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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[NOVEMDEB 4, 1839. 



spawn sliould have some mercy shown tliem, "or oui 

 chUdren's cliildren (if we are so fortimale as lo liave any) 

 will liavr mi fisli." TLcy treat the pound-net question, very 

 fnirly, rt'cognizing the fact that it 1ms been a business pur- 

 sued for I wenty years or more, and its sudden stoppage would 

 work injustice to those liavmg their means invested in it, 

 adding: "Wc are, all of us— legislators, eommissioners, 

 fishermen and arguers, jiro and <»».— unfortunately very 

 ignorant of what goes on under water ; it is an element that 

 offers many difficulties to the student, and we must then sub- 

 mit to learn what we do of nature's work slowly if we would 

 learn surely, and avoid jumping at conclusions," and Prof. 

 Eaird is quoted as holding the same views. A license of 

 titty (Ifilliirs. or .such sum as the Lcgi.slatm-e deems tit, is pro- 

 |iijsL(i fnr all jjLiund-nets or for each captain of a trapping 

 gang who is to make return under oath to the commissioners 

 as to the catch during tlie season, prices, etc., any evasion of 

 which is to be punislied by IiJie oi' imprisonment. 



In their report on the inland fislieries they mention that 

 black bass have midtiplied tliroughout the State and are now 

 comparatively abundant where they were unlmovni ten years 

 ago. Tiiey speak favorably of tlie (larp and request ihose 

 havmg suitable waters to make application for them which 

 will be considered when they receive the pronused lot from 

 the National carp ponds at Washington. 



—"We nnderstand that Mr. J, W. Bouton, 706 Broadway, 

 Kew York, is receiving subscriptions for the reprint of 

 Uame Jidiana Berner's ''Trcatyse of F3-sshj'nge." The pub- 

 lisher's auuomicement tells us that the extreme rarity of this 

 work and the great interest taken in it by connoisseurs has 

 Roggested a fik-slvilU: reprint tor the use of those collectors 

 nnd anglers who can never hope to jjossess the almost price- 

 less original. The " Treatyse of Fysshj'nge," by Dame 

 Juliana Bemers, was first printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 

 the second edition of the "Book of St. Alban's," in 1490. 

 Some ten or more editions of the work are known to have 

 been issued between the date of its fiTst publication and the 

 year ItiCitJ, showing the comparative |)opularity of the work 

 in the early days of printing. All these possess more or less 

 value fruiu their varying feattues and degrees of rarity, and 

 are eagerly sought aftilT by collectors. The prcsenl f.'irdmiU 

 is reproduced from a copy of the original edition in the 

 Bruisli Jliiseiuu, by means of photography, and consequently 

 rendiTs every peculiarity of the original in faithful detail ; 

 Ihe rude illustrations which adorned the first edition of this 

 "lytyllplaunflel" are here given in all their quaint roughness. 

 The work is printed on hand-made ptiper of the same texture 

 and color as that on which the first edition appeared, and the 

 binding is of contemporary pattern imd nialeriid, so that the 

 reader of to-day in handling this voUime can realize the form 

 aud appearance of the original, wliich must have delighted 

 the eyes of those who studied " tTcatysea pcrteynynge to 

 dyuei-splaysaunt raattera helougynge vnio noblesse." The 

 subscription price of Uie/aMWiJfe reprint will be f .'i. 



The Pennstlvasia Fjeld Tbialb.— Li stormy weather 

 the inaugural meeting of the Pemnsylvania Field Trials As- 

 sociation began and in dismal weather it ended. Four days 

 had been allotted for the running off of the stakes, but on ac- 

 count of the scarcity of birds, the change of looalion and the 

 steady downpour of rain during most of the time, only seven 

 huats ii] the lirst stakes— Ihe All -agrd— were run off, and all 

 tlie ]irize money wai) pooled and divided. 



The meeting, for an inaugural one, was well attendetL 

 Pittsburgh was largely represented, but we were surjirised to 

 see, in the list of forty-three entries, but one name from 

 Philadeliihia. It seem.s to iis thai these trials were run .some- 

 what too early to give stay-al-honu! peojjle an eiiual chance 

 wi(h men who may (thoose to send their dogs to the West 

 for work at the opening of the season there. Would it not 

 be lietter to have succeeding meetings fixed for a date at least 

 a month after the opening of the .season in Pennsylvania-' 

 III such a case dogs, whose owners tor any reason cainiot 

 send them out of the Slate, would have im opportUiuly to 

 have a fair amount of work ou local birds given tiiem before 

 the trials are run. 



