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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fOcT. 5, 1883 



Wfl&KPisn \nd KtNGi'isE w Lnxo Bhaobl — 1 was aur- 

 prisnd on bearing souio clapper rails cackling wbilo 1 was 

 fishing .■■! 1 jj Beach, three weeks ago. Tlierearesno accom- 

 modations there now eseep: the tiiidjc-man's shanty; and if 



to rough \i ha <x ill Imveti splendid opportunity there. 

 I started bisl Friday thinking thi storm would bring a t • i irli 

 tide; concluded lorry th< mud-hens or clapper rail in the 

 aliernoon and fish the nusi looming when che tide was low. 



[gol into rile boal with a man to push ; we wen! in the 



ind th.ii i hen' was nni enough water to 

 push, so we took the small creeks %*- ■- • i k 1 1 up five birds on 

 that rm ailow and killed four, the other was nil hard Uul gol 

 away. The lido was now dropping -owe gave it up [or the 

 night as we were all wet, through, the raw coming down 

 in torrents I wenl to the bridge-man's cabin, that being the 

 oftij place where l could get ■■•■ bed for the night, as the hotel 



i for ih' "winter, 1 fell chilled with -the wetting but 

 man's son. a youth of fourteen, soOn bad a fir 

 i. o 1 borrowed an old pair of dry pants and 6 noat. 



Our hot coffee seemed the best coffee 1 ever tasted. 1 do not 

 cafe much for eels hut 1 think I was ready to eat anything 

 that Evening, As the«noon was showing through Che 'clouds 

 1 concluded to Rsh for a * ouple oi hours as i li- y told me the 

 veaktishand bhigfish bit at nighi. [pulled out into the chan- 

 nel and n\ii.d in Qve diffi <■■ at places but it seemed that there 

 was nothing (nil sea spiders, and 1 soon had a dozen of those 

 in ih'' boas . I ih<u coughl a small eel and became 

 I pnlled for the shore, and on reachingthe cabin! 



fooudil Cull of 8 ke;thcj were burning sage to drive oul 



the. gnats and mosquitoes, hi the night J suddenly became 

 conscious of a number of large things walking all over 018. 

 I wOkeupthe bridge-man who was snoring away on the 

 oth i bed, he quieted my fears by assuring- me that they were 

 Only miei and that they would oat hurl me. I reasoned it a 

 man and ;i boy alept there every night and the mice did not 

 eat Lheui up that I might safely sleep one night, 1 always 

 make it a point to accommodate myself to the surrounding 

 drctunstauoes, uo matter wbat thej are. The next morning, 

 at five o'clock. 1 took the boat with my fishing lines and soft 

 crabs for hail and went up stream about one hundred yards, 

 opposite a large creek, with a half tide running out began 

 fishing, aud fortwo hours I had rare sport, i captured eleven 

 wenkhsb weighing f roin one and a half to three pounds, 1 

 lost three or four, and one large one thai 1 held too strong 

 broke three-ply snell and carried off the book. I then 

 v.e:o i Lnd came back again and fished until 

 -.' p, i . taking ■■.■ wore, is the tide was now nearly full, 

 I wont oul to try the mud-ileus again, I only kilted two mote. 

 1 think forgood sport there arc •'■"•' places within an hour's 

 ridcof New Viirk t,. compete with Long Beach, asthekingfisb 

 Slid weakflsh are both a nice game fish, and a large one will 

 give a man a good five minutes 1 play to land — 1.\mi->Ai.i',i:i;t 

 (New York)." 



