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FOREST AND "STREAM. 



lie wont to Fruit's Mill where I got the thirteen the day before, 

 and when he came home in the evening he showed me the 

 largest bladk bass I ever saw— 5| pounds'— he had five or six 

 others. I said to him, "Mr. II., you have clone very well, 

 did you get those bass with the fly ? " " No " he said, " I got 

 them with the minnow, they wouldn't bite at the fly to-day 

 at all. I fished till three o'clock, and never got a bite, then I 

 set the flies and went, away to get some minnows, and 1 got 

 all these bass will) the minnow." " You set the flies, how did 

 you set them ? " I asked. " Why, Ilhrew them into the river 

 and put a stone on the butt, of my pole, and went up the run 

 minnows." 1 learned from him that he fished with the 

 fly in the same manner that he would fish with the min- 

 now or crab, >. e., throw them hi and let them stay there a 



lion Kov. 



MJUJXLATOD — BaUvtwre, Aug. 25, 1877. — In the Fobest and 



• v\r of Aug. 28, in " Our Washington Letter," the writer 



speaks of excellent baVs fishing in the Potomac, Shenandoah, 



Now, I took a trial at bass fishing on the Potomac, at 



Georgetown, down to Qoulsem Mill or dam No. 5, and 



in the two-days' fishing did not catch half a dozen fish, though 



I used grasshopper, minnow, flies, helgranutes and toads, and 



got myself blistered by the sun, and wore my pantaloons out 



sitting" on the edge of the dam. There were around me at 



a dozen men fishing, and also an out-line across the dam 



with thirty hooks on it, and I saw two men goto that out- line 



five times and catch nothing. There was pointed out to me 



a man that had been fishing the day before and caught nothing, 



•and he had only caught one that day I was there. The two- 



i' fishing amply repaid me, for I enjoyed the air of the 



mountains and the magnificent scenery and the burning sun; 



for one can enjoy such luxuries when they can leave their 



business only for two days; but when your correspondent 



writes of the excellent fishing in the Potomac I feel rather 



bad at having been up there and not found it. I would like 



to know at what particular locality he found the hass. I got 



off at North Mountain and fished from Little Georgetown clown 



to dam No. 5. John Geoege. 



Mjohigax— Detroit, Sept. 1.— On the 28th ult. Joseph 

 Antes. L. W. Tinker and George Foot caught 60 perch and 7 

 black bass at the St. Clair Flats, in four hours' fishing. Au- 

 gust. 29, Mrs. T. McGraw caught 22 fine hlack bass. Au- 

 gust SO, Mr. Billings, of Ann Arbor, H. M. Dean and Jessie 

 Farwell caught 58 perch and 18 black bass. August 31, Judge 

 Durfee, Thos. McGraw and Louis llallock caught 38 black 

 hass ; one that the Judge caught weighed five pounds. 



Green Day.— The Advocate thinks the sponge fish has 

 been discovered in the hay. 



Wisconsin. — Westboro Station, Aug. 27.— The hest sport- 

 in ;>- place near here is twelve miles west. There is a road to 

 if, and a family living in an old logging camp who have plenty 

 Of room for twenty men. The Jump River is within one 

 mile of this camp, and is the hest place for muscalonge 

 hy all means; are caught as fast as they can he puUed out, 

 and are all large, ranging from five to twenty pounds. 



^ Oregom— Portland, Aug. 24.— It is generally believed that 

 the Utah trout in Provo River are not known to rise to a fly. 

 This is incorrect. In 1870 I was an officer in the 13th U. S. 

 infant rv, and was stationed at Provo, from the latter part of 

 July until the May of the following year. 1 put in my spare 

 time in fishing, and caught a great many trout. I used nothing 

 but artificial "flics, and caught as many as any one else— and 

 larger fish than any. One was five ponnds. The flies I had 

 best luck with, were from William Bead & Sons, of Boston, 

 Which they called a grasshopper— green body, red tail and 

 gray, brown mottled wings. 



