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line, place, quantity and different kinds of fish caught, 
jgrring that time I have taken 593 black bass ; 105 rock 
»hj ; 30 pike and 43 chub, making a total of 770 fish 
Onight, an average of 51J fish per day. Have also caught 
miring this time catfish, suckers, pickerel and other kinds 
i fish by trolling and still fishing and by spearing enough 
to run this number up among the thousands. 
Arkansas— Jaclcsonport, Dec. 21th. —The dry weather 
'which brought White River to its lowest known stage and 
dried up many lakes, of course nearly ruined our fall fish¬ 
ing In a few lakes, fed by springs, good sport has been 
enjoyed with the black bass, speckled perch (eroppie), and 
pickerel. As the water is now high and muddy, the jack 
salmon (Stizosledian amerieana), which here takes the 
bait only in cold weather, will probably escape the usual 
draft made upon him by our local Waltonians. The shad 
fry, placed in our river by the United States Fish Com¬ 
mission some years ago, have not yet been heard from. 
Sammon Roe. 
FISH SWALLOWING FISH. 
There are better flsh in the inK bottle than were ever caught out of 
it.—O r.n Pbovbbb Adapted. 
That a fish diet is productive of brains has hitherto 
been a theory. It is now a demonstrated fact. Anglers 
as a matter of course eat the fish they catch ; and ang¬ 
lers, the intelligent reader of this journal has already 
observed, are a class of men who wear very large hats. 
We lost sight of this important fact when we inaugur¬ 
ated the “Fish Swallowing Fish” competition. We 
made our conditions entirely too broad, and as a conse¬ 
quence we have been quite overwhelmed with the ready 
responses. The time allowed for mailing the stories ex¬ 
pired January 1st, but the manuscripts already on hand 
before that date were so Voluminous and have been so 
generously supplemented by others received since, that 
we find it impossible to put into effect our original inten¬ 
tion of publishing the last installment to-day, The end 
is not yet. Next week we shall conclude them, for we 
have a rich store of other matter which is awaiting its 
turn in thiB department, 
The letters come from all points of the compass and 
from all sorts of people. Here is ah ingenuous story from 
a little fellow which we publish just as it comes to us :— 
RlvBRDAlE, N. Y., Dec. ltilh, 181#. 
dear Mr. editer: 
Bruther reeds yure paper sumtlmes, and wun day told me their 
- was a prise of a big: fish hook for a story about a fish swallerin 
another fish, so ide rite and tell you wat i saw last summer in the 
mountunes wliure .their w was a Pond. 1 had sum tin fishes wot 
you swim in a basin for my burthda with little maguuts in thare 
mouths, and won da 1 was in a bote on thepondand thot ide swim 
them in the water but prety sune a big fish jumped and swallow 
ed won rite down i dont think it tasted very good do you. 
Willie James. 
Oneida, N. Y., Dec. 21th, 1879. 
Editor Forest and Stream 
My friend Nowbouse has a story which he is in doubt whether 
to call a fish story, or a dog story. He owns a splendid woodcock 
dog. While hunting one day near a stream, the dog suddenly 
made a point from the bank directly into the stream. My friend 
saw nothing but a large pickerel swimming leisurely away from 
the shore. He shot it, and the dog instantly plunged in and 
trleved it, when on opening the fish a fine woodcock was found 
inBide. D- E - S. 
U' Pleasant Plains, N. Y., Dee. 20th, 1879. 
Editor Forest and Stream.— 
While fishing through the ice for pickerel, this morning, in 
Long Pond, the rag was swiftly jerked off the bush. On pulling 
up, found the minnow had swallowed a five-pound pickerel, 
whioh contained the last numberof Forest and Stream with the 
leaf turned down at "Fish Swallowing Fish." Cart. Clavton. 
Indianapolis, lnd., Dec. 341ft, 1879. 
Editor Forest and Stream 
>' you say you are waiting to hem from a man in Indianapolis 
before you award the big fish-hook. I wonder if you mean 
I don't k«ow much about fish swallowing other fish. Lasts 
mer while fishing in Pearl Lake, fifteen miles from 8t. Cloud, 
caught a pickerel which had two Inches of a snake's tail sticking 
out of its mouth. The entire snake measured seventeen inches. 
Last Ootober, while fishing in Spring Lake, twelve miles south of 
Pekin, 1 noticed that the willow trees along the bank were gir¬ 
dled about three feet above the water. Captain Warren O’Haven 
told me it was done by the pickerel. If anybody else than O’Haven 
had told me I should have hesitated about repeating the story, 
G. C. H. 
CAZENOVIA, N, Y., Dec. mh, 1879. 
