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by hie savage progenitors, if we look carefully we may 
also sometimes discover, along with this permanence of 
implement type, some survival of savage mode of thought, 
aboriginal lack of logic, and possibly woeful"want of wis¬ 
dom. Not a great way indeed above his savage prototype 
is the fisherman who is incited by unthinking greed to 
set at nought not only the statutes of the community, but 
the simplest and best known laws of nature ; and who 
exterminates at once the fish, and in them his own means 
of future livelihood. Gentlemen who have given much 
attention to the protection of food fishes will readily 
testify to this crudity of common seise among a class of 
market fishermen, which iB in its way as much of a survi¬ 
val of early barbarism as is the pound net—the moral of 
which would seem to be, that to gain for our important 
fishes the needed protection from poachers and ignorant 
Hettere, we must begin at the foundation ; take the rising 
generation of prospective fishermen and send them to 
school and to Sunday-school; give them too a thorough 
course of State fish reports, and let them be armed and 
equipped, if not in abstruse principles of political econo¬ 
my, at least in those simple rules of arithmetic, which 
teach that nothing multiplied by nothing makes nothing, 
and that two taken from two leaves nothing. They 
might also with profit be sufficiently coached up in Latin 
to understand the phrase Omne vivum ab ovo; and 
give them enough science to apply the principle to animal 
life in general and fishes in particular. Then they may 
return to their nets, clothed and in their right minds; and 
game constables and fish wardens may snuff out their 
dark lanterns and sleep the sleep of the just; they will no 
longer be compelled to wage unequal war against savages. 
But to rotum to our Indiaus : 
Col. C. C. Jones, of Augusta. Georgia, in his “ Antiqui¬ 
ties of the Southern Indians," says : “In the “Admiranda 
Narratio,” of Do Bry, Frankfort, 1590, we find a distinct 
representation of one of these fish traps, with extended 
Wings, one of wluch reaches the shore, the other far out 
into the water. It is made of canes or small poles, firmly 
stuck in the mud, so as to preserve an upright position. 
They are securely fastened together witli withes, thus 
forming a sort of hedge or rustic fence, through which 
the fishes are unable to force a passage. In the middle is 
an opening leading into a circular enclosure. This bv a 
circuitous opening communicates with a secoud pen, this 
in like manner with a third, and that with a fomth. each 
somewhat smaller than the former. Indians are seen in a 
canoe, dipping up the fiBh with a scoop-net." 
Bo that the destructive pound-net, which has ruined so 
many of our best fisheries, instead of being a Yankeo in¬ 
vention, is merely a copy of a device of the Indians, and if 
further proof of this is needed it will be found in the state¬ 
ment of Gapt. Ribault, in his “ True Discoverye of Terra 
Florida," who describes ( ‘a labarynt.he or maze, made 
■With great reeds, with many turns and crooks " which he 
saw in the River of May. now called the St. John’s. 
Col. Jones quotes the following passage from Adair's 
‘f History of the American Indians ” : “ The Georgia- tribes 
have a surprizing method of fishing under the edges of 
rocks that stand over deep places in the water. There 
they pull off their red breeches, or their long strip of 
stroud cloth, and wrapping it around their arm so as to 
reach to the lower part of the palm of the right hand, 
they dive under the rock where the large catfish lie to 
shelter themselves from the scorching beams of the sun, 
and to watch for prey. As soon as these fierce aquatic 
animals see that tempting bait, they immediately seize it 
with the greatest violence ; then is the time for the diver. 
He opens his hand, seizes the voracious fish bv its tender 
parts, and at last brings it safe ashore.” 
Here is a kind of sport demanding muscular strength 
and boldness, worthy the attention of our young sports¬ 
men—certainly nobler than the bow and arrow amusement 
now so popular. 
But the author goes on to say : “ They also shoot fish 
with arrows and stupefy them with various roots and 
seed; catch ffliem in crails or baskets made of hickory 
splints, and spear them with long canes with points har¬ 
dened in the fire. These Indians appear also to have used 
nets of various kinds, as great quantities of stone sinkers or 
plummets are found about the sites of their villages. The 
narrative of De Soto’s march indicates that cast nets of 
various kinds were made and used by the natives. Very 
few hooks have been found, and those were of hone.” 
In that beautiful legendary poem, “ The Song of Ilia- 
wa,tha,” Mr. Longfellow describes his Indian hero as fish¬ 
ing with a line of twisted oedar bark for the great pike of 
the Gitche-Gumee, the Maskenoza; and hauling line in 
hand over band, making the canoe, stand up endwise in 
the water ; then he catches a sunfish or bream, of such 
huge dimensions that the canoe is whirled round in circles. 
