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The weather ia just comfortably cool without during 
the day, while in the evening we toast our shins before 
a white birch fire'upon the brick hearth-stone in the new 
camp. The cuisine at Gamp K. is most excellent and re¬ 
flects great credit on C. T. Richardson, the amiable and 
genial, jolly, grey-whiskered Superintendent. There is 
an air of neatness about the camp and the beds. One 
feels as though he could lie abed all day ; but a 7 o'clock 
bell announces breakfast. I think that’s the worst fea¬ 
ture of the whole business, but I see no remedy except to 
set the camp clock back an hour: but then—alas ! hut 
then—it is “Grandfather’s Clock.” Geo. A. Fay. 
^ Tim Pond —Eustis, Me., Sept 3d. — I am just leaving 
this now famous trouting lakelet. Six in our party occu¬ 
pied one of the two new log cabins Kennedy Smith has 
built this year. In our number is Col. Hayden, of Cleve¬ 
land, O., Prof. Hibbard, H. P. Strong and myself from 
New Britain, Conn., and Dr. Hill of Biddeford, this state, 
In the other new and larger cabin is C. W. Smith, of 
Worcester, Mass., with his four sons and three invited 
guests. Ex-Gov. Kellogg, of La., is among the fortunate 
o res i for Mr. Smith is intertaining his friends in a princely 
manner. I mean as princes do in the forest. The Gov. 
who has been a fisher for voters, expressed himself as 
highly pleased'with the scenery, the abundance of the 
trout and their flavor, and that" of the partridges. The 
number of flsh caught is greater than last year ; indeed 
we are told they have been more plenty all the season. 
In a few words, none of the oldest sportsmen present 
had ever seen so good sized trout so plenty. We are all more 
than satisfied with our trip. The improvements of the 
last year in the path of five miles to the pond, the cabins, 
the cook stoves, and other ntensiles ; four more boats, 
with the assistants the landlord has called around him, 
leave little to be desired. The trout law is not on till 
Oct, let; the partridge law was off, Sept. 1st; and so tho 
sport of castingthe fly for the specified beauties, the crack 
of the breech-loader that brings down of the grouse, and 
the savory odors from “ Ken’s” viands will continue about 
a month longer this year, unless some bruin, which Ken. 
Smith is trapping, shall pull him in and thus cause him to 
,pull in his cabin latch strings earlier, and of this there is 
little danger to one of his experience. J, W. 
Massachusetts —New Bedford, Sept. 3d. —Our market 
which diming the past three weeks has been bare of fisli, 
is again full to overflowing with bass, blue fish, tautog, 
scup and bonita—one dealer receiving over one ton of 
blue fish to-da * Good bass fishing this week at West- 
port harbor, the fish averaging twenty-five pounds each, 
• Concha. 
Movements op the Fishing Fleet. —The, shoal mack¬ 
erel fleet have met with moderate success of late off Mon- 
hegan, Seguin and Boon Island, but the catch is falling off 
and the season will soon come to a close. The number of 
arrivals since our last report has been 22, of which 8 fol¬ 
low the fresh fishery, and the other 19 have landed 3,960 
bbls. 
But few vessels remain in the Bay St. Lawrence, and 
the news from that quarter is not encouraging. No 
American vessels have been seen at Tignish for over a 
fortnight and the boats there and at Rugtico and Char¬ 
lottetown are doing little in mackerel, with no Stock on 
the market. Only one arrival from the Bay has been re¬ 
ported at this port the past week, bringing 800 bbls. 
Codfish have been in fair receipt, ana good request at 
the recent advances in prices. The number of arrivals 
the past week has been 4 from the Banks with 300,000 lbs., 
one from the Bay St. Lawrence, with 40,000 fish and 18 
from Georges, with 323,000 lbs. 
The number of Grand Bank arrivals has been 6, bring¬ 
ing 140,000 lbs. halibut. Receipt of Georges halibut for 
the week, 10.200 lbs. One arrival has been reported in 
the New Fouudland squid fishery. Total number of fish¬ 
ing arrivals for the week, 57. 