Since I have been here have not had time to go fishing, but 

 live in hopes. There arc plenty of fish in the streams away 

 from the city. "W- Y. S. 



MnxTRKAt, Sept. 1.— Mr. J. H. Stearnes, of the Albion 

 Hotel, had fine sport recently in the Ottawa Biver, near Van- 

 rlreil, using a light trout rod and phantom minnow. Among 

 the numerous fish that he killed were a ten-pound catfish and 

 a large muskalonge, which made a two hours' fight of it be- 

 l'or'c he yielded to mine host's pliant 12-oz. green-heart. 



Hatcstead. 



^Canning Salmon.— The salmon industry of the Columbia 

 River employs 10,000 people in its various branches; the 

 value of the export this year is estimated at $5,000,000. The 

 Pacific liural Press gives this account of the process by 

 which the fish are prepared for exportation: 



Just as soon as the fish are caught, if not drowned in the 

 nefr, they are kUled by a blow on the head. The average 

 : at of salmon is twenty pounds. "When brought to the 

 cannery the fish are piled upon the wharf, and we have seen 

 1 500 salmon in a single pile. From this pile they are taken 

 to a trough, thoroughly washed and placed on a long table ; 

 here with, a single blow of a huge knife, the head is slashed 

 off • 'with a single motion of a similar knife, the fish is split 

 open and disemboweled. The head and entrails are thrown 

 away at many of the fisheries; at some of them, however, 

 they are made into a very good article of oil. After the fish 

 are cleaned, they are thrown into brine vats, where they re- 

 main for a time — this process is known as sliming; they are 

 now taken ani 1 placed, one at a time, on a small table with a 

 cutting attachment, and with a single stroke of the lever, the 

 fish is cut into exactly the proper size to fit the cans. 



Another set of hands take these bits of fish, place them 

 deftly in the cans, whence they go to other workmen, whose 

 duty" it is by means of an apparatus, to put in each can a 

 small amount of brine, for canned salmon have nothing else in 

 it. Now, the cans filled with the raw fish, pass to worKmen 

 who apply the lid and solder it on. Next, the cans are placed, 

 hundreds together, in iron rings, or ; in some of the canneries, 

 into iron squares, each form holding about 600 cans, and by 

 means of cranes all are lowered into steam boilers, where they 

 are cooked for an hour. Now, quite a nice operation takes 

 place, similar to that employed by the champagne-wine man- 

 ufacturers, which is called venting. A hole is pricked in the 

 top of the can, and the air and gases generated are allowed to 

 escape, when the little vent-hole is instantly resoldered. A sec- 

 ond cooking now takes place, when the culinary portion of 

 the canning" is ended. The cans are again taken from the 

 boilers, and are showered with cold water. If the vacuum is 

 perfect and the package sound, the top of the can caves in 

 and assumes a concave form. 

 \ Club Hovse, Blooming Grove Paek, Pike Co., Pfnx., 

 Aug. 30.— We have among our guests one Mrs. Hardie, of 

 New York, who, though only an amateur fisher, has far ex- 

 celled the old sportsmen this year. After breakfasting this 



morning on some fine large cat fish caught by herself with her 

 pretty bamboo rod, she and little Charlie Daggett, an ini 

 ing lad of some six summers, started off for " Bass," the pro- 

 prietor of the club house being in close proximity on the lake 

 in another boat. Li tile Charlie caught the first bass, weighing 

 two pounds and a half, with only a drop line and trout fly, 

 while Mrs. Hardie, taking great precaution not to lose any of 

 her favorite bait (bull frogs t, rowed off to a Sequestered spot 

 and caught the greatest number of bass caugbt&t any one- time 

 this season, the largest, weighing a little over three pounds. 

 Her merry laugh and cheerful face must have enticed the fish. 

 She enjoys fishing, rowing and croquet hugely, and all are 

 constantly seeking her society for the purpose of enjoyment 

 and indulging in her favorite game of I *eassino." 