Then he hooks the mishe-nahma, the sturgeon, the king 
of fishes, who in his rage swallows both Hiawatha an3 
the canoe. The poet made a mistake in attributing this 
feat to the sturgeon, which has no mouth to speak of, 
while there are, or have been, specimens of Esox nobilior 
in the great lakes, which with slight poetic license, might 
be equal to it. " C. 
Japanese Barbless Hooks. —We have before us some 
very delicate Japanese trout hooks which came to ns with 
the following letter. They are tied on very fine gut, with 
black hackle, peacock body, and solid gilt head, and have 
no barb. They are as diminutive as any Scotch fly wo 
ever saw. We understand that barbless hooks hare been 
in use in Japan for many centuries; and if long experience 
has proven to the people of that country that they are the 
best, (and they seem to use them exclusively,) why, then, 
Mr. Seth Green stands hacked by a mighty moral power, 
and can place a very tall feather in hiB fishing cap ; that's* 
all! lii shape these Japanese hooks include two-thirds 
of a perfect circle : 
BosffOK, Mass. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Verily there is noth in g new under the sun, in proof oi' 
which 1 enclose a couple of Japanese needle pointed flies. 
I suppose that Seth Green thought that he was inventing 
something new when he introduced the barbless hooks, 
but here are some from Japan, the same as they have been 
using for centuries. They were sent to me by a young 
Japanese, who writes that they use them for trout, or a 
fish resembling our trout, running from one quarter to one 
pouud. The bend and general look of the fly strikes me as 
not bad, and with the exception of the gold head, is about 
the same as some English flies I have for brook trout. 
I have been reading your letters with great pleasure. It 
is the first account of Canadian salmon,nshing that, I have 
seen which gives any true idea of it, and if generally read 
would save some of our would-be salmon fishermen a use¬ 
less journey and expensive outfit. It is extraordinary the 
ignorance there is about the matter. 
Canada— Escuminac, P. Q., July 27.—If any of your 
readers who are tired of angling for “ fingerlings ” in the 
depleted streams of Pennsylvania and New York, will 
come to this place, they may be able to take a few trout 
ranging from two to five pounds, in one of the-most beau¬ 
tiful rivers in America. This place is fifteen miles east of 
Campbellton, on the Inter-Colonial Railway, twenty-four 
hours by rail from Montreal. As the result of a recent 
morning's fishing, I bad one trout weighing 3{- pounds, 
two of 84 pounds, one of 2 pounds, aud one of IJ pounds 
weight. This was by no means an unusual catch, but 
certainly afforded more exciting sport than taking several 
hundred of the little fellows still left in the streams near 
New York. 
Comfortable lumbermen's camps may be found near 
the banks of the river as far up as it has ever been fished. 
Mr. Daniel Brown—from whom as guardian of the river 
permits to fish may he obtained—lives at tin's place, has 
excellent accommodations at his house, and is in all res¬ 
pects most gentlemanly and accommodating ; just such a 
man as a true sportsman loves to meet, and can appre¬ 
ciate. A moderate license fee is charged for privilege to 
fish. Fishing continues good until September. S. 
New Brunswick — Me Ad am Junction, July 26.—With 
N, S. Dickey, of Boston, I left that city 23d inst., at eight 
o'clock a. m. on Steamer New York, of T. S. S. Line, for 
St. Stephen, N. B., distance, three hundred miles. Ar¬ 
rived 24th, 3 p. m. ; fare $4.50. Put up at the “ Queen’s," 
a good hotel with moderate charges. Left at 9:45 a. m. 
25th, on N. B. & C'. R. for this place, distance thirty-five 
miles, fare $1.25. Arrived at twelve, noon, at Junction 
House kept- by James Haddock, a good hotel with all tire 
luxuries of the season and very moderate charges. The 
proprietor is always pleased to see sportsmen and ready to 
pilot them to fishing grounds, of which there arc plenty 
in an hours’ ride east, west, north and south of the station. 
After trains were off at three o’clock f. m. he took ns on 
a hand car four miles to a branch of the Cranberry, where 
we secured thirty-eight fine trout, to two rods, and got 
back before sundown. The water is very cool for the sea¬ 
son and the trout rose well to the fly and were strong. 
Flies all gone and fishing is a pleasure. To-day we go up 
the line nine miles to Sugar Brook, where we are to be 
joined by John Stewart, Supt. N. B. & C. R. for a trip to 
Fifth Lake, four miles on “ a tote” road. This lake has 
never been fished, except in the winter a little by lumber¬ 
men, and is full of large trout. We null he the first party 
to cast flies on its waters. Mr. Stewart will fetch along 
his boat, and George and Bobby Glem will serve as 
guides. I have visited this section the past two summers, 
and find trout, ducks, partridges and bears in great abun¬ 
dance. But let no feather-bed sportsmen come There. This 
is a wilderness, and rough at that; but those who are wil¬ 
ling to rough it in primitive style will find rare sport. A 
letter in advance to John Stewart as above, relative to 
sport and route, will be duly replied to. Passengers on 
the New York will find it an advantage to make the ac¬ 
quaintance of Andrew Taylor, chief engineer, a sports¬ 
man thoroughly posted, and a courteous, modest gentle¬ 
man. I should mention that the Silver Doctor was most 
killing. Corporal Lot Warfield. 
