Notembbk11,1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



287 



siori, thai all importations of our f resli water black bass into 

 England have been the big mouth, Afkrcptenut paUidMn, but 

 tf these came from the Delaware River it is likelj' that they 

 we iht. M. utilmoidsn, although both species may exist in tliat 

 rivci', yet we do not remember to have seen a " big 

 moutir from Iheu They were calhd ^^n/ u liqu'ram in 

 r i!,d and Wdtei, Orj/ttts benig an obioltR uiu.e for the 

 islulc >u(/rie(0»i j8 now known as pallului (Ik " bw 



APPVUA1L!> l-OR UATCIIING FLOAllJSG E(U>&, 

 SUCH AS THE COD AND MACKEREL 



A 



OiLASS lunncl, A, havnig a diaineta of twelve oi four- 

 H f u iDche'i O-TK' r if Ihf "s c »n be obt iinedj ib supported 



1 I 



I 



toui 



« id h 



tuiiuil 



n.. UpiH 



unt ' 



nhc* hub 

 ut Ibis ii lull 

 < dMi'l, 

 th (o ill. 

 1 1 . /nil 

 111- 



tied h\ lb 



d 11 pil. HI 111- Wu.d, 



il Uins ut \\ater tliiuu^b tbt tulx i ii^iiUli 1 b) H" 

 Ji conk, D Tht luvcl of the «atoi in thr taidv, C is 

 Hamed constant by an automatic cork communicatmg^ 

 I d reservoir «hii h is Kept tilled bv pumping (this is not 

 vii ill tbf h^im I Thi tunnel bcmg in position, md 



roniii 1 11""'' 111 nil w ittr \h tuintd on an^ allowed to run 



iintUili nou.li 1 i-fidl 

 Til- iiuiielHiiiw nlled AVith contined au , wiiicli cannot 



tscape. and winch may be withdrawn either by suction 



through the bent tube, L, or more readily attiwbiug' to the 

 lirise connection R, a rubber hand-pump, by means of which 



the air is rapidly exbaustixl. Aa the nu' is withdrawn the 

 water rixcs in flic fmuifl, and fiuallv tills it and the tube 

 connurtiiii; it with llie tank. The tiuiuel uuce tilled \vdth 

 water il will naiiaiii so, and we have now only to regldate 

 the flow so as to suit the Imoyancy of the eggs to be treated. 



To introduce eggs, they are placed in a shaUow nun, which 

 is complotely filled, and a fiat cover plHced on. The pan is 

 Iheu sunk iu the troui;b in front of the funnel ami pnslied 

 under it and the top removed. When the cgirs. by kheir 

 Jjuoyanty, -nill iinnifdiatoly risu up tu the tliiuat, uf lh<- fim- 

 "Bli aud'therc, meeting the deseendiiiL^ eui-nail, will bi: pru- 



' id down a distauce determined by the .si/.t of i,ho ciigs, 

 buoyancy audby tlie strenj^ib ui liu. desr-iaiding eurrent, 



iich must be flb regidated that none ol ilic eggs shall pass 



tween the lower imirgiii of the fuimcl. 



Til remove the caiiiH liu- iIh' |)urpi>9e of wiirkillg then) over 



I'd Litr h 



e Upl-ier i)ai-t of tbi- ti 

 ter by dipiiiim the gla* 

 Ongll the ollirr. Wli 



hat the egg.s may crowd ii)) into 



el. The' 111'- ' ;■ 'Mlrd. with 



s,~ end ii> I .irking 



the l.iil.e \ .icr Ihe 



ber end is placed in the receiving j . i. m ^;i,ss end 



ied up to the throat of the funnel, >\ ken all the eggs will 



apidly tran-sferred tJirongh the tube, L, to the pan, where 



r may be e.vamined. worked over and returned to the 



iii)l as before. 



