NoTE>rRKBl 8,1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



309 



r Niihaut among the se!i.-sorpont;s. T)ie family oucuiiying 

 Isopus Greek, New York, have liegiia to move, with a few 

 xcrptions, who stoy behuid to sco the mud HinieB bedded 

 (iWTi for the wnter. In moving a sad accident happened, 

 . Siiirli we pnlilish for the benetil of other excursion parties of 

 \P"dfi.U. While leaving the mill-pond on the crceic the ad- 

 iiMoegnard by accident mistooli the way and got into the 

 jiliinc wheel of Ihe grist mill of Jacob Preligh at iSaugerlies, 

 11.1 many were cut to pieces before the mass of bodies stopped 

 he wheel. Many bushels of eels were killed or captured and 

 ji ir fi'ionda al the sea-side will await their arrival in vain. 



A Mantis Shmmp i:j- ttie East Kivei:.— Artliiu: Boycc, 



■ o, ^ AVhiiehall street, (me -.f .mr (ildust rc-i.lers, and a 



il lishorman of the Blmk W.nriMi i.-Lnon, luis kmdly sent 



liisolTicc for inspeclion wliiit bo iiitd iitlnns regard .is a 



iulcrG-sUng nondescript. It was caught on the sm-face 



ic water, in the slip of the Ilaniilton Avenue Perry, New 



I side. It was swimnn'ng apparently in search of food. 



liu Peter Silvie, of the above named ferry, captured it in 



11 net on the night of Oct. 21. It proves to lie a very 



., 11 of the Sr/uiU/nmpuxr. or Mantis shi-imp. 



!i s nf shrimp, (hough not conmion in our waters, 



; I fiLHpienMy. It is fonnd along our Southern 



I 1 uH far MS eastern Florida. In countries wher»itis suf- 



nrly alwndant the squill is higlily esteemed as food. 

 1 lie specimen captured by Mr. Boyco is an imuaually large 

 1 v.iry flne one. It liaa been preserved in alcohol, and is at 

 -lit at thisofflco. 



oTirER Big "SMArr-MoeriniD" SAm—CinchmJiU, 0., 



il.— I notice in jmur issue of October 28 .in account of 



i 11 It bass of (ij pounds weight. I also contriliute a pln>to- 



iph. but wlietber of a small or large moulbrd hiiss I wnn't 



iiure to say- The fish was caught at Middli- IsIhikI, Lake 



II., in the fall of 1878, by agenlleman, a niiiiisinr, I ix-iiove, 



liidianopolis, Ind., and was the (irKt |ias,s he evi-r 



iiriiit. The liass weighed 0^ pouiuls. iinil was ulso short a, 



III .linker. JnO. S. Dollar, Put-hi-l!ay, O., fan famish di- 



1 testimony to the above: IIeavi: Bas.s. 



riio picture is that of a " sraall-mouth black liass" (Miemp. 



1 :n mimolde^^ and tlic weight given is exactly that of the 



s.'nt by Dr. K. Sterling, of cioveland, and we now think 



irmly established that tills fish rraclies a woiirlit of (!{ Ihs. 



I,ake Eric, but whether il !;ro\vs as large. ;us that in any 



iln'i- water or Jiot we cannot say, as licfore the two pictures 



, rie sent we doubted its ever ,-n .« iiii,^ al.ove 5 lbs. "We leani 



■A-e live, however, andmay yc( Kiarii that oilier large and 



,1 waters contain as large fish of this Sjjeeics. The other 



hig mouth) grows very large, especially in Sonthern 



PiiR AvnnovY—PMlndflp/iM, Nov. 12.— Mj. .John A. 

 \\\<.\fr. in !,'ivin!r me the account of the egi^s of the Ameriean 

 :i,;,-i,MV., ivfi.TiTd to the silver side.s, ('•IdmxUnna Nolaln, not 

 1.1 ilii; so-rallcil spearing, hhitji-iMlU viUatuK. Homo. 



