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FOREST AND STREAM. 



| Sept. 14, 1383 



Doua- VAKDBH TBOCt. — Upper Soda Springs, Siskiyou 

 County. Oak- An article in Forest ajtd Stream of Ana:. 

 IT mentions two kind? of trout as occurring in Ihe MeCloud 



Bivor, viz. Mr, -lilw (rainbow trout), add (In- other. 



piinetatns {ikthno jrurpuraiua), AVbJcli nank had been silo 



■ I or darleil, ml for which trout you wisli n vulgar 



o 1 1 ' 1 1 .... i ■ adopted. As wc are not aware ii i ti 

 is oi trout in the McCloud River, it aemns that far one 

 and the ,-amc k ml of li-h the name of batfltii and mrilvui 

 haw, by rigfhc of priority pre3ntaafc|ly v been superseded by 

 clu rkii ami by pufptiralm linally. If we arc correct hucoii- 

 oluditcr iliiil ill lip-'' iMmes stmid for that larger, largely 



yelh.w.-poited trout of the McQloiid River and other i v 



northern »Iit:i.ii. of this eo.ast. Jt would call your attention 

 to the fact that i his -prc'rs is in the regions where it occurs, 

 and more widely over the Pacific eons!, known as the Dojly 

 Vavd(n trout, the general adpption of which name might, 

 therefore, recommend itseii asa onecrf long standing and 

 nnwiT lir ■ ]: ii e ol Our article on "Correct Fish Nomen- 

 clature."— K, M. [The fiali which wc referred to us 8, 



!■ i ml tin.- Dolly Vardeu, but is a 



' : i a] ed bj Jordan "Mis-ami I trout. "and "Columbia River 



tfiOUt. It "c- :-o much like the rainbow iroul, >.'. /,■'./ .a- to 



lip pr.pidaily confounded wild ii. According to .Ionian its 



larger tliau those of the rainbow, The latter has 



165 to 205 row oi scales tin lateral lino), while the ftmynv- 



atv* ha- 105 to in:,. Its i-oli. rat ion is, we believe, more of u 

 tUi-h Utau a distiu. ; stripe I inhow. Its range is 



very wide, and ir is found in the McOloud, according to the 



authorities, Willi Ihe rainbow, from whieb it requires, cat'e- 



ful exaraihat'pn to he separated, TheI)o)lj Varden-is ,\el 

 ion 1 or r..'d spin 'ed. while the Other two are black-spotted 



fish. All ■ ■ i tiavc been exhibited here, dead, at 



the troiil openings ;i.i Mr. Blackford's.] 



Ton FA6TJUIOUS. — I don't quire comprehend wh\ . ,,, , 

 your correspondents so seriously Object lo the i)ft$s occa- 

 sionally maK-ica a, "senate meal'' of snake, and for such a 

 larkeoudeiiiu. knock down, and slump, metaphorically, upon 

 cmeof the gamiest, hardiest, and most succulent lish "of our 

 inland waters. Tbul a bass "flopjl" a -mike now aud then 

 only prove.-, that be is the be.st Fellow; is hold, and 1ms a 

 good appetite and n goad digestion, win not go back on a 



trout because he feeds On a nasty worm I hat lives on mud. 

 or go hungtj for a w--ek because the .h-licious bioiled 



chickeq on iba breakfast tablt got its sustenance from the 



barnyard - / Snake- met be ($00$ "V the bus- would not I rke 

 them. 11 Ihe has- .bank whisky enough he might have a 



1 ... where now he has only a red eye, anil if lie put 

 into bis stomach one-tenth the variety of food thai evai 



man thinks he tun I I. UV B, 01 ate snake as a regular 



diet, then ftrmil Hi «i be Some COltaistCllcy in black-balling 

 him. A- i . . b i .i moled with stale meal, and 

 will duly i.ike what has life or the nemblnhce of it, and the 



-mine | ■:■:-. ., I a --i nidation of food, or nearly so, that gives 



. i-i.-i,. h, all animated life. a[. lilies equally well m the 



b.i-s that is fs-l -.urn reed big, I regret i u say. the. daintiest, 



. ....s i mil most beautiful of li,-h — the Iroul.— Syracuse. 



