OTOMtn S;', 1881.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



253 



" BiWiotlieca Piscatoria," 1885, Then Betliune'a list in the 

 American edition of "The Complete Anglet," 1847. After 

 amc ; 'A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books on 

 Angling," by Russell Smith, 1844. Then the greatest and 

 heat, by Thomas Wesfwood. 1861. This was followed by 

 the "Bibliotheca Ichlhyologia" of D. Mulder Bosgoed, in 

 1874. Mr. Westwood, by the way, is revising his great, 

 work, and we expect to see it before long. 



Mr. Lambert baa given an interesting little book, although 

 far from attempting to give even the "titles of all the works 

 mi angling, lie gives some quaint extracts from old books 

 and some poetical extracts. 



AMrHKECIOTJS FISHES. 



Media, Delaware Co., Pa., Oct. 23. 



■■'■■'"'■■''■■■/• Fm-ext and Stream: 



In addition to the list of fishes which I lately sent to you, 

 Which live in both fresh and Bait water, I will add the long- 

 nose gar, Lcpidoxtem (mem. This fish is very abundant in 

 the fresh water streams on the west coast of Florida. When 

 becalmed in the shoal water of the Uulf of Mexico 1 saw 

 many gar fish, which I feel confident 'were of this species. 

 They did not seem to entertain any fear of the porpoises 

 winch were seen to swim near them. Alligators, however, 

 arc not so fastidious as the porpoises, as I once saw one of 

 the, former which had a large fish in its stomach. This spe- 

 cies of gar is very retentive of life. I once made a drawing 

 of one of them, which had been out of water eighteen hours, 

 ami even then it snapped its jaws several times. The smell 

 from them is very disagreeable and sickening. There are 

 also two other species of gar fish in Florida, the short-nose 

 gar, L. plati/stonrus, and the spoonbill, or alligator gar, 

 IJikoUpi* spatula,,- though these Bpecies are more rare. 



Jqsbi'u Wilcox. 



PROPOSED 



ABROGATION OF 

 TREATY. 



THE FISHERY 



A MEETING was recently held in Gloucester, Mass., for 

 the purpose of conferiug with the Hon. Eben F. Stone, 

 Member of Congress from that State, upon the fishery inter- 

 ests. The meeting was composed of fishermen, owners of 

 Ashing vessels and business men, Mr. FitzJ. Babson, Col- 

 lector of the Port, presided, and among those present were : 

 A. H. Clark and Capt, Stephen J. Martin, of the U. S. Fish 

 Commission : Col. E. H. Haskell, J. O. Proctor, Esq., B. II. 

 Corliss, Esq., Col. David W. Low, Capt. Chas. Dagle; Henry 

 Coas, Collector Huse, of Newburyport; Messrs. \V. A. Wil- 

 cox, of the Boston Fiah Bureau, and others interested. 



Mr. Babson stated that the object of the meeting was to 

 give Mr. Stone an opportunity of learning the views of the 

 peoplo who are mainly interested in fishing, and to clevlse 

 means to abrogate the treaty with Great Britain, which so 

 far from a benefit is an injury to American fishery interests. 

 He referred to the treatment the fishermen had received from 

 those of the Provinces, and proved by statistics that the 

 American fisheries for cod and halibut are pursued ou the 

 ocean banks, entirely outside of any national jurisdiction. 

 For the tune mouths of the present year, there had been 

 caught on these banks, 19,688.300 pounds of codfish, and 

 2,072,900 pounds of halibut, 99,998 barrels of mackerel had 

 been caught by our fleet, and with the exception of 43 bar- 

 rels caught in the Bay of St. LawTence, had all been taken in 

 American waters, proving that the mackerel fishery is and 

 has been worthless to the "American fishermen on the British 

 const and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



This, he claimed, w T as also true of the herring, squid, cape- 

 liu or other bait fisheries, as these fish cannot be taken by 

 American fishermen, and are consequently bought by them 

 like any other commercial commodity, the same as if no 

 treaty existed. The monstrous valuation by the Halifax 

 Commission of the British inshore fisheries, together with an 

 ■ equal amount remitted as duties by the United States to 

 British fishermen, is a record of almo'st criminal blundering, 

 which no nation can afford to perpetuate. He concluded by 

 offering the following memorial, which was received with 

 favor, as expressing the sentiment of the meeting. 