a tiie case of the codliah, uud probably of the maekorel, 

 dead eggs are sensibly heavier than the Uvmg. They 

 V therefore be easilv sorted out by so regulating the flow 

 "of the walei- lis til tlirdw iliem out of the funnel. The fish, 

 [ as tUey batch, ^vill swim off witli the current .<md be collected 

 itbe'taiik to ihi uselves. 



hit apparatus wUl. I ibink. bo foimd etTeelive in Imtcbiug 

 ! uggs of sensible tiunyiiuev My e\i:icTiiiieui;i luive Uerc- 

 Jfl-e been with artificial et;s8, ami wilh llieni Ihe workino; 

 ^1 that could be desired. There is nu reasun to suppnse 

 ilUe working will be less saU!^)aci.:.iy «iili the uatnral. 

 J apparatus is of the simplest eonsiniclinii, very cli,.-:,i,. 

 oluiely non-corrosive iu salt \valer, and I respectfully 

 _oiiimend it to the attention of our fishctilturists. who have 

 I full liberty to use it. M. MoDoN.ua). 



Mmse FibniNfi Notes.— We learn from the BeMa&iJimriutl 

 ^that on account of the failure of the JVeuch fisheries, 

 jstpon sardines have, advanced to *2.50 per case, 

 [th the prospects of a still fiiribcr advance. At Boothbay, 

 \ cod, hake and mackerel fishing has been unusually remu- 



Uive, both \a 13abermeu and fitters Mr. Wyman, of 



' , has men at Lee's Island getting ready for ihe smelt 



^y The selectmen of Nobleboro aud Newcastle are re- 



5na the fish locks They use hake sounds for currency 



Si. Blephen, N. B. One of ihern will buy a real Havana 



ar or a plug of tobftc<«. At Grand Manan Lately there 



^ an auction sale of 10,000 His. of sounds, and they brought 



[pentsperlb Up to Oct. 95 tbrre bud been packed in 



^tland, 65,000 barrels ol mackerel, against 52,000 barrels 

 p.the whole year of 1879. There are no mackerel of any 

 ^.Jlportaiice upon that market. The ycai' has been a succeas- 

 ritd one va the ealch as well as the disposal of tbe fish. 



BGGS OF 'SPANISH MACKEREL, PORGEE, AN- 

 y OHOVY AND OYSTER. 



DURlNlr the past week your correspoiidciil dropped in 

 at the Philadelphia Aefl.demy of Natural Bciences, and 

 had the pleasure of ni;;iiii nuiiiii!]: "\It. John A. Ryder, of 

 this insutulion, whn h i.i n p steutuig hib observations 

 with th/" Unikd Witcb Ti^li ( . imuisMon at Ua\)L de Once 

 dunii^r bi pasiHuiiiimr on tin bind of tlu idiilt iiid \ouii., 

 liil 111. lutei inbiiniition -^^ i m .,11 it pan mined it 

 Ui. \ \ lid halchin, a \S ii.~hin.tia:i D f ie|i((tm^ 



tbi gr V ilKif the nx shad Mr R\d(i s (tmiiig report of 

 his (htivitioiis md stud\ \mII bi ot a yer\ inttresting 

 cbaniitti ind is lonl i d luiwud lo ^sUh gieal eagerness 



h\ btndent 



nt thisb 



A\ lull > I 



i ibj „ k 



R comnii in 



1 In n 



markeul 1 



<l 111 1(11 



dilKi.,11 



.1 t].,li t1. 