Long Island — Sai/ville, Sept. 9th. —The bluefish which 
have been out of the bay for several weeks have returned, 
and grand success is met by fishermen, 
Homellsville, Sept. 1th. —About twenty members of the 
Canisleo Valley Sportsmen’s Association are camping 
out at Silver Lake. This is their fourteenth year, and so 
far has been very successful. Up to Wednesday night 
the party had caught 300 lbs. of fish. P. P. Winn caught 
a pickerel weighing 18£ lbs.; it was sent to R, B. Cable 
with compliments of the camp. Bert Elliott caught in 
one hour six pickerel whose combined weight was 80 lbs. 
Their habitation is styled “ Camp Delight.” They live in 
three tents, have five dogs to hunt game with, "and two 
cooks to prepare it for the table. That they may all live 
to camp out for a hundred years, is the wish of 
John. 
Hornellsville, Sept. 1th. —The ruffed grouse season did 
not open as well as was expected. The birds have all 
scattered from their breeding places — after berries, I sup¬ 
pose, as most have been shot in the blackberry,patches. 
New Jebsey — Red Rank. Sept. 2d. —Fishing in the 
river good. Bass and weakfish the length of a yard stick, 
G. H. W. 
Pennsylvania. —Perch fishing is reported good at the 
Port Penn piers and off the Augustine Marsh. 
South Carolina.— The editor of the Conwayboro’, 
S. C., Telephone has been fishing at Pauley Island, on the 
coast, and he reports the fishing for sheepshead, black 
fish, croakers, sailor’s choice, &c., most excellent. The 
island is the summer home of some fourteen families, who 
go there from the interior. Crabs and oysters abound, 
and sport is to be had all the year around. 
The Barbless Hooks.— Corpus Christi, Texas, —I have 
been trying some of those patent hooks you advertised 
some time since, Edgar’s patent barbless hooks, and I find 
hut one trouble with them, they rust too easily. If they 
were painted or varnished properly they would be splen¬ 
did. I have never had one break and nave never had a 
fish get off, when hooked, without parting the line. They 
are a little troublesome to get out of a fish’s throat, but 
so is any hook, I have not been able to get any large 
ones suitable for tarpum, sharks or jew-fish, so I cannot 
tell how they will work on these monsters. Texas. 
Spinning for Porpoises.— A New Sport.— I have un¬ 
derstood thahporpoises commit great havoc among the 
salmon at the mouths of rivers where these fish congre¬ 
gate for the purpose of ascending to the spaw nin g bed, 
and that attempts to shoot them with rifles have not been 
so successful as could be desired. I would suggest that 
owners of private yachts might find very exciting sport 
in sp innin g for these creatures — any experienced pike 
fisherman would know how to do it. " Tin or cloth baits 
the size of a grilse; a Cholmondelv Pennell flight on a 
large scale ; a small windlass to hold 300 yards of strong 
cord, and which should be fitted with a ratchet wheel 
and brake, so as to be able to play the fish, and should be 
made to unship when not in use, would be all the necss- 
sary gear. I am inclined to think that a porpoise with a 
flying triangle or two about his nose would quickly be 
brought to a position when the rifle would he effective, 
and if so the sport would certainly be worthy of the 
trouble.—C. C. in Land and Watei'. 
X “ Cheap Flies an Abomination ''—Mr. Editor : — I have 
been fishing, and enjoyed myself to my heart’s content. 
Though I love fly-fishing I never had such an opport u¬ 
nity to enjoy it as" I did this summer. One afternoon while 
bass-fishing I was trying some scarlet “Ibis” flies 
along the edge of a lily-pad, when something rose and 
broke for my fly. I cast again near the same place. The 
fish rose again ; did so several times, until one jumped 
clear out of the water. To my surprise it was a trout. I 
was all the time thinking they were shiners and thought 
I could use them for bass baits. I at once changed my 
fly to a “Montreal.” They would rise every cast, but 
would not take it. Changed to a “Professor,’’then to a 
“Yellow May,” then a “Pale Dun,” I waded into the 
mouth of the creek where it empties into Pine Lake, and 
noticed a brown fly floating along down the stream. I 
stoppod casting and watched that fly. In a moment 
there was a commotion ; it seemed as though a dozen 
trout broke water at once. I soon had a ‘' Brown Hackle ” 
on my leader and dropped it just about the place where 
the fly disappeared. Then the fun began; but I had 
hooked the trout firmly, and soon had a beauty in my 
creel nearly twelve inches long. Another cast brought 
in another to basket. I cast again and struck a fighter ; 
brought him up close to my feet, and was about to lift 
him jn when, swish came my line—parted the gut just 
above the hook. Well, that’s one of the expectations of 
trout-fishing. I put on another hackle, ana was having 
fine sport, when one fellow didn’t want to come in, He 
fought hard, and snapped the snood in just the same 
place. Thus I broke five hackles, losing trout each time. 