To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives in. 

 Congress assemled : This memorial respectfully represents 

 that by act 33 of the treaty of Washington, the articles of 

 said treaty relating to the fisheries, shall remain in force ten 

 years from the elate at which they may come in operation, 

 and for a further period of two years after cither of the two 

 parties shall have given notice of its desire to terminate the 

 Banie. Now, therefore, we, the fishermen of the United 

 Stales, knowing and helieving that the results of the said 

 treaty have not only been detrimental to the interests of the 

 United States, but unjust and monstrous in the valuation by 

 , the Halifax Commission of the British shore fisheries, and 

 which the experience of the past ten years has shown to be 

 Valueless to American fishermen, do hereby pray your 

 honorable boely to cause notice to be given, at the earliest 

 practical moment, of the desire of the United States to ter- 

 minate the operation of the fishery articles of said treaty, 

 and all other treaty provisions relating to the fisheries on the 

 shores of Canada and Newfoundland, for the following 

 reason:-, to the end that the British and American fishermen 

 .may each in their own waters enjoy the right to take fish un- 

 molested, and equal commercial rights in the waters of either 

 country. 



Colonel Stone then responded. He was pleased to meet 

 such a large representation of the business men of the city, 

 including, as it did, some of the men who were masters of 

 the fishing vessels. He had no. idea of the immense collateral 

 industries in connection with the Gloucester fisheries, which 

 lie had witnessed in his drives around the city, and in the 

 calls be had made in company with Collector Babson during 

 the day. It was almost a revelation, as his idea of the fish- 

 eries was that of the old-fashioned methods, where there had 

 been no attempt at canning, or skinning and boning, which 

 was carried on so Successfully in Gloucester, and formed 

 such important industries. The abrogation of the Washing- 

 Treaty and again putting on a duty on foreign fish, did 



.seem so easy to him as it did to Captain Babson, as there 



re other interests in the country opposed to this. We 



1st meet a serious opppoaition from those who wish to get 

 cheaply as they can. He thought the question could 



I put in the shape Of Protection to American Industry, and 

 ; could not be denied with any kind of grace. If protec- 

 lie right in principle, it would be grossly unjust to ne- 

 I ( ! kaieester. There is a similar fish industry on the 

 s, where they are Baet by Canadian. interference, oud by 

 cooperation of these interests, we may gain Western 

 with which to carry our point. He hoped also that the 



manufacturing interests extending so rapidly in the South, 

 where heretofore they bad uo foothold, will ere long find it, 

 necessary to ask protection. If he found difficulties';' ho also 

 found encouragement, and should, if he had opportunity, 

 d i everything in his power for the renewal of the old duties. 



Mr. B. H. Corliss reviewed the fishing business, its strug- 

 gle, its elecline in other places, the great sacrifices of life and 

 properly in its prosecution and the enterprise and courage 

 exhibited by our people in carrying it ou against so many 

 obstacles. He spoke of the concessions which bad been 

 made to Great Britain, the neglect of our Government to 

 send an armed vessel into provincial waters to protect the 

 fishermen and look after their rights when unjustly assailed. 

 In his opinion, we had now arrived at that point when we 

 want the treaty abrogated, as the privileges we had from it 

 were not worth a dollar. 



Mr. W. A. Wilcox assured the meeting of his sympathy 

 and heartily indorsed the remarks which had been made. 

 These were his own personal views. He had visited the 

 various fishing ports and the industry was well deserving of 

 protection. Boston did not agree with these views: but he 

 considered anything different a short-sighted policy. ' 



Mr. A, n. Clark bad visited all the fishing ports in the 

 United States, obtaining statistics in the interest of the Pish 

 Commission. There was a vast amount of information 

 which would prove astonishing to the people. The statistics 

 of Gloucester clearly proved the great disadvantages under 

 which she has labored with this treaty in operation. Prof. 

 Baud was of the opinion that it should be abrogated at the 

 expiration of the time. 



Other remarks were made by Col. David W. Low, John J. 

