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landing in a nice patch of bfiers, and after 
a hard run of about 100 rods headed off 
his trousers. The Doctor finally landed 
at the mouth of Bear run and explained, 
te his own satisfaction, that barring acci- 
dents, he knew how to cross a creek. 
On Bear run are a number of waterfalls 
6 to 8 feet high. As our Doctor was 
crossing the run, just above a fall, he slip- 
ped and in a second was wedged between 
2 large rocks, with half the water in the 
creek pouring over his shoulders. He ex- 
tricated himself in an instant,—but the 
ducking brought on him the hallucination 
that it was near train time and, as he is a 
large man, we thought best to humor him 
by returning at once to the station. 
P. E. Griesemer, Du Bois, Pa. 

UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. 
I do not agree with RECREATION about 
game hogs. Its argument is all right for 
thickly populated places where much fish- 
ing is done; but would-hardly do in places 
like the wilds of Canada where there are 
many streams which have never been 
fished. There a man can not be blamed 
for catching a big string. The talk about 
streams being fished out is all bosh. It is 
not the hog who spoils fishing; it is the 
tanneries, dye works, saw mills, dams, 
steamboats, etc. Fish are always on the 
move; you might catch a lot one season 
and the next in the same place catch none. 
Some men can catch fish where other men 
can not. 
Philip J. Elliott, Montreal, Canada. 
ANSWER. 
Of course the man who catches 20 
pounds of trout in a day in any New Eng- 
land stream, is a much bigger hog than he 
who takes the same quantity in a day from 
one of your Canadian streams or lakes; 
but if he catches them simply for the mere 
pleasure of killing or for the purpose of 
making a record to boast of, he is a hog 
in either case. Why should any man want 
to destroy a large number of beautiful fish, 
Many a time I have fished in waters where 
I could have taken 100 pounds of fish in 
a day, but when I have caught enough for 
camp use or a reasonable quantity to take 
home, my desire for killing has invariably 
vanishe1 and I have quit. I believe this 
should be the creed of every angler and 
every true sportsman. I know of many men 
who go into your forests and kill 10 to 15 
salmon a day, weighing say Io to 30 pounds 
each, and someeven larger. I claim that all 
such men are hogs, no matter what their 
The talk about 
waters being fished out is not bosh by 
any means. I have fished nearly all over 
the continent and know what I am talking 
about. I know hundreds of streams that 
have no tanneries, dye works, saw mills or 
dams on them, and which are liberally 
stocked every year by the fish commission- 
ers, yet they are kept fished out so clean 
that within a month after the opening of 
each season, it is practically impossible to 
catch a trout 8 inches long within these 
streams. By the clo:- of the season you 
can not get one even 6 inches long. I refer 
now to streams in New England, in Penn- 
sylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, etc. I have 
hundreds of friends who live near or on 
such streams who know all the holes, and 
they will verify my statement, to the letter, 
Of course mills, dye houses and such like 
do a great dealof damageto many streams, 
but no small stream in a thickly settled 
country can stand the annual onslaughts of 
the army of fish hogs for any great length 
of time. EDITOR. 

One afternoon in August I was pushing 
the mower on a lawn overlooking the 
Allegheny river. My cousin noticed some- 
thing swimming in the water and asked 
what it was. I saw it was a large hard-shell 
turtle. When she brought out a rifle for 
me to shoot the turtle I laughed and saidit 
would sink to the bottom if I hit it. Still, 
when the turtle came within 60 feet of us 
I took careful aim at the middle of his 
hack and fired. The bullet splashed water 
over the turtle and I stood watching, ex- 
pecting him to disappear as soon as he 
recovered from his surprise. As he did not 
sink I rowed out and lifted him into the 
boat, very much alive and full of fight. 
When I examined him there was no sign 
of a bullet on his shell or head, nor could 
I find a mark when I dressed him. What 
was the matter with him and why did he 
not die or sink when I went after him? 
W. V. Binkerd, West Monterey, Pa. 

WORK FOR THE LEAGUE. 
I have lived in Worcester county some 
time and can tell Mr. F. W. Allard, of 
Worcester, that he can lay a large share of 
the violation of fish laws to the foreign 
population of that city, especially to the 
Swedes. Lake Quinsigamond has been 
stocked with trout, but it will do no good 
unless they are protected from dynamite. 
I have seen the shores lined with dead 
fish, killed by dynamiters, who had taken 
what they wanted and left the poorer 
kinds. There is work for the L. A. S. 
in Worcester county, lots of it. Mr. Fred. 
Whithead, of Millbury, Mass., I think 
would be pleased to cooperate with any- 
one in the enforcement of the laws. 
G. E. Palmer, Revere, Mass. 

SMALL HOOKS. 
We have a lake near here that is over- 
run with sunfish. There are black bass in 
the lake, but the sunfish keep them down. 
It is impossible to catch a bass with a. 