A very full accoimt of the meeting will be found in Qur 

 kermel columns this week, where also all remarks on the events 

 of the meeting appear-. 



Batteet SnooTiNO.— Duck and goose shooting from bat- 

 teries aud from bush houses, or blinds of any description, 

 builtaway from the sli lie, si i. mid be everywhere forbidden. 



There i.4 no method o| si ting that has so great a tendency 



to drive fowl away li'om any locality as one which distin-bs 

 them ou their fee^ing-groiuids. No matter how much the 

 birds are shot at on the open water or while flying across 

 points they will .still continue to fretpient a locality where 

 1 hey are allowed to feed iu peace. As soon, however, as 

 gurmers begin to disturb them, wiiile on theii- feeding-grounds 

 the suspicions of the birds arc aroused at once and they be- 

 come very wild. They dare not alight with other dueto, 

 for they have learned by sad experience what decoys arc, 

 and every bimch of birds on the water is shiumcd. Persecu- 

 tion of this kijid cannot fail to resifit iu driving the liirds 

 away to other grounds where tliey will be free from attacks 

 of this kind. 



Batteries and bush houses are neariy always placed on the 

 leediug-grounds, aud their use should therefore be forbidden. 

 ailing for ducks also tends to harass and drive away the 



birds, and should nowhere lie permitted. The law for Long 

 Island ou lliese points should be the same for all parts of the 



State. 



