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codfish, salmon and trout; and the lowest 
form, as coral, sponge, etc. 
The answer was marked correct, with the 
exception of the salmon and trout, which 
had been crossed off; and the whole answer 
was given a mark of 8. 
What I want to know is, what class do 
the trout and. salmon belong to? 
I get most valuable information and news 
from your magazine. 
Jas. P. Besse, Hartford, Conn. 
ANSWER. 
In the first place, the question is without 
point. Even the most elementary knowl- 
edge of zoology should have kept any teach- 
er from asking such a question. Whatever 
the person asking the question may have 
had in mind, it is evident that the answer is 
as good as any that could be given. If 
shark and codfish are accepted as right, sal- 
mon and trout should also be accepted, for 
they are equally right. Salmon and trout 
_ are found in the ocean, just as ‘sharks and 
codfish are. I should say that the answer is 
much better than the question, and worth 
the full number of credits ——EDITor. i 

FISHING ROD \ 
No. 735,471. Elliott H. Crane, Kalamazoo, 
‘Mich., assignor to O. Le Grand Allen, 
Benton Harbor, Mich. Filed May 18,; 
1903. Serial No. 157,630, 
Claim.—The combination of a suitable 
grip-section A; section B, each section con- 
sisting of a central tapered steel rod‘e; a 
plurality of tapered steel rods e spirally ar- 
ranged about the same; ferrules bb into 
which the ends of said rods are rigidly se- 
cured; ferrules b centrally arranged on said 
sections; and a tip section C formed of a 
tapered steel rod, the taper of said rods 
forming each section being uniform with 
that of the rods of the adjacent sections, etc. 

NIBBLES, 
I have just run up from Catalina where 
the fishing is beyond belief, and so, like- 
wise, is the waste of good fish. Tons on 
tons of yellow tail, albicore, black sea bass, 
etc. are killed and thrown back into the 
ocean. I tried to organize a movement to- 
ward tagging the fish with a small alumi- 
num tag, bearing name and date, and then 
releasing them uninjured, thus increasing 
- where my folks have a cottage. 
RECREATION. 
the interest in future fishing as well as pre- 
serving the fish; but at present the desire to 
be photographed alongside a ton or so of 
25 pound yellow tail is too strong to over- 
come. When people learn to be ashamed, in- 
stead of proud, of such slaughter we may 
hope for something better. 
Herbert Earlscliffe, Santa Barbara, Cal. 

We have a few bass, but nearly all are 
infested with worms. What is the cause? 
Carl Clark, Brownsburg, Ind. 
ANSWER. 
You do not state the nature of the worms 
nor their position, whether in the intestines, 
free in the abdominal cavity, or in the 
muscular tissues. Worms of various kinds 
are common in trout, bass, and other fishes, 
and in the case of some bodies of water, 
like Yellowstone lake and Lake Tahoe, 
practically every fish of a given species will 
be infested: These worms, however, ordi- 
narily do no harm, and the fishes affected 
may be eaten with impunity.—EbiTor. 

} A newspaper clipping sent me some time 
ago stated that Thomas Voorhees and James 
Mulhall, of St. Louis, Mo., had caught 55 
pike, weighing over 225 pounds, in 2 days. 
I wrote these men and Voorhees replies as 
follows: 
We caught the fish, and could have caught 
more if we had worked harder. 
Tom Voorhees, St. Louis, Mo. 
These 2 men are recorded in the fish hog 
book thus: Voorhees, number 979, and 
Mulhall, number 980.—Eniror. 

I spent last July at Lake Massabesic, 
Having © 
learned the haunts of the fish during pre- 
vious visits, I was able to keep our table 
supplied with pickerel and bass. The lake 
is well stocked and the fish are of fair size. 
The lake covers I,100 acres and its greatest 
depth is 60 feet. I caught the largest bass 
taken from it last summer, a 4% pounder. 
H. G. Sanford, Manchester, N. H. 

The biggest trout ever caught in Pennsylvania 
was taken from the waters of Spring creek, with- 
in Bellefonte borough limits, by Al Hoffman, a 
local fisherman. The trout was of the rainbow 
variety and measured 25 inches in length, was 5% 
inches deep across the side, 3% inches across the 
back and weighed 6% pounds. It was caught on 
an eel set line. In its mouth were found 6 fish- 
hooks and pieces of line. The fish is to be mount- 
ed and sent to State Fish Commissioner Meehan. 
~Philadelphia Ledger. 

Can any reader of RECREATION tell me 
where there is a good place for trout fish- 
ing on Beaverkill creek? Is there a good 
boarding house in the vicinity? Is a fee 
required from non-residents for fishing in 
Maine? F. H. L., Monticello, N. Y. 
