Sept. 7, 1882. J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Ill 



THAT CAMP ON THE SUSQUEHANNA. 



MY description of the camp on the Susquehanna has been 

 -I'lijei icil tfi Iusp'ectJon -Mid correction b5 critics 



I mad, 



Mild IT 



frum ;i 

 of .1 n 

 baited 

 did ba 

 My 



dcrtoo 

 rest Of 

 he fftr 



of ill'- party, insists thai the bait with Wlild 

 utile haul nientionel in my lost was crawfish, 

 mix i. hi. like the man who hid under the bed 

 spousp. r won'i piveinwhMe I havi the spirit 

 ■ i - j i ■ i : ; i ~. ■ . . i : j i oni of tlic hooks w.ns 

 ■h 1 soB&oWiedgt that W". II &T. 



in. Iiut will sti 

 villi worm.-, ll 



riiehootetua 

 lsI was so egotistical thai I fear i he boy 



bcaj with ine while I do thom justn 



to row lo church one Sundav . Ilierel 



us a npble example' in:' like all good 

 I badly, for as lie topped from the Bo 

 .i false step throw him into the water, svettin 

 him completely, ana spoiling what was intend, 

 ling rig-put, For; be ii known, lie desired tc 

 pression. What nin-i have been his 1'wlings when placed 

 in such :i plight. But it must bo told to his praise, he went 

 to the church" ;ill the name. 



'eplenisl* the camp stores, w chb 

 to Port Deposit, and tying at 



s feel slighted, 



:e. Welib tin 



Of 



II- 



n im 



(Inl- 

 and \V. ffi, Si 

 JIcOttUoch'B I. a 

 turn I hey found 

 darkey \vlio w: 

 were compelled 

 to return, Wh 

 Chiirches drew 

 imprec t 



distinguish thcii 

 for nn good, ant 

 that he saw t« 



Wlieill 



III. 



•ill down (otic to 



hearing loud i 

 liable in the in 



n't hi- 



On Hit 



of one ,.! III 

 Is, and perhaps' 



aiii twilight ct 

 hcv were tlien 

 nied Mr. Met' 



But the- finny tribe are noi to tie ((.axed, because they are not 

 cliers. 



Yi-itor- to Fail mount who cross Hie race bridge on llieiv way 

 lo the aliutmeii! of the din, can ahv:iy> find more or I.— men 

 In boats in the heavy current that 'swirls out oi the pump 

 bouses Into the tideway. They are generally equipped with 

 rods and reals of the most approved pattern and bail with 

 a them have been doing 



nd other 



a half eetiln 

 •rlainlvbc a , 



id : 



caught by h boy in 



i since boats of unhappy men 

 " r roek. 



this thing i, 

 There must 



this verv spol with a hoot si 



And ii, re are and bavete 



endeavDring \ duly to catch 



On last Saturday a«ft**-lM , 



wRSteqf time and' energy. 



boats. Ill sitting patientlywatching eiehl corks bobbing and 



drifting in the turbulent water. An old in in who. "by his 

 appearance, if ever industrious, liadtt'l made much • -i i r of 

 it, sat Otl one of the benches w a telling the fishermen, 



• ■!)., 111.-.- people ever catch anv USh*" he asked. 



"No." 



"How do you know?" 



"I ought to know." 

 ■\\ by." 



"Well, I've been coming out tn-rc almo-t ever) oay in fair 

 weather lor tweiil.v year- and 1 iI6ver saw one caught." 



lirmouiit dam to the Palls, an both the '-inks 

 within the park limits, can be found 





in-. 



epf oueof his trumps in the 

 of the drenched tenor, oil th'- following Sunday, de- 

 ponent sayeth nol. 



Fishing under u burning sun has its disadvantage.-.. 



especial!) if, as did Ihi w 



hat, for much to his disgust, b, 



o:n- 



est calibre, he sported the 



■eddesl 1 



miles of camp. Of oour-e 



the us ut 



mad,-, notwithstanding th 





town. They even suxgesl 





« row to Lapidum. a town 





side of the river, where tin 





where the dissenters of 



Port ar 



merelv stale these facts in 





U'ebl, improved llieshii 



in: lion 



color painting, and the 1 



isl cvei 



hardest to catch a -unset. 



