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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[August 17. 1883. 



No Show- Brm>6 Vi.t.— Quoguc. L. I.. An.!:. 12.— "Very 

 low beach birds have as yet made their appearance along 

 the Long Island slum-. The shooting is combed almost en- 

 iir.lv toting plover, wiili a very tew phtiugploYerandsaufler- 

 lings. We"do not hope for nn'y shobtfhg until after the next. 

 heavystorm. when the birds may be expected reappear in 

 goodly muribsrs. One or two smajf huijche-s of brnni birds 

 ba-ve been seen, hut no large birds, — B. 



Q-EQiQiA,— BtiinbridgB, AuguKl &.— Quail a« plentiiul 

 Info-year In truth the counttyis full or them. One ean- 

 n. ii travel in any direction without encountering "Bob 

 White," his active little mate and her cunning young 

 flock. The weather this year has heeu highly favorable to 

 their propagation, and large small-grain wops have furnished 

 ample food. The young arc now nearly large enough in 

 shoot— 0. G. G. 



A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK. 



Eititor Forest and Streams 

 i bbw in tin' 1'..ki:st ami Stream b f< w daya n 



ulii -:■:•.. uMi of Wliili- Kiv-r. r.-itln-r w>yi, !li..-y ..■-. Hi- ..illy Uiinvs 



$en nnd $uw fishing. 



( ii'i.s Seasons, — ■Sue toMe of opBr\ matins for ijamt cm&jMh 



in isxiirtif .In hi go. 



FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



Lajte ii'.im. Criltivomcr namau- Eikfe (N. Y. pickerel), JBsax lucitix 



rush. Piel.-e.ivl, *:*.«; rrlirnlntiif. 



s,.,..-.v,-t .,,.-■... , v,\,„„,/. |'ik,..|,..r.-li .Wall-v.-.l j.ik-vi sti- 



•o spe- 

 gitio- 



OK-.). 



sympathy with Gtae orVa-ion ah 

 who has no real, bonesl love Fo 

 fish alone than With Such— their 

 The wanderer a-fli Id, whatever 1 

 tracting influences, and "boon," 

 must the angler's comrades be ■ 

 ■lothe (,,r,.." Looking back on 



and now: 



nee, /'.'so.c ,1'ih.lii.,-. 



«il'l".-«ir"()llV. N.'jli -''jl.-l 



■ n l.i-.iiilil'ullitlri-i.f l.lew.-Ilin 



,1 ii... r.iilii-r .-. li.-l II II.- is 



ii..ii. .ii the dog show, vruen 



..ill- |... inter. .H.I I...I IllHe any 

 . sh- llO ! lots Of. mill; .in.) helps 

 siN. mi. I ih.-v :n-. :iil taken. We 



■ in.' lots at JTOUne iin.iils. nn. I 

 jr me. 1 Can BhOOt ln^ twelve- 

 or me, nnd lie is coini; In k-i -i 



nnls. nn.l li.e.-h nut:;, iin.l n..-..in-. mii.I .v. -will hiii." lei- -i' -|Hpt. ! 

 this fall, CiiAta.iK Vni xii riiiiynii." .1 1 . >. 



COB.twra, Niks.. Ana. 1, 1882. 



§m\$ gin <glicker t w,v. 



" That reminds inc.'' 



OX Buna til Inlet, in Brili-h Coluiiihi:.. dwells one.lOg 

 -in- camp boss; known far and wide by the Dame •■! 



Lev. Ilri-ii hunter nl' some impurbince. and .. liili snul of 

 more than ordinary skill. One rainy day Lev took his gun 

 and sallied forth for u deer hunt but was overtaken IVj dark 

 uess, m bile ■> long waj from the camp 1 ? and Forced i.. rem dh 

 in the woods all night, i >n si aniiitm id-, pockets befound 

 he was without matches. The logging crew blew horns, 

 tired guns, etc., to guide him home, but without avail. 

