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Shoulder, and is aiiout four feet long. General color, cinnamon 

 brown, witii face, croup, inside of legs, tail and belly wiiire, separated 

 i row Hie brown by a well-defined band of venous red alone Hanks ; a 

 Chestnut streak from the horns to the nose ; horns lyrate, with tips 

 turned inward) end of tail with a tuft of blaoii hair posteriorly di- 

 rected. From the loins to the root of tail are two folds of akin, 

 running parallel to each other, lined with line white hair. These (olds 

 open when the animal leaps, tuns exposing the whito croup and pro- 

 tlneiug a very beautiful effect. It is a native of South Africa, and goes 

 in immense herds, migrating during seasons of excessive droughts, so 

 that tllev have been compared to swarms of locust*. Mr. Pringle, an 

 English traveler In that country, says that he ODtte passed through one. 

 oi these migratory hordes, and he estimated the number at one nine in 

 view at not less than 20,000. W. A. CoSKtMf, 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 



To Our Customers and the Public : In reply to the damaging 

 (reports which have been circulated respiting the quality oi' 



our split bamboo rods, by " dealers" who are unable to compete 

 with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular which 

 we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the falsity 

 of their assertions. 



CONROY, BlSSETT & MALLESON, 



— [Adv. Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. T. 





FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 



>jlnck Bass, Micropterus salmoides; Wcaktlsh, Qy-iumion regalia. 



M, nigricans. Bluehsh, J'omato>mw mltatiix. 



Masoalonge, Ssox nobilior. Spanish Mackerel, Cybium niacula- 



Pike or Pickerel, Esox lucius. turn. 



Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens. Cero, Ci/hiwm regale. 



Hea Bass, tciamop.i nwllattts. Bonito, Sarria pelamya. 



Ninped Bass, lloccs lirmeotua. K.ingflsh, Mvnticirrus nebulomis. 

 While Perch, Moeone wmerieano. 



Fish in Market. — The piscatorial savants have been de- 

 lighted the past week with a rare curiosity displayed in Fulton 

 jjarkct, by Mr. Blackford. Theflsh is known to naturalists 

 as i be American Angel fish, and was caught by a party of ang- 

 lers who were blue fishing off Ganarsie. The specimen has a 

 broad, flattened body, elevated toward the pectorals. The 

 tail is attenuated and sharp edged. The head is rather -wider 

 than long, obtuse and emarginatcd in front between the nos- 

 trils ; depressed above and between the eyes. The neck is 

 rather tumid and distinct, and the cheeks are flat. The eyes are 

 small, furnished with blunt tubercles, with similar ones above 

 the nostrils. The tongue is triangular, fiat, not distinct, and 

 terminated by a small, fleshy, round ball. Its length is about 

 four feet, and its forward fins very like wings ; the connection 

 with the body being dissimilar to that of ordinary fish. This 

 fish is very rarely caught, the present specimen being only the 

 second seen in this city within twenty -five years. It is some- 

 times known among fishermen as the monk or monkey fish; 

 the male rejoices in pre-eminent ugliness among the ugly forms 

 of fish life. It belongs to the shark family, and being of the 

 flesh-eating class a prejudice exists against it being considered 

 edible. 



Our quotations are as follows : Striped bass, 20 cents per 

 pound ; smelts, 15 cents ; bluefish, 8 cents ; salmon, frozen, 

 SO cents; green do., 35 cents; mackerel, 15 cents; while 

 perch, 15 cents; weakfish, 12 cents; Spanish mackerel, 25 

 cents ; green turtle, 15 cents ; terrapin, $ 15 ; frost fish, 8 

 cents; halibut, 15 cents ; haddock, 6 cents; king-fish, 25 

 cents; codfish, 8 cents; black-fish, 10 to 15 cents; native 

 herrings, G cents ; flounders, 8 to 10 cents ; porgies, 10 cents; 

 sea bass, 18 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; scallops, 

 $1.25 per gal. ; English turbot, 40 cents; soft clams, 30 to 60 

 cents per 100 ; Salmon trout, 18 cents ; black bass, 15 cents ; 

 shecpshead, 25 cents; whitefish, 15 cents; pickerel, 15 cents; 

 yellow perch, 10 cents; hard shell crabs, $3 per 100; soft 

 crabs, $1.25 per dozen; frogs, 45 cents per pound. 