)Ut 1 le: 



interfered with him verv n 



lucb. ( 



devoted manv idle momen 





various dcni/.oii- of the de( 



p that u 



passed man\ happy moiue 





an unknown tongue, with 





and forcsiubt- and bocks 





took, the backsight 1 uow 



take low 



sweetest, 





Baltimohk. .,!.,. 





■w -rimmed 

 . of the lieavi- 

 ■en within live 



„i indulged in 



on the other 



ry family and 



songregate. I 



ed. 1 kno 

 what was I 



THE F1SHLESS SCHUYLKILL. 



\|H JAOQB LEI9BRISG of Mam-h Ohunk, Pa ,..,.- 

 ^.tJL day Inst week look Ibirtv-live sheepsbead at Brirue 



eat, N". J., between dinner and supper call. ThisCoyut is 



reports that reach me through returning fishing parties, 

 wcaklisb have never been more plentiful on the New .)< r-.-v 

 COatt. The following article, taken limn the Pbila l.-lphiu 

 /•.'••• «///:/ A. " ■■■ "', 'I.,- '.',:li nit . i s.-nd you ,,s giving Very 

 nearly the trull, renai-di-' the Schuylkill River lisl, and 

 fishing. 'J'he v.iit.-r Imai-.i-r. OOuld not have lived in Phila- 

 delphia ten years ago, or in Unci 



could of times hav 

 fish) in the S 



over ihc (la 

 plentiful thi 



in l. -ii |,..:u 



red in saying tha 

 the Schuylkill Ere 

 Manavuii'k empty 

 milee above PMla 

 Mauayunk, when 



■en iii i is angling I 



■responded of the Nmi 

 i nn- shape of a fiu e 

 Ml t,. Flat Rock, The 



i,l.-i 



thrive, and since their planting have inures 



ureal! v. At 



Flat Hock they are sometimes caught, but the further up th. 



Schuylkill one tries for them, the 



Fainnouiii dam and as far down 

 kill, the gas work- and coal oil 



th, water thai should any dsh ei 

 on ii- upward wa-) to'thehea, 

 be readily delected as that of a £ 

 fiavor or taste ofgastiir. We 

 ■ ii- correapondenl of the 

 near Conshoeken or Norriatawn 

 black bass on favorable davs wc 

 and -i/.e thai would 



Tlieeeclosnieis.v. lollows: 



Did anybody ever catch a fish in the Scion-kill? 



oil refineries have so poisoned 



;ti Schuylkill River one, by the 

 Ve think, however, that .should 

 ■ . ry iii- lo. -1, .above Flat Kock. 

 jwu dams, he would find that 

 • would b<^ found in numbers 

 ■kill. 1 1, mo. 



Did anybod 



f anybody catch a fish ill H„ Schuyl- 



- lb. 



ia fish in the Schuylkill? 



iba 



Mosi singular questions tp ask. because tish an popularly 

 supposed to inhabii tin- water and ihere is a good deal of 

 wiiti i- in the Sohuylkilf, and yet aft< i-exhausflvc inquiry and 

 a thorough weighing of the 



tably believe- an. I positively 



Scliuvlkil'l biu--er lliiin a miii,„.u. <-\,-, p 

 Dugfily worthless !i-b eithea' for 



lar fact to lie a resident of Philadelphia I' 

 vears. During these \cn rs, in bpyhooi 

 has plodded the b.;nks ol the Sclnivlkill t 



erabie in nis holiday liyurs, and has wi 

 eudcii.vors of countless D-shermon to dra 

 Stl-ange river. He bug .-,-■ i, iheni li.-n with ever, ceitrisan, ,-, 

 from lb,- virappinu-lwine line and bent j, in ol lh.-b-n ■ to 

 the most fantastic and expensive contrivance turned 6ul bj 

 manufacturer of lishermen's wiles, and never vet did be see 

 a fish caught in lb,- stream, nor has be been able to find any- 

 body who e\er s ; ,v, one ,-aii,L r hi. The wbarvc- from Oiiaid 

 Point up to Fairmount are claily used by boys and men in 

 the vain endeavor- with diosy lines, cork lines and all soils 

 ■ >l bail '.o eoa\ the tinny Iribe from the swit'Miowiuj; tide. 



