.YCOTTST g4 1SS3.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



71 



ire in Ouvierand Yaleiicieiuies'a "Histoire Naturelle 

 dcs i'oissons" ipl. ccxxv), pitol* inches long, I.iitki-n bad H 



smaller specimen. In iuillim.-i.-r> long, but il WttS 1"" ! l\ 



presarvea to be ilgured. 



Of the various species of Tetiii/jlwus and HigMpphOfUS, six 

 ii.nr--.-i-. given. TlicMiinll.-l isthm truii) "Sp..li;i -\l bint ioa" 



(pi. h. fig in. and i>. of a ti-li 5J | iuilihn.-t.-r.- long. LiStken re 

 marks i 'u:it ii" lux ii series from -">- . to I'-' mtDiiuotert long 

 which differ very little from each other. Tin-, next in size is 

 copied from Ountbe!-. and i> pt-obnhly about 10 millimeters 

 third also from Giinlhex, i> It millime:-i> long. 

 link. -ii \\:i- iiiinih.-r link m the series, a specimen 'il milli- 

 meter* long, which he has nut figured. The fourth stagois 

 from (lumber, a specimen 00 miHimeters long; the fifth, from 

 C'livierund Val.-ir -l.-.m— ipl. c'.'\x.vi. tlii'ir HWvphpnis puL 

 rhfliu.,. aiiuut- tin iiii'liitii-i-.-i- !-.;u'. the -i 

 cqpy of -Ma figure o) /'/. inunanulatus, -a 

 pouhmeters long. Those illustrations shqi 

 .i vr-ry satisfactory manner. 



[TO BK CONTINUED.] 



many or the Irish setters, and some- kennels which are. ac- 



knowledged to be thefiuest b.1 

 greea back beyond the. I 

 yet saw a sage brown dr 

 tbiim of. I n. usl. i-i. ufi - 



s the di vi-l"jiiii»-i 



REPORT OF MR. HUCHLETT. 





\\'K have the 

 VV of Fisheru 



- li.-poi-: of Thomas HuKlilett. 



i- Coiiftuissioiier 



s of Maryland," dated Jano 



ary. 



>-.'. i lui- 



readers will ceflai 



'ruber that the two commis 





's of this 



State divide iln 



ir territory and their aupr 





ion. each 



taking a share so 



d ttctiug independ i 



ch o 



ber. Mr. 



Hughlctt has the 

 wishing to ha1 



sastern shore, and Mai. Fergus 





e western. 



■1. ahad, winch he beTteved co 





b as v.,-i! 



done on the easl 



rn aa on bhe w astern -bo.-. 





Hughlett 



selected Coppage 



Landing, neai M 





una coun 



ty. on the Clu-ste 

 Chqptank; Shar 



on tin- Wi ieo 



■ River; Tuckehofi i 





ton on the 



itown on the .Nanu.-.-i;.-. slid 



SJj 



-,,'- I'oini 



as Tin- mu 



lor i 



-.-uisporlu 



tiun aa well as Ik 



tehiug. Noi being supplied i 







s.;ltl,-i..ii! io.-r-,- 



the uiacliinerv now in ,;>.■ i<, 





advanced 



ha; -hi:.. 







;• i bis pur- 



pose, aiuhvitl,. 







ige l.aml 



uig out <>f 3,060, 









at T.i.-k.ho.-. an 







At these 



station-, tie- riwi 







wuc) were 



hatched in eonsii 









Afe.vs,; ; : 



■ (land-locked) - • • 1 1 . ■ < . . i w.-r.- I> 



Hell. 



d and dis- 



tributed, bin ih 



;ir success in Maryland is dc 





4. as they 



are inlialiitants n 



tdeep, cold lakes. Carp have 

 lug age determined. The ti 







and their spawn 





posited in 



lST'.i (of that sea 



=on's hatch'i "certainly spat 

 he iliiii v livi- Dsh placed thei 





this year 



(lS81),and from i 



-•in. be t: 



took more than •• 



thousand, measuring Cxoroti 



voto 



sis biohes 



in length." Legi 



alatitfn on the blookadmgofc 



•<-eks 



and rivers 



Ailh ,|Ctsi- ICO 



nmended. 