 M.uimij returned, and Ley made bis way home ju-l as lb; 

 :r. u wen- turning out for breakfast." Humrrv. we l and 

 tired, be sai down in front of tin- big camp lire." rested Iji'a 

 face on his hands, his hands on his knees., looked vacantly 

 ;ii the blaze, and for about ten minutes appeared lo-l in con- 

 templation. He then spoke, "Roys, did you ever hear of a 

 person makings lire by ruDbmg two sticks togethi rV" 



"Oh, ves." replied several, "easy enough to Up, Common 

 thing," etc., etc. 



Lev waited patiently till they all got through, and then 

 exclaimed. "It may be easy enmtLrh tn do. and perhaps has 

 been dune, but I'll" he eati-ii alivi- if ev r anybody did it in 



.me night." Mowrrcn. 



Sew Wr.sniiNMiai. British ('nliiinliia. 



s, OenlropriHea utitirlui. 

 hags, Rooam tenenius, 

 lerob, Mo] rim <«»< rivann. 



I |...|-{ri-. .s'l, „„(•„,. i,.: ..) 



in- lilnelillsli, Taut \gt 



i ..r tttj'lor, i'..«ie'..i.:i'.^ 



sh or RquetiiK'"'. Gj/nvs- 

 roo«h"«- 



SAI.T WATr.l!. 



•s.- ,',.- ■ . ,.,..;. •;.... ear .'i.u ■-..- 



si (.: ii.-.". t !.•.■; i.-./.e: jiroba 



tocephatus. 



Kiie;llsh or llcrl.. .'./. ..'/• fWlW "< 

 Spanish ma. 1;-.. .. OijbiHm vtttm- 



_ Thi.s table is . general. For special lawsinlhesieiT.il 

 States si-.- table nl < 'pen Reasons in issue of -luly 'JO. 



H..\v in youth I use.! to s;.iil .|> e. ii.- glens, ovei o hundre I lies 

 ery hills: tm« leaped my heart I" le-.ir lie- llein.l.-r ot the will 

 r.iil..,i,.l.ai tost, the dim, shftlloiv lb •• id triiisic, tBemiug wlihsw 



-iinniin-. -.ip.-rslii .iia.-. :.v lif.-. in--' beauteous to behold, 



every HOfl. alighting of the deceptive line. Oliristpplit r Varih. 



g .alius lo mind, and ■ 

 upon a.- 11 written In 



WITH HACKLES AND GENTLES. 



I IIIKII I'AI-1-.K. 



nil pastimes 



the 



■<:•■' 



Gen. H. lives in Kentucky. He is a whole-souled sports- 

 man. Duck-shootin"; is his forte, or was before he bad so 

 much avoirdupois, lie wboots a heavy gun, and rejoices in 

 the roar of five drams of powder. He went to Florida some 

 years since to help a friend out of a legal scrape, and right 

 royally he helped him. (The General has hob-nobbed 

 with Coke and Blackstone.) Well, his friend, Dr. M.. who 

 is as beautiful a shot as I ever saw or expect b> see. and our 

 hero had been oul in search of game, and were on their way 

 home behind an old sorrel mare" a first-class case of balk on 

 the slightest provocation. They were riding iu a buckboard, 

 in which were sundry quail and accoutrements. Joe, the 

 pointer, ranged at his own sweet will. The quartet were 

 within a mile of home. Justin front was a stream 

 that headed in a bay to the right of the road. Suddenly ilu- 

 General ejaculated," "Hold on, Doc.. Joe's got 'em!" And 

 sure enough off to the right the old dog was on a dead stand. 



They got down, put in shells, and leaving the old mare in 

 the road walked around behind the dog. lacing the team. 



"Look oul where you shoot now," said Doc. 



The General retorted with a sort of contemptuous snort 

 as who should say, ■•That caution is entirely unnecessary, 

 sir." 



They kicked the. quail up, which sailed almost directly lor 

 the team. Bang, went one barrel of the Dougall; ban-. Went 

 the other. Away went the birds; away went the shot and 

 struck the old mare, patiently waiting on the road, and as a 

 direct sequence, away she went, scattering impedimenta 

 along the way recklessly, her tail living vigorously, 



"Wheal" B'jouted the General. "What's the matter with 

 tin- wench. Doc. '!" 