incli ol iialm-d '■ 



P 



1 I 



ot 



C Li 1. 1| I akc Mi 

 il ii.nn.ii L.l till Spinisli 

 IIMIllI tlu i__-,iif Ibis 

 ittti bciii^ ( jdted md 

 c( dtd m hilchmg them 

 inc chautm,.,' the "ftatei 



I 111! 1 1 mim n p mrce* hkc\MM final ami hatch 

 1 1(1 i)f time Ihe --piwnot: the tilo ur fool 

 I 111 il \ei( (li 1 !.i((M (oloi md liiit 1 jOthdt an 

 inch in thniictti In nUnnxti) voui (niiL^pnndim si nn 

 of his mtercsln ^ diifn\eiies hi >ii \Uii lint tlu Viiieiu m 

 anchov3'Rt t._s ulicn (imttdl hive toiu minnti tlmads 

 attached to them, all rr w,u_ li >ni nue point T\hi(h it hrst 

 aiC tightly TNiapped iKynn.l iln _- but \\iith unwind and 

 catch on blulcsof gii sei ( 1 d ( k rt< thus tithcimg 

 It, IS It \\cie, untd the bsh is hit la d The ti,^ ol tin Am- 

 erican anchdv^ he tf IK me is s micwliit buo^ ml 



Col MicDonaid of ihr ^ ii^im i F) hCnniniissKin la getting 

 up 1 miflunt toi tbf IntcliMig (if the llnating tggs of the 

 cod, Spmisli niicktid ind poigec, Mhich wi understand is 

 of \ery in_,rni(m« strui tuu 



Mr Rvtci ^ivf iiK ini» \ try interesting points tiom his 

 studv of the (nstci \^liil( with tlif Mii\lmd Fish Commis 

 sioninJnU Inii^ht Itmi d 1^ s ift( i Im uil, spiwm d joung 

 ojsteis wcie (iill((i(d th it had .lown nt irh t-«o inches, 

 and some th It mc isoicd ^ (:)f m iiith lu dumeai showing 

 that the American variety dovclops much moie ripidly th m 

 that of Europe 



Ma] Fnguson of the Miiyland Pish Coininissiou has 

 stk( ted a p(jud m i fa\ 01 ible hx abtv md intends to modify 

 md tiiin^( it eftei tin Fn m I pi m Inr tin coutmmng his 

 iibsi I V iiiiijis lud prose* iifni^ his ( xpeiiiiuiii^ icgndmg the 

 bieedina ol the Ami ntaii ojstci ludlhiu is no doubt th it 

 Hh it li IS Ik en gamed this summti \\i\\ It id to pei lection m 

 nil It has long been looked to is 1 ( (iming and valuable 

 biamh ot indnstij Mr RviUr ilsn discovered that tbt 

 eggsot th< soft shell ckm dtvdop hkt those of the fresh 

 water mussel andsucceedtd in impiegnating the ova, after 

 discoveung b\ microscope and it mo\mg the mali spermito 

 7oa and female spawn m propti s( a-soii Hmio 



THK PI8HERIES AND FISH OULTURK OF HOL- 

 LAND. 



B 



Y favor of Mr. C. J. Bottein; 

 the Netherlands, we have 



line. Supi. I if Fisheries of 

 received the report of the 



de 



1 .Staat del- 



1 th 



e report on 



lil.s 



Irilaitarie.s 



siai 



(1 .ler viss- 



111 



t^Tlli, fniin 





mno,. The 



je.l 

 ket 



' to,- and 

 dnrinu- the 



ins 



Ir.ini8.jiitb 



■om 



the Brilisb 



Netherland sea lisheries fur 1879 1 Verslag 

 Nederlandsche Zeevi.sscberijen over 1879), 11 

 the condilion of the lisberies in the Schelde. 

 for the .same year 1 \ er.sUg omtient deu t 

 cherijen in tie Schelde en Zeeinvsclie strcjim 

 which we gather the tollowiiij; facts : Simr 

 fisheries ha vc increased from :!il'J i.ms In 

 catch of edible (islies in the V.-rlh Se:i ih 1 

 former years. :\Ius.sels are eMensivel\ -Ji.sij 

 eiitcn, ilierc was received at Billinnsuale marl 

 pasi vear l.iioO tons fnmi Nurth tloiUmd, (1,59 l' 

 Holland and 7.')fi tons from Buglaml ; while fi 

 Islands and Holland there wa.s received S.i178 tons of peri- 

 winkles. 