\\ u were misled by the eoinmon name, never having hoard 



i\ iintntco called "anchovy." It is known as "friar" and 



sand smelt " in other piirta, while " silver sides " is common 



iioih fishes named smd also to others. It is important to 



1- what fish Mr. Rj^der referred to, and we are glad to be 



tid 



I 1 \v- pj i\rs JfcKbET—i2,»«[ i?a«/r, N J, 



1 I i< It ml. !' si to the people of the State, 



11 1 1 1 1 h"',in 111 ,K s hisiuvt 



II 1 V|ail 5, 



l| lun iiid 



I 1 I litis Fish 



nil ' .iul\ m.. d 111. unit .,t Jthu P. 



iiid itthi 



fivoi 



ilitmh- lu 



1.1 th 

 ol Jli 



Il 1 Thereuimn the rase was removed on 

 Supreme Court, which Court affirmed the 



.lirr Curlis. 



I FISH Take Tiit Fly- 7>?» Lal-eji, Fh . A ,i/ 10— You 



noticed two instances of catfish taking 1 he fl^ —I ad.I ,v 



I I A nciglilior fishing in the St. John's last sr ison foi 



ms with the fly caught a catfish that rose finely. Now we 



1! \ .^ Klarl ed this thing I think "cats " can be educated. 



Due ks tlj in? fiequently within a week. S. 



Tut- Sii \ =-K Bv-s op C \K iDA— Q«<?Acr, Nov. 11.— Inclosul 



ih isi Imil si Ltdiisof fish sent mo some lime ago, and in 



I I i„. losihii hiss vou will sec it is the hsh jou i all 



I Ilk. liiss .,1 A'" '-.'A/,vsrt;;», and is caiijlil oiil\ m Ihe 



i I'l iMiH s BLiLk luss are the only km 1 I in ''it -i\LSt 



I. Mi'iiimh- SntoN Fra-li. 



Dbacus Biix " AT Home — "Deacon Dill's" letter in last 

 k'a Forest a^d S^kbam on "Fishmg at Belle Ewart" is 

 1 worth reading. We regret that it is too long to reprint. 

 / I onto Mail, 



The FouES'r A.-^n Stkkam presents its compliments to 

 •An Old Sub.sciiber," and respectfully kitimates that he 

 i^ht to know its rules well enough by this time to have 

 : ; d hLs name. VurMm mp. 



H-.mjsTWAsrsM.— T)ie record of long-distance walking hiis 



I I. ecu beaten byRowellin the sis days' match at Lon- 



The siicccasi ve performances have been : Weston , 43 1 • 



L :.ry, 501. 010, 030;, Corkey, 531; "Blower" Brown' 



: Weston, 5.10: Browu, 5.53; Hart, 565; Rowell, 366. 



-h lakes very little to collect a crowd in New York 

 I ,, We have seen a whole street blocked up by an eager 

 In I ill j; pifssing aromid a mouse trap. The oihci" day there 

 lUi-t 111'. .1 Iieeii a thousand persons collected in Unioii'S.(Uiu-e 

 , tinliiiiij Ihe didoes of an enraged gray squirrel, who wtis tiy- 

 _ ' save his peanuts from the thieving sparrows, 



> — « — . 



-500 will bo paid for any case that Hop Bitters will not cure or 

 ..p. Doubt not. 



0a»ie §:iQ and ffun, 



GULL ISLAND CLUB. 



FOR several years past certain membei-s of the Jersey City 

 Heights Gun Club with others have taken their yearly 

 trip to Southern waters in pursuit of swan, geese and duck. 

 As year by yesxr Ihe wnl.■r-fo^vl seemed to decrease or go fur- 

 ther South on aecomit of the nmliiphcity of the shooters, a 

 project often talked of and over )iy the above mentioned mem- 

 bers has finally assumed tangible shape. The Gull Island 

 ClubWiW formed with the following oflicers and members: 

 Ben Payne, Presitieiit, J. C. H. G. C. ; Livingston .Gtfford, 

 Secretary, J. C. H. G. C. ; A. Herittige, Treaaiuer, J. C. H. 

 G. C. 



Mmim-s.—'T. HaH, J. 0. H. G. 0. ; R. 0. Johnson, J. C. 