I then tried a “ Stone fly was having good sport with 
them, but they snapped in just the same place. I had 
lost ten trout, more than a dozen hooks, besides what I 
whipped off when retrieving my line. Then I began to 
investigate. Bah! they were some cheap flies I bought 
in the East. I turned to my stock of Orvis flies and put 
on a “Coachman.” Then "came royal sport. No more 
trout lost, and my creel began to fill up. Of course I 
whipped off some flies when I got a little excited : but 
Orvis, “Coachman,” “White Miller” and “Grass¬ 
hopper ” brought them every time, until I had forty as 
nice trout as any fisherman wants to put in his creel. 
To say T was mad when I found out where I bought 
these flies from, was no name for it. During tliis trip I 
broke three dozen hooks under circumstances where 
snoods ought to have stood a little test of endurance, I 
have found out whero you can buy flies that you can rely 
on, and in future Orvis will make up any flies that I 
want. His flies and leaders wear better than any I have 
ever used. I would would rather pay his price for them 
than any catch-penny flies sometimes advertised in some 
of the sporting papers. “ Cheap flies are a fraud, a de¬ 
lusion and a snare.” Nor m an. 
Sept, 1st, 1879. 
gtuisuMjs to tfoiTcspoiutents. 
No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications. 
D. T. W., Buffalo., N. Y.—Bogardus shoots with both eyes open. 
W. H. C.—Write to advertisers of sporting goods for mess- 
chest. 
F, F., Columbus, O.—The diving decoys we believe to be satis¬ 
factory. 
F, F., Augusta, Ga.—An application of whale oil will remove 
the lice from your puppie6. 
G. C. E., Jackson, Miss—"VVe have referred to tho Subject of 
sportsmen and liquor. See our issue of Doc. 12th, 1878. 
W. D. Bishop, Bridgeport, Conn.—You will find leggings at any 
of the dealers in sportsmens goods advertised elsewhere. 
Doo and Gun, Fall ltiver, Mass.—You may order glass halls 
from the Arms advertised In our columns. Experience will tell 
you which kind you prefer. 
C. W., Minnesota Junction.—Tile rifles are good for the money. 
We cannot answer for their accuracy. Higher priced weapons 
will give greater satisfaction in the end. 
W. W. T., Athens, Ga.—Is the Daljfgun made either wholly'or 
partially in the United States? Please state where it is made. 
Ans. Made in Suhl, Prussia, by Schoverling, Daly & Gales. 
J.L.—You will findduek shooting in Lake Champlain in the 
vicinity of Ferrisburgh, Vt. Ruffed grouse, woodcock and quail 
arc also to bo had there, as well as pike, pickerel and. bass Ashing. 
W. F- P., Wytheville, Va.—Will you be so kind as to let me 
know the title of .Tordiui’s new book on Ash, the price and where 
it can be obtained? Ans. “ Manual of Vertebrates," price $1.50, 
published by Jausen, MoClerg & Co., Chicago. 
B. Y. C.—On the whole we cannot sustain the referee of recent 
Buffalo Union Regatta in his decision in favor of Amur, but think 
that for Infraction of sail ing rules she should have been diequall- 
Aed. The precedent established by his ruling is a bad one. 
A. A. O. M., Fort Johnston.—We have laid out tho sail plan of 
your 30-foot boat according to the Agurcs Scut, but Aud it of pe¬ 
culiar cut. The mast should be stepped 9 feet from the bow, the 
tack of the jib being set up at the stem head. 