Massachusetts— rGl&ycester, Sept. 28. — Elbridge Gerry, off 

 Eastern Points, last Friday, caught a halibut weighing' 320 

 pounds. 



Movements of tue Fishimo Fleet.— The number of fish- 

 ing arrival at this port the past week has been 62, including 11 

 from the Banks with 145,000 lbs codfish and 335,000 lbs. 

 halibut ; 16 from Georges, with 200,000 lbs. codfish and 5,000 

 alibut ; 25 from shore mackereling trips, with 1,175 u'bls 

 mackerel ; and 10 from fishing trips off shore, with a fair 

 catch of hake, codfish, pollock and haddock. The fleet en- 

 gaged in the latter fishery is increasing, and will soon number 

 some twenty-five vessels, making short trips and disposing of 

 their fares fresh or round. A large proportion of the shore 

 mackereling fleet are in the vicinity of Cape Cod, and have 

 been prevented from fishing a purl of the week by windy 

 weal her. They have found rather better fishing than durm'n- 

 the summer months, but the receipts are vet very small for the 

 SeuKon.— Cape Ana Advertiser, Sept. 28. 



VmtmNT—C'dxtkUai, Sept... 28.— Perch fishing is as o-ood 

 as ever in Lake Boroaseen, thanks to the efficient measures 

 adopted by the town authorities in removing the dead and de- 

 caying fish during the epidemic, earha' m the season. 



New Yo-RK.—Sclienectady, Sept. 29.— Black bass are cau°ht 

 in large numbers in the Mohawk River this fall. Last Thurs- 

 day, Wm. Haverley and Chris. Clute caught a string of sixty 

 that averaged 2j pounds each. (j ^ 



Pennsylvania— Leeshurg, Sept. 26.— Bass fishing looking 

 up. One man brings in eighteen, ranging from one lb, to four 

 lbs. apiece, caught at Orrison's Farm, six miles above here 



t. w; 



New Jersey— Kinzeifs Ashley Home, Barnegat Inlet, Sept. 

 ?(■>.- Bluefish have been plenty past week, catches being made 

 of from 80 to 100 per boat; average weight ton lbs- Capt 

 "N . Crammer caught a 314b. drumfish on his squid yesterday 



Bamegat fillet, Oct. 2.— Bluefish plenty, outside ; sua bass 

 thick; Bheepaheadafl gone ; some few wenktish. Caught 38 

 sea bass fo-duy iuone hour and forty minutes, averaging one 

 pound. B. 



Jlud.d'x lake, $epi. 30,— The fishing the past season has not 

 been so fine as formerly. Several good catches of bass and 

 pickerel have been taken. * 



hl,i.U,nuderille, Sept. 29.— Black bass fishing in the Delaware 

 has not diminished. One day last week two men caught 104 

 pounds— including specimens wcishitui :.U pounds— using 

 small cat fish half an inch long as bait. It is estimated thai, 

 the average number caught per day at Flatbrookville since 

 July 1st, is 600. 



M arxland. — Taylor fishing is good in the Chesapeake near 

 Tilghman's Point. 



Virginia-— Leesbvrg, Sept. 22.— A man brought four bass 

 to-day, which weighed Ity lbs. - one weighed 5',. A. salmon 

 (Qa.;.n.nat)'w thought to have been caught on Potomac near 

 Harrison's island. A man well acquainted with S. jonUiuilis 

 and our usual fish took it and had never seeu anything like it. 

 He (confound him !) ate it. T. W. 



—Norfolk expects to ship many oysters to Europe this win- 

 ter at fair rates of remuneration. 



—A rural editor says that the good are never successful in 

 catching fish. He has proved it by personal experiment. 



K-r^vv^ky— Louisville. Sept. 29.— Tooth herring are caught 

 at the falls. 



Georgia.— The Ohoopie River teems with fine fish. 



Ohm— Yoiinyslown, Sept. 20.— Messrs. J. N. McEwen, Tom 

 Ford, .Robert Bently and Henry Stainbaugh have just re- 

 turned from a fishing expedition to the upper Nepigon. They 

 found excellent trouting two miles below the lake, and report 

 an abundance of grouse and rabbits. 