V 1 Editor Forest and Stream — 
About two years ago I was fishing off the wharf at St. Augus¬ 
tine, Fla., with a line upon which were several hooks baited with 
pieces of liver. Thinking I had a bite I hauled in rather suddenly, 
when I discovered upon one of the hooks the entire eye of some 
luckless fish who had got in the way of the ascending hook. Not 
taking the trouble to remove the eye I cast my line again, when 
in a short time I caught upon the selfsame hook, the identical fish 
which had lost the eve. This X know to be a fact, by fitting fin 
eye in ibe lately lacerated socket. Here you see was a fish trying 
to eat his own eye. Next. S. Down. 
\V Cleveland, 0., Dec, 10th, 1879. 
'Editor Forest and Stream 
I feel it a duty to put on record the following facta: 
In September, 1849, while the Lake Superior propeller, on which 
I was returning from a trip to Marquette, stopped an hour or two 
at Mackinac Island, I stretched my limbs by strolling down on ihe 
gravelly beach, when jnstat that tine, a set-line fisherman came 
in with a boat load of “ Mackinaw " trout. I had no sooner jumped 
uboard his boat than he looked at me enquiringly and said 
youa doctor?” No! Why do yon ask? Isaid. "’Cause I want 
some naturulfoolest. to 'vestigate and explain this 'ere eu'rosity 
I I ried to put on the look and air of a naturalist, and he imme¬ 
diately took from under some old sails what appeared to he 
huge monster—a real double fish. 
“Thar that busts me. How's that’are?” 
I investigated with this result. On the reefs he had set lines 
strung with hooks about two or three feet apart, baited with 
herring weighing from six to eight ouuces. A trout weighing 
just eleven pounds had swallowed a herring bait and hook, an¬ 
other trout weighing just forty-five pounds and one half, had 
swallowed the eleven pound trout, so that nothing but its head 
Isible, and a spotted pike had swallowed the tail part of the 
forty-five and a half pound trnutto the hack fin, which weighed 
just sixteen pounds, and they were all three olive when the fish¬ 
erman took them Into his boat, X. 
Annapolis, Md„ Dec. 29 (ft, 1879. 
Editor Forest ami Stream:— 
1 furnish you the following facts, seen by myself and two well- 
known gentlemen of this vicinity while fishing in and above 
Severn River, last summer: While one of onr party. Dr. H. ,wos 
sculling the boat in .Brewei-'s Creek, Dr. W. C-and myself were 
trolling for rook fish—time, 6:40 A.M. Dr. O. being- well up in the 
bow of the boat, threw his lino ahead on the starboard bow, and It 
barely struck the water before it was dragged beneath the surface 
and his utmost strength was exerted to draw above water his 
Hue, without breaking his rod, but without success. Dr. H. and 
myself immediately “ staked down ” and went to the assistance of 
Dr. O., who by this time was in a feat-fnl state of excitement, not 
knowing what lie had struck, but certain that he had a whopper, 
he expressed himself. We attempted to haul In the line 
hand, but did not succeed. We could see innumerable flashes of 
light beneath the water, and finally Dr. II. divested himself of his 
clothing and quietly dropped over on the port-quarter, determin¬ 
ed to see what held the line of Dr. C. Whon ho returned to the 
surface he begged us to join him in the water and see for our¬ 
selves an astonishing sight. We entered the water and we actu¬ 
ally saw a roclc with (he lioolt in his mouth diving over and 
der a sunken log, several tiiues-repeating the operation, while 
two companions held the line beyond the log, in their mouths, 
while the captive was exerting hiinBelf to become free, and wbioli 
he accomplished while we were watching him. the line 
finally detaohed from the log by Dr. H., in whose possession it 
now is, and can be seen by any one desiring proof of this occur¬ 
rence. G. Asodtas. 
Drop that line down this way. Indeed we regret now 
that we have not required all such tangible evidences of 
the truth of these narratives to be forwarded to us. But 
what a bizarre collection they would make. 
New Hampton, Dec, 21th, 1870. 
Editor Forest and Stream 
In the month of April, 1875, my little brother, with a couplo of 
other boys, was sailing a toy yacht- on the mill pond near where 
we then lived. The yacht was secured by a cotton string, and the 
boys would let it sail out, and when out would haul it back at 
pleasure. The string had been broken in two or three places 
and the ends where the knots were tied had become frayed. After 
the boys had played some little time the sails of the yacht got 
wet anditcouldnot sail so well. Impatiently trying it several 
times, the one holding the string began to haul it q uiekly in, which 
ile the knot “ bob ” on the water, when a brook trout darted 
one of the knots and whirling just as he caught it in his teeth 
wound it around Ills gills several times securely binding himself. 
On landing him he proved to be wound up so tightly that he was 
nearly dead. He weighed nearly half a pound. C. E. D. 
This contest is assuming an international character. 