But Doc, who knew what the matter was. was already mi 

 Hie wing. Down the road and into the creek went the old 

 mare and her pursuer, while the water flew, for the stream 

 was knee-deep and fifteen or twenty yards wide. The stern 

 chose was not a very long chase thai, time, and in a little. 

 while back came Doc. grinning. The General was awaiting 

 him in the road. 



•What tickles you so? What made her light, out in that 

 reprehensible manner?" 



"Well, I guess you'd light out, too, if you had your hide 

 full of No. 8 shot," answered Dsc, shading. 



"Don't tell me I shot that mare. It's no such Ihing." 



Quoth Doc. : "Just pass your hand along the mare's side 

 and your eye over the harness." 



The Geueral approached cautiously, the mare eyeing him 

 suspiciously. After a satisfactory examination, which I 

 never considered wholly necessary, said the General: "Doc, 

 if you ever breathe this to a single soul I'll skin you. sure." 



Doc still wears his cuticle. B. 



Florida. 



[Our camp fires are kindled all along the line. Last week 

 it was Xew Hampshire and Texas: this week, British Co- 

 lumbia and Florida.] 



"Of all tin- sports o 

 Which happen i 



With angling r 



Thai ever emi .- 



"Tlirniiu'li meadows, by a river. 



i- ... in place to place tte foftln, 

 Antt when we are iiw \in 



u •■ ;.-.. a jogging mime. 



•■At night wt- take a - 'night eap, d 

 \x.- prattle, lm K a and sin-: 

 We drink n health nnt.i mil- I'ri.-iuK 

 A bumper to die Kin^." 



0\ I. •! the characteristics of angling i- its b 

 EelloWship, and iln-iv is a mystic bond ■>! union and 

 mutual inuri -i between tin- disi ipi.'-s or Walton to be found 

 among no oilier class of sportsmen, The trie- spirit of 



.'iili : . r.-Tu aiiLd-.-r may be made b, fostering, .-are and api fol- 

 :: inh example, the difference between the "noa- 

 cittvr" and the "fit"— like the poet's fire— may be casllj dis- 

 tinguished, 'I'h. line angler is a lover of ids < rati and of 

 all things thereto pertaining, lie must be a keen observer 

 of nature to I"- successful, and looking her so often, and 



SO iairlv. in the face, he bears npiin his own a "coniitci teit 

 presentment" of her beauties and her peace. 



What, in Ihe realm of nature, is more peaceful than a 

 green meadow through which a dear stream glides? I 

 know no more contemplative .-cue and to all anglers some 

 such holds a cherished place in the memory. 



To such an one let us go. with rod in hand and creel on 

 hip, and trv a few "deeps,." o'l-rshadowed by alders, and 

 with just swirl enough to give a life-like energy to the fly 

 we may c-asi thereon. Father Walton— God rest "his snul!— 

 would 'have gloried in this stretch of gently brawling w.il.-r. 

 just deep enough, just wide enough, and just clear enough 

 to make it a pleasant and perfect liaum for brook trout and 

 the brook trout fKher. It Is a typical trout stream, as yet 

 in virgin purity, and far from Ihe noxious overflows from 

 factories and civilization. To see it is gladsome: to walk 

 by it and to think of its possibilities in trout-rife is a rest- 

 ful pleasure: but to fish it is it joy the deft, tly-fisher alone 

 can know or appreciate! 



Willi past experience as a guide I advise you lo try a 

 sober-colored fly and to be wary in casting; the water is so 

 clear and the day so bright "that utmost precaution is a 

 situ ijini nun to measurable success. Vour finest tackle may 

 be used here, and I prefer, alway and everywhere, the 

 lincst tackle thai [s warrantable, Whatever I fish for. Ah! 

 that was a tine rise, and had you struck less nervously you 

 might have landed a goodly fish. Try agajn and be cool — 



the crises of his craft, or victory will never perch upon his 

 rod. This time, my friend, you have life securely fastened 

 lo your leader, and you shall be left in peace lo laud the fish 

 while I go yonder and try my luck. An hour hence we will 

 meet, compare our creels, and take such refreshment as may 

 be al hand. Meanwhile, if we kill few fish, we can 

 feast our eyes and cast the demons of unrest and care from 

 our hearts', 



•Milky Ijine around me grazing, 

 Woolly lloeks OSi yonder hills, 

 Join their notes with mine in praisiug 

 Him whoso hand all creatures fills. ' 