C. C. Y., East Saginaw, Mleh.—1. Will yon have the kindness to 
Inform me if there is a law prohibiting tho shooting of eagles in 
our State? 2. What Is the highest score made at 200 yards off¬ 
hand, andhy whom? Ans. 1. Eagles not barred. 2. Capt. Jack- 
son of Boston has a record of 73 tn possible 76. 
D. , Taunton, Mass.—What is the ltest way to paoksinall game so 
as to ensure its being (i-esb after a two days’ journey by express 
In early October? Ans. First draw your bictlS, and then Insert a 
a lump of charcoal into the cavity. You can pack In ice, but do 
Dot lot the ice, coine pear the bodies of the birds, 
F. G. 0., Goshen, Conn.—When will be the best time forntwo 
weeks' hunt in Northwestern Iowa for wild fowl and general 
shooting, Sept. 25th, Oct. 15tb, or Nov. 1st? Ans. About Sept. 
35th. Flight blrdB move early in that section, Including snipe, 
mallard, teal and other ducks, etc,, and the prairie fowl are 
young and tender. 
Raw Hrpu, Calvert, Texas.—Where can I get the best lamp for 
deer shooting ? Want one Bght, neat and good. Ans. The Fer¬ 
guson lnmp advert tsed in our columns at Conroy, Bissett Sc Malle- 
son, f]4 Fulton street, New Y’ork, Is a good lamp and tho lightest 
we know of. The WhiteJManufaeturing Company, of Bridgeport, 
Conn., make capital Jack lamps. 
S. B., Brooklyn.—S. B. and P. agree to shoot a pigeon match at 
ten birds each, S. to give P. four dead birds and B. to give P. three 
dead birds; old Long Island rules; twenty-oue yards’ rise; eighty 
yards'boundary. How many birds does P. shoot at? Ans. P. 
shoots at ten birds, f our of his missed birds being credited to him 
as kflled in his bet with S. and three In his bet with B. 
Sliding Guntur.— We are not over partial to this rig; the gun- 
tor is apt to leave you in the lurch by not coming down. Such a 
sail is furled either by broiling up the boom to the yard and fur¬ 
ling up and down, or by unshipping the yard from the travelling 
iron. In small boats, by simply casting off head of sail from head 
of yard, this being the only point of attachment. 
F. W. J., City—Please advise me what kind ’of revolver to buy. 
I want, one that will not kick and wHl not be too heavy to bo con¬ 
venient? Ans. Possibly the .39 calibre Iwould suit you. The .23 
makes the best pocket weapon. The most serviceable arm is tho 
Smith & Wesson pistol with the SehoAeld patent and the auto¬ 
matic extractor, whieh throws out all the dead shells at once. 
Better call on a gunsmith. 
S. D.—Concerning Lyman’s bow-facing rowing gear, a corres¬ 
pondent. writes: " I have bad It in use since May last, on a rather 
heavy 13-foot by 44 Ashing boat, 84 foot spoon oars, with the great¬ 
est. satisfaction. The Indies of my family row with it with the 
greatest case. I have tested it pretty well in short, choppy 
waters and against strong head winds and tide, and prefer it to 
the old style. It is well to have a boat-hook in tho boat with you, 
ns you can't use the oars to shove off.” 
H. W. D. D., DansviUe, N. V—My setter, Rip, ever since his re¬ 
covery from tho distemper last May, has been troubled with a 
rough corrugated nose, whioh, in spite of treatment, remains 
dry ana hard. We kflled six grouse over him yesterday, which 
shows that his scent cannot he materially affected. Nevertheless, 
it looks bad; and, In view of that faot, can you suggest a remedy 7 
His condition, otherwise, is perfect. Ans. His nose will probably 
come right In time. A little salad oil on it occasionally might 
help it. 
A. H. H., Norwich, Maine.—I would like to spend about two 
weeks hunting in Maine, where I could use a broken setter to ad¬ 
vantage. I would also like to get some duck shooting, ifpossiblo. 
Please let me know through the column devoted to correspond¬ 
ents, who to address for full particulars and the Game Law's of 
that State. Ans. Write to Ed. A. Cushman, Sherman Mills, Me. 
He will give you ruffed grouse, duck, and other shooting. For the 
Game Laws of Maine, address E. M. Stetweli, State Fish Commis¬ 
sioner, Bangor, Me. 
