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RECREATION. 



MORE NOVA SCOTIA ROOTERS. 



As a rule, Canadian hunters and anglers 

 are decent men, but unfortunately there are 

 some swine among them. Here is the latest 

 herd that has been reported to me : 



Amherst. — J. H. Douglas, J. W. Taylor, Neil 

 Morrison, and H. N. Stevens have returned from 

 a successful fishing trip to Summerside. They 

 secured 42 dozen splendid trout in one day's fish- 

 ing. They were accompanied by A. W. Cummings, 

 of Folly Village, and F. L. Rayworth, of Bay- 

 field.— Sackville, N. B., Post. 



I inquired as to the truth of this report 

 and received the following reply : 



Six of us caught over 500 trout in about 

 6 hours' actual fishing. The largest trout 

 weighed 2]/ 2 pounds. 



H. N. Stevens, Amherst, N. S. 



Their numbers in the fish hog register are 

 as follows: J. H. Douglass, 1,142; J. W. 

 Taylor, 1,143; Neil Morrison, 1,144; H. N. 

 Stevens, 1,145; A. W. Cummings, 1,146; F. 

 L. Rayworth, 1,147. — Editor. 



of the prettiest on the continent and con- 

 tains plenty of small mouth bass and muska- 

 longe. I obtained several good photos. 



S. E. Sangster, Port Perry, Ont. 



NIBBLES. 

 I am informed by reliable persons that 

 Oscar Barrows, of Royalston, Mass., caught 

 114 trout one day last week. Skin him. 



R. S., Worcester, Mass. 



Confirming this report, I received the fol- 

 lowing : 



The story is true, but it happened 2 years 

 ago. I caught 67 trout and could see others 

 that would not bite, so 2 days later I fished 

 the brook again and caught 114. That is 

 the largest string of trout I -ever caught ,or 

 heard of in these parts. 



O. H. Barrows, Royalston, Mass. 



You should be heartily ashamed of it, in- 

 stead of boasting of it. Even though the 

 fishing was done 2 years ago, you, do not 

 seem to have learned anything in the mean- 

 time as to the ethics of real sport. In that 

 case, you made a hog of yourself, and you 

 now brazenly boast of it. Your number in 

 the fish hog book is 1,148. — Editor. 



Last season I spent 6 weeks on the Ka- 

 wartha lakes and was completely restored 

 to health. 



A great deal of water from Lake Scugog 

 was wasted at the mills in Lindsay, caus- 

 ing low water in the fall. The unusually 

 severe weather had formed thick ice, the re- 

 sult being the death of all the muskalonge 

 and bass in the lake. There were thou- 

 sands piled on the shores last spring, and 

 hundreds of gulls feeding on them. The 

 Indians tell me that more fish sank to the 

 bottom than there were on the shores. There 

 are no fish left save perch, etc. 



A party of us took a 2 days' trip through 

 Scugog, Sturgeon, Cameron and Balsam 

 lakes to Coboconk. The latter lake is one 



Dr. F. G. Legg and his son took many 

 large bass last summer, on the lakes in 

 Branch county. One day, at Morrison's 

 lake, they cought an even dozen black bass 

 that for size were winners. One' weighed 

 over 5 pounds, another over 4, one 3, and 

 the remainder 2 to 3 pounds each. 



W. D. E., Coldwater, Mich. 



James Doran spent 2 months camping and 

 fishing on the White river in Rio Blanco 

 county. Mr. Doran met John L. Muehl- 

 hausen, Dr. Deemer and O. B. Wright, of 

 this place. They were enjoying good health 

 and having a delightful time. 



T. S., Cripple Creek, Colo. 



A party of Middleboro anglers, including 

 Robert Donato, Joseph Benway and Percy 

 Harlow, report a successful fishing trip 

 along the lakes. 



M. B. E, Brockton, Mass. 



L. M. Peckham and S. E. Thayer, of 

 Hardwick, report some excellent pickerel 

 fishing at Muddy pond. 



J. F. C, Worcester, Mass. 



ANOTHER ONE. 

 [Denver, Nov. 20. — Alexander Suther- 

 land, said to have been the last survivor 

 of the famous Balaklava six hundred, is 

 dead at his home in this city.] 

 Fully six thousand they 

 That have been laid away 

 Since that wild charge that day 



Of the six hundred ! 

 Of those who backward rolled 

 When death's last bell "was tolled 

 Six thousand have grown cold 

 Since some one blundered ! 



Oh ! the wild charge they made ! 

 When will their glory fade ? 

 When will the last be laid 



Of the six hundred? 

 Each month that onward flies 

 The last survivor dies 

 (Unless somebody lies), 



Deathless six hundred ! 



Six hundred fought that day ! ! 

 Six thousand laid away 

 Bring back that awful fray 



Till we have wondered, 

 At ev'ry one's decease, 



At the brigade's increase, 

 When will their dying cease? 

 Deathless six hundred ! 



— Houston Post. 