TENXHsaiiE Notes.— Since the spirited correspondence 

 between the newly appointed Fish Commissioner anil the (>ov- 

 crnur. mallei's j.i.'-eatorial have been very ijuiet, al the execu- 

 tive man.- i h.am i, !ii.. evu. one angler.- of our city have been 



having a good time, with [he jack, ba-s ,-ui.| black perch in 

 lie mar I Ueln I wtpis of the Stale. We have had 

 much tain, but us a rule not too much for ardent, sportsmen. 

 as the rain kepi tin- water in excellent fishing order. Col. 

 Geo. F. Aker-, e-\-Ki;-ii ( eninii s-ienei-. paid us a visit, the 

 other day. He says that the fishing J u the Upper Cumber- 

 land anil the Red River- of Kentucky ia simply immense. 

 The Colonel caught at Louisville, a few days ago, out of the 



Ohio River, an eel 

 He -in- that be "n 



ill weighed four and ;i half pound; 

 tat lie "never believed that an arnpliibinu. critter 

 -....-- I ■ hi- ways I - v, a- this snuke-like mon- 



ii uai.-.et i- beaimiiiej' lo be well supplied with fish 



r- Prom the Eastern cities. Catfish and dram are 

 quantities with trot lines frani the river close by 



town, and occasionally a hungry bass will be snared into tak- 

 ing (he fixed bait ou this unsportsmanlike tackle. — J. D. H. 



would 

 ster. 

 and 

 taken 



Ferry, near Snicfcersville, on the Shenandoah Miver. No 

 one appears to know of it, and the natives, in El verv primi- 

 tive wav. take black bas9 with band Unas. A goodhotel on 

 the banks of the nver affords accommodations, and the fish 

 run large and take minnow bail Freely. I found one trouble, 

 thai of the niuddv state of the river' after even moderate 

 rains, as tie Bhenandoah drains a great extent of country, 

 and lie- -oil of Loudoun . ountv is of a clayey nature. <b' id 

 boats Can be bad at Oastleman's Ferry, and fishermen getting 

 (here when the river is clear can be assured of sport —Homo. 



1'mu. Tisiiixo. A reshlem of St. Louis, wliowason a 

 visit to the East, Went blucfi9hing the other ilav, became 



seasick. In his snuggle-, it i.. supposed, burst a hi I vesel. 



and died. 



Banks. They may be found wherever mackerel and men- 

 haden are. abundant, as may be inferred from the almost uni- 

 versal praet ice of ean-ving swOrdfish irons on board ol' mack- 

 erel v. usels. 

 I quote Ha- statements of three or four correspondents who 



JfvJtcnltiire. 



THE AMERICAN F1SHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 



PROCEEDINGS ELEVENTH ANXI^.VL .MKETINIl. 



JIATERIALS FOB. A HISTORY OF THE SWt )i: I o l.-'l 

 BTG. BROWN ODOKC. 



lTONTrMTBD.1 

 ENEMIES, 



8 COB a large annual as the swordlish Can have but few an- 

 tagonists whose attacks would he. disastrous. The tunnv 

 or horse mackerel, Oreyrius Ovynnus, other swordfishGS, and 

 sharks are its only peer- in si/.-, .an. I of these, the sharks are 



'upt.'.V. )■:. At vo.,d exhibited lo the l;o-t.,,i Society Of 

 turalHistorv. Deeember 7, IS',1, the lowot jaw of a iarge 

 rk. taken at Provincelown. .Ma--., in who- stomach 



The Gi-i'E.r.-Cou is Fmm.E.— We publish the following 

 from the Pish Commissioner of Texas on the lish called 

 _ pi . mi in the South, ft!;., -a spshea 1 in the North, etc.. 

 !,, :.'., .....'■ ' ■■. . rjruit lints, [t ] I ...i sal.... ,n the North, 

 and the following is a r.-f.ly to a lei tei- from us on the sub- 

 ject. We do not think tie in has been an error in the indent) 

 cation: "We Certainly do eat 'gaspel-gou' and there is no 

 doubt about Stg beings good fish, is it possible that a mis. 

 ia!:e ha- been made in the 'identification" of this lish? With 

 ption of several apparent specie- f ba«s, the gasper- 

 gou is the best fresh wather fish we have in Texas. Weigh 

 ii.g from a few ouuces up to, say three pounds, it is a good 

 pan lish larger, a good lish boiled or baked. — h',. H ROB- 

 ERTSOX (Au-tin Texas)." 



