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FOREST AND STREAM. 



tOoTOBKE 21, 1880. 



resigned sill desire for any other scenes, and dwelt there 

 complacently with the charming surroundings, if such had 

 been my luck ; but unfortunately the abominable "business " 

 compelled me to turn ray back on what would have been my 

 gi-eatest pleasure. I could neither follow the houndsthat nis;ht, 

 as there was no moon to light our path, nor take a turn at 

 the fine bass in the morning, because 9 a. m. was the hour I 

 was to be at the desk. I was glad to hear from the "Squire" 

 thai the forked mouth sucker was really in the South Hai- 

 peth, and in great quantities ; also all vai-ieties of flsh were 

 rapidly increasing since the protective laws had been en- 

 forced. The game laws had effected the same results. 

 Pheasants (gi-ouso), which had become almost extinct, are 

 coming back in great numbers. As for quail, the prospects 

 for next winter are most brilliant. Sitting on the porch, 

 smoking and talking with my good friends, 1 was constantly 

 interrupted by the melodious song of " Bob White." The 

 " Squire " has a mmiber of pigeons which prefer roosting in 

 the fine beech trees in his yard to the houses built for them. 

 This I fomid curious, as I had never seen the like before. 



In the fall I intend retiurning to the " Squire's" and have a 

 fair trial at the many kinds of game and fish in the country. 

 A more lively spot for sportsman than near his place I never 

 saw. Trees which keep their foliage all the year to camp un- 

 der, superb springs of icy cold water at yom- feet, fire-wood 

 abundant— and all in the hearing of farmers who have plenty, 

 live in style, and would gladly furnish milk, butter, chickens 

 and vegetables for the mere asking. Reluctantly at 4 a. k. 

 1 bade farewell to my friends. .J. D. H. 



Nnjilmlle, Tenn. 



THE DOMINION RIVER FISHERIES. 



Concerning the leasing of salmon rivers the Mirimiclii Ad- 

 vaiiei' says : " The Riparian Rights Case, has been decided 

 by Justice C4wynne in the Exchequer Court, at Ottawa, 

 against the Government. He affirms that tlie Department of 

 Marine and Fisheries has not the right to lease the fluvial 

 rivers of this Province to any person to fish exclusively in, 

 altiiough it may regulate fisheries in such rivers. His Lord- 

 ship decides that the owners of the soil have the right of 

 fishing in inland rivers above the ebb and flow of the tide, 

 but the public have the right of fishing in the sea and on the 

 bays and arms of the sea. The Crown Grants of land ad- 

 jacent to rivers above the ebb and flow of the tide carry the 

 right of fishing in the river, unless specially excepted and, 

 even then it would not be given to the public. 



"This decision is in accordance with equity and against the 

 assumptions set up by the first Canadian Minister of Fisheries 

 and persisted in by his successors. An appeal will, it is said, 

 be carried to the Supreme Court of Canada." 



Amerioas^ Sakdixes. — There are several fishes put up as 

 sardines in Maine and New Jersey, but in most cases a foreign 

 label is put on the cans when in fact they are good enough to 

 be sold on their own merits. The ".sprat" Clupea sjyrnttus 

 is largely used in Europe as a "sardine," as is also the herring, 

 or rather the latter portion of it cut off at the dorsal fin. In 

 this country the menhaden or moss bunker is the principal 

 fish so put up, and they are excellent if properly prepared, the 

 main thing being to get a fish with moderately soft bones 

 which are further softened by steaming and then putting them 

 up in good oil. In Maine "the business is brisk at present: 

 there are at present eight sardine factories in Eastport, rmi- 

 niugfull blast, night and day, turning out weekly about 3,- 

 500 cases ready for market, and giving employment to about 

 600 hands, male and female. The pay-roll of these factories 

 foot up to some $6,000 per week. Duringthepast two months 

 there has been an abundant supply of fish, and the prospects 

 are excellent for a good fall's work. In a few weeks there 

 will be three more factories added to the number, which will 

 give employment to about 150 more hands. 



Big Bass from Greenwood Lake.— A'w York, Oct. 11— 

 At Greenwood lake, N. J., Friday morning, under pilotage of 

 SamDarrison, Chas. Myers and Chas. Dennis, Jr., took nine 

 Oswego or big mouth bass weighing twenty-seven and a 

 half (27i) pounds : weights of thi'ee largest 6|-, 6 and 'ih ; 

 measurement of first, length 21 in., girth 16 in., mouth open 

 lip to lip 4| in. On Saturday mornuig same part}' caught 11 

 bass weighing 25 pomids; weights of three largoa't, 4f,''4, 3j, 

 the second fish having though his lip a hook lost the previous 

 day by Garrison. Youi's, Old Subsckibkr. 