How pretty looks a goodly trout, fresh from the stream, 

 outstretched upon a daisy-dappled meadow, after a sturdy 

 light with steady nerve and staunch tackle! A few brace 

 enhance the loveliness of Ihe sight, however, and behold! 

 prone at our feel they lie. Here are no "ftngerlings," but 

 honest-sized fish, arid in good condition for the table and 

 palate of the most exacting epicure. 



Seven brace of trout to our two rods and of an average 

 weight of three-quarters of a pound to the fish ought to sat- 

 isfy any one, not a butcher; and as we go "a-jogging home," 

 we will talk of our modest sport and anticipate more to 

 come. It is not the heaviest creel 1 tint represents the great- 

 est sport, nor, in trout-fishing, is quantity to be balanced 

 against quality, A few good runs and a few good fish are 

 to be preferred! rather than indifferent gaminess and whole- 

 sale slaughter of small and ill-conditioned fish. 



The hest of fishing, however, may be spoiled by an un- 

 congenial companiou — one who is "out of sorts" and not in 



-Vale of bliss, what joy to wandei 

 Where thy glittering waters flow: 

 Here e'en (luilt. in peace may ponder, 

 Here Despair furic-i hiswoe, 1 ' 



0..W. R 



SURF FISHING. 



IN' Hi- months of April ;ind Mav one can enjoy on the 

 easteoast of Florida the combined pleasUTCi Of batting 

 and fishing. 



The air i-; vvaiin. Ilu- -nn is bright, and Ihe 'icean waves 

 break clear and green, al a l.-cnr -t.-n <iv>- o1 all! Ill - v-'i't five 



,. ■,■, on a ••■<■■ rad auooth beiti h of bard snntl. Oro 



^OnJrHs^flrafoi M 



t..|... tin- boy G cz, and [, itnxl rlrop flown toward ihe 



irtlel with the tide. 



We beach nnr -!;ilT in ,i sti!! ... -award 



rtensivc sand lull ivhii h ii. inside I 



This region often miffcrs a sea change in ih • great i vd" 1 "'- 



ic.l toxins io that- what wa« dry land bral year may ho eU 



feet, under water this, but a wide margin umaiii 



n-ni and be one- in Mny Ih- breed it;-: grOUlit) bt many 



spcciesoi water' liirdg. Plovers, will, i -. cyst, r cmI-cIiots, 

 marsh hen-, -uli-. ■ =. 1 1 ! I .. sandej'linga, etc., lav their e-g.s in a 

 shallow cavity ih the sand, leaving them to be batched by 



111- h-:ll nl Ill-sun. Til- COlor Of Ihes-ijg. -•■i lilIK h rc- 



Bambles that of thesand. that ii takes a practiced eye lo di.- 

 tin-iiisii them, This i- the protective system of nature, 

 which aBsiirdlatee all wild creatm pi r back' 



ground— the tawny linn to the desert sand, and the -potted 

 panther to the withered leaves of t.hfl thicket, 



• The sharp eyes of young Gnmez, led him straight Xb the 

 n-sls. and lie soon has a basket full of egge;aOmfl tube 

 blown, some tO be eaten. 



mil ■' sea oysters; i 01 l;l--. ark !>• lis ■ 



pyrnlas, elc. not of its, but 



brighter than those o! more Kortberti Nhorei Aftera torm, 



• in II. nl' a papi r naiililus ai sometimes found In-ie. but 



from the delicacy "f the shell usually are somewhat damaged. 



