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FOREST AND STREAM. 



T ated at one time around Cincinnati, and known under the 

 n»me of the Washington, and first brought into notice this 

 way by .Robert Buist, of Philadelphia." 



Fragabia vesoa — Achenia, or seeds, superficial on the 

 conical or hemispherical fruiting receptacle (not sunk in pits), 

 This species has the greatest geographical range of the whole 

 genus, being indigenous to Europe and North America. It is 

 subject to great variation in the different localities where it is 

 found in a wild state, and hence by speculative and theoreti- 

 cal observers has been accepted as good material for display- 

 ing and encouraging their species-making propensities. In 

 some examples the fruit is globular ; this is generally the case 

 in Europe, while in others it is conical, but invariably the 

 seeds are either raised above or level with the outer surface of 

 the receptacle. Sometimes the flavor has a honeyed sweet- 

 ness and is always less acid than the Fragaria virginiana. 

 This species, in the remotely first instance, has been one of 

 the parents of some of the European sweeter