New Jersey, Forked River, July 2.—The past week 
has been the best fishing so far this season. On Monday, 
our yacht the Belle, with Mr. W. M. Leslie, of New York, 
came in with 115 weakfish ; on the following Thursday. 
258 fish, the largest catch of the season; they were caugfit 
by Mr. W. M. Leslie, Jr., in our yatoh, and within a mile 
and-half of the bouse. To-day the boat came in with 
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kirkland, of New York, they having 
caught in a few hours 185 fish. A. 
if Bunker Fishing.—F rom July 21 to July 26, the Peconic 
Oil Works, of Shelter Island, took 400,000, caught chiefly 
in Long Island Sound by steemer Peconic. The Hawkins’ 
Works caught 408,000 last week. 
We hear that now Long Island Sound is full of fish, but 
only the steamers can follow them and briug them in to 
the"factories in season, for the fish soon spoil, and as soon 
as they begin to decay they are unfit for use, either for oil 
or scrap manure. Avery large number of sailing craft 
and steamers are now engaged in this business off the 
southern coast of Long Island and Long Island Sound, 
which are the best fishing grounds. I have a bower of 
cedar trees overlooking Peconic Bay, and from it yester¬ 
day with my glass, counted over forty fishiug vessels. 
McL. 
Light Bass Rods .—Editor Forest and Stream .:—I 
noticed in your last week’s paper, an article on Cape 
Vincent, in which a gentleman speaks of catching black 
bass on a sixteen ounce rod with a fly, even two at a 
time. Allow me as an old fly fisherman to say that I do 
not consider that by any means a light rod for that style 
of fishing. The veteran anglers who use the fly for bass 
at Clayton and like places, seldom use a rod over eight or 
ten ounces in weight; manv is the time I have killed two 
bass at a cast on the St, 'Lawrence on my eight ounce 
trout rod. Mr. Hume of Alexandria Bay. killed a few 
seasons ago, a muskalonge weighing twenty-seven pounds 
on a seven und-a half ounce rod. Mr, Robert. Lawrence of 
Flushing, L. I., killed last week a twenty-two pound lake 
trout on a ten ounce rod, and there are many such exploits 
onrecord. W. Holberton 
Keeping Minnows Alive.—A correspondent in Stan¬ 
ford, Ky., writes: “I have lately tried a long contem¬ 
plated experiment With minnows. Put about a table- 
spoonful of common salt .in each three-gallon supply 
bucket, little more than a third full of water, fully one 
hundred minnows in each from three to six inches long. 
Buckets tied together, cloth wrapped over each to prevent 
waste of water; throw across a saddle, and koree kept 
constantly moving the two hours and ten minutes required 
to reach the river. Have never seen salt recommended 
by writers. Tried it on recommendation of an acquain¬ 
tance who knew its virtu 0 . Even in April and May, with 
two changes of water, I never succeeded so well in pre¬ 
serving nnnnows over the same road.” 
REMINISCENC E OF LA KE MENDOTA. 
OaONTo, Wis., July, 1879. 
Editor Forest aai Sire cm: — 
Early in June I started with my wife to camp out, at the invita¬ 
tion of four other colluge friends, on the banks of beautiful Mon- 
dota, one of the two lakes which euciroto theCIty of Madison, Wis¬ 
consin. The banks of this lake rise at intervals, nearly perpendicu¬ 
lar, to the height of fifty or sixty feet, formed of jagged limestone 
houlders whose rich cream color, visible many feet in the depths 
of the water, turns its azure to green, and seems to add to the 
cool verdure of the grand old forest trees which o'er shadow the 
rugged steeps. Poised on these treaoherous slopes, the cattle 
graze unconcerned, whlle.lts oaves and miniature grottos echo 
back the voiocs of evening melody far over the water. Years 
ago, tho rising flight nf startled wild fowl from these lak03 was 
like Hie roar of a mighty cataract heard in the distance, and thous¬ 
ands upon thousands of tho finest fish seemed to swarm through¬ 
out tho whole breath of their waters. To-day there seems to 
lie all the llslv one could desire— the wild fowl have mostly de¬ 
parted to some more quite retreat. Then quail flew about the 
streets and even in tho Capital Park, and the unbroken prairies 
framed the bean-idenl of luxurious,hunting) because your light 
phaeton could follow the course of your dogs: but to day the quail 
havebeou ruthlessly trapped and are gone, and tho prairies teem, 
ns far as tho eye can reach, with the golden harvests of civiliza¬ 
tion, and the “chickens" have all been gardened In with the 
gleanings of oi her days. 