■Id. who trai-e tlicir prdi- 

 Burrongh." and I never j 

 o thrftwas th, night any- 

 ■ how Vine, makes the 

 t. hound is soareelj bhe I 

 which 1 cannot quite re- 



always llloliulll il more 

 purple flower, and as it ' 



orbla<ak and tan setters? He may think so, and L'shallbe 



\-iy sorry in- I it i hi- affords him iurj pleasure, to try and 



convince Trim thai tin- public do oof ue-heve him. He has got 

 his little idiosyncrasy, and from s.iio-- experience in these 

 matters I would consider it cruel to show him that he is 

 ent in Iv mistaki 



s removed from the genuine type of that, "handsome little 

 log." Now. friend Watson, join those who are the true 



All ti; 

 .-hara.-i 

 ihiiu in 

 as Irish 



by the addition t. 



when we next liei 

 I would alsc 



h. Ii. 



. i.- 



igtbe 



su.-h 



do;.-.- 



the cocker thai which was denied be) bim ttj 

 Again I would inquire what right had the ju 

 spaniel class to. judge. cockpis bj your st&E 



■•a d i- 1 [.;..-: i • ■; 

 .- disappointed 1 



,-iv. .1 'it This 1 



ugs by the 

 pen. bin n 



it of "iil-lo 



theand Irish blackand taiaand ; i 



,i>h In thank him tor ha 



have a blink an.! tan setter, pui 

 pedigi-ee for sixty yeai-s. 



mportanl pohit- thai w, 

 hich can frace back its 

 J. B. JTiven. 



LAMENT OF AN OLD TIMER. 



'H there no one among the many level's and brooders oftho 



rand setter, who so lovingly reiuenibei's the pleasures of 



tie. ..\.'i- tin- old-fashioned trotter with a nos,-. |hat Is -;fi!l 



Isote 



KTSHCI-LTITRE IN NEW ZEALAND.— We have received 

 apauiphlet eoutaihing "History of Fisheultm-e in New- Zea 

 land, l.v W. \itl-.nr. (.'. K.. read before the Otago Institute. 

 Februarj is. I88i;" and ''OperatiDns.oi the Various Acclinia- 

 ti-/a:ioii Societies." with illnst rations. Fromthisand previous 

 reports we judge thai Mr. Arthur i 

 in thai country whete no ruthiessp 

 ~nniipln'>. the scourge of American 

 from Euglaud and from California h 

 New Zealand, but with what SUCO 

 Other fishes, as German carp, Mow 

 trout (American), brook trout idittoi 

 (ditto), tench (English), chair (ditto: 

 fish have been introduced bj the 

 Wonga-nui, Marlborough. Cantarbi 

 land societies, and by Mr. Howa rd 

 fario. have established themselves ii 



ve littl.- 

 Sal -. 



y. Otago aud Souther 

 " The. English trout. S. 

 CauterbuiT. 



r a hearty hand shake, though half a con- 

 . The winter never takes the Geld except 



.-. and although a larg.- hag adds ;mi,n. -.. 



lUt.lineil the 

 although I 

 ^ ra speed 



tht MUmuJ. 



FIXTURES. 



UKS.— Met 



January I). 10. mid 1), 

 Show. Meriiii-ii. Coiin. .1 

 Merlden. r-mn. 



FIELD 'I'KIAI.s. 



iiKtmii.-l i UK. l-i.-bi I.ia!>..,. f,..!.-!- 

 is for the Derby closi- .lulv 1. for the 

 All-:ijf«.l. Sftjit. 4. .Jos. H. Dew. Coin r.iliin . T.-in... Sei-r.-t.u-y 



Nevi-mher j; lvisn-.-i; l-'i-il Trii.l- Club I i.-l.l Trials ,.n Quail, near 

 High Point. N. C. Entries toi-ih, Derby el.fee .Ji.lv 1. For Hi- All 

 k£& mu! Hembei-s Sn-k.-. N,,v,-uib.-i- l I-'. S. Hull. P. O. Box x*i. 

 V.-iv Veik.se.r.-tiiry. 



DeeemliiT t - National Aun-rii-an K.-nm-l i tub Field Trials ..n '..'nai!. 