Indiana— Spencer, Owen Co., Sept. 22, 1877.— On Thursday, 

 the fit h inst. , Martin Parks and his son John, who live on 

 Calvin Fletcher's farm, put out their trout-1'me, just above 

 Spencer, at the narrows of White river, and at midnight "ran 

 the line." It was evident that something unusual" held the 

 line close to the. bottom. The niovement"of the same up and 

 down stream led Mr. P. to decide that he did not have to deal 

 with a rock or snag. After half an hour the cautious fisher- 

 meu had an immense yellow catfish, weighing forty pounds, 

 safe in the canoe. Again the line seemed to cling in the bot- 

 tom, and again a half hour was spent in securing the game, 

 which proved to be, not the mythical Mississippi monster, 

 but the varmint that has for years devastated the cornfields 

 and hog pens along the valley of "White river. Twice trains 

 of cars have been thrown from the track by it (or something 

 else), and children refuse to go to school near the river. 

 "Well, what was it?" you ask. A yellow cat-fish nearly five 

 feet long, with head a foot and a half, eyes just eight inches 

 apart, and mouth two feet around. The girth in the largest 

 place of Hie fish was four feet, the weight eighty pounds. 

 Messrs. Parks, knowing that Mr. Fletcher wanted some cat- 

 fish minnows in a pond near his residence, notified him, and 

 with a two horse team the monsters were removed to where 

 they can be quietly fed on roasting ears until the joint high 

 international commission send on Sitting Bull, or some other 

 kind of beef, to sustain life. Owen County. 



P. S.— Since writing the above I learn that the night after 

 the above recorded event, Mr. Parks caught another catfish 

 weighing over sixty pounds. O. C. 



Indianapolis, Sept. 22.— Mr. Reed, of the People, had' 

 wonderful luck at the Ripple on Saturday last. Among his 

 other captures was a three-pounds eel. Enos drew him up 

 till he saw the point of his nose, and then let go, under the 

 impression that he had caught a constrictor. On Monday he 

 went out again, aud came home disgraced. On Monday last 

 Capt. Arnold and Messrs. Spahr and Griffin, of the Indianapo- 

 lis bar, were fishing at the Ripple. Arnold caught twenty- 

 three fishes, all croppies, and Griffin, who fished" by his side, 

 took thirty-one, all bass. Spahr bagged twenty bass. As the 

 parties used the same bait and tackle, it is singular that all the 

 croppies should have patronized Arnold, while the bass took 

 to the legal profession. Quite near them fished the crest-fallen 

 Bard, and ne'er a bite did he get the entire day. 



'■ Canada.— Nipigon Bay, Sept. 14.— From the visitors' 

 register at Red Rock I take the inclosed list of anglers to the 

 Nipigon River for the season just closed. The fishing has 

 been exceedingly good, and the speckled trout not the least 

 diminished by the number of "rods" at work. The trout, 

 however, have averaged somewhat less than usual — say about 

 two pounds. Many have been caught from 4 lbs. to 5J lbs., 

 but the general average has been small. The question is very 

 often asked, "What is the weight of the largest speckled 

 trout ever been taken out of the Nipigon River?" The Hon. 

 John Simpson, of Bowmanville, Out., about four years ago 

 caught, in the rapids immediately above the Post, a speckled 

 trout weighing 9 lbs. 9 oz. This I believe to lie the largest 

 ever caught in this river. Mr. W. La Ronde at Nipigon Lake, 

 however, in the fall sometimes catches some very large 

 Speckled trout ; one he weighed turned the scale at 17 lbs. 

 He has often tried to keep these big fellows, but the length of 

 time between the fall and the first boats in spring has been 

 too long to keep them. He has promised to trv again this 

 fall and preserve one, and send it down to a gentleman in 

 Cleveland. If he succeeds I will drop you a fine, giving di- 

 mensions and weight. 



The. season has been an extremely hot one, the warmest for 

 the past four years. Early in July the black flies were very 

 bad, but had nearly all disappeared the first week in August. 

