Mtliout 

 much difiicidi\ uid di 1 1 in s th it f( r in in\ luniis the vi ,iiaii 

 had been without iIIkI upon hmi Bui _ l(mon^ll in 1 with 

 bTthefil/lim Di ^liidlin., piomiMd not to d ) it i„ an 

 But It w IS I >o inui h for him md at Bin liiiuio lir went 

 ishoiiim e\inuij: U iMii^ i 1( ttd to tin ( tfi i t tli it Iu w t> 

 j-.in_' ishoi. to tn his mlKloi, mi ,-, i,oi ( , , i. d his pi, an 

 isi 111 till Inm It lUiMuts) tint 111 1 li ( iiiidiiit or sue 

 (I s liiiilliutfu\ wiuld know whi' bil III nil it hiin m 



. is, h, tulMi to iiiurn lb Ol ,,iin i t i 



tiitiulMiiuih in\i(t\ till ntxt 11101 nil i 



wi ri sdiduiir oil to the point Di Sn i 



iidiint ' >-howjiu a fn sh bite on his i i 



(xpinmcntto be cntueh suceesstnl dUi u.,1j In would not 

 tell in \\lnl consistedthe specific som ine!ousl\ cllntnc l)r 

 Slradling has been employed is sorter on ot Ri)> il mulsffimns 

 lor some tim( and h is ^i\f n p iUi< iilai itti ntioii to tl Mil 

 ol till \ mous npdlis found m Bii/il but hid in v 

 MOUsU I mild In dixotiouto sriLntc so to IP 

 Kspif tl 1 b\ his shii n iti s mil li\ ] iss, u_cis on his 

 IsifkMiinil iiiiiitii plnsiiim 111(1 Ins loss wi ul 1 hi\. 

 been null b II ^11 Ui 1 1 In ' n ,, li L, , inn din him nn\ In 

 veijMbulli toollnis ml 111 sti nilin, d( i 1 ii, s his inti n- 

 tion of pulilishni^Miis dis(,Afi\ iss ,,u i^hi rcw lies England 



ATAMLDFn -^oi 



thedOUK stir It I I I r' 



Thi piomiii 

 man, some tw 

 doe faw ii 



luiii nitii,siiii_ li(t<im lelatiou to 

 iust (omi uiidii nn nolii p 

 iiiin Ite ^\ls Ml \ C Miii\ 

 ired tiom 111 ludim i > ,un/ 

 Ml J A Vslifi, th( bnpumKud 



ut III tin Hxiudtuud. JIuijman Co farm that is located 

 fint\-hu miles from Maunette, m the forest of the JVLchigan- 



Peiinisnla. 



The fawn liecame a gi-eat favorite, and was allowed full 

 liberty, notwithstanding- the elearins was fre((ueiii<d h\- wild 

 deer, "hunters and Indiuns. A stra]i carrying a sniidl Ijell was 

 attached to her neck, and this fully protected tier diuing the 

 first season. 



She roamed about at will, sometimes absent for days to- 

 gether, but returning to her civilized iirotectors, manifesting 

 great, delight for all attention. She is now two years of age, 

 and is the" mother of two beautlftfi fawns. 



The Ik^II that has saved her life among the Indians and 

 hunters had no terror for her wild coiiiin.:,!" r- n tl,,.se fawns 

 were sir,'d by an untamed father. On ■ - i . ,: -. n, Lidiau 

 came to the farm bringing a saddle of ,. I .: ■ , liiritosell, 

 and trotting behind him came the doe irn:ii uil '..ouils. The 

 Indian had killed the dier wliilc it wajj iu company wiUi the 

 doe, and she bad stood by while he was dressmg it, and then 

 followed him to tln^. ele'aring. 



A Stra^-oe Fo^TEii :MoTnEiL -//,'//.;■///,■, Oetuher 11.— 

 EdlUn- Foivd m.d Sirojii,: I'mler the heading of "Tame 

 Quail" in your last issue, J notice an artiele by "Liitron," in 

 wliieli he tells of three ,:|iiail being found with'a flock of lame 

 tm-keys. I can tell of a siniilm- incident, perhaps still nn.re 

 remarkable. My lirother-in-law, living near (.■entnilia, 111, 

 bad a turkey hen wbicb made her nest in a ravine not fin- from 

 the house." A very heavy rain having fallen, so tloode,! th 



old lurkev In 





little 

 iderir 

 Tlie 



She wandered 

 and then disappeared 

 to feed. The family 

 lid was again laying, 



ler eome to the In'iuse 



andd.'l 

 ag qu 



1-1. 



tdong vei-j^ nicely, but were curried ofl' bj- 

 " " . Dodge. 



ravine as to wash out tl 



about for a day or t 



^il'.posi'.l'sln'l 

 What, was (1 

 wdth thu'teeii 

 ncsl in her wa 

 hatclied them 

 iind were getti 

 hawks, one by one, until all were gone. 