FisnwAYs AND Fisn Laws.— The construction of flshways 

 is an essential point in the protection and propagation of fish 

 and with pioptr pav-i s if Tio\, Glen Falls and Cohoes there 

 IS no doubt but thit tin ItutKon and its great tributary, the 

 Mohawk, cotdd be made s.dmon slreaujs while it is apparent 

 to e-very thoughtful man th It m in\ trout streams Ikive null 

 dams wlufh have cutoff the fish from then spawniuj; beds 

 If it )siitc( sviiv for the sake of tlu i^atei powertodamastieam 

 it (-Iu ulil bt m ule obhgatory upon those who den\e prcuniarv 

 benefit theictrom to eicet t fishw n in ord( r tint tb( rights of 

 th( people to m unobstiui tc<l p i^sij-i ol (ish to indtiomthen 

 bri(tlinggioimdsis)i(]t lutirfticd with md H nced^ not ( iil\ 

 the assistance of Fisb C ommissiom i- ind I hi I iwsicli iredto, 

 but r\(rv friend that fan be iiitu(sii d lo h^hi tor tin cufout- 

 nunt of th( hshwavliw which is now i_,nor<dbA dun own 

 crs Theblukbat-s spawn m June m mam w iti rs and thi 

 flnst SLason piesriilxd bv the New Yoik 1 1\\ should In f\ 

 tended to al le ist Juh D\ cstnlTs siwdnsi md coal I ir should 

 be taki n r in ot b\ those who hmdic or make 1 hem ind 

 it lb unjust toevnipt iu-\ stii mih tiom the provisions of the 

 1 1\\ rij:ulilin^' the i niptvinj; ot deleterious refuse m oui 

 stii iiii-- AN I hold 111 d no individual or corpojation should 

 hni IhLii^htto diprnc thi people living upon or near a 

 stieaniof thui right m the fish in it, which i& older than 

 any law authorising the budding of dams or the erection of 

 mills 



Striped B \ss —Tins fish has been very scarce m the vidn- 



it) of New ^ejiktluouirhoul the season i-nd angleisbavc be 

 walled Its supposi d dis!ippeaian(( mil Ihi list t(ndi\sthi 

 lirotessiomi iisheimen iloui tin "Mi^s u hti^i Its roast hivi 

 litin t iking Ihe liigi ones epiiU ficily md on Tuisdiv the 

 2(ilbiust , "\li Bluktoidiecfned the fiis( lol ot hi„e fish 

 and his sland w is piled with the in Tin \ wt le hunu iround, 

 nnluns a be mfitul show The\ nn tioni thirty lo siMv 

 pounds i\ti i^ingfoity-five, and wi 11 slHiii., it sixteen cents 

 \M\ ]iound while the smaller ones from Uvo to ten pounds, 

 liiiiu.lit twi ni\ cents As thtj hivcpiobibU come to stay, 

 till II will 111 I gieal decline in the'!e pntcs by the end of rhis 

 week Angle IS may now look foi good fashing in the E ist 

 Ru er and up Long Isjkuid Sound 



The Sa^lmon Myxn.— In all lands where the salmon is 

 found there is a tradition on each river that in former times 

 of plentiful fish a law was passed for that particular ciistrict 

 forbidding employers lo feed it to their appentices more than 

 twice a week, sometimes varying it lo three times during 

 that space. This legend obtains on the Connecticut, Housa- 

 tonic, Penejbseot and other iVmerican rivers. We liave hetird 

 it in Germany on the Khine, the Weser and the ijiler. and in 

 England it also exists. AVe have just come across ii in an 

 old volume of the London Sp'ivtin'j Mdyazine for ls:j;:i, vol. 

 83, in which a writer tells that " Perth servanis were not 

 obliged to eat salmon more than twice a week." The .sin- 

 gular pait of this legend is that it is always told to you as a 

 rich joke, peculiar to that locality, and that the nan-ator firm- 

 ly believes it. 



Fi.oEiDA.— We call the special attention of Florida tourists 

 lo the relialile inforiiinl ion contributed in this issue by our 

 well-lmown correspondent Al i'resco. Those who contemplate 

 a. trip down the southwesleiii coast should not fail to con- 

 sult the map of that region wiiieh A 1 Fri^sco so courteou-sly 

 places at llicir service. We shall take great pleasure in for- 

 warding the success of projected Florida cruises. 



PuLi.MA-s's Palaok Oak Co.— Col. D. N. Welch having, on 

 account of continued ill health, tendered his resignation as 

 General Superintendent of theCompany,iuid the same having 

 been accepted, to take effect on the 35th inst., Mr. George 

 F. Ih-own, lieretofore assistant to the General Superinten- 

 dent, will, until further notice, perform the duties of that of- 

 fice under the title of Actmg General Superintendent. 



A Word to Ouk Readbes.— livery reader of the Fobest 

 AND Steeaii is requested to send us the names and adresses 

 of such of his friends as are interested in field sports, but who 

 are not among our subscribers. To all such we will send free 

 specimen copies. 



BtTfCHED Shot— i/flrtowfr Cmmty, Fa-.— I notice in the 

 last number of Fokest asd Stream a communication from 

 one of yoiu- correspondents about shot bunching, which pos- 

 sessed a peculiar interest for me. as it showed me that my 

 experience in this was not singular. Iu September I think 

 it was, I took my hreceli-loader to try its range, closen(!SS of 

 shooting, etc. t fired at the side of an unoccupied house 

 eighty yards off. On examining the rajius and penetration 

 of the shot, I found to my surpnsc a freshly made hole of 

 inegular shape, as if made by a tumbling rifle ball of .32- 

 cal. A deam as of lead caiiirht my eye, and taking niy knife 

 I extrae'ted fourleen shot froni ilie hole. I used Tatham No. 

 8 chilled, out ot a 13-liore Porter inui. which. I am assui'cd, 

 is a. second eiuulitv Scott i'tui. I understand that il is the 

 habit of gunmakers to \,m some other lluin ihe linn name on 

 those guns which i-n I rial do iiol come up to their standard. 

 This may bear out your view— that the ilefect is of the gun 

 aud not, of the shot. In a future eomnniiiiciKiou I may give 

 your readers some account of partridge shooting in Virginia, 

 such as we hereabout indulge in. Though au" enthusiastic 

 sportsman, I am hai'dly naturalist enough to say whethex our 

 partridge are really quail, but one thing 1 know — tliey will 

 continue to be known as partridges in Virginia, J. 



pr^ fyortmmn ^aamt 



w SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. 