 As mentioned in a letter last year, it the steamers were "only 

 properly advertised a great many more visitors would.be in- 

 duced to visit this famous front river. As it is, the Sarnia 

 line (-Fealty & Coys) is the only one to be depended on. The 

 steamer Manitoba is obliged to call in once a fortnight with 

 the mail, aud is therefore a sure means of getting to and from 

 the Nipigon". 



I hope t -) ag&in see many old friends up this way next 

 season. The Government makes a charge of $5 per rod 

 for (ho season, or $1 per day up to five days for permits 

 tp American anglers. This is supposed to protect the trout 

 a little, but. as only sportsmen come here there is very little 

 fear of the fishing being spoiled by carelessness. 



L. Trodt. 



Sai yion-Fishixg on TiiK RiiiNir..- Travelers who have 

 (natle the usual journey "up the Rhine" In the proper season 

 will not. readily forget the dishes of trout, and the fresh and 

 smoked salmoii that accompanied their breakfasts; and, 

 although^the latter relish is eaten raw, shaved into thin slices 



and made into sandwiches with brown bread and butter, there 

 is a flavor m it which commends itself to the palate as unique 

 in its savory, appetizing qualities. Salmon is, in fact, good 

 every way, just as herring is; and, though we cannot, as pa- 

 triotic judges, award the palm to the lish of the Rhine, after 

 a long experience of the Tajr, the Wye, and the Severn, Mie 

 German salmon possess the good qualiues necessary to make, 

 them appreciated by the gourmet no less than bv the artist. 

 The small head, the round, plump body, and 'little scales 

 almost lost in the thickness of the skin, are all indications of 

 high breeding; aud doubtless the noble fish has a capital time 

 of if in the deep river, under the shadow of the arape-clad hills, 

 or farther away in the gravelly bays and rapid falls that invite 

 him and his kind from the sea from June to October, 



The fishermen of the Rhine are a skilled and thriving class 

 Oi men, (or not only salmou but carp of wondrous size and 

 flavor are to lie found there. There are anglers, of course, 

 who quietly pursue their sport in wild, sequestered spots ; but 

 those ot the craft generallv use the seine for taking the salmon ; 

 while in the season of their arrival, when iheyaro most nu- 

 merous and in beat condition, a net is; stretched from piles 

 driven into the bed of the river. These nets are, in fact, long 

 reticulated bags, distended by rings and open at the mouth. 

 They are placed in the midst of a rapid current ; or, if the 

 stream is not swift enough, the How is accelerated by means 

 of banks. When the salmon are very plentiful they' are fre- 

 quently taken by a hand net, almost like that used for shrimp- 

 ing, and by another kind of net, stretched on arms or blades 

 that open like a pair of scissors, and inclose the fish. The 

 seine is carried by two boats, one end on each; aud wheu the. 

 boats approach each other, the salmon are inclosed and hauled 

 on board. Some, again, are taken by a drag-net from the 

 shore, on which the fisherman walks ; but that must be in 

 places where the stream is comparatively shallow. Late, in 

 the autumn the fishing season comes to an end ; the salmon is 

 out of condition and not worth eating till he has been to the 

 sea again to take a new lease of health and life. But there is 

 other spurt to be had, and the fishermen are seldom idle, even 

 though they spend dull days and long evenings in making or 

 mending their nets, caulking their boats, and preparing for 

 the spring campaigu. 



Seal Fishing. —The prosecution of the seal fishery off the 

 coast of Newfoundland involves more danger and hardship 

 than is generally known, About three weeks after leaving 

 port the seals are "struck," and are frequently fouud in such 

 numbers as to blacken the ice for miles around. The seal- 

 hunters leave their vessel either in punts or by directly jump- 

 ing on the ice, according to the ship's position. Their dress 

 usually consists of a heavy "Guernsey frock," flat-peaked 

 caps, sou'westers, heavy pilot-cloth frowsers, and oilcloth, 

 overalls stuffed into long sea boots. Their arms are a scalp- 

 ing knife and a long pole, with a gaff at (he enfl called a 

 " bat." The seal is easily dispatched by a single blow of this 

 rude weapon on the skull. With the scalping' knife the glis- 

 tening oil-laden pelt is removed from the carcass, which is 

 left on the ice. The cry of the seal when approached by its 

 human enemy is most hideous, and bluff and hardy hunters 

 have often been known to hesitate before wielding the fatal 

 blow, especially if the pleading seal is guarding its young. 