tin- mouth Qf 

 a Bah ie I bi- 



ll of this singu- 

 ioW nearly fifty 

 d manhood, be 



salnio -.1 iniiiuu 



sed the bapkss 



thos 



oi people cugaged in the same profit 



I tin 



-. has B 

 ml. th, 



id by He 

 sinkers 



I :.. 



S III 



until he pull- Hi, 



io evidence 

 at singulai 

 hing but 



1 lip. like t 



it has tat 



Ii 



Wpaft to hold th 

 if the BlightQSl in 



c bivezc. His lines lay out 

 child does his johnny jump- 

 iroot.. lie finds bis bail all 

 nipped ywav bv minnows or worn oil* willi chafing against 

 thestonyhed ol lb,- river, and he dreams that big black 

 bass haver done it, and baits his lines- again, and will oatch 

 fish about the crack of (loom in that river and noi before. 



Then there is one of the brightest and cheeriest men in the 

 world, who furnish,-, hotel news to the newspapers, who, 

 having wasted his voiilh in hauling up an occasional perch 

 or sinilisl, in Newtown and Timber creeks, in Robeson's 

 bailiwick, has been persuaded in Hi 

 in. it years that il is his mission to ( 

 kill.' And be has devoted bis Sat 

 to the endeavor. He can be seer 

 wi.-t bank Of the river, under (Jirnr 

 trying to catch that fish. He lx-l 

 bound to have it. He has "been ri( 



that faith could only be transfe 

 the mountains. 



mel 

 lob 

 nla> 



owness,,| hi.- ripen 

 i tish in IheScbuy)- 

 - for fourteen vears 

 ny Saturday on the 

 me bridge, patiently 

 it - there, and he's 

 1: he ba- been wept 

 d him Of his inlaiii- 



1 r, 



-im the Sciiuylkiil to 



Tol.hlMl's (I 



the front and ,- 

 IYio.-ky I.,,,--,, 



I -■ Mr. Gut 



out of thirty i 

 At one. 



)ir.— "Mr. .1. E. Ounckel aga 



Kike 

 lift I 

 bui 

 tie 



\|:. 



Tel 



pulei 



dre-caught in 

 ow puftiug 



in Kramer, w 



n(Q.) T, /,,/,-. 



In was the tin. st In 



■II. .1 Hi/, is. 



nothing but dead niin- 

 anded three pike, using 

 g i wo book-. Justice 

 i (liinckel oatch some 

 • presence of four bridge 

 a new iron "bridge Over 

 has lived on the banks 

 d thestrineof fish 



for ii\ 



ai.trlhei 



years, 

 out. 



I.. Hb'dOkm Ivnoweo It.— "Uncle Sam." sani a colored 

 boy to black Samuel, a negro who used lo bottom chair-, for 

 Colonel Bandy Faulkner, "wbar ver uwii,.-v" -(i-wii, li-hin'. 

 chile; why ve ax me?" "Didyer know that Aunt Til.lv i< 

 det 



da 



"l)i 



I"se done du^ worms lor bail 

 sooner."- — Arkawui Travelei: 



Ohio.— Tiffin, Aug. 215. — Tile disciples ol 1. Walton an 

 using red flannel on black ba>swilh good success. — F. M. H. 



tjti&liculiwe. 



THE AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 

 PHOCBBDINGS ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE KWORDFISH. 



BY ii. BROWN CiOODE. 



fCOSTlMiHll. I 

 el UNAi.-ITY OK THE SPEAUl-'lSH. 



Tlie speaitisl, (Tetrapturus albidxte, a.-c.i also stHkas v.— . ,-. 