A Good W^oed fob the Sparrows. — I send yon bv this 

 mail a lot of leaves of the maple giowing in frnnt cif my 

 office, which when gathered were litendly covered wiili lice. 

 What attracted my attention to them was flie busv action of 

 some two dozen English sparrows, hoiipiuLi- here aiid there in 

 the tree, peering under the leaves, innl .savacri-ly fi-edint; on 

 something. An inspection revealed the eau.se of their etiger- 

 rf 'II'" I I riy .shedding of the leaves. Ex- 

 1 i'^ what ihej' are. The sparrows 



II I ly keep out of the reach of my 

 III I I i;.ii of .several gentlemen, who 

 iouie time. This proves (to me) tip in- 

 if the Kndish si-arrow. In tbcoffice yard, 

 ^ • irf robins i TanU^ wiundanui), Ihe little 

 browu wren and at least two dozen p.iirs of Emrliah siiarrows 

 bu'dd. and raise tlieir broods without any fighting. The onl v 

 occasions when a '-nnnpus" is made Is lietweeu the cocks 

 when tlie nesriua; season arrives. I have coimtei.1 as many as 

 ten cocks ar. iuinl a sinrrJehen, fussing, fighting and "carrying 

 on" at a rate enou-li to deafen any one. " Flint. 



The mseeis scut are apparently the ordinary Aphides, or 

 "pknt lice," so injiu-ious to green-house plants. 



Flew Against tub Light.- Slopping at our mutual friend, 

 John Krider's, this morning, I was shown a large quantity of 

 warblers and other birds that had been sent Irim by the light- 



ness, iind the 

 amine these vei n 

 were so busy tin 

 hand. I calhd 

 watched them fu 

 seclivorous habit 

 every aea.son, a pi 



hotise keeper at Atlantic Cit v, N. J. Thev were found at the 



base of the tower, haviiiLr flown airninst the liiht in a nigbtlv 

 mi-raiiou durinrr a hue storm, tlipv comprized the follt.w'- 

 iiii;- \'arieties : IMiie-winned vellowhaeks, indigo birds or bluo 

 linnets, lilack-tliroattd hlue.s, red-eyed virens, red starts, 

 black poll ^^'al■blers, Cloimeeticut warblers, black and white 

 ereepers, oiive-blaek thrushes, Maryland yellow-throats, yel- 

 low-rumjis and macnoli warblers. This Vns doubtless tho 

 great yotitliern migration which takes place every antimin. 

 lluring the fall, about four years since, the wife of the keeper 

 of the same lighthouse cimglit alive several brant which, 

 during tile prevalence of a fou', had entangled fliemselves in 

 the grating prill ecting the light. These birds are now alive, 

 one of them, I tliink, having been presented to the Zoological 

 Garden at Philadelphia. Homo. 



RimniNo- THF PtsiT TIawk ^BnlPmoiv, Oct 4, IS^O — 

 While on a fishing tup do-wn Ihe (Tunpiro di r Rivi r a lew 

 days ago we wilu'sstd m inimstiiij; si^ht A hshhiwk 

 thit WIS hoMniigoMi the w m i suddmU iindi a phuiLe 



md uose with ilii-cc Inloi m his ^ tlons He sided leisure- 

 Ij inci till hniltou ml i ili id tin ufin the shoie, doubtksi 

 thinking he would hive i mt i nu d Just is he ncircd the 

 tier to alight i hi/e c i!.,k c mie soiling do-wn upon him, and 

 with oni swoop niide Iniii dmp the hsb The eagle dai ted 



ittii tlu hsli md c luglit It before It reached the ground ind 

 fit w IV. n lo(nio> his stolen sweets "E A H 



^ea. and ^iver ^iMiq, 



— iuil/i III/ < iiiinnmcatwns to " Foie«t aJid Stieaia Pub~ 

 li^hihg f iiiitpunij, A<w Yufh " 



FISH IN SEASOiy IN OCTOBEK. 



rnrsn 'waili! 



Mist ilim, L 



Wlilt« Bass, iiocms < hrympa 



B 

 nis^e, atrun 



\\\>\ w RaSiS, Mii-ropUfxis. {Two 



I slieclCS) 



irijik Bass, -I/»7)! /;',(£■! (Two 



HALT WATEE 

 •Mitatranus | '<i i ' lioiil,' fyininjcn taioUiu 



spot 



nil t 1 li )lu 



Lite 



Lite, 



liju I 



70)1 I ml ilalUH 

 iiiuH iinuit a 

 Hi tjhiuin mm 



I FJbHIKa IN TENNESEE. 