Of 50,3f)0 eggs of the Cttlifoiuia salmon received fioui 

 Prof. Baird, IT. 8. Pish Commissioner, 4I!,000 young were 

 planted. The Siilnioo fishery has been good I'or the year 

 named. The fii*8t-meiltioned report gives iiuerestiiig tables 

 of thecii.l,ch of 00(1 and other edible lislies by thc'Dutch, 

 French, Oerman and Fngli.ili fishermen, iw well a.s the num- 

 bers of each kind of fish seiU to the principal markets of tl»e 

 different countries. The report on the Schelde gives us an 

 account, of thelwat ftshiug forhalilnit. Ihe "wiitiVig" 'prob- 

 ably whiting, ( frarfw* il/(^'/(f«j/«A ), the sprat, or sardine, the 

 "luirder" (Jlugil?) herring and anchovy liKhories. The 

 latter fishery lias been very bml fi»r the pu-sl. year. m»d the 

 oyster fishery, whioli in Holland is a Ini'ge iuthistry. Jiiw nut 

 been good. 



AkkaNs.vs Has a Fish Commibhiox. - We very much regret 

 that iu our annual list of Pish Coininis.tioners it »o happened 

 that this Slate was left mit We gave onr reason for doing it, 

 which was that no reply in ..iir letters had been received. 

 As it is our intention to iMiiipile such a list annually, wlinlly 

 for the benetit of the Cnhitiiis.sioiier.s them.selvea, ihai iliey 

 niav cxclcinav iviinrls and Ci.iresp.-.mlencc, we hope thai as 

 F..;n.>i \--r. MnE.VM isihe nv.iiinized niedniui nf e,,i,iniimi- 

 .■aii..n .an next niie will need no cnm.cliun.s. The fad i.s 

 lliai cliauaes aj-e being made in. the list all the time, and so 

 in iiiakiii..; it up for publication we take nothing for granted, 

 fail (irni^eial lis if such a list was being made foi- the first 

 lime. 



All who are interested in the progress nf fish enlmre will 

 rejoice to know that .-Vrkansas has "a coiianissiim, and iliat 

 there is a prospect of their being able to do tiieir State some 

 benefit if the Legislatm'e can be made lo see the great im- 

 portance of an addition to the supply of fish food for Ihe 

 people. 



The following letter is explanatory : 



OsAOE MtLts, Ark., Oct. 39. 

 Edltw Formit and Stveam : 



I regret that you did not receive my re.'sponse to yours of 

 Sept. So in time to insert the names of the Pish Comrnisfiioncrs 

 of om- State inyom' list : they are: 



Oen. N. B. Peurcc Osage Mills. 



Capt. John E. Reardon...... Little Rock. 



George ITornebrook Little Rook. 



* II' we are not n.ii'iii- , .., "ji.irgotj'' is .applied on 



Chesapeake Bay, to tie J^tr, a fltih colled " mociu 



fish " in Sew York ajui the Southera coast. 



t The anchovy, i'li^i! ^ > the so-called 



of New York auiJ the " ailyfv siiit ' of Peeonic Bay, 



The two latter were recently appointed to fill vacancies by 

 Gov. W. R. Miller, and we hope to be able to get an appro- 

 priation from the Legislature, which meets in January, to 

 enable us to do niiineikiiig. We will be glad to have the 

 Cijmmissitmers of the different Slates seiitlus their reports, 

 and for this reason 'especially roijucsl thai you insert the 

 names of the Fish Commission of Arkaniws in Fopest i-^d 

 Stream N B Pfcxntr 



OM Ia-m \ma — \\ t -Aiemdebttdto 

 ( nuimission( lb f(a the following 

 n duiuiE, the last f t w diys —On 

 ' Odd 1 ) i Unheini Nfw Ztiland, 

 111 ^ Odd In Svdii(> indmi \ug 

 OddtnSu Simud 

 1 he total qumtitv 

 ilihshnient is 2" WU 

 \'<~il the cpnntily t\ 

 1879 18 000 and 



V.li in 



In 



d(n_ 



Lxinl inl li ini 0\ V 

 lilt sttrttaiy ot ihi Sihi 

 ri turn nl trnut m 1 smt • 

 th I'ltli inst pti lain 

 on the 21st lust pi 1 1 i 

 33 per Southern ( k 1 

 Wilson SI Kildi mil . 