Several foreign countries are yet to be heard from, but we 
believe no nation is so rash as to compete with America 
in manufacturing narratives of large size. We are gener 
ally conceded to be ahead in “big” things. “Caput 
Vise ” sends an amusing accuntof fishing for whales with 
a big rubber man for bait, and after angling unsuccess¬ 
ful for a long time, finally luring the monsters by tying 
a white choker about the neck of the rubber man bait. 
The following is from the same pen :— 
o,..,,— New York, Dec. 24(ft, (1870. 
Editor Forest and Stream 
Without the least expectation of winning the prize I beg to say 
that there Is in Havana a man by the name of Jimenez, who, 
part of his business, makes war upon the sharks that infest the 
coast of Cuba. He gets from the government a specified sum of 
money for each shark he kills, and makes oil out of their liver 
hich, I am told, he sells to druggists. 
One night on visiting his line from shore, he found It greatly 
agitated: there was a terrible commotion at the other end of it, 
and seeing that everything was safe,he ieftforhome. Earlytlie 
next morning he found things quieter than at his previous visit, 
and went to work to haul irj his catch. It was a fellow 
feet in length,- and on the line, in front of its nose, was the head 
of another shark. This was the way it happened: A shark had 
swal.owed the hook and straggled to getloose. The other sharks 
by it tried vivisection oh the prisoner, and as it objected to their 
familiarity, it caused the commotion above mentioned. The 
caught had not been eareful where it used itB .knife, and came 
upon the hook. 
The sea-baths at Havana are large squares out in the lime stone 
lining the shore, and In one of these the fish was placed. I saw 
floating on its back more than half dead, and itjbad thrown up 
piece of liver belonging to the first shark. CAPer Yus. 
Indianapolis, lnd., Dec. 31st, 1879. 
Editor Forest and Stream 
The black bass has afforded me more sport than any other 
variety of the finny tribe, and of all the localities I have 
tried, San Antonio, Texaa, takes the lead. Some ten years ago 
was fishing in whiteley's Hole, on the Leona, about ten miles 
fromSan Antonio, and hadgreatsport untilmy attendant lost the 
minnow bucket. I had “ been there before,” and was not much 
worried, but told the darkey to briDg me a grasshopper, which 
put on to the hook, and dropped In near the shore. It had hardly 
struck the water when it was taken by a small roaoh; a goggle- 
eye took the roach, whioh, in turn, was taken by a. black b 
huge enough to make some play before landing. I was reeling 
him in when a blue catfish took the bass. Then there was fun. 
After playing the catfish for a few minutes, somewhat exhausted, 
he made directly for a huge boulder in the centre of the pool, and 
just as he reached the skeltered spot was captured by a Texas 
mud-cat. Such a time! Ahundred yards of line was nowhere. 
Up and down the bank of that pool 1 went, following ihe move¬ 
ments of that cat, I didn't care for the fish, but the line was 
nearly all out, andl could not get another silk line in that part of 
the country, so J did my level best. I worked with that brute of 
a mud-catfrom 111 o'clock A. M. until 2i e. M., when he began to 
weaken, and show himself on top of the water. I began to feel 
happy. To add to my pleasure, the fish gradually approached 
the shore. Those fish were mine; I knew it; but to make assur¬ 
ance doubly sure, I oalled onthe darkey for the carbine (always 
went "heeled” when fishing in Texas—everybody does, or did 
then). I Intended to shoot that mud-cat: laid the rod upon the 
bank, reel open and free to run, and took the carbine In band, 
Just then an aUigator took the fish. 1 shot the alligator; and the 
darkey, with the help of a couple of Mexicans, who were passing 
by, go t them all out of the water. The alligator measu red set en 
and a half feet in length; the mud-cat weighed forty-five pounds 
and seven ounces; the blue-cat twelve and aquarter pounds ; the 
black bass three pounds and five ounces; the goggle-eye one 
quarter of a pound; and the roaoh one ounce and a quarter. The 
grasshopper was mashed. I got them all. Grinqo. 
NASHUA, N. H., Dec . 20tft, 1S70. 
Editor Forest and Stream 
Eagle Lake is a beautiful sheet of water in the central part of 
the State; it derives its name from the fact that every season 
large -numbers of the white-headed eagle’s nest In the tall dead 
trees whioh line its shores, attracted no doubt by the fish with 
which the waters of the lake are well-stocked. It abounds In pick¬ 
erel ; and I usually find time to spend every summer in fishing 
for them, and right good sport I find it. In the summer of 1876 I 
was camped od the shore of this lake, where I had enjoyed a week 
of excellent sport. Toward sunset 1 thought 1 would try them 
just once more for the last time. I used a Duel spoon which had 
beeu broken, and which I had repaired myself in rather a bu ng- 
Hng but original manner. 1 made a cast, struck a large fish, and 
was reeling him in, when, to my astonishment, down swooped one 
of those large white-headed eagles, and in a jiffy was oil wilh my 
fish, spoon, and ten or a dozen feet of my line. When my wonder 
had abated, I rowed back to camp hoping that the thieving rascal 
had got something now that would stick in his crop. 