No wonder then, ns we sat by the evening camp, and watched 
Hie sllil smoke, float away like the phantom of the past, and fade 
in the darkness of the red woods, we thought of some of the com¬ 
panions of our boyhood whoso great,, generous hearts, like those 
of all-true sportsmen, wore a burden too heavy for none but them¬ 
selves, and sadly wondered If in the happy hunting grounds" be¬ 
yond the darkness, 1 hey M ill thou gin, of the frionds and the field 
sports of their earthly sojourn and loDgod, as we did, to ngain 
be all together nefir these scenes of our youth's happy hours. 
The fish of these lakes consist chiefly of pike, pickerel, white, 
silver, rook and yellow bass. Porch are plentiful, lmt to me they 
do not seem to have tho flavor of those of Lake Michigan, bolng 
neither so white, Ann, or delicious when cooked. I think, too, 
there Isa dilTorenoe In their back fins from those of the great 
lakes. White bass fishing Is the attraction at Madison. It is a 
grand sight to look dowu in the clear, transparent depths and see 
thousands of these beautiful fish swimming in shoals. The livo 
minnow is the usual bait, but by trolling you can catch them 
with tho Spoon when they bite at all. They like partly cloudy, 
breezy, cool days, like all fish in summer, and bite early In the 
morning or between four andsevon in tho afternoon. We caught 
more fish than wo could eat or give away, and rather than be 
wasteful, instead of fishing, amused ourselves with tho exclusive 
absurdities of a free camp-life, out of sight of the world and Its 
fashionable formalities. 
Two weeks soon found us reluctantly breaking oamp and once 
more returning to busy life. A a revolt’! Rdtt. 
Lice on Canaries. — Woodward’s Medicated Bird 
Perches and Swings ought to have a universal sale. They 
cure and prevent lice and vermin in coops and cages. 
jfuchting imd Routing. 
HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEK. 
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COMING FIXTURES. 
Aug 7—South Uoston Y C Cruisu 
Aug II—Sau Francisco Model Y C Regatta- 
AiigliJ—Loug Island Y C Cruise. 
Augl6-NuhassetY C Regatta, Cobasset. 
Aug 1H-30—Quaker City Y 0 Annual Cruise. 
Aug £3—Beverly Y C Regatta, Swampseott. 
Aug — Brooklyn Y C Cruise. 
Aug S3—Dorchester Y 0 Regatta. 
A.ng S3—Royal Nova Scotia F S Race. 
Aug S3—East Boston Y C Clmitipiunship Match. 
A ugSfl—Buffalo Y C Union Regatta 
Aug 28—Jersey City Canoe Club Regatta. 
Aug 30—Royal Nova Scotia Y 8 Harbor Cruise. 
Aug 11 —Dorchester Y C Regatta. 
Aug SO—Noenah Y C Annual Regatta. 
Aug SO—Eastern Y C Handicap Race, Swampseott. 
Aug 12—Salem Y C Regatta- 
Sept 2—Salem Y C Regatta. 
Sept. 4—New York Y G Capo May Cup. 
Sept 9—Dorchester Y C Regatta. 
Sept 6—Boverly Y C Regatta, Nabant 
Sept 6—Boston Y C Fall Regatta. 
Sept ti—Ruval Nova Scotia Y S Race. 
Sept 13-Royal Nova Scotia Y S Closing Cruise. 
Sept — Detroit Y 0 Fall Regatta. 
Sept —Providence Y 0 Anderson Cup. 
Sept —Haverhill Y C Fall Regatta. 
Sept —Nn basset Y C Fall Regatta. 
Sept —Albany Y O Full Regatta. 
Sept (i—Hqyal Canadian Y C Prince of Wales Cup. 
Sept 20—Dorchester Y 0 Union Regatta. 
Sept 22—Quaker City Y C Fall Regatta. 
Sept 2S—Quaker City Y C Closing Cruise. 
Qot tfj—Seawanhaka Y G Ocean Match, cantor Cup. 
A LOW-PRICED CANOE. 
BV l.TIAS. El CHASE, COMMODORE OF THE JERSEY CITY 
CANOE CLUB. 
O F whatever material you build vojr canoq she must 
be light. It is desirable that sho be strong, but-it 
is even more desirable that she be so li^lu that she may 
be carried with pass. To portage a hear y canoe ally dis¬ 
tance the cruiser must if alone find a good-natured stran¬ 
ger who will carry one end, or lose a couple of hours in 
bargaining with a close-fisted farmer who will require a 
couple of hours more to hitch up and put the canoe on 
the wagon. Two canoeists will cany the heaviest canoe 
almost any distance, but it may invariably be observed 
that stitches in the side and cricks in the back bear a 