The Gas? BB-Goti.— Indiana University. Bloonoingtou, 



tot, Sepl 88. In resj se to the appeals directed by your 



indent ''Byrne" and others to the Eastern ''fish 

 sharps," ! i I 1 what' 1 know about the "gasper-gou. " I have 

 : id specimens of him in Louisiana and Texas, and 1 

 am unable lo see thai he differs in any technical way from 

 the animal called "aheepshettd" in the Great lake-, and 

 "white p :• li" "drum," "gruncer" and "thnndcrpumper" m 

 the Western rivers. This fish was first described byEa- 

 (Hii sque in 181S as Ajihdiiiotus grumvm*, and this name of 

 .course it musl keep, although we have adopted Professor 

 Gill's correction of the spelling of Apiodinotus to Bdploido- 

 ,,,.!'/.: (/(■•/'' "'■'"•I', cloaked; notto, hack-). Later, Rafinesque 

 changed the name to Ambhdm grnnnUm, a thing u< had no 

 (.scientific) rigid to do. Some yeara later the fish was called 

 "(7«;i)i ' \ si: . g imen, apparently abnormal 



and distorted, and now lost, was also called the "malashe- 

 guaay" or "Vorrimi /•»:/i«;vA-i«,i'V." and this lasl fish was said 



t abundant in Lake Huron, and to I • good eating. 



Those statements were, however, somewhat premature, as 

 the only specimen of "Tnnlasheganay" ever known was not 

 but stuffed by the discoverer, ff, as we think, there 

 is but one species of litis type, its name is Mapfoidonotus (or 

 Apl.,1!,, -Li.) ; ir<i „,,;.„■< It seems lo he certain thai in the 



Great Lakes this fish, under the name of "sheopshead," is 

 absolutely worthless; the. flesh is tough, ill-scented, and 

 often infested by norms. Inth Ohio and upper Mississippi, 

 as "white perch," the young are passable panflsh, not very 

 tender and with a sort of muddy flavor, but still readily 

 saleable. The old fish, aa "croaker," "drum," "granted' 

 or "thunder pumper," arc coarse and poor. Further south. 

 as "drum," or, in Louisiana and Texas, as "gasper-gou/' 

 the youngish are well liked, either because really better 

 than further north, or because other fiafa are poorer. This 

 Southern "gaspor-gou" was consi lered by Girard a different 

 species, urn ha- the name of Ambhd&n mrjlmtas. ft ready 



different, it sho Id be called ■■ILini'Monntus „. :/ l.,l,i.-:." 1ml 



we have thus far failed to discover any positive points of 

 difference, — Davxd S. Jordan. 



A Game PBOTJEQTOR m Brooklyn.— We learn that Mr. 



.Toliu S. Collcli, one of the New York State game protectors, 



formerly of Albany county, has removed to Brooklyn. Mr. 



ollel i: begun by paying attention to violators of the 



i . law, and has named several men who have had 



i .1 tan and a half inches (exclusive of 



■in". ... and « 111 '■ ep a close watch on the markets' of New 



York, which, if ci,,r n to the sale oi game and lish out of 



seas,,.!,, will (lo much to protect other parts of the State 



■from their illegal capture. Sir. Collett's address is 891 Fifth 



street, Brooklyn. 



lLLWrAi, S'i.'.iu- B*rBanfQ in Mmnk. — The Calais T^niii 

 gays the destruction of salmon ai Salmon Kails, ai the cotton 

 null dam, Calais, is deplorable. No fishway ha- yet been 

 provided by the corporation and the sidmon gather under 

 the rolling dam and atteuipi to pass through the water that 



falls over the (Op of that structure, and in lining so lall hack 

 and are slum)- d by falling •'■ ross logs and |.-ii_o-\ Men and 



;. .. 1 withnpttingtliesepBh, now arm themselves 



with pitohforkE and sp< ar I In in. All this is done in defiance 



of St. :• . 



Enormous Runs of Salmon. — The well-autlienticaied 

 Stories of the enormous runs of salmon up the rivers of the 

 Pacific coast of North America seem to he so different from 

 the experience of most people that they are difficult to he- 

 lieva Webave seen them so thick that a spear could not 

 lie thrown in the river without striking a salmon; but we can 

 huh ■-.iv that we never had so vivid a picture of swarms 

 of li'sh until we Ihi- week received a phologrtiph of a scene 

 on one of I he rivers from our old friend and correspondent, 

 "Mouileh." who says: "1 believe this is one of the first 

 attempts. to ohtahl photos of fish in their native element." 