 H. G. G.; F. C. Cuniinins, J.. C. ll. G. C; J. H. Van Gilder, 

 J. C. H. G. C. ; D. Toffey, J. 0. H. G. C; John J. TofEcy, J. 

 C. IL G. C. ; Win. B. Wheeler, J. C. H. G. O. ; G. B. Eaton, 

 J. C. H. G. C; J. B. Burdette, J.C. H. G. C. ; F. M. Thom- 

 son, J. 0. H. G. C. ; N. E. Nash, R. I. ; Capt. J. Brown, 

 R. L; E. Z. Wright, Ulica, N. Y.; F. Harrison, Newark, N. 

 J. (Essex G. C). ; R. Ileinrich, Newark, N. J. 



A committee with full p.iwi-r, consisting .if ThiM. Hall and 

 N. B. Nash, was sent down last s]iriiig to Pimlico Soimd ; and 

 Gull Island, noted for its splendid swan and geese .shooting, 

 was purchased. Gull IslaJiil, aliout one and three quarters 

 of a mile loii.g by half a mile in width, conlains about 200 

 acres. The cluli also seeured by deed over ten miles of marsh 

 guarding all the points, including several small islands that, 

 are contiguous to Gull Island, making one of the iinest .shoot- 

 ing ]ires._Tves for water-fowd and snipe in tlic United fstates. 

 The law s of North Carolina amply protect property owners 

 in Ihe niatt.-'r of shooting iirescrves. The club have erected 

 :isiil.sla,ntial<-lnb-liouse, and, 17th inst., Al. Heritage ('jollyokl 

 •■South Paw •'.) and Capt. Johnson (" Ye Ancient Mariner"), 

 commillee, -will ship by Old Dominion Line fifteen cols and 

 mattresses, liftccn comforters and pairs blankets, two stoves 

 (one large cookhig and one olTiee do.), together with oaimed 

 meats, hard tack and other provisions too numerous to men- 

 tion, to say nothuig about the ton and a half, more or less, of 

 ammunilion. 



Capt. Johnson, Al. Heritage and Nasli will start the last 

 of next week for the island to get everything in shape for the 

 rest of the boys, who expect to leave Jersey City, Dec. 4, 

 for a three weeks shoot. 



The club have moreover soihe 140 live wild geese decoys, 

 that they pnrchiiscd and aid already on the property. Thir- 

 teen of the inemliers will positively lie on hand at the dedi- 

 cation of the new ehili-house. As your correspondent pro- 

 pioscs to be among the first on the ground and to stay as long 

 as possilde, the big stories told, the wondcrfid shots made 

 and tremendous bags brought in you will probably hear of 

 anon. 



Don't you wish you were going yourself.? 



Jaoobstaff. 



PHILADELPHIA LETTER, 

 ■nas cold by good authoutv this 



movement 

 Plot, 

 thetoimii II 

 inj; li.im Li 



cmnol see why such 

 niina-'i nipnt of thr 

 e\ci 1 .' ■' inlb 



th< ^ i> 



poM 



sh. u' 1 

 jiortatioa 

 iMtchinj; 



ten} 



I-v\as cold by good authoutv this moining that there is a 

 movement ..ii tool 1 > iIr mcmbi is of the West .Teisey 

 1 rcsidi uts of Penn=)lvania and 

 lolij thr L\peiinifut of import 

 iiiimlifi ot En^hsh pheasants and 

 n' . lowi r rounties of Nfw Jersey I 

 iprijitt would not succeed under the 

 ludttiiuMlili society, as its members 

 nee .nei the liuncis of this section ot 

 i> .if thclattti air ipirt of the associa- 

 1 suliscn])tion will be made for the pm- 

 I ei;pRssiuor his intuition of donatms^ 

 I 1 L 1 I. ss( d w ith a mild winter foil ,w iii,; the im 

 •i the birds aid it be succeeded bj ativoiibh 

 IS HI md I stiingent law piotcciintf llum tor hve 

 ,bc plssid W( ha\c no doubt that success will 

 foUow tht ctfoits .)f this model associitiou of spoitomcn 



The Lnulish phcisant is m a mt isuie srmu domesticated 

 and amII r. ulili, lir di i \ n to tlu b irii of thefaimci forlood m 

 si\er. AMnlirs a^d it 111. piopii mcaus be taken to thor- 

 111 dih ll 1 st till- ( I is~ tie. minunily in the enterprise 

 miuh c HI 111 _aiu.t in Ihi. way for tlie pioteetion of the 

 buds 



Sportsmen who were at Havre de Grace last week and those 

 who are there at this wilting are having cieat =port duck 

 shootinir The bulk of the fowl being killed, however ,aie 



redh. uN mllile kh. i.K vi r\ h \. . uuaslj,ek hi\ins\et 

 come on hhoolinjr \ u kn \\ h il'jwed on th' flils ,it 

 this point only e\ei\ .rhi i d i' isllu nm Innes or batteiies 

 being mooted or auihon 1 due n^ ou liu feeding grounds, 

 would soon have a l( h.Ilik \ t . ki i |i i h( 'lucks fioin visitmg 

 them at all if proser ut. .1 i \ i r\ .1 1\ \_s it is the number of 

 canvas backs at Havre de Graee is diminishiua; every year. 