Mrs. II. is about to leave us next week. The ladies, chil- 

 dren, and particularly the gentlemen, will, I know T , exceed- 

 ingly regret her departure, she being the "life" of the house 

 during her sojourn here. To-day we start off again, a prize 

 to be awarded to the best fisher, or in other won Is whoever 

 catches the most bass on Lake Giles. A MeSOseb, 



A Big ELltox of glUBKS. — A citizen of Dare county, N. O, 

 one day last fall made a haul with his seine in the ocean, and 

 caught" 102 sharks. The seine was only 2S0 yards long, and 

 he says that twice as man}' sharks got away as he landed. — 

 Mlentown Times. 



[This beats " four of a kind."] 



— Large quantities of blue fish are now in the Great South 

 Bay. The fishermen are satisfied that the pound nets have 

 kept them out heretofore, and they are making more money 

 with hand lines than they did with their nets, as blue fish were 

 seldom caught in them. The. catch for the past week has 

 averaged very high, some boats taking 175 to 200 per day, 



Ai.mga.tok in Detroit Rivets.— On the 20th ult. Alex. 

 Campeen discovered an unknown animal in the Detroit River, 

 near Belle Isle, which he took to be a veritable sea serpent. 

 After ex-pending considerable powder and shot, the saurian 

 was captured, and proved to be an alligator, upward of five 

 feet in length. The capture of such an animal in these waters 

 was a matter of considerable comment, until it was discovered 

 that it had escaped from the aquariutn of Henry Wesson 

 Hamtramac some two weeks previous. 



—The Earl of Dunraveu is in New Brunswick, on a fish- 

 ing tour. 



Movements of the Fishing Fleet. — The number of fish- 

 ing arrivals the past week has been 75, as follows : Banks, 14 ; 

 Georges, 37 ; Bay St. Lawrence, 5 ; Greenland, 1 ; shore 

 mackereling, 18. The receipts of mackerel have been 1,000 

 bbls. from the Bay, and about 300 bbls. shores; codfish, 925,- 

 000 lbs. Bank, 550,000 lbs. Georges; halibut, 470,000 lbs. 

 Bank, 22,000 lbs. Georges, 100,000 lbs. fetched from Green- 

 land. — Cape Ann Advertiser, Sept. 1. 



W Grayling Fishing on the Satxble. — As the best time for 

 grayling fishing is said to be September, and as that time is 

 drawing near, I will for the benefit of your readers who are 

 that way inclined, relate the experience of three fishermen, 

 who, having heard good rumors of the game cmalites of that 

 fish, and the great numbers of them to be found in the Au- 

 Sauble, concluded to test these reports. The outfit in boats* 

 etc., was quite a problem, none of us having ever seen the 

 head waters of the stream ; hence we knew not the kind of a 

 boat needed. We finally decided on a flat-bottomed one, 

 fifteen feet long and three feet in beam, which, with the sup- 

 plies and equipage, was shipped in advance to Otsego, on the 

 Jackson, LansiDg and Saginaw R. E. At this point we 

 learned that there would hardly be enough water in the North 

 Branch for the purpose of navigation, and were advised to go 

 into Chub Creek, a tributary of the same and much deeper. 