 Pew, Esq., who were in sympathy with the meeting and 

 indorsed the remarks made. 



A committee of five, comprising Fifcz J. Babson, B. H. 

 Corliss, David W. Low, John J. Pew and James G. Tarr, 

 were chosen to prepare a memorial, to be circulated for sig- 

 natures in the various fishing towns and be presented to Con- 

 gress., 



That the fishery treaty should be abrogated there can be 

 no doubt for both the American and Canadian fishermen de- 

 mand it. To place the question fairly we give the Canadian 

 view, as expressed in the Toronto Globe, of the 14th. It 

 says : " The award of the Halifax Fishery Arbitrators was 

 that the United States should pay Canada and Newfoundland 

 $5,500,000 for the right to fish in British North American 

 waters for twelve years. The Washington treaty provided 

 that the clauses giving fishery rights to the Americans and to 

 the Canadians the right of sending fish and fi3h products into 

 the States free of duty, should have force for ten full years, 

 after the end of which period either party could, by giving 

 two year's notice of a wish to end the agreement, bring it to 

 a conclusion. Four months have elapsed since the Canadian 

 Government could have caused the Washington Government: 

 to be notified, yet no action has been taken. The mutter 

 should at once be attended to. At the rating of the Halifax 

 Commission, ihe value of the concessions received by the 

 States exceeded the value of the concessions made by th em 

 by the sum of $458,333 each year. Consequently, Canada 

 has lost Over $152,000 by the four month's delay of the 

 Ottawa authorities. But that would be a very low estimate 

 of the actual loss. The Halifax award was very much in 

 favor of the States, and a revaluation would, of course, give 

 Canada increased compensation, even if the privileges 

 claimed and exercised by the American fishermen wen no| 

 in excess of those which the arbitrators reckoned on. But 

 the fact is that the Washington Government in the Fortune 

 Bay affair put an interpretation on the treaty that gives the 

 American fishermen privileges for which the award was not. 

 intended to pay Canada. That interpretation was more or 

 less distinctly recognized as correct by the Gladstone 

 Government, consequently a revaluation would give the 

 Dominion a largely increased annual rental for the fisheries. 



Though justice requires the earliest possible exclusion of the 

 American fishermen from the enjoyments of rights for which 

 their Government has not paid, there would be in this coun- 

 try some good-natured reluctance to take action if the Glou- 

 cester fishermen had not presumed to "bluff" the Do- 

 minion. Fondly imagining that they will be allowed to 

 poach in British waters, they have been instructed by the no- 

 torious Babson to request the Washington Government to 

 give the required two years' notice. They hope to take fish 

 where they please, and at the same time to exclude Cana- 

 dian fish from the States by prohibitory duties. Not a mo- 

 ment should be lost in taking them at their word. 



It may be doubted whether Canada should again agree to 

 let the Americans enjoy admission to the fisheries for a sum 

 to be fixed by arbitration. Perhaps the best course would be 

 to rigidly keep the groundsfor our own people till our neigh- 

 bors agree to pay a fair money price named by the Canadian 

 Government or to enter into some other arrangement satis- 

 factory to this country. Were that course taken the reim- 

 position of American duties on Canadian fish or fish products 

 would not injure Canadian fishermen in the least, while they 

 would be freed from competion, and thus enabled to extend 

 their operations very greatly. But whatover course may ul- 

 timately be followed it is absurd that the Americans should 

 be allowed to go on catching fish for which they have not 

 paid, it is not now possible to prevent them exercising that 

 privilege for four months in 1883, but notice should be im- 

 mediately given that they will be allowed to take advantage 

 of Canada no longer. 



» .«. . 



Man-Eating Sharks. — The Pensncola, Fla., hSaeeUe of 

 Oct, 18 tells how Anthony McDonald, a sailor, belonguig 

 to the English ship "Forest Rights," wfls drowned on Sun- 

 day, while bathing near the Central Wharf. The mate of a 

 vessel lying near went to his rescue as soon as il was known 

 tbat.be was in peril, but before reaching the spot; the unfortu- 

 nate youth hael sunk out of sight. The body was dragged for, 

 but not recovered until the next morning, when it was found 

 to be horribly mutilated by sharks. Deceased wa3 aged 18, 

 aged 18, a native of Liverpool, and tin's was his first voyage. 