Now for the sequel. Two year3 afterwards, in the summer of 
1878, 1 was camped on the shores of Boghus Lake, Oxford County 
Maine. It Is a small body of water surrouned by rugged bills and 
hidden by a dense growth ot spruce. Itwas full of trout, and such 
trout-they were very, very large. My guide was confident that 
white man bnthimself had ever visited the lake, and bad kept 
all knowledge of its discovery a secret for the benefit of his 
patrons. I was the first man that he had taken to It. Opposite 
camp, on the other side of the lake, was a oove In which we 
noticed some of the largest bull-frogs we had ever seen—larger 
even than those of Umbagog, which are enormous. One morning 
Eli, the guide, was down by the shore of the lake, dressiog some 
fish for breakfast, when a most unearthly sound greeted my ears 
Thinking that perhaps BU had been attacked by some wild beast. 
I rusbed to his assistance. Half way to the water I met hfmlu a st ale 
of great excitement. To my enquiry, What’s up?" he replied 
that a bull moose was chasing a bald-headed eagle across the 
lake. Wishing to see so unusual arace X went down to the land¬ 
ing, and there, sure enough, was a large eagle closely pursued by 
a strange looking creature, which was only a few feet behind it, 
and which was emitting the most doleful sounds as It pursued the 
unfortunate bird. Suddenly the sounds ceased, and the pursuer 
suDkout of sight. The eagle hovered over the siiot a few mo¬ 
ments, then slowly settled to the surface. We jumped in’fo our 
canoe and paddled to the spot where wo had lastseen the eagle. To 
r surprise nothing was to he seen but a buneh of white fcath- 
!, which T proceeded to pick up, when 1 found that 1 had hold 
of the head of a white-headed eagle. He struggled fiercely; and It 
only by the united effort of Eli and myself that we lifted him 
into the boat; but, good heavens! what had we got? H had the 
head and wings of a bird, and the body and tall of a fish. We put 
for the shore with, our queer fish or bird, and upon closer inspec¬ 
tion found our monster to be a white-headed eagle partially 
swallowed by an immenso trout. The trout was very, very large, 
and had gorged the eagle up to the wings, which prevented the 
eagle from totally disappearing down his gullot. The feathers of 
the eagle had covered the head of the trout so, at first we could not 
tell where the trout began, or the bird left off. In a few moments 
bad freed the eagle from the jaws of the trout, when we no'e 
tioed a cord attached to the eagle’s foot, and still connecting the 
fated bird to the father of all trout. We cut open the trout, and 
in its capacious maw we found an enormous bull-frog securely 
hooked through the hack by my long lost Bnel spoon-hook, 
which I recognized by the peculiar manner in which it had been' 
repaired. 1 am inclined to think that, after the eagle had stolen 
my fish at Eagle Lake, the line had got knotted about his leg, that 
feeling like the fox that bad lost his tail, and could not make it 
the fashion for foxes to have their tails cut off, he had sought this 
secluded spot to pass in solitude his miserable days. Sailing over 
Bull-Frog Cove the hook had caught in the back of a mighty bull¬ 
frog, which was ruthlessly dragged along by the eagle in its flight 
despite its doleful croaks, making a capital bait for I he trout, and 
appearing to us to be chasing the bird, instead of being dragged 
along after It. But this is only conjecture. Talking over the 
events of the day by our camp Are, Ell remarked, " Truly truth is 
a stranger to fiction." Webb. 
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BREAKING DOGS WITH COLD LEAD. 
F ROM the following queries of subscribers we would 
imagine that, to make certain dogs perfectly con¬ 
trollable, the finishing touches can only be put on by 
sprinkling the animals, at certain and uncertain ranges, 
with the various sizes of small shot. Here is what they 
Bay:— 
I have a fine pointer with a good nose, perfectly staunch. Hie 
only fault isthat Uels very fast, and Ioannot keep him near me 
Will shooting do him good? 
My setter works well on quail this season, but when she sees a 
rabbit, off she goes. 1 have tried whipping her, but cannot oure 
her of the habit. Would you advise me to shoot her? Will that 
stop her ? 
No, we cannot advise you to run the risk of maiming 
your dogs, because they have not been properly handled 
in the first place. In a long and varied experience we, 
of course, recall a number of instances where more or less 
cruelty has been exhibited by the owners and breakers of 
high-spirited, as well as unruly dogs. Botlvin cold blood, 
with a view to correcting their faults, and in anger, have 
we seen dogs shot at; and never with the same result. 
Supposing that the temperament of every dog was 
alike, the attempt to sting, and not injure in the shoot¬ 
ing, is a very uncertain operation. How often have dogs 