Ftsu USD Came oeTuoi;tL.vice. — Escauaba, Mich., Sept. 

 ■■!. — 1 was up to IVoul Lake Atr.ust -'(I; brought down 165 

 trout, which weighed fifty-five pounds dressed. I bKW four 

 dear, three beavers and one otter; killed one of the heavers 

 with a little pole. I have a sample of the white bottom of 

 Trout Lake; do you want it? If so 1 will send it to you.— 

 A. V. "Ten v.. [We would like to sea a -ample of this sin- 

 gular bottom.] 



Lii.iit on Hkvvv lions. - -Doslon. Mas- . Sept. 8, La,- 1 ' 



,,; i 'i! on Ilia banner of the light vs. heavy. An eight- 



QUJlce rod has this season killed seven black bass whose 

 UTiited weighl was t iienly-lbree nniuni-. On tine OCi 

 oipouud has-, and a t.p'uu nd white perch were, killed and 

 landed at out lone. Oi" coin ie it. took some minutes i i I'm ■ 

 I I... .imd," but weilon'l grudge lime i-ajeio that way. for 



.... i, ah for I- or. money, and are never miserable 



.,,. eoib.a- lio'i briiu in more lish than our own.— 

 M. 



lee,-; TnoUT.— Meacham Lake, iManklin county, 

 "M. Y,. Sept, 6.— The tlOul are just beginning to head up 

 stream towards the spawning bed,. My California trout, 

 hatched June I, are now two inches long. 1 am very much 

 surprised al their growth, [ftbey maki a send [i-h for the 

 table, ihey will be of grent benefit to the Adlroruiacks. I 

 am in doubt yel a- to ipcdity, but hope if will be good.- 

 A, R, Ki Li.ei:. 



\ HioiMA r.i.Aci. ;t.,ss.- ( hi a lalef.rip lolamdoun county. 



i in.. I I ffl ii- be i a"" I for I, lack has-,, -hori of 



.a . •.,.,., Paind, It was -'I i ■ D ', 



lae-e'V-J;^;; 



ttie conflici 



. The 



or that 



e the a 

 a-1 lh, 



i the skin 

 shark wa 



he had u 



of ) 



lie,, 



i ...1 : ! '/■'. 

 :d with inter- 



i ipni'l, ui ill 



above , he stu 





I closely and 



- did it leap 



it - pursuer, 



io opiiorlnu 



■. John A. Thomson states that the billfish tpvobabh 

 iy»/ni-ii.« ull.iilns) is r.ln-ii- especial enemy. Ililllish, six Ii 

 vo feel long, appear about." the la-t of the season, and 



appearance i- a signal that the swoMfjsh a. re about lea v 



[NVEUTEBRA.TE I'AtlASiri'.S or THE SWol'.OI- isn 



istotle thus explains the leaping [movements ol the fish 



eoat of the stomach and in the. air- 



'. Frederick VV. True for the following 

 :esof thoswor.lii-h: 

 - id by many so vie- of parasites. Some 

 -^ fasten themselves to different pacts of 

 -the oesophagus, the stomach, and the 



Al! undoubtedly cause more or less 

 e-ociailvrhose which, attach themsalves 



ic swordfish, for convenience, may beolas- 

 thu worm-like parasites illv.lm.inthes) and 



site-. 



Ilsll I'All.VSITE.S— run SCCKEKS OK KE5I0UAS. 



Soveral species of "stars-ships" or "remoras" occur on our 

 coast. Thcordinarv kinds, such as Li;;>o;f/ir,ie,s„oee,„'„.,e.'.-. 

 the one with a black stripe down its side and white c an a - •,. 

 its caudal lin. appears to choose companionship with rhe 

 shark-, while tin- ueeanie species, JSoftwjBfc remoro, is mosl 



A. third species, Bemoropsis brachyptttra. is the particular 

 parasite of the swordfisb. I have several times identitied it 

 when found attached to the fish, and have never known it to 

 It has n ever come to us. niore- 

 whien would be inconsistent 

 -ir. shore bv a-w ed- 



-.pialK Insepa- 

 kie.v.n to I he 

 deZos Agujas, 



be found ou any other spa 

 •over, from locality and si 

 » uii a t heory that it had 

 lish. 