 Wo heard of one huiidio.l aial twenly-five red-lieads and 

 black-heads being killed there in one day last week by one 

 sportsman and his attendant. 



We were shown this morning a very i-einark.able Irish set- 

 ter dog, the property of our mutual friend Mr. JohnS. Davis, 



of Philadelphia. Dash, the youngster in cpiesi ion, was .sired 

 byilr. D.'s Glenn, so well known on the sir. mi. . ,s iu 

 the neighburhooil of Philadelpliia, and was i , : ,1 Im 



Rickhurdl. The do;: is of a beautiful deep;. I hi ..i .r, 1 

 thiidc, than his sire, and as :\rr- T>a\is tells me w.-.n.i.rtully 

 Stauneli at. Ids poiril and as lirm n .lo^ lo idiarijie at Ihi' report 

 of a gun as he ev.-r saw. 31r. I^ickhanii, hisbreake,, stilL 

 uses a nuizzle-luaJcr and in.sists upon uU his dijgs reuiaiiiing 

 Steady after firing until he has leisurely re-charged. All his 

 setters and pointers are as firm. Does not the fact of his use 

 of a muzzle-loader account for the steadiness of his animals ? 

 Five years ago your correspondent wrote his views on this 

 subject, and as practical illuslratiou here presents itself the 

 article will be reproduced. 

 "It was remarked to me a few days ago by a prominent 



sportsman of Philadelphia that since Ihe invention of breech- 

 loading shot-guns we have fewer steady dogs at the charge 

 than before, and the reason given was that the reloadiiur f)f 

 the breech-loader took sueh a sh.jrt time the clou naturally 

 became more careless on account of the brief spaee r.'nuired 

 of him in which to remain with the gun hef(a-e advancing; 

 more so also from the fact that the sportsman himself anV 

 ious to make a lar^e basr moved forward at once as soon as ho 

 had rechariied. In old tiincs when we used the ramrod it 

 took s.ime minules before the sportsman was in readiness, 

 and dining this lime his dog remained chars^ed tmd steady 

 until Ins master iiad reloaded. This practiced him in obedi- 

 ence and .staunchness. In conchisiim my friend said to me, 

 ' M.irk what I say. and 1 wish you t<i nrite it, the man that 

 still uses a nmz/le loader has the best trained dosj;.' 1 confess 

 I .see reason in what ni.\ friend said, l.nt do not know why onu 

 cannot be pail idilar inthisbiaiKli ot the eloir's tuition and 

 be more on his Liuaid to lia\e his dog obey. Il is a comnion 

 fault in the hurrj of tli.' moment and the excitement of be- 

 ing among a tievy of .[uail, to push forward too ipiickly aftwr 

 killing a bird and paying little attention to the dog, now 

 that we can reload so sp. edily. Our four-footed companions 

 in their eagerness m-e ever leady to lake advantage of the lib- 

 erty uninteiit.i n.dly '^iven Ih. m ami forget gradually that part 

 of the edueaiion winch is ...i necessary to ,good sport and suc- 

 cess in the tield. 1 hud a L'reat m.iny of my friends are lireak- 

 ing their dogsto eonie iu bef.ire .■barging, and th. y give me as 

 areasou that in dippli' .shootmn^, ^\oo.lco. k shuofuig an.l the 

 like it is far bett. r to have your setlPis come to vou and 

 charge thai m.u mav know wliere lli.'y aie befoie'siarting 

 them for tresh game. I do n.)t see the "utility of the inellmd 

 especially in rh.< case of a retiieving settei or pointier, for in 

 the usual manner of breaking your d.ig charges at the report 

 .:f the gun and remains .so until he is ord.'red to seek ami 

 bring the bird to you." 



Since writing the above I have bad manj' proofs of the 

 correctness of my friend's views, but 1 would not have it un- 

 derstood that I decry the use of the modern breech-loading 

 .shot-gun. Their invention, however, should make us all the 

 more careful that our doirs are not lost sight of and are kept 

 iu as full subjection as in the days wbcu the shot pout;h and 

 powder hcjrn were c.irried to the fielil. 