 thus supplied b> tlu -^ili 

 The dtmind foi ova is 11 

 poiUd wis to 'iOO m lbi8 Id 0110 

 thisveai 33 000 Any tolom retpniing ova should apply to 

 the sccietar> ibout the mouths ol April or !Mfy — Tdtmniiiau 

 Mail [aq 28 1880 



ATuRA.piN hxv, SrouliMBD — In tomuieuting upon the 

 ■w orkmg of the law regul iting the size of lobsters to be sent 

 tiiiiitkit theNtn lork ^^/w thinks th it Sdmttliing similti 

 shiiiild bt euidid I 1 plcsdvp tlit _tlitinons Kiripin Imm 

 txtindinn It siys '^ime th( i\cdl(nt U.bsti i 1 1\\ \e(Ut 

 into toice lestiK liutr tbf fa])ture nf dec tpods k s.lini KU 

 mthes in length tlu supjiU his la en sli idy The piiri has 

 risen in Ncn 'i (ilk bttaiisi tin di ni md is isd .11 Iln m 

 creast m const qmiu i ol thr incrtasid (tnti ili/ition ot pnpn 

 htion litre Vnd il might h( wtll in follow out the sime 

 plan with regird to ten ipm, md lestntt tin tiptUK to 

 specimens fully six mthesmlen.,tli Pltnt) nt inuth sniillei 

 ones tome mtomiikct souk lissllinn fniii indn s m h n^(h 

 Ihesi iiennt slewed but ii( ulib/id hi nii!|nn snuji \ 

 teiiapin hw-nnuld dn no bum fh li nm 11 i 1 irki d icl 

 lowstiom tlu Chesipeake fetfU irlS 1 dn/t n ihosttrom 

 furthci South ait now fetching only 'it>10 pel do/en 



rui. Use ofM4h( oib \sri.,H iooo — \^ ttw >eir8 igo wt 

 heaid i great deal ot tlu n 1 of in i.,^n|.- is tnnd tin trout }r\ 

 and most dU om hsb (ultiiiisi u ml. Iitsii \s ni nii.,ini! 

 discovtiy madi b\ thtnisehis, 1- it iiideid i\ a 111 oiu sinse 

 but m looking o^trs^lm( old voluim nt the ^ji/ifnu/ Maq i 

 sine publishedin Lnudoii '\\e tmd 111 \ nl 13 fi 1 tlu \eii 

 1813, pp 43-375 It! ledmimended t<, nspi ml the It., nf , 

 horse or other inim il mi 1 tlu pmul imlktthi ini._ntsdiop 

 Ihere is no dnubt that ninth £<»»{ l( . d mi fn r 111 la ^ot in 

 this wa^ from mtat w hull IS Inn npi to in utilized in inv 

 other nniinei if tne pnnd is situ lU I li ii tin ulia is not 

 offensut to th(iP( livin^ m 11 1 Iu n 1 m s ixitUint 



food toi hsh tiilh is t,'»"l ' iiiN "i'l I Mil nulls 

 ptrfetth tlemin itself as m 1 t ith 1 i _ j m md 



even if ftd to adult tinul we doubt il iiij liullii\ni wnuld 

 result We wen impdltd to pen ihis piragraph to show 

 that their use was nothing new. 



The (Jkegox Saimon Pisiiehiks.- fVnm llic auiuial riport 

 of the Oregon Board of Trade we learn tliat Ihe salmon cutch 

 of the past sprins and siiminer has exceeded aiitieipalinns, 

 yielding ■'5.30,000 cases. In IST.5 a catch of yyiOOO eases M-a.s 

 considered enormous; 1877 yielded 400,0011 eases, am:! 1879 

 as many as 489,000 cases. This rapid increiise sla.w^ llie ^•asl 

 extern and financial value nf tlie OrcL'.ai .-.aJiiinn Jisheries. 