 It is a stereo-c(.|iic view taken, as is written on the back of 

 it. "August, 1882. Fish Shown are tile suefceyo of Frazer's 

 River, or blue buck of Columbia River, Oncorkynelw ><"■'■"■ 

 Walb. Gill and Jordan. Gordon Creek is a small tributary 

 of Frazer, about one and a half miles below the town of 

 Yd-. B. (' It has no peculiarities differing from, or ad- 

 vantages over, countle-s streams emptying into Frazer 

 River, and the number of fish tobefonud in it is probably 



than in other-.il' equal Blze. The lish not being 

 in a quiet state, together wdth I he glare of the sun, renders 

 their outlines tn some cases indistinct; Still the artist has 

 been singularly happy in producing a photograph which is 

 altogether unique." Theforegoing remarks of "Mowitch" 

 are Hue. We had no idea that raonllv moving fish could 

 be photographed at all, especially in a river. In some places 

 they are shown to be three deep, and doubtless llierc wore 

 more below, while the surface is as thickly strewn with 

 l hem as u is possible to be. We can now almost, believe the 

 old California story of walking across the river dry shod on 

 the backs of the salmon, 



Tin-. Si- ADHi'isn.— Little Rock, Ark.. Scot. 2,1.-1 notice 

 in your last issue an account of the -padefish. They t'.re 

 quite numerous in the lakes in this vicinity, where they are 

 known as "shovel bill callish.' Their average weight is 

 about thirty pounds, though 1 have; seen some that were 

 very much' la'r-er. They have no scales, resemble cattish 

 somewhat, but the upper jaw projects ten or twelve inches. 

 The mouth is at the lower end ol the shovel and is 

 toothless. Only a short time ago I saw a wagon load of 

 them for sale on the streets. The negroes consider them a 

 I cannot toll you how they are caught. I 



,,\Si-\un. — Ilha-bc 



lecia, Oal., that atom 



says 



iiii a are full of such spawn, [t is therefore appre- 



hended, tiutt the destruction ■■'( -.union i- inevitable, unic-.-. 

 , : ■ i i-;. •,!' tin- ( ,tt ; -:i 



, ffah introduce! ato California 



■ -; bw by numuuji. » I 

 with thu puople 



■at de 



id to 



se I was fishing for garni tisl 

 nice I think they could be can 

 icar the bottom.— Fisherman. 



eat 



TuotiT MrjRDEK.— The Helena, Montana, lln-akl. under 

 date of Sept, IS, reports: "The employes on the Northern 

 Pacific Kaiiroad are killing trout by the use of explosives. 

 One of the mast famous and best stocked trout Streams be- 

 tween Deer Lodge and Missoula is U hiteside. Last Sunday 

 our informant was about to review his experience of former 

 years and drop a line, with a fly attached, in a certain pool 

 of the stream Mowing through 'Mr. Whiteside's ranch, but 

 was told by Mr w. that the attempt would be futile, 

 because that' morning some N. P. It. R. men had taken in a 

 basket full of lish, using cartridges. The practice is in 

 violation of Territorial laws; is a shame and injures one of 

 the great attractions for tourists in Montana. Let some 

 action be taken by interested parties in this matter at once." 



aty. 



JfisltcttUwe. 



FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



T7S7E present the following list of the different, Commis- 



' * sinners mi Fisheries for the Provinces, States and 



Territories of North America, corrected by correspondence 



In dale. A few changes will be found since our last list 

 (September 20, I8S1), and one more State (Delaware) has 

 awakened to the importance of fishculture as a State industry 

 and appointed a commission. The following will be found 

 correct to date: 

 Dominion or Canada- 



W, F. Whitcher, Commissioner, Ottawa, Ontario. 