I am rapidly becoming a convert to the English style of 

 breaking, i ever to all.nv a field dog to retrieve. There are, 

 I know, many opponents to this system, but say what you 

 will, a setter will become unsteady eventually if he is permit- 

 ted to touch a bird at all. Homo. 



THE LONG ISLAND TRAPPED BIRDS. 



Etlitor Forest aiul Stream : 



In the Forest ano Sthbam of November 11, 1880, ap- 

 peared an anonymous arlicle entitled "Trapped Quail "and 

 signed "A True Lover of the Sport." It was in substance a 

 charge by the writer that a regular business of trapping quail 

 and of tlie sale, possession and transportation of trapped 

 quail existed on Long Island. Il implicated the emploj'ees 

 of the Long Island Railroad. 



The Long Island Sportsmen's Association, including most 

 of our leading clubs, stands pledged to prosecute all sueh in- 

 fringements. We cannot play the part of detectives. We 

 protest against the prevalent custom of making sweeping 

 charges without an iota of proof to support them. We de- 

 noimce as cowards those possessing such proof who sneak be- 

 hind a pseudonym and have not the manliness to furniBh a 

 responsible name. 



AA'e demand that your correspondent immediately furnish 

 us sworn evidence of the grave charge made by him or that 

 he forever hold his peace. We will guarantee him exemp-' 

 tion from expense. Lie has rushed into print with fedl knowl- 

 edge of the existence of this Association, instead of visiting 

 any of our officers, and wc believe his motive was mere 

 coveit notoriety and a desire to abuse rather than assist us. 

 We icepectfnlly request henceforth that you publish no 

 anon\ nious charges against this Association, which you cer- 

 tainly know to be unfomided, but on the contrwy that you 

 will insist upon printing the true name of your informant as 

 an evidence of good faith and a duty to us. 



By order of ihe Standing Game Law Committee of the 

 Long Island Sportsmen's Association. 



AiiKi, Crook, 



Sc'Ci-etai'!/ L. I. S. A. 



The request that the necessary evidence upon which to 

 base an action be furnished is certainly a fair one, aud we 

 tiust that it may meet -with the proper response. As to the 

 "unfounded charges," we may be allowed to suggest that so 

 long as the illegal traffic in trapped birds, now alleged to be 

 c ,niied on along the line of the Long Island Railroad, is not 

 stfjpped, criticism of game soclelics is both well-founded and 

 legitimate. Nor can game societies ever hope to accomplish 

 much if they are content lo wait for the information volun- 

 teered by outsiders. They must " play the detective" them- 

 selves If the Long Island Sportsmen's Association are not 

 picpaied toadoptthe initiative in such action, wo prefer to 

 ascribe this to some oilier cause than their failure to reco.gnizc 

 the propriety aud necessity of their undertaking this kind of 

 woik We know that Ihe Association is yomig, and not 

 3 it. perhaps, in trim for .solid work; and for that reason 

 It mav demand reasonably that its character be not hastily pre- 

 judged It has an extensive field of effort before it, aud wo 

 aie quite confident that the Association is now in the guiding 

 contiol of men who properly appreciate what n true game 

 protective society should be, and who must ultimately give 

 character to the society. 



LoN'(i Island Teapped Bip.ds- 

 —EilitiM- Fi>re»t(ind Btrcma: In r.- 

 It inst., in regard to ray letter Nov- 

 Ihat I conveyed you the idea that Ihe 

 R. R., were all w'illfullaw-breakerg. 

 I would say. tlml. llicy not lieingshoo 

 kie ., ■ ■ -lime from shot 



bi ,: .11 or L They hax 



eh.- ., -I take advantage i 



si.opp.,.l ;. :...., uig or Belli 



I" .1 



■" . lo, 1,^.S0. 

 ■rial of the 

 iiiiudn, infer 

 i>'l:LS of Yhe L. L 



slice to tli.we men 

 emseUres and not 

 , nniiht morally 

 (• iillered to them 

 B ll let them be 

 their train and this 



will all ceawe. My letter was intended more ferr the farmers 

 and their boys who really are the guilty parties. I also no- 

 tice that in my letter I forgot to insert the word rabbits, whea 

 I wrote that the boy hands in from one to six quail rn part- 

 ridges. It should have read, from one to six quail, partridges 

 or rabbits, as the case might be. By inserting the above you 

 will oblige A TbubLovks otf The SfOKT. 



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