• found containing fhe animal, a species of buttle 



or octopus. Dr. Stirapaon, who tudied Ihosc jliells, stales 



tiiai those of the nest coast of Florida have a crtore tropical 



s these.-: nut: ■■■ - bore to lay 

 l: the -r.-i-n turtles and the 

 : all ... from u uicb in- tortoise 

 Ka.-b nest "id coBtaln from 

 ol those ot a In n. Inn to u cider" 

 i like parchment. The people 

 season in greai part 

 tid^possuma. 



in the-sand at nig] 

 loggerheads, some bawlre' bill 



l-.'O lo bio . sg-s, alniut the size 

 iu form, and » ith a tough ski: 

 who live near the beaoh subi 



on t urile eggs, as do ihe bears 



They furnish a rich and wholesome fund, and can I 

 cooked in carious ways. 



Do you see that mast slicking out of lln sanfl? It be 

 longed to a fine steamer that cam- ashore here four years 

 ago in the night. All hands wen- -a\-ii. a'.-o the furniture 

 and stores of the ship: she had no car-o. beinc; bound to 

 Mexico in ballast. .Many othi r wrt Cks have ofcuvred hi Of 

 this inlet, whi.-h has 3 dang, rous bar. wilhout a lighthouse; 

 and the channel shifts so often that only a person living in 

 sight of the inlet can safely act as pilot. 



Along the shore, about 100 feet outside low water mark, 

 runs a slough or depression in the beach where the water 

 is four or live feet deep at low tide. 1 have Observed the 



baps caused in hoth cases hj shon current* lb re we often 

 find the bass or redfi.-h 68 C-dl). salt water 



trout ((/</"-.- "'"- '..',•■''■■■ i-.illi. and civ.-illi {Tr.'r/ii/uot'/s nir- 

 oUmm Gill) feeding on the molluaka oul. of ili- reach of 

 sharks, which do not often veniun: so near shore. 11 may 

 seem pedantic to use these scientific nanus, but as all these 

 fishes are called by various names from Virginia to Florida, 

 it can hardly be avoided. 



Bartolo wades in with his cast net, and with a few casts 

 gets a couple of dozen four-once mullets for bait. Each of 

 these cut squarely across makes three or four bait. Bartolo 

 uses a heavy baud-line, with four ounces of lead and a cod 

 hook, the usual tackle of a Florida fisherman, who swings 

 the sinker round his head and casts as far as possible sea- 

 ward. When he hooks a fish, he gives it very little play, 

 but hauls it ashore by main strength. If the fish is very 

 large and strong, the hook or line often parts and the fish is 

 lost. Compared with playing a heavy fish with Ugb1 tackle, 

 this process is rude and inartistic, but more fish are taken in 

 a given time, probably. An agreeable writer in Foilest 

 ai?d Stream describes "this method as practiced by him at 

 the mouth of the St. "John's River, where he makes heavy 

 catches of bass. Every one to his tasle— to me one thirty- 

 pound bass taken with rod and reel is worth a wagon load 

 hauled out <■:• I urm.it. 1 use I he bamboo rod, and multiply- 

 ing reel carrying 100 yards of culiyhnnk line, and hook of 

 same pattern. One ounce of lead is enough tor casting from 

 the reelin still water. In a heavy current iwo or tin 

 is ii-ci ssary. 



Bartolo "has hitched a bass, which be drags ashore 

 promptly, a six-pounder. I hook one from the same school. 

 but larger. 1 1 runs up and down the slough, taking 6irf 

 forty yards of line. Then I turn it and recover ihe Ine— 

 this' for about ton minutes, before the bass surrenders and is 

 towed to the shore, exhausted. Eight pounds is its -,-. eight. 



Bui what ails Gomez? who seems to be going to ■ 

 ged by a big fish. His father hastens lo tin: assistance of the 

 hoy and a lively contest ensues, ending in landing a twenty- 

 five pound bass after a struggle of fifteen minutes length. 

 Then I capture three of iivepounds each, and Bartolo hauls 

 out a six-pound saltwater trout, a beautiful rflvery-sided 

 fish with black spots, similar in appearance to the lake trout 

 of Northern New York, save thai il wants Ihe adipose Bn 

 which distinguishes the Salmonidm. 1 now hook a strong 

 fighting fish, different rather in its play from a bass; like 

 that it makes long runs, but also bores to the bottom like a 

 sbeepshead. 1 1 conies ashore at last and proves In be a sea 