Bass Fishing on St. Clair Vlktb.— Detroit, Oct. 11— I 

 had the pleasure last week of a trip to St. Clair Flats with 

 Mr. E. J. Fairfield, of Ohio, and Mr. C. C. Pickering, of the 

 same State, both of whom are enthusiastic fishermen. We 

 had time for only two days' sport, and had the ill luck to have 

 even that short time "bit-off" at 10 o'clock a. m. of the se- 

 cond day by the loss of our minnow bucket, by the breakage 

 of its fastening to the boat. We, however, got some 24 or 25 

 bass, such as does one good to look at, not to speak of the de- 

 light of catching. Our string must have weighed 90 pounds. 

 Some splendid strings of bass are now being taken there. 

 The water is cold and clear, and every bass caught fights suffi- 

 cient to satisfy the fellow at the other end of the line. 



Host Slocum tells us the Star Island House will be en- 

 larged for next season by the addition of some forty or fifty 

 rooms, and in manj^ ways improved so as to add to the com- 

 fort and pleasiu'e of his guests. In fact they are even now at 

 work with a large dredging machine on one side of the hotel. 

 With these additional hotel facilities and the marked im- 

 provement in the fishing at the flats another season must make 

 those waters still more famous. XJijo. 



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Fishing in the Gunpowder. — We were on our way to 

 what is called the " stone pile" to flsh for white perch, and 

 were under the guidance of Mr. Wm. Eccleston (familiarly 

 called "Old Man Eccleston)," the vetern ducker. fisherman 

 and decoy maker of the Gimpowder and Carrol's Island 

 region. He soon put us on the stone pile, and as soon as we 

 got our rods together and our lines rigged, our sport com- 

 menced. It was half -past ten when we began fishing, and 

 stopped at four. During that time we cauglil fi.sh constantly. 

 Large white perch, rock taylors and spots. The writer was 

 imfortunate enough to loose the screw that held the handle 

 of liis reel on, and just after doing so struck a large rock fish. 

 Of course he could do nothing but hold on to him, and the 

 strain was so great that the hook tore out of his mouth ; the 

 spring of the pole was so strong that the line flew up into the 

 air, and on the upper hook there was a small taylor. The 

 jerk was so violent that it tore the hook out of his mouth 

 also. We were becalmed going home and had to row six ' 



miles, which made us so late that wc had not time to count 

 or weigh our flsh, which would have more than filled a bushel 

 basket. E. A. R. 



October 4, 1880. 



BL.4.DDEES OF FisuES.— lu a reccnl note to the Paris 

 Academy, Prof. Marangoni gives the results he has arrived at 

 in a study of the swimming bladder. He states, first, that it 

 is the organ which regulates the migration of fishes, those 

 fishes thai are without it not migrating from bottoms of little 

 depth, where they find te]3id water ; while fishes which have 

 a bladder are such as live in deep, cold water, and migrate to 

 deposit tlieir ova in -ixaimci wittr ncu the smface Next 

 fishes do not rise like the C ut&sian divci (m the well known 

 experimeiU), and the> hne to countcriit the influeucp of 

 their swimming bladdei with thru tins If somi small dead 

 and living fishes bt put m i ve sil thice qu iitcis full of 

 water and the air be compusstd oi i luhed one finds in the 

 former case the dead fish descend ^hilc the living ones rise, 

 head in advance, to the surf up RiiefMug his the opposite 

 effect. Fishes have reason to fear the pissive influences due 

 to hydrostatic pres.sui( whon fislird fiom t gu it depth their 

 bladder is often found to bcuiptiufd Tl)iidl> the swim 

 ming bladder produces m flslu s i two fold instability — one of 

 level, the other of position V tisb bi\in_nn(c idmted its 

 bladder to live at a certain d( pth m i\ lln imt 



variation of pressm-e, be cither foiicii dov d 



and thus they are in unstable oquililininn i to 



position, the bladder being in the venti il rr jinn I lie centre of 

 gravity is above the cenire of pressure so th it fishes are al 

 ways threatened with inversion and indeed thcj take the 

 inverted position when dead or dying. Tins double instabil- 

 ity forces fishes to a continual gymnastic movement, and 

 doubtless helps to render them strong and .agile. The most 

 agile of ten-estrial animals are also those which have least 

 stability. 