 In that fickle Arctic atmosphere, and when the body of the 

 seals is a long distance from the vessel, the hunters are often 

 benighted when storms arise and open a channel in the ice 

 that separates them from their craft. Sometimes the vessel 

 has to bear away for safety, aud many of the crew perish from 

 cold and hunger unless luckily picked up by some other ves- 

 sel. At other times, when the ice grows weak, they remain 

 for hours together immersed to the knees, or perhaps to the 

 middle of the body, on frail cakes of ice. If they should sur- 

 vive this dreadful torture and be rescued, the evil of frost- 

 burn awaits them, and, at the close of the homeward voyage, 

 their limbs are at the mercy of the surgeon's knife. 



Jo Correspondents.— Those desiring us to prescribe for their dogs 

 will please take note of and describe tlie following points in each ani- 

 mal: 



1. Age. 2. Pood and medicine given. 3. Appearauce of the eye; 

 of (he coat; of the tongue and lips. 4. Any changes in the appearance 

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

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

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

 Appetite ; regular, 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 bo noticed ; 

 signs of suffering, etc. 



The London, Ontatuo, Bench Snow.— Mr. Charles Lin- 

 coln, who superintended the Centennial, Baltimore and New 

 York Benjh Shows, has again achieved success in the Domin- 

 iou. Through his kindness we are enabled to lay before our 

 readers the following list of awards of the London, Ontario, 

 Bench Show : 



^ Class I. -English Setters— I. T W Jackson's Bruce, Chatham; 

 2, F A D'Espard's Dash. Highly commended, P G Simpson's 

 Storm, Exeter. Bitches— 1. W B Wells' Star, Chatham ; 2, F G 

 Simpson's Mersey. Highly commended, J Ilennesey's Kitty, 

 Chatham; and VY CI Coirpland's Fan. Pups— 1, Cbas. Murray's 

 Bronte, London, also taking S. Griggs' gold medal for best Eug- 

 lish'settor pup in show. 



Class !i.— Irish Setters— ] and 2, .T C Goodenongh's Eap and 

 Shot, Windsor. Highly commended, E L Wilkes' Silvio, Gait- It 

 Outhhert's Basil. Exeter. Bitobes-1, J Weighell's Bird. Ilooheater. 

 N. Y.; 2, W G Couplanil's Beauty. Highly commended, John E 

 Plait's .Loudon, Pups— 1, E L Wilkes' Dash, Gait. Highly 



commended, Jas Longhead'i 

 Class 3.— Gordon Setter 



-, Strathroy. 

 -1. T A Smatlman's - 



, London ; 3, 



W T Crisp's Bob, Ingersolf. Highly commended, Dr. Niven'sDon 

 London. Bitches— 1, Jas Glen's Belle, London ; 2, J D Thom- 



son's May. Toronto. Pups— 1, Dr Niven's , London, 



Class 4.— Pointers over 50 pounds — 1, J Weiguell'e 



Dash, 



Boche -I or: 2, E . Richard's Bob, London. Highly commended, J 

 Bombougli's Bias, London. Bitches over 50 pounds— 1, A H Gray- 

 don's Belle, Louden ; 2, S T Bastedo's , Princeton. 



Class 5.— Dogs under 50 pounds— 1, J Weighell'B Shot; 2, J 

 Olen's Snort. Bitches under 50 pounds— 1, J Weighell's Mollis • 

 2, Ceo If are's Toronto. 



Class 6.— Pointer Pups— 1, George Hare's Trooio. Highly 

 commended, Bol.ert GrifHn's, T How-son's, Windsor, J C Boyd's 

 Burlington; A Elliott's, Bond Fan. 



Glass 7.— Oheaapeake Bay Dogs— 1, G W" Kierslead'u Nelly, Lu 



Port, Ind ; 2, E H Gillmau's Pride. Detroit. 

 Class «.— Water Spaniels— 1, Big Point Kennel Club's, 