 Province of New Brunswick— 



W. H. Venning, Inspector of Fisheries, St. John. 

 Province of Nova Scotia— 



W, II. ttogers, Inspector, Amherst. 

 Province of Prince Edward Island— 



J. II. Duvar. Inspector, Alberton. 

 Province of British Columbia— 



A. C. Auderson, Victoria. 

 Ttra United States— 



Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Washington, D. 0. 

 Alabama— 



C. Si G. Doster, Prattville. 



D. B. Huntley, Courtland. 

 Arizona— 



John J. Gospeiv Presoott. 



Richard Rule, Tombstone. 



Dr. J. H. Taggart, (Business Manager) Yuma. 

 Arkansas — 



John E. Reardon, Little Rock. 



James H. Hornibrook, Little Rock. 



H. H. Rottaken, Little Rock. 

 California— 



S. R, Throckmorton, San Francisco. 



J. D. Farwell, Niles, Almeda comity. 



W. W, Tiayior, San Francisco. 

 Colorado— 



Wilson E. Sisty, Idaho Springs. 

 Connecticut— 



Dr. Win. M. Hudson, Hartford. 



Robert, G Pike, Middletown. 



George N. Woodrull', Sherman. 



DELAWARE— 



Enoch Moore, Jv., Wilmington. 



Q-EOBGIi— 



J. T. Heiulerson (Commissioner of Agriculture, and <v- 

 mlii'i, , ( 'omini «i< mer of Fish and Fisheries), Atlanta. 



Dr. H. H. Cary (Supt.), La Grange. 

 Illinois— 



H. K. Fairbank, President, Chicago. 



S. P. Bai-tlett. Quiney. 



S. P. McDoel, Aurora. 

 Indiana— 



Calvin Kit t.-iier. Spencer, Owen county. 



Kentucky— 



Wm. Grifflth, President, Louisville. 



Hon. John A. Steele, Versailles. 



Dr. Wm. Van Antwerp, Mount Sterling. 



A. H. Goble, Catlettsburg. 



Hon. C. J. Walton, jhmiordville. 



Dr. S. W. Coombs, Bowling Green. 



John B. Walker. iWadisonvule. 



P. H. Darby, Princeton. 



Hon. J. M. Chambers, Indepeiidenee, Kenton ( 



W. C. Price, Danville. 

 Maine — 



E. M. Stdwell. Bangor. 



Henry O. Stanley, Dixfield. 

 Maryland— 



Thomas Hughlett, Easton. 



G. W. Delawder, Oaklaiid. 

 Massachusetts— 



E. A. Brackett. Winchester. 

 Asa French, South Bramtree. 



F. W. Putnam, Cambridge. 

 Michigan— 



EU R. Miller, Richland. 



A. J. Kellogg, Detroit. 



Dr. J. C. Parker, Grand Rapids. 

 Minnesota— 



1st District —Daniel Camevon, La Crescent. 



:>d District— Dr. William M. Sweney. Red Wing. 



3d District— Dr. Robert Ormsby Sweeny, St. Paul. 



4th Disi rict— No appointment until January. 



5th District— No appointment until January. 

 Missouri— 



Dr. J. G. W. Steedman, Chairman, 380S Pme street, 

 St. Louis. 



John Rei.l, Lexington, Lafayette, county. 



Dr. J. S. Logan, St. Joseph. 

 Nebraska— 



W. L. May, Fremont. 



R. R. Livingston, Plattsmouth. 



B. E. B. Kennedy, Omaha. 

 Nevada— 



Hon. Hubb G. Parker, Carson City. 

 New Hampshire— 



Eii'vrt/d :-o.: jluij. J-.';; I'Hii. 



Luther Hayes, Milton. 



Alfeina H. Powers, Grantham. 

 New Jersey— 



Dr. Benjamin P. Howell, Woodbury. 