 Following that advice, and an ox team through the woods for 

 about six miles, we entered the creek below Dam 1, and pro- 

 ceeded to find our way down a stream of which we were to- 

 tally ignorant. I will here explain the use of these dams and 

 the impediment they offer to navigation. They are built for 

 the purpose of raising a head of water to float logs down 

 the stream when the natural supply is not sufficient for that 

 purpose, and when they are not in use there is little trouble in 

 getting over them, as the sill is as near the natural water as is 

 possible to be. The trip down the stream was delightful, and 

 water plenty, with the exception of a short piece below the 

 dam. Ducks and grouse w r ere found in abundance, and killed 

 as needed, as we floated along. The number of deer tracks 

 seen indicated plenty of that kind of game. Our first deer 

 was seen soon after starting, but, as the guns were in their 

 cases,, it got off in safety, and threats as to the fate of the 

 next one were in order. A few miles down the stream we 

 passed through Chub Lake, a beautiful little sheet of water, 

 well stocked w r ith hlack bass, but as we were after grayling, 

 we passed on, entering the North Branch, where our troubles 

 commenced. Here the water was so shallow that we had to 

 tow our boat the greater part of the afternoon ; passed Dam 2 

 without much trouble, and camped at dark in a 

 cedar swamp. Sunday morning came, and as two 

 of the party had scruples about runuing farther 

 that day, the tempter came in the shape of our chum Jim, 

 who suggested that we put the things into The boat, keep its 

 nose out of the bank and let it run itself. Not knowing what 

 was before us, and not having reached our fishing ground, the 

 temptation was strong and we fell; but mark the sequel ! We 

 had not been long on the way when we got aground, and as 

 Jim had been the cause of our starting he promptly got out 

 and towed us over, when H. and 1 left him to run the boat 

 down to Dam 3, agreeing that the party reaching the dam firot 

 should wait for the other; so we parted corrpany, but missed 

 the dam, and after what seemed a fourteen-mile walk we struck 

 the river at a dam, but failed to find the boat. Something 

 had to be done to appease hunger, as it was now near uL,ht, 

 so we rigged a fly -rod out of a birch sapling, and proi 

 to ascertain the number of the dam, as we bad been assured 



that we would not find our fish until we reached Dam 1. The 

 first cast was productive of nothing, and our prospects of a 

 supper were. poor. The. next brought a fine rise and a catch, 

 and on landing it we beheld our first grayling, and in accord- 

 ance with previous information we were forced to conclude 

 that the boat Was, like trie Indian's WigwBBi, lost. However, 

 in less than half an hour we had plenty of grayling for supper. 

 In all my experience I had never fouud fish so numerous, and 

 so willing to be taken, two at a time being quite a common 

 occurrence. Fly fishing Wasa new thing to H. who watched 

 the proceedings with great interest and conflicting emotions. 

 On Monday he made ins maiden effort, ami as he thought, all 

 alone, having made a good fire to keep me comfortable and 

 asleep while he did so. On awakening 1 missed him, In it » ■ 

 found him up to the thighs in a beautiful pool doing nicely, 

 having caught seven beauties. His opinion on fly fishing was 

 that it beat anything that he had ever tried. To "find Jim and 

 the boat was the next thought, 



After breakfasting on "planked grayling," we started up 

 stream, and after a long and tiresome wade,", Jim was discover- 

 ed keeping her nose, out of the bank, and greeted With a shout 

 thatma.de the welkin ring. We boarded him, and running 

 down to Dam 4, landed our duds, and were soon quite happy 

 over a good cup of coffee, relating the experiences of the past 

 twenty-four hours. Fishing now commenced in earnest ; aftel 

 a short trial we found that only a small portion of each day 

 could be devoted to that sport, unless a great many fish were 

 wantonly destroyed. The grayling affords sport equal to the Sal- 

 mo fo)iUnalis,hx& possessing a smaller and more tender mouth, 

 requires a«mall hook and more careful handling. From Dam 

 4 to where the North Branch joins the main stream, there are 

 beautiful pools nearly all the way, with fine gravelly beaches, 

 affording good casting room and a fine opportunity for landing 

 fish without the aid of a net. We spent a week very pleasantly 

 between these points, but I cannot give the distance, as the 

 river is so crooked it would only be a guess. From the junc- 

 tion down, the fishing is best done from a boat, and on that 

 account is not so pleasant. Having spent ten days fishing v\ e 

 started from Big Creek of the main stream, five miles below 

 the junction, for Lake Huron, "which we reached Sept. 22d, 

 having spent thirteen days on the stream. 