 Of Ihe half million and iiinie cases packtal this year, 31 1,533 

 cases were seiii tn San Franciscn. and 3:!9.341 cases were 

 .shipped direct to Ureal Britain. 



Illko.m. Fishinu Btoi'I'ei).— The Uticii, N. Y., Utirald 

 says ■: liasi week Agent Dodge went to Oiteida Lake. With 

 tntsl weirlliy guides he made a detour of the lake aud suc- 

 ceeded in seizing thirty-four trap nets. They are treacherous 

 iraprt .and give Ihti fish no ohiince of escape. Tlie captures 

 were mmle in and about severafs pninls on the lake. More 

 are buried iu the water, and they will i.e aliend(-d fn as speed- 

 ily as posaible. In athlitimi io securiiij; Ihe nets Agent 

 Dodge obtained ihe names of people who have lic(ai violating 

 the special aias relalive to fishing uud hunting in ami wound 

 Oneida lake Mill they will have lo answer foi' their work im- 

 leastlu-y make a sli.al .slop. Among the nets captured was 

 one siiii'l to be owned by a jrame cniistable. wJin was elected 

 to aid iu i.'iirryiil'; mil the lisli ami liame fiH. nf the Stale. 

 Everybody will rejolee that smnetliim;- is deina d.aie in pro- 

 tect the fish in ( liieida Lake. With llieir usiiar.grccd. Ihe lo- 

 cal lishermen in (hose waters haul iu little and iiig hsh and 

 leave (he small one.< on the shore to rot They forget that 

 this is viruially killing the goosC that lays the golden eg^s 

 for Ihem. .If the State sho'idd stop plaiiring fish I'or their 

 beuelil, they luighl begin to realize how foolish ilie\ had been 

 tn disi'etrarding tlu' laws liiiended lo lienefil liu pniilic irener. 

 ally. . 



^ 



'I'UE (.UafjHlf — ('(tUKtimd, 0. — The extreme northern range 

 of the calfisli is, you may be about certain, Lake Erie. Here 



\ it i.s a gamy lisli, in hard and perfect condition of flesh, not 



e.\e liiiu. as a rule, the weight of I.wenly-flve pounds, al- 



tliuuiili sometimes a, "Daniel Lambert " "is tiikeu weighing 



I Uiiii)' tn forty -five piinml.s. 1 uevcr'saw but one of the latteT 



' .size, and it wa.s taken in Ihe usual way some years ago, bv 



the hnnk hailed with liver. . "" ' 



The cattish here in our water's, in .season, is us fine a fish 



when properly cooked, ''in every style." as any fish caught 



in fresh waters. The hotel, or any oilier table, can palm it 



oS for lake trout, white fish, Or even black bass, as I have 



.seen (Iniie many liiiu's. The farther South you go the larger 



the iish mows." the softer its flesh is, and the more it tastes of 



the mudi iy wal er i I iiiha 1 li fs. A catfish iu the month of May, 



taken from Lake Lrie, paiboiled, stiiflfed and baked, will 



satisfy the taste of any one who desires a good fish. 



E. STbULlJfG, M. D. 



We are glad to see some one take up the cudgel for this 

 fish. We are not familiar with the large ones the Doctor 

 mentions as tabic Iish. bm the small "bullheads" (N. Y.), 

 "aitties" CPhila.), or "horn-pouis" of ilie Eastern Btates 

 are, when of a cpiarter to a half-pouutl weight, of a high order 

 of excellence wheu fried for breakfast, lirook tvout to the 

 contrary notwithstanding. 



Forest .\nd Bi'bb.vm Gbsbk.^i. PA8s^•^^.|a£ Hkooud — Vhi- 

 i-jtyo, -Ni'B. 2. I would note the following persona en route 

 to himting grounds, over the Chicago aud Northwestern Rail- 

 road : j\lr. Cadin and son, Mr. Lancaster and Mr. Robinson, 

 from Rlinois, going to Section No 17, Mich. W. H. S, 