TTTHILE the heat m our cit\ wis almost mtokrable, it 

 _VV took but little peisuisi m to mdui I un to iicepl an 

 invitation to this Ihe loveliest atrcam in middle Tennesee, 

 watering asit does one of the mostfende and beautiful sections 

 of the State. This charming water-coiu'se is supposed to 

 have its som-ce in an urnler-e;riTund Uik-c in Williamson countv. 

 This, added to the fact that at every few hundred yards it is fed 

 by cold springs, many of which "burst forth from the solid 

 rocks along its baiiks,"aceounts for the coldness of the -water 

 and the consecpient superiority of the fish found in it. The 

 bass and black perch, even the'catfi.sh taken here, have a just- 

 ly merited renown for their gaminess and excelleuce as food. 

 Wiien not troubled by freshets, the waters are as clear as 

 crystal, passing over strata of solid rock and gravel, in places 

 forming beantilul caseades, which in turn nm'into deep i^oois 

 and eddies in which the liunv beauties deliaht to exist. Big 

 Harpeth is the residuary of the Sontli, as well as several 

 other minor streams which have the same source. In fol- 

 lowinifthe wdridiie.r eour.«e of the fsou-h Harpeth the road- 

 way is about half in the river and half over gravel bed.s, the 

 narrow valley being occupied by fields, the rich and luxuriimt 

 crops of which made my eyes glad wdth tlio jirospect of 

 plenty. Where our road lay in tlie stream, or at places where 

 i_t crossed, I was slTUck witluhe immen.se quantities of small 



fish. As Col. Sellers says, "There are millions i 

 deep holes and under the ledges of rocks and over 

 tTees I could .see the great fat bass, lolling .about as 

 the lazzeroui on Ch'iaja at Naples. Oh I how I lor 

 my rod, line and a few lively minnows to take in a n 

 su|ij(er. At a crossing where the water was not iin 

 two or three inches deep, hut ■wiliiin a hurnlrnil • 

 wliat is known as the Flat Boek, I saw, ai\L;liii - ■ .' 

 nestly as po.ssible. my young friend " Tom Aili ■ ■ . 

 him, but he was too much oeeupied to aiiswe 



In the 



eil for 

 ss for 

 ^ tliaii 



I was just blowing 

 a jerk, and in the i 

 laboring -with soim 

 ten-pounder as an \ 



liurrA'." were tlie w 

 pers"froiii my lip. 

 '•Tom" lundeii 1 

 bass, anil a bri 

 I never 

 lid 



ip to 

 ext il 

 hi 



ii-elsi 



■ell, I 



ike another when I saw bim gi^ 



itaut wa.s reeling and unreeling "and 



■ ' :h it seemed might as well be a 



In breathless anxiefvTstoiiped 



lid boy 1 Don'i be iu too -real a 



d coming invrilunlarily in wliis- 



ni Ihe midsi, of my ecstatic reverie 



. Il proved to be a tbree-ponnd 



a briiihier, handsomer one of the species 



-aw. "Now, Colonel, I am at you. Come 



talce a hand; (.)r say, wait until morning wlien 



rds 1 fo 

 Jn 



they Avill bite better." "All right," I repUed^ "and 

 we will be oil at once to the house and join the 

 'Squire.'" This last-named was Tom's father, and a finer 

 specimen of the old Tennesee farmer cannot be found in the 

 country. Ills home is noi a fancy Cot hie comitry scat, but a 

 commodious dwelling, witiiout architectural pretentious, com- 

 prising all the comforts the most fastidious could desire. The , 

 kind " old lady " and the charming Misa "Mattie" soon came 

 out to joui the party and welcome me to their delightful 

 home. What a retreat for a sportsman ! was my first thought, 

 Tom had a fine bass, caught but a few minutes before, 

 awaiting the servant to take il away to be cooked for our sup- 

 per : while hishomids, glad to see him, were giving evidence of 

 their desire to have a run, by giving voice ^o those delicious 

 notes which are only fitted for the ears of the fox or deer him- 

 ter. Guns stood in the hall-way, game-bags and hunting- 

 horns, all showed by the superior cleanliness and good 

 order In which they were arranged, that an adept was their 

 owner. 



We ate a most hearty meal : fried chicken, claljbcr, luscious 

 peaches and cream— the latter so rich and thick that no one 

 ipiestiouedthedearliltle "Jersey" which gavoit. Icould have 