Maj. Edward J. Anderson, Trenton. 



Theodore Morford, Newton. 

 New York— 



Hon. R. I'./umvil Roosevelt. H- Chainljers street, New 

 York. 



Edward M. Smith. Rochester. 



Ki'-'ljiiril r Snenna'i '■ Hartford, Oneida eoUfity- 



Eugene G. Blaekfonl (Fulton Market, New York citvi, 

 SOD Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, 

 North Carolina— 



S. G. Worth, Raleigh. 

 Ohio— 



Col. L. A. Harris, President. Cincinnati. 

 Charles W. Bond, Treasurer, Toledo. 

 Halsey C. Post, Secretary, Sandusky, 

 Pennsylvania- 

 Hod. II. J. Reeder, Eastou. 

 Hon. B. L. Hewit, Hollidaj-sburg. 

 James Duffy, Marietta. 

 John Hummel, Selingsgrove. 

 Robert Lulzell, Pittsburgh. 



G. M. Miller, Wilkesbarre. 

 Rhode Isl,»jid— 



Alfred A. Reed, Providence. 

 Newton Dexter, Providence. 

 John H. Barden, Rockland. 

 South Carolina— 



A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture and ex- 

 officio of Fish and Fisheries. Columbia. 



C. J. Huske,. Superintendent. Columbia. 

 Tennessee— 



W. W. McDowell, Memphis. 



H. H. Sneed, Chattanooga. 



Edward D. Hicks, Nashville. 

 Texas— 



R. R. Robertson, Austin, 

 Utah- 

 No appointment since the death of Prof. J. L. Barfoot 

 in April last. 

 Vermont— 



Hiram A. Cutting, Lunenburg, Essex county. 



Herbert Brauierd, St. Album-. 

 Virginia— 



Coh M. McDonald, Berryville. 

 West Virginia— 



Henry B. Miller, President, Wheeling. 



C. S. White, Secretary, Romney. 



N, M. Lowry, Hinton. 

 Wisconsin— 



The Governor, cx-o]liri<>, 3Iadison, 



Philo Dunning, President, Madison. » 



C. L. Valentine, Secretary an^d Treasurer, Janesville. 



J. V. Jones, Oshkosh. 



John F. Antisdel, Milwaukee. 



Mark Douglas, Melrose. 



Christopheir Hutchin.son, Beetown. 

 Wyoming Territory— 



Dr. M. C. Barkvvell, Chairnaan and Superintendent, 

 Cheyenne. 



Otto Gramm. Secretarv, Laramie. 



Hon. N. L. Andrews, Johnson county. 



Hon. E. W. Bennet, Carbon county. 



Hon. P. J. Downs, Uinta county. 



Hon. T. W. Quinn, Sweetwater comity. 







ritljalte, 



Kansas— 



Hon, It. B. timi, m* worth. 



THE SUCCESSFUL PROPAGATION OF CODFISH-The 

 operations of the United States Fish Oommissfpn, in the 

 direction of the lish hatching ami other experiments, are be- 

 ing at present carried on at Woods Holl, where the work has 

 been done for a couple of years past. Previous to that time 

 hatching operations for eodflsh were carried on at Gloucester, 

 and millions of voting codfish were set free there. Vast num- 

 bers have also bee.u let lease into the ocean from the hatching 

 rocks at Woods Holl. Since this work has been done, tut 

 little, if anything, has been seen of the cod small fry, till now 

 the fishermen report vast multitudes of little codfish, from 

 four to ten inches in length, in the mouth of the Piscataqua 

 River and vieinitv at Portsmouth. Since these little fish are 

 strangers in Uiav vicmirc. it is believed by those interested 

 that they are "Prof. Baird's fish," or, in other words, that they 

 are the first, visible results of the codlish hatehin- experiment 

 of the government under Prof. Baird's direction, ft is be- 

 lieved.and not without good reason, that the little cq I ifl the 



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