Still another, h-h,i,„i.,„-i 

 ■ 



i in an fishermen, who ck 

 the parasil the spearfisn. 



I'uihap-lhe r.v.i ■■ I.N- 1 in 1 h-ir likings that 



■lini-i to I'etrapturtis, 

 i'n if.'-.- ir ib-liob. of Klor.-i.ee who -ji.-aks of /.'. .' rachyptera 



as a lisl w to e i| b: .■r.u.e.in, obtained from Taranlo a 



siieeimen said to have been taken from the grills f-oe. 



.,': / ■ ..„'.,..-/. '.,„.-.. 



'fin — -'parasite.- probably prefer to oh'ng with their OUnoUS 

 Hii.-ker- I., i He- lard exterior surface of the opercular Map of 



transactions and Collections I To the 



l-a„| ,,; ia, ■ . 1 . I >i - . . ..- -J ui.-li r ti-n-a-ai 



iVol li - Containing all the Physi glealPapers 



I, J .le, l,..-.laerii. U. A. n.el I'. U.S. , 



THE LOCATION OP Tilt: I-lSall.VO ' rolNi.S. 



In what ha- already been ■ 1 regarding therdates of ap- 

 pearance and local movements qi the sworulisn in our 

 wat ■■!•- n. ■ . he found all the fa ts rolatine: to thp location ol 

 i he fish . ■ swoi-dfish 



"h.-r, vi-r ti:.-, ..p.. .ar to be u. «t abundant 



Early in the season, the swordlish are mosl nhundant weal 

 Of Montauk Point, and later i.liev spread OVSB ' h< hoa'l 

 BTOUnda along the coast ever, as far north as tne Novo SCotia 





lod of Sandy Hook, and. couth s along the 



. 



i- Martiia'.- v'in-'vard and Nantucket Shoals 





dddle oi September. They are -id bo have 





ar north as Cape Sable. At the first cold 



wind blow ing in 



3eptember they disappear, and are not. found 





t that season." This is the statement of a 



New York man 







a Ashby. of Xoank, Conn., informs me that 



.he-w.,:illi-l, ve- 



-l-iii >.i,a:.kand .N.-wLondon are accustomed 



IO Lave the hom 



It the 8th of July, and throughout 



the month they 



iud fish most abundant between Ulock Island 



md Neman's La 



el; in August between Numan's Land and the 



"SiMiill Shea 1 l.i 



it Ship. The v lir.- 1 meet the. lish twenty to 



live mil- 



..;' Mont ink Point. In August and 



Sept-.-ne. 



are found inks. There is no 



"'"ahTi'i ■ 



east is the Hew Bedford fleet. Capt. I. H. 



^.1 icb -ax. of the 



schooner Yankee. Bride, tells me that sword- 



•is-h .-tril. 



at Block Island in the middle of June, and 



stav in t hat vieii 



ifv until the lath or -.'utli of August. North 



., fa;.- Cod the 



5 are taken up to the 30th of October. 



The statement 



jot di John H. Thomson, of New Bedford. 



iiavc alreadv be 



n quoted, bin m av he epitomized in this con- 



nectioii. 1 i ,i 



\lav 33 to June thev are Found smith of Block 



Island, approa. 1 



ins the Vineyard Hound and the n 



waters through 



lune and to the middle of July. A little later 



Ih.-v an- ,„ ..re a 



mudant to the soinOieast of Crab, Ledge, and 





o the soutiiei-i ..; ' ape ( It . -i and George's 





Northern Eagle, of Oloucestor. Capt. George 



li. Mai lin. whei 



engagedin swordfishing, is accustomed to 



leave GUoacestei 



SO as to be on the ground soulti 0. Block 



i i ; . i i •.. the tflt 



h of June, and the UBh are followed as far 



Mr. K.oll a-.eertained that the swordlish are mostly fished 

 '.iron ihe eoa-l of Ma inc I rom Jul v 1 to September 1 . 