Job Dot, PeekskiU.—D o snakes have gills like an eel, or breathe 
in the same way? How do they breathe when swallowing? Ans. 
Snakes have no gills, but breathe by means of lungs. Only one 
of the lungs of a snake 1 b available for general use, the other be¬ 
ing aborted. The available lung is very long and saeular and so 
constructed as to hold a large supply of air. The.ordinary process 
of swallowing a largo animal would not materially interfere with 
breathing, the blood being oxygenated from tho Air already stored 
up in the lung sac. The permanent presence of a large plug in 
the throat might resultin suffocation. 
T. J. M.'HolyOke, Mass.—1. What kind of a place is Lake Meni- 
phremagog for camping, and what game would I be apt to And 
there ? Ans. 1. Excellent place. You will And lake trout, bass, and 
pickerel, In the lake, and ruffed grouse and woodcock on the 
shore. Trout lakes and a few deer in the (neighborhood. 3. r 
have a S. Sc W. revolver, calibre .38, that recoils bo much when I 
Are It as to spoil the aim. I use a central Are cartridge; don’t you 
think I could do better shooting if I should put less powder In 
the shell ? Ans. 2. You might use a shorter cartridge; or, make 
allowances for the pull-up and aim lower. The Smith & Wesson 
pistols are good for a very long range, and are auourate at 100 
yards. 
A ix SpOXSA, Eushvflle, Ill.—1. Please Ietmo know as soon as pos¬ 
sible if you know of any diseases coromou to ducks ? 1 have quite 
a number of tame ducks and nine wild ones. A few days ago one 
young mallard just beginning to feather, became weak In tho legs 
and could hardly walk; it soon died. Holding it; up a foot or 
morelfrom the ear, the beating of itsHieart could be very plainly 
heard. I am afraid I shall lose all of my wild specimens. 2. Also 
can you give me the address of any Natural History Society in 
the State of Illinois ? Ans. 1. We can’t tell just what to prescribe 
for your ducks. Separate the sick from the well and ask some 
medical friend to look at them. L. F. Tate, Oneida, Illinois, Is 
good authority. 2. There is a Natural History Society in Chicago, 
but we have forgotten its name. 
Areca Nut, Lewiston.—I have a pointer pup Ave and a half 
months old that is in a very thin condition. For the past week 
she has lain around listlessly, trembles or quivers as though cold. 
Last night commenced moaning and occasionally seemed to have 
violent pain, as she would bark and bowl' lustily. Attribute it to 
worms, and to-day commenced giving prescription No. 2 and 8 
a, “Hallook’s Sportsmen's Gazeetecr,” making nine powders, and 
three-quarter tablespoonsful No. 8. To-night sho nppeurs quiet, 
but weak and listless. Shall continue the doctoring for three 
days. Is ray surmise and method or administering current? Ans. 
Most probably tho dog has worms. Tho treatment is correct if 
you have proportioned the doses according to the age of the dog. 
Watch tho effects of the aperient and if she continues weak give 
a tatilespoonful of codliver oil twice a duv. 
B„ Hartford,' Conn—At what places on Saginaw Bay, Mich., is 
there good duck shooting? Istheregood duck shooting on Geor¬ 
gian Bay or at Lake Simeoe, in Canada ? If yes, at what places, 
and can guides and decoys bo procured? Ans. Saginaw Bay is 
good snipe ground, but not ex oellent for ducks. At Georglun Bay 
there is little feed, and travellers don'tstop long. The islands are 
stony, and the bottom sand and gravel, though there are portions 
of its 120 mfleswhiohuffovagoodduokshoottng. Simcoeisbetter, 
but it Is close by a big city, and steamboats on the lake don't at¬ 
tract ducks. Lake Coucklchjng Is better ; you can get guides 
at the Indian village. Rice Lake, 18 miles from Cobourg, near 
Lake Ontario, is still better ; but those parts of the St. Lawrenee 
River known as Lakes St. Peter and St. Frauds are famous for 
geese and ducks. TliebSrds will come now in a few days. Near 
Mouroe, Michigan, not far from the Canada line, is good grinupl 
Guides easily obtained at any of these places. 