Fish Culture in Tennessee. — A correspondent writes us 

 that the protective laws of this State are working well 

 wherever they have been enforced, and the fish have in- 

 creased. Fish Commissioner George F. Akers has planted 

 500 German carp, received from ""Prof. Baird, U. S. Fish 

 Commissioner, in ponds near Nashville, and they are now of 

 2ilbs. weight. The State lias no appropriation for this pur- 

 pose, and therefore but little can be done in the way of r§. 

 plenishing depleted waters. It is much to be hoped that the 

 next Legislature will have wisdom enough to remedy this, 

 and not iiy a spirit of false economy allow the people to be 

 eleprived of this great food resource. Rivers, streams and 

 ponds should no more be allowed to lie unproductive than 

 the land, and Tennessee should not allow this soui'ce of 

 wealth — for certainly it is wealth — to remain in a state of 

 neglect. 



Black Bass in New Jersey. — A good chance to get small 

 black bass for stockuig waters in New Jersey is thus shown 

 by the Newark Sunday Oall : Small black bass are now being 

 caught in large numbers in the seventeen-mile level of the 

 canal, and it is evident that the water has in some manner 

 become plentifully stocked with them since spring. It is a 

 pity that this is the case, for the annual drawing off of the 

 level will result in their destruction before they have attained 

 respectable size. By watching for the time when the canal is 

 emptied a fine supply can be obtained for stocking private 

 ponds. 



Jj^// §nUnm, 



LIST OF FISH C01LVIISSI0NER8. 



THE following is a list of the Commissioners of Fish and 

 Fisheries of the LTnited States and Canada, as far as it 

 has been iwssible to obtain tliem. It has been con-ectcd to 

 October 1 by correspondence, and there are sonie changes from 

 that of last year. Arkansas had a commission of three a few 

 yeai's ago, but never had an appropriation and did no work. 

 One member died, one resigned, and last year, after the list 

 was made up, a letter came from JIi-. N. B. Pearce, of Osage 

 jMills, saying tiiat he supposed that he was still a Commissioner 

 althougli tbin-c was nothing to do, or if there was anything to 

 be done a lack of the needful prevented it. This year he has 

 failed to respond, but Texas comes into line instead. The cor- 

 rected list now stands : 



CANAD.t. 



W. F, Whitoher, Ottawa, Ontario. 



8. WUmot, Supt. of FisherieB, NawcttBtle, " 



KEW nnu^JHwioK. 



W. H. Venning, Inspector of Fi^lherio8, St. John. 



W. H. Rogers, Inspector of Fisheries, Amherst. 



PBINCE EDWARD I8I..VN1>. 



J. H. Duvai, Inspector of Fishenoa, Alberton. 



BEITISH COLUMBIA, 



Alex. C. Anderson, Inspector of Fisheries, Tietoris. 



lISriXD STATES. 



Prot Spencer F. Baird, Washington, D. C. 



AUUSAMA. 



This Stat« had a Oomioission last year, but wo have been unable 

 to get a reply to letters addressed to them. 



OAliirOBNIA. 



S. R. Throckmorton, 

 B. B. Bedding, 

 J. D. Faj'^vell, 



cOLon.u50. 



CONNECTICUT. 



San FranoJBoo. 



HllcR, Alameda Co. 



Brookvalo. 



Hartford. 



Middletown. 



Sherman. 



Atlanta. 



W. M. Hudson, 

 Robert Gr. Pike, 

 G. N. Woodruff, 



OBOKGIA. 



Thomas P. James, 



(Com. of Agticnltttre and ex-offlcio of fiaherios.5 

 niiNois. 



N. K. Fairbank, Chicago. 



8. P. Bartlett, Qnmcy. 



(Mr. J. Smith Briggs, of Kankakee, was on the board, but Ms tenn 



has Eipired and no appointment has been made to date.) 



B. F. Shaw, 



KAKSAB. 



Ana.moi>B. 



D. B. long, 



KESTCCKV. 



EllswmtU. 



Hon. John A. Steele, 





Midway. 



Dr. Wm Tan Antwerp, 





Mt. 8t,erii[ig- 



A. H. Gobla, 





Catlottsbm'g. 



Hon. C. J. Walton, 





Munfordvillc. 



Dr. S, W. Coom bs, 





Bowling Green. 



John B. Walker, 





Madisoin-ille. 



Will. Qriffith, President, 





Louisville. 



W. C. Price, 





Dannlle. 