Halibut vessel- on La Have and Sabk- Island Banks oceasion- 

 dlv take thc-e ti-h upon th-ir lines. 



■■:•■' the New England coast are always pre- 

 iare.1 lor swordlish when crui-iug anion.; mackerel schools. 

 lain not aware that thev are. ever seen on the mackerel 

 .-rounds of the Gulf of .St. 'Lawrence. 



APPARATUS OP CA.cTctir.. 



The apparatus ordinarily employed for the capture of the 



' ' nple in the extreme'. Jt is a harpoon with de- 

 Wheu the lish is struck the head of the liar- 

 ii the body of the fish, and carries withitaliglrt 

 either made fast or held by a man in a small 

 Lchedtosome kind of a huov, which i» towed 

 alerbv Ihistruu-hng u-h an i winch marks its 



,rdli-h 



of 



pole file 



, i.- 



in the Na 



J !,.,s-i.,h h: 



tened to the ••stiank"' that it 

 same weapon. 



The lilv-iron Ls in principle ex 

 describe by the word "toggle." 

 piece of metal, having In the 

 socket whose axis Ls parallel w 

 implement. In ibis is inseric. 



other hard -wood, upon 

 en left, so that- the harpoouer may 

 This pole is from an inch aud a had' 

 r, and at one end is provided with an 

 it two feel long aud five-eighths of 

 s "shank' - is fastened to the polo by 

 igated cup-like expansion at ono and, 

 jnedeudof the-polo, to which it is 

 tfls. A light line extends from ono 

 :• joins the ••shank,'' and 

 bv which is made fast another short, 

 le to the vessel or boat, SO that when 



auk" lii- somewhat securely the head 

 the fisherin ■ i bv i lie names of svvord- 

 lian dan. The form ol this weapon 

 ' sof 



ictii 



u-ithdr; 



line is p, 



unseum. The fuuda- 

 ■:i d •i-.e.l from the 

 whi-h are in the Na- 

 e. modifications may 

 ■ is no less 

 peculiarly \m- lean. 

 iplementsol all lands 

 of ihe kind eould be 

 i toggle-harpoon is a 

 :atly changed by the 

 f the harp'oou is fas- 

 :. - regarded as the 



at a whaleman would 

 iats of a two-pointed 

 it one side, a ring or 

 long diameter of the 

 .1 of lb.- pole-shank, 

 harpoon hue. When 

 -i through some solid 

 lis released upon the 

 • socket, it 

 lea to the 

 busis ab- 

 Dle of the 

 t the pole 

 t. its 



.ole E 



SOlutoly prevented fi'O 

 whale-harpoon or toggle i 

 ism. I withdrawn; and the head, tn 



end. fastens the pole itself securely to the fish, the harpoon- 

 liiie being attached to some part oi' the pole. The swordfish 

 lily-iron head, as now ordinarily us:d, is about four inches in 

 length, and consists ot two lanceolate blades, each abo.ut an 

 inch aud a half long, connected by a central piece much 

 tnie.ker than they, in which, upon one side, aud next to the 

 flat side, of the blade, is the socket for the insertion of the 

 pole-shank. In this same central enlargement is forged an 

 tiieh the hai-poon-line is attached. The dai-t- 



head is usually made 

 .,,■ uialP gaKaudzed; 



if steel: sometimes ol 



.,!' l.i 



o IS feel i 

 The swot 



.n, which i 



and head 



' i ,. an I is ..r- 



At the end 



ordinary mackerel beg 



■ tries a 



isting of a lanceolate 

 inches long, upon the 

 n, perhapst svo or three 

 ry way upon a pole I". 



lll.Nii A VBSS1 I. io 



ways harpooned 



II! 



eliv 





Ugh it is P C 



f the 

 a ap- 

 ;aged 



r the 



, ' and 



•ihle for 



ir.. m this station u tthout 

 rk, Not only the profess 



i -eie-ae .: anil 



ill laid of bb ■ ■ 



-i.,nal suordtish.-: ... 



oe supplied in i his manner. 

 The swordlish ••puipit ■ ; ■ in... ii. . .i as toll".'. ■ The 

 i nor -i oai- .'• ■ i .at outside 6i 