 I am indebted to Capfc William Spie.-r. of Noank. Couu.. for 

 this note: 



Mr. William Taylor, of Mystic, a man s.-v.-nw -i\- veai-sold. 



morning th 

 Charleston. 



out, and foil 



nd to (h-irl,-. 

 f Stream b. 



• el tO leak ... 



of a b ivonet-tish. appar- 

 kindness of the curator, 

 to examine it and copy 

 "The prfg Amsterdam. 

 '. lira'. . was struck in the 

 ■ l,i-.'i. i> iu-b .-au.sed the 

 at even ion she was kejat 



Bost, Soe. Nat. Hist.. 



ihonlas. dwusd by tln-m. 

 I.S..-.I. p. e.i i 



.vrr,\ri<s oi- -riiK swottoj-isu iPoN WHAtBS. 



a pa mi, I, lei dated ''Burmuda. July, U»09 ," and repriirtosl In 



■■Fore,-':- lli>|..!-i-a' Ti.e-I-." vol. ii: 



•■Wlmlr, Nirnrilfish if- ThrroshiT.— The swordlish swimines 

 under the whale, a.- pricketh bin, upward. The tbreashev 



1 Stif- 

 fs and ! 



Towai-u the sea turning mj UMUble ' •• 

 I saw the fish, ,if lis:, I may it ele.-pe. 

 That a. li'-es the sea hefeie his face 0> 

 Ami with bis Baggie li.m.-s ,!..;!. -■-,:.-:. 



■|'!ietV,:ili.- W-aVi -.-.n Ol lie- ..Irca-l! -„1 .1 



Making hi-, spun. Hkii mania Biakos ti 

 \ sHcrilli-l, -mall, him li-i.ni the rust , 

 Thai., in his Ujroat bin) pii.-l.-in^ softly 

 His wide abj-sse him forced fortli lo sj 

 That all the sea did mar like heavens 

 And all (ha waves were stained with fl 

 Wliatever thag -e.-in- small in eouim, 

 |*speuser- s 



1 give also a few lines from 

 hearting to one of the chapte 



nflhe W.o-l.ls- Vanilie. I.'illl.l 



on, an old plnv .piof.-d l,y Scotta 

 of the '-'nio Antiquary": 



k that forth,- la, k of land 

 i ih.-w.oci- -he hath obftJleng! 

 •and whale: and bj nla titles 



alupton's in-each.* 



" Antiquary, chap. xss.J 



Baron kahontan. in a letter from Quebec. November 8. 

 ITs:;, deserilied an eiigam-meiil. between a whale and a sword- 

 fish which look place within iniiisbot of his frimite. Here 

 marks: 



•Weu.-i,- perfectly ohfl-i-mea when -wi saw Hie swoi-dfish 

 jump out. ,,f id,- water in order (■, dart its spear into the body 

 of 1 1,,- whale w lieu obliu-d i.. lake breath. This eutui-tauiirig 

 show lastea at least two bonis. -,,n„ ii,,,,- to the starboard 



,tlo. 



In the month of .-Mi-ii-t. l-s(U." s:iv» Coueh 

 one of i he nor heinmost islands of the Orkney 

 of the smaller species oi whales, known as tl 

 was attacked by aswordfish: and when tin 

 leap out of the water, whieh it. did to the heig 

 was observed that the sword bad been thrust 

 body behind the pectoral lin-. Its leaps eonti 

 it was perceived that a. tbraslicr >v. : :- assa 

 sides. "CM) 



<.'aptain Crow, quoted by Parnell. relates th 

 eid- :U a> having occurred ■ 



; it 



ndividual 



ipeJied to 

 ix feet, it 

 e whale'. 

 „>id then 

 on the 



__ following in- 

 'oyage to Mexuet: "One 



-ii. A hold under the cable 



ictuuple of the average newspaper para- 



of Hajnillon 



tish off tlie c. 



In the mils 



oot out and re- 





i i heir voyage. 

 11 hi> delightful 

 oi-di the ease of 

 ■ived in the port 

 hetse formidable 



SS. A 



rleston, S. C, is 



standi ii 

 30. Jl 