 He seems to have been a great favorite with his shipmate;;. 

 The body was left moored to a ship lying at the wharf, 

 awaiting the arrival of a coroner, who decided Upon bis ar- 

 rival that an incpiest was unnecessary. We are told that yes- 

 terday an immense shark— estimated to be more than fifteen 

 feet in length— arose to the surface, and seizing the body in- 

 stantly carried it under the wharf. Parties standing near 

 took hold of the rope, and after a tug with ihe mounter de- 

 prived him of his prey. This subsequent attack of the man- 

 eater is conclusive proof that the unfortunate young Ho an met 

 an awful death in the jaws of a shark. His head and one 

 arm and one leg were gone, while a large gash Was visible in 

 his left side. This is the second death of the kind that, has 

 come to our knowledge within the year. Tee otber was that 



of a mate of a small vessel who was knocked overboard be- 

 tween here and Mobile a few months ago, and who was seized 

 by one of these large fish, and carried below in the presence 

 of his shipmates. 



Bait Hooks with Gut Loon— Fort Wayne, Bid., Oct. 17. 

 I have always had more or less trouble by the snarling and 

 entangling of my snclled hook9 used in bait fishing for bass. 

 Last spring I conceived an idea that, so far as I am con- 

 cerned, after a thorough trial, has proved a success, and has 

 been adopted by several of our local anglers that have seen 

 the change. The "conceived idea" is as follows : I had the 

 veteran angler Charles F. Orvis, of Manchester, Vt., tie for 

 me two dozen sprout hooks with simply a loop of gut on the 

 end, also a few nine-inch snells with loop at each end. The 

 books are carried in an old fly book that I huve converted 

 into numerous pockets that bold two hooks each. The snells 

 are carried in a single pocketbook of proper length. The 

 advantages of this plan I claim to be as follows : We are in 

 the habit of breaking more hooks than snells, and in this 

 event the snells are cast away, while in my plan a new hook 

 is only to be mounted, the "snell being snVed. Second, the 

 snells cost more than the book in the old plan, while a dozen 

 of my style snells will outlast three or four times as many 

 hooks, thus being a great deal cheaper. I inclose one of the 

 hooks to convey my idea better. I think this plan original 

 with Willis D. Maibr. 



Trout Frozen ln a Block of Ion.— At the office of the 

 Virginia City and Gold Hill Water Company, recently, was 

 on exhibition a block of ice in winch were frozen several 

 trout. The ice was frozen by the company's ice machine on 

 the Divide. The trout were almost as plainly visible as 

 though they had been suspended in air. They were in natu- 

 ral attitudes, and appeared to have congealed without know- 

 ing that anything unusual was happening to them. As all 

 their spots and colors were distinctly visible, and they stood 

 immovable with tails and fins expanded, they would have 

 formed a splendid study for au artist. Indeed, we think 

 that here is a hint that painters of such subjects should not 

 neglect. Bets were made that they would thaw out " alive 

 and kicking," and the block of ice was accordingly placed in 

 a tank and allowed to melt, but at last accounts the trout 

 were lying on the bottom apparently quite dead. Artificial 

 freezing was evidently too quick and sharp for them. — Vir- 

 ginia City (Nev.) Enter ■prise. 



Angling fou Alligators.— It is said that the unusual 

 drought in Florida has had the effect of drying up Sibley Lake 

 to such an extent as to leave only a few slush spots here and 

 there, and in these alligators sought refuge in huge numbers, 

 digging huge burrows into the ground. * This has furnished 

 great sport to the settlers in the neighborhood, who have 

 gone in crowds to these spots, and fished with fine success 

 for the enormous reptiles. The manner of catching them 

 has been to thrust long rods with hooks at the end into one 

 of the cavernous burrows and stir up the occupants. One of 

 the alligators would snap at the rod, a. jerk would fasten the 

 hook into the soft part of Ihe lower jaw, aud it would then 

 be easy to draw the animal out and kill it with hatchets. It 

 is not every year that such fishing can be enjoyed, even in 

 Florida. 



<gis1\cultttre. 