IN your issue of Oct 7 I notice a communication entitlett 

 "A Flouela Cinise" In the columns of the FoiiEbi 

 and Su!eam m veais gone by I directed Ihe attention ol 



of the 



Hltll\ 



sportsmen to the itti 



da, as I am per&onalh n qu anted with it 

 annual letter, I hue sonuthin., t 

 pondtiit issi Us Ihxt iiiioiu ll 

 bor there is a species ot p uitln i 

 are pirtieulirU nixiou^ I > In 

 iniph Ihil till 



■id s 



oi hi 



Ills 



1 ^ ill I irics 

 II' 1 iilotte Uai- 



iti lion, and we 

 lows" The 

 II II 1 1 II piintifiil but 

 -J. iiiii., liii iiiU who hue 

 lit I I \oi J I III Si mill at IS 

 -ei t M^Uil Oil the SI islinds 

 power telescope to fanel them in 

 the >eirlS80 

 "ioui (lauspdiuh nl st ites thit " when thev got away down 

 tlie\ will eput then bod md tike an o\ cirt lor the intciioi " 

 A\ hen sportsmen ji t awaj down" tlH> will discovci tlie 

 tact thit ox eats aic not obtainable Tfc nost southun 

 point whiii in o\ I irt i^ obt unable is Foil Meters imi iIip 

 C oloosrh itchie Rivei — hut this is not 'away down 'Ihe 

 the coast ' awaj ilown ' is a boat 

 to guides My cxpeiience, and that of 

 ■ \d>s rchibh Lust winter 

 iloo]! md eiinaged the sei- 

 i--t I illuuetl my friends 

 sonti ot Chailotte lliriior 

 pi'-si.iv I h null Is nluniec 



th( 



It will iiquiii 1 t irt\ hoi 

 tinnmng out epuutUics 



only \ehiel( used 



The wiitei ictei 

 othei^, is th it tlie\ ire not 

 soiiH of in\ liundsdurUud 

 vices of the best pdot on tin 

 t'- 1 11 I ips ot tne 



1 the isl mds 

 iiplyin.' into 

 u-mj; mips 



^ poll 



tlie\ knc 

 III lelual 



m 111 II K w.i (Usiiou- 

 and IS till pill t II lilted to bL 

 fanu this stie uii Pilots in 

 Punti Kis-i hill south ol It 

 Lsteio uid AIiHo Pis e- 

 IhiM eoiiipdid 1 mipfi 

 inches lo the mill of the i 

 to C ipi Romano sIhumii 

 liiy md stream ind if i 

 in this city md prisen i 

 person will be lUowcd tl e jn 

 I (I me repeal wh it I hiiM 

 — thit lor shooting biininu 

 ( hiilollt II iihoi cannot be 

 I nitiil St itis fhe wiatei 

 I \i I ptii n ll M ison occurs, ram is 

 ilhs III South Florida 1 



Lstiio l!i> Till pilot iidi 

 ,nd would not nlir lo tluiii 

 mini., Ihi Coiksiiew Rivei, 

 iifhd U 1 huts till \ luihd to 

 mill II VMlh Ihi eoiat nuith of 

 with Ihe exetpliein of 

 but htth ot the coast 

 scale of two 



I mil 



ipardla Pass 



I II I ] I 1 1 innel, higouu, 



1 1 I in resulence 



I 1 1 I 1 I il jm } ou, such 



Mil. Ol I op\ inj- the maps 



ili< ulj BtiiKd 111 youi columns 



ind tishing the coa.st south of 



.Milhd bv mv pnilionof the 



, thi ili\ s, isf II md tmless an 



during the 



all thai tan 



rcasoiKilile tei 



remark that we require a f 



cient sirength to land fish 



Spoon bails, as iisuallv ma 



orthirtviioimdliassi'sh-H 



twisli-d" anil reiidcn-d us, 



southwest e-oasi i^ a -i"' 



.swivel, a stout sim 



Three j'ears sin^ 



the want. Ilis 



not revolve, and ... • .i 



take the spinner, and i 



should he strong, for i 



b( disiied and itshealthfulntss isbejoud a diaibt On the 

 (oist bsb eiist in great variety and in endless quantity 

 Ivorthern tackle stores advertise "fislung outfits for Florida 



waters," and while that supply is adapted to the St. Johns 

 River and lakes, il ig unsiiiJed, as a rule, to the southwest 

 coast, unless l!ie iiiseaior coiilines himself lo the capture of 

 shei]isliLad. l/iack liass and .sea trout. To caiiture cavalli, 

 ilr III Im • I III ]!ou and jewflsh, superior hooks and strong 

 liiii 1 -.iiv. A hdl line of tackle adapted to the 



(ish can be purchased in this city on as 

 II the North. In this connection' I may 

 :pinner for Flotilla uali-is ot' siilPi- 

 varyiug from ten to lifiy (louiids., 

 de.'are^too lliiiis\-, anil if' a twenty 

 .k.-ilami landed, the liait is heui,' 

 isckss. Wluil is reqiiire.l for the 



il ,-r spimici. with a strong brass 



M i I wo siremg, reliable hooks. 