 Grand Junctluu. Teiui. D. Brvson. Mi-uij.liis. Teiui.. Seereiury. 



ii.-r. -inl-.-i- i! N'.-n f)il.-au> ibm Club l-ii-i.l trials or i/u.-n... i -;..l -n- 



■ ;i.-. i..i. i-:i.ii-;...-ei.is. i nibi-i-ii. .1. K. Keiuuui. Secretary, Rew 



Orleans. Lu. Kmrii-s for ilu- Club Cup i-lose Di-eeuibPt 1. 



tcird it:. lu> i 



|)oiut, from 1 

 villain, the il 

 ultaueously. 

 Has his lik 

 stiU some go. 

 rectme to 1 

 puppj with 



Slow Dm 



THE COCKER SPANIEL. 



Lni.h.\.\ Kivicn. Mich.. Aug', i;. ISS2, 

 ' \ ol'Uiv.- in tlie August '::d issue fit n.v ever wcli-om.- j.apei 



two articlea, the first, entitled "What is a Cooker?' By J. J? 



Kirk. Secretary etc, of iln- A. ( '. 8. C, and the other by .las. 

 Wai-on. Esq.. 1 shall replj in brief in Mi. Kirk art this v.rit 

 ing. but will leave (he presentation of certain facts and 



I'uni-i sthaf [trained at the Cleveland show, parti v from hi> 



own records and pan h from DCiJ own. to show to all true 

 iri.-nil-...: the cocker, that some'thiug is known of "what is 

 a cocker" by others besides Mr. Kirk. 



FAU 



GORDONS AND BLACK AND TANS. 



letters of''' Vitus', "which have appeared in your 



Th 



of A 



geutfeman who gave me considerabli 



school. I refer ;.. Xotor. who ligui 



Homer's Iliad, "from whose tongue 



titan houev," etc., etc. But the sain 



could liud anything good in the da; 



speak 



Opinion" that the A. 



to St certain black >|! 

 thai -c.-.-tain blacks 

 all th- bench shows* 



i. and if the reader will 



KS1' AMI SritKA.M b\ I lu- 

 be relation that exists 

 that club, and be the 

 ndird wa- or was not 



nothing compared to the m 



•n hi- knew when v 



mug. 



HUB, Irish >et 



crof former days w 



as an 



superior annual in every n- 

 Irish sutto ofthepresem i 







ay. and In- assorts 



t so 1 



il would be next iliing to a 



grave oiVe„-e toga 



he is 



I am led to think from hi 



; writings that he I 



as an 



belief in the Darwinian thet 



rv ..I thesurvivalo 



111.- 1 



also that lie considers, the ^] 



o!'(-meii off the-pres 



-•ill .1 



up to their fe.r, -fathers in 1 



Lowing what soi -I. . 



1 a d 



fitted for their work. If it is 



SO wilh dogs, it inns 



folk 



• ful breeding and trainii 



g of tile horse he e 



.: |.|' 



when llcxter made a n-rai 





-.-■■I- i 



it. How is it no; .,..., e.. 



look a1 the recoi 



da of 



Barusand halfa-dozen ■■■'<■■■ 



s— has science and i 



aii-ln 



not improved thenl 1 1 1 igoq 



lallytso with dogs. 



1 llllil 



sportsman of the present Hw 



would U-.-.atistied 



with 



sage br. mi pottering dogs th" 



it were used t-o.h-i\ 



ihird 



into nets. Yet, from Vitus- 







lieve that, that do- «;i- linini 



ely superior in evoi 





trish .-eiteroi the pre • ' da 



i. To|ii-itve. ilhsa-si 





Stonhenge, of whom i • says 



"As for si- u. b 





little stock in his iiurli-..it \ o 



i lrisi. setters, in 





the Bori who like to please (i 



o public w ithotit b 





1 thmk tliisisn most unwat 



t1 i.icl: On 1 





in. n ol the present century. 



\ i-l lor bis i\ !'u 





uses this very man in ivhnni 



le lias nob the slight 





fl-itly thai 



Did he ever : 

 liim to the D 

 a leaf. 