As this is already too lengthy, it would be imposing too 

 muchon good nature to relate the many laughable incidents 

 that occured; how Jim heard a bear foraging in our larder one 

 night, when, slipping out rifle in hand, he saw it take 

 cover under a leaf ; how the stew got into the fh e, el c. Parties 

 who do not wish to go as far as Otsego can enter the main 

 stream at Grayling station and reach good fishing in a short 

 time ; by following this route they will find excellent fishing 

 at the mouth of Big Creek. At Otsego there is a good hotel, 

 and if it is not convenient to bring a boat there will be little 

 trouble in having a punt built which will answer every put 

 pose. When once on the stream they will be charmed with its 

 beauty and more than charmed with its swiftness and the e 

 cellent fishing it affords. A party of five, including the party 

 of last year, will try it again in September, and indue time 

 you will learn the result. Quin. 



Port Huron, Mich., Aug, 18,1877. 



Vhe H£t[nnqL 



To Correspondents.— Those desiring us to prescribe for their does 

 will please take note of aud describo the following points iu cacti ani- 

 mal: 



1. Age. 2. Food and medicine given. 3. Appearance of the eye ; 

 of the coat ; of the tongue and li ps. 4. Any changes in the appearance 

 of the body, as bloating, drawing in of the llanks, etc. 5. Breathing, 

 the number of respirations per minute, and w nether labored or not. 

 0. Condition of the bowels and secretions of the kidneys, color, etc. 7. 

 Appetite; regnlar, variable, etc. S. Temperature of the body as Indi- 

 cated by the bulb of the thermometer when placed between the body 

 and the foreleg. 9. Give position of kennel and surroundings, outlook, 

 contiguity to other buildings, and the uses of the latter. Also give any 

 peculiarities of temperament, movements, etc., that may be noticed ; 

 signs of suffering, etc. 



St. Louis Doc, Show.— The Second Annual Bench SHOW will be held 

 under the auspices of the St. Louis fair Association In this oily, Oct. 2 

 to Oct. 5, for sporting and shepherd dogs only. Lincoln has arm en- 

 gaged as manager, and Mr. John Davidson's services as Judge have 

 been secured. Chas, H, Turner is kindly giving his time and. attention 

 to the details of the coming show, but the dogs of the St. Lotus K 

 Club will not be entered for competition. A thousand dollars in cash 

 for prizes has been given by the Fair Association. The catalogues will 

 be out in a few days and can be had, with all particulars, by addressing 

 O. H. Turner, Pair Association, St. Louis. Our fair of itself is won h 

 coming from the East to see, but to dog owners the show ought to be 

 attractive enough to bring them out In force. Our Western meu attend 

 the .Eastern shows generally, aud we want our Eastern friends to come 

 out and see us. Railroad fares will be reduced. Any onecotuing from 

 the East to exhibit here will meet with a hearty welcome from St. 

 Lonis sportsmen. J. W. if. 



The Bostox Dog Show. — The exhibition opened at Music 

 Hall, September 3d, and has already attracted thousands cf 

 people, who come and see aud go away perfectly satisfied, It 

 is, indeed, the best exhibition in New England, and compares 

 favorably with the bench shows of other cities. Upwards of 

 two thousand visitors were admitted on Monday, ami Ihe 

 number was largely increased Tuesday and Wednesday. The 

 owners of Boston dogs, with an eye to their comfort, remove 

 their animals each night, returning them in the morning, at 

 which time it is worth one's while to view them, numbers ar- 

 riving at the same time. Some are full of life, and evidently 

 anxious to mingle with the howling, yelping, growling throng, 

 while others, as they hear the disturbance, tug at their tethers, 

 and exhibit their displeasure by barks and yelps. More quit t 

 was noticeable Wednesday, the canines having evidently be- 

 come somewhat reconciled to their position The house pets 

 seem least willing to be comforted, although they receive a 

 great deal of attention from lady visitors. It is interesting to 

 watch the people making the grand rounds, and a close stu- 

 dent of human nature soon selects the admirers af each of the 

 numerous breeds represented. 



Name Claimed.— I hereby claim name of Ned II. for my 

 red Irish setter dog, by Lakin's Ned, out of Dunham's J 

 ITm York, Aug. 29. E. EusbmoBB. 