 Hirer endeavored to supply 

 1 strength, but they would 

 ., ,1 .,,11 i.ce were useless. Sea tjont 

 though a sirmll one is required, it 

 l)as.s may tie hooked running from 

 twenty to thirty pounds. C'annot some manufacturer supply 

 a much needed' want — a spoon or spinner suiteil to the cap- 

 ture of cavalli and channel bass? 



The southwest coa.st affords a fine field for the fly fisher. 

 One fjf in V friends cnptm-ed eleven distinct spee^ies of fish in 

 one senson on one stream, flie-ap, uaudv and larL,'c Hies with 

 stout hooks are reijuired. To the hail lisii.-r the ihuunel bass 

 furnishes iiiirivalled sport ; bill lo the ex|ierl. the noble tar- 

 pon oilers an oiiciiiiig for light and siiort Ihiit e-jimotbe 

 equrdled ill any other portion of ihe world. For iictiWty, 

 tight, speed and gymnastic peri'uruiiuiees the tarpon excels 

 anything in the waj- of tish life : tarjion range from 50 to 

 155 pounds, and I would not recommend any rotl fisherman to 

 indidge in this description of fishing unless he is provided 

 with a reel wdiicli will carry HDO yards of strong line. Tarpon 

 visit this river (St. .lohn's'i in Ihe siimmer months, and during- 

 the past season at least -Od were Imoked near Mayport, but 

 none landed. Last whiter snuie of my friends hooked five 

 within one hour at Coriloii's Pass, but all escaped. The 

 ; and the application of too 

 ' tiabermen. In many of the 

 iwest coast these fish exist in 

 of llui iif.tiee of fiittyhmik- 

 a lightning run of .lO or 100 

 aps in the air of six or seven 

 fei-t. If ihe\ tairio shake out or straighten the hook the per- 

 foriiian.;,- is kept up. 



At maiiv of the inlets, at the youngflood. the rod fisherman 

 can slaiidoii the shore and hook channel liass al ahiioKl every 

 cast. On Ihe C'oloosahatchic. ahove the ishmds, and al other 

 alii can he hookedaliiio.stasrapidlvas the spin- 



difficnltv wa 



^ in the 



shor 



lilies 



much muscl. 



tin the 



ri.-irt 



ol till 



inlets aud st 



■eiims o 



t the 



south 



irreat quaiitil 



ies, and 



are w 



orthv 



ers. When 



hooked 



thev 



take 



yards, follow 



cd by a 



series 



of le; 



points, 11^, ... 



ner can be thrown astern. In numerous localiti' - the sheep- 

 header cancapturehisfavoriteaalmostasriii Ml , II : In I Mil bait 

 and laud them. If achangeof sponisdesir-.l, m c i lin points 

 jewfi.sh, ranging from 150 to 300 pounds, can ki cuimired. At 

 some of the Inlets, notably Marco, the lover of heavy weights 

 can indulge in the capture of loggerhead turtles, from 300 to 

 GOO pounds. If such sport is esteemed too tame for the; ardent 

 fisherman, he can amuse himself capturing shai-ks of almost 

 any size desired. 



When I went "away down" the coast I was compelled to 

 stiu-t from Cedar Keys or transport a boat to Key West and 

 make that mj^ point of departme. But recently a change has 

 been effected in the way of triinsportallon on'the southwest 

 coast. Through the enterprise of Miller and Henderson, of 

 Tampa, a number of new, eoiuii di us lud full powered 

 steamers have been placed on il i i i V steiuner leaves 

 CediirKeysforManatee.Tnmpaai; I 1 m i - I; - -a. semi-weekly; 

 To Chiys'tal River, Bayport and CUiui W'aur Harbor weekly, 

 and to" landings on the Suwamiee as far as New Troy ouce 

 each week. It is probahle that a steamer will he put on the 