P. H. Darby, 





Piinceton. 



Hon. J. M. Chambers, 



Independence, Kenton Co. 



E. M. Stilwell, 





Baugor. 



Everett Smith, 





Portland. 



(GommisKionBrs of Fjaheries and 



Game.) 



T. B. Ferguson, 





Bidtimoiv. 



(Addres.=i 1,32 



7 M. st. WttRbingto 



1, D. C. 



Thomas Hnghlett, 





Eastoii. 



MASSACHnSETTS. 





Theodore Lyman, 





BrooklihK. 



E. A. Braokett, 





WmcheKier 



.\8a French, 



MicmoAK. 



Boston. 



Eh R. MiUer, 





Richland. 



A. J. Kellogg, 





Detroit. 



Dr. J. C. Parka 1-, 



MINNE.SOTA, 



Grand R.ipidH. 



Daniel Cameron, 





LaCreaew, 



Wm. W. Sweuey, JI. D., 





Red Win, 



R. OiTnsby Sweeny, Chm., 





St. Pnu.. 



Hon. Silas Woodson, Chm. 





St. Joseph, 



Hon. H. Clay Ewing, 





Jefferson City, 



John Reid, 





Lexington. 



R. R. Livmgstun, 





Plattsmonth. 



H. S. Kaley, 





Red Cloud. 



W. L. May, 



NEVADA. 



FromuLit. 



H. O. Parker, 





Carson Cit.v, 



>4 



EW HAMI-SimiE. 





Sam'l Webber, 





Manchester. 



Luther Hayes, 





South MUtou. 



Albina H. Powers, 



NEW TEnSET. 



Plymouth. 



Dr. B. P. Howell, 





Woodliiuy. 



E. J. Anderson, 





Truutuu. 



Theo. Morford, 





Newton, 



Hon. R. B. Roosevelt. 76 Chambers St., NewYoil - 



Edward M. Smith, Rouhestei- 



Bichard V. Sherman, New Hartford, Oneida to. 



Eugene G. Blackford, 809 Bedford iivo., P.ruuld.\ ;i, 



NORTH OABOI.INA. 



P. M. Wilson (acting Com.), Raleigh. 



J. C. Fisher, President, 

 B. Cummings, Treasurer, 

 L. A. Harris, Seeretai-y, 



H J. Reeder, 

 B. L. Hewit, 

 James Duffy, 

 John Hummel, 

 Robert Dalzell. 

 G. M MUler, 



Newton Dexter, 

 John H, Eai-den, 

 Alfred A. Reed, 



PENNSTLVAmA. 



SOCTK CABOLINA. 



A P. Butler, 



(Com. of Agricidture and ex-offlcio Com. 



TENNESSEE. 



W. W. McDowell, 

 Geo. F. Akera, 

 Hon. W. T. Turley, 



TEXAS. 



J. H. Dinkina, 



Prof. J. L. Barfoot (Curator Deseret Museum), 



vebmont. 

 Dr. M. Goldsmith, 

 Charles Barrett, 



WEST VTROrNlA, 



Beaty B. Miller, 

 0. S. White, 

 N. M. Lowry, 



vnscoSBTK. 

 Gov. Wm, E. Smith (ei-offloio), 

 Pbiln Dunning (President), 

 J. V. Jones, 



C. li. Valcntme (Secretai-y and Ti-easurer), 

 Mark Douglas, 

 John F. Autisde], 

 Christopher Hutchinson, 



Coshocton. 



Toledo. 



Cincirmaii 



Eastoii 



HolUdaysburg. 



Marietta. 



Sellngagi-ov' 



Pittsbni, 



Wilkesbaiii 



Provideii'-s_* 



Rocldajul 



Providenee 



Colnmbi:i. 

 of Fisheries.) 



Memphis. 

 Nashville, 

 KnoxvUle. 



Rntland. 

 Grafton. 



WheeliUf 

 Bomiif ' . 

 Hint.!-. 



Madison. 

 Madihon. 

 OBldiotL, 



Beetown, Grant Co. J 



THE AOTSE-BAG HUNT. 



All glory'to man and all glory to woman. 



Who rode in this hunt ; they have cause to be vain ; 

 They've »hown quite enough of the nature called human, ^ 



But little enough of the natm'o humane. 

 MoHt gloiy to him, may hie mem'ry be scented, — 



Perchance 'twas a drug clerk, some pestle-pot rant,— 

 Who cudgelled his braui till at last he invented 



This glorious sport of the anise-bag hunt. 