THE MAYJJTSH OF GEBM ANY. 



THIS member of the family, Chtpefi, is a fish in size and general . 

 appearance like the shad of America. It doeB not, however, 

 ageend the rivers in such great schools as does our own Alosa 

 Sapidiasima, and atteuiptBhavc-boeniun.de to cultivate it. In :i 

 recent number of the Fiseh«rei Zeitiw/. of Stettin, we find an ar- 

 ticle on it, of which we offer the following translate 

 In a letter from Herr Max von dem Borne to a pape 



,'s that for the past 

 tried to cultivate the lnayfjab (Maitisch or die 

 aio:;a.) but the operations ha ve Dot been w a 

 with the shad in America. In the latter caB£ th 

 the East Coast of America can tula.; lipi' !' i ": i 

 uf iK, iv and in the estuaries [at the bead wat 

 EtoBtoi and Stream.] In vain we seek loh Bit 

 between Coblentz and Heidelberg. Hen yen <1 

 ripe mayfish are caught in Holland, at the mcmtl 

 eggs mature enough for transportation. He B: 

 America the ripe fish are chiefly caught in tl 



i Holland 

 nshoulforiata have 



■ Alai 



torn Brans asks if 



hs. of rivers, with 



»ays also that in 



I first half of the 

 ■ i liia being the time when they seek the Btt&iea for spawning. 

 "We And the same here," says Mr. i'ishtnastcr Mueller, at T.-, 

 dorf, who has had some experience in the culture of mayfleh in the 

 upper waters of the Phine. 



Will it be easier then lo take the nearly ripe flsh at the mouth of 

 the river and preserve them until fully ripe than to try to take 

 them in the upper pori.on of the river V The dsb certainly ascend 

 when uear spawning and the nearer to the Bpawning places they 

 are taken the riper they must be. Peil . i ■ i 



to manipulate the spawning fish r.n the Weser with more su n 

 However, the man ill Holland answers Mr. von dem Berne's ques- 

 tion by saying that ripe rnaytisb were caught in Holland at the 

 mouths of rivers in Jum and July. Certain it i8 that the ariificial 

 culture of mayfish lias not yet been a bi 



ITSHCrLTT'KA!. NOTES. 



JROJE S. A. FORBES and party, f 



l Statu Laboratory 

 io •- i: ' torn ranch satisfactory 

 work with dredge, and beam-trawl in Lake Michigan and the r.n. alt- 

 er lakes (if Noitb'-ni Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. They have 



obtained oVIargi ool ioUoi ol tfbj Binalloi I '•■ upon nrhlcb the 

 i , ■ : ed and which has a direct hearing upon the existence of 

 young fishes especially. They will soon complete their season's 



The Fishary Commission of the Stati ■' kli i ;an baa outgrown 



the little hatchery ar l : to Paris, Mecosta 



whore it can conduct operations ot 

 id a line brook, rnuniug at gfk • 

 temperature of<18deg. at Tin- 8] 

 only two degrees higher in the stri 

 teen mouth., ago Mr. f'oitman, flu 

 brook trout fry in it, and since wo. 

 173 of them at the lower dam \ 

 inches in length. Ths new hatche 

 completed. 



A shipment at lhc fcnrbot and so 

 mission ia expected on the fun 

 lime ot one going to pi 

 a gentleman well known . 

 in charge of Mr. A. \V. An te 3, 

 the well-known trout ponds at Kes 

 tain (be result of the shipment. . 



from Mr. .lames : Gcddci<,who has spout much time in the 

 Adiroudacks this pant jeaeon, that Mr. A. It. I n b 



i ir trout and is ifockiM;-' porno lioio: LO 1'innkliu Co., 



At T'Ki'in there 

 tor 131 cubic inches, with a 

 oieh.it start • ■' 

 tnin the ho: 



Superintendent, planted 1,0(10 

 has begun there he has taken 

 ii b v are fi mi ai{ I I 

 ■ is 60 by 20 feet, and is nearly 



s for the Di S. Fishery Com- 



•ct steamer Parthia about the 



c sent by Mi-. C. L 



for hiii inter. 



irothor of Mr. Ann 



ok. fjiir next issue will eon- 