Mr. Kirk's 

 Classes, as I I 



Sart that lb- A. C S. -Miidard r, 



I be i rue conditions and qualitaes 

 ...- is made in that standard, that 



and true r- or- -'•■r,:.,i in- ot ihc 

 ing in I hat, standard i- I 

 led cockers, and the weight ••! 

 the strain ratlier "Jnmh is-' -ban 

 please make note ol this, thai be 



ot, i refer 



(1,'lpel 



If u 

 ..id. I 



prove tlial the present black mul < in is luungr ' Ii.tbi:: 1 tluuk 

 Vitas, to use a slang e.xi- For any 



roan who a> Vit i -. • • i i the sort to please the public 



withoui I- n- lit in- li,.-.n." is uot to be trusted as an authority On 

 any subject. 



Vitus says he lived iu Irelund for fi ve. years thirty years ago. 

 I Lived in Ireland twenty-five yean ;, and I have aeen very 



at Cleveland whi-- judging On spaniel 



vm.ukcl. will be attended to when 1 r-- 

 wher- lhe..|oeum--nl.-' SJ-e thai inn bi- 

 called into reipii-.it ion: then we will -..•.■ whei her t'- 



inary bogies" am oi bha A. C. S. C.'s making briDy own. "I 



Wiilclof -. i ■■ the present, bv hoping thai mv "fellow-mem- 



\. C. S. Club," wl'ioarc "'le bhwoughly inn- and 



staunch friends of the handsome little dog," will see them 



selves as others see them, and [iraetn'c some of the "true iu- 



leroi ■■•• of ' he cocker, rather linn prare nl ' them. 



A fow word- tor Mr. .lam-- vTatson. I will say I hat all his 

 misstatements about me, which embrace the most of his arti- 

 cle, areas far from the real fm-tsns his standard of the cocker 



DARLINGTON DOG SHOW. 



^ , lil•: following report we clip from the London Field, 

 Omrttsing 'he comments and prize list except for pointers. 

 getters and spaniels: Judges- The Bev Q. P. odson and 

 Messrs. T. IJ. Bowei-. lb c.iiing. H. B. Lee, B, C. NorrisU, 



Which exist 

 Cefinel Clu 

 ready well 



committee this 

 their veto upoi 

 we hear that I 

 of puppies wh 



old I 



theoppi 







liisl.-i-at 







which., 







our Lou 



Ion si 



owmen >s. 



amount 



ll w 



isoulynati 



jubilant 

 the hora 



and c 



ruckled " 

 bcred n.-ar 



Mrs. l.am- 

 hostcl, the 

 again, 1 and 

 n days than 

 was driven 

 rof whom 

 ick up Dar- 



n- grand stand, on the 

 ..w should give it prar- 

 ; for what they wished 

 if the county families. 



dogs, Rosemary and i J r 



show bitch tlioughl. in t 

 who was claimed for ! 



laving in mind a ^.o...l number of 

 ate fearlessly thai the .pialit.v of 

 ->ed. A champion, or something 

 ; in .dinost eserv ela-s, ,i> SMflfi 

 lleni.n-iis. Rock' ill the setters. 

 DC. ,ui:i in the clumbers. Broken- 

 r>. Teddy in the dandies. Violet 

 is. liellissima and Venom in bull- 

 ess Dagmar (the latter hardlv a 

 greyhounds, aud a "new" mastiff. 

 twdred. will clearly prove. The 



igainsl lum. 

 about, but in- 



il he W. -Il-klll.i- 



and her vietui 



■11 the Slliali->1 



with al.ypica 

 quiilily. aud \ 



•:. pL.e.-d here. 



i Ruby) won first and 



.iher lei 



„1 \ 



nliu ' 



liim 



better. Duke 



bh( biti has, won. but. Sail, \ 



in ih.- Irish, Bogaadus a e 



lure feet, Won, With Nelh- S 

 on the present occaaian was 



smart vouiigsti-r, who. we e 

 Auv ot.li.r variety ... - "■ r 

 to bhe 'ore; he is a good i 



bo.ly. bill looks :l> if hfi had 



edlv deserved. Uoy. the wiuner 

 i a ver\ i.-ikiiig lemon and white. 

 3 shoulders. lie. is vcrv full of 



two mouths old) should 



ml. his ens might, be 

 ;ed. Bella, the best of 

 ?eoud. is curly in ears. 

 mi rather weak m his 



,,-i- p!:unin head, and 



do better by-and-by. 



ght Mr. K i erne's Moiik 

 ■ a, .-II. !ii legs. I'eut and 

 ed a great deal— mil. s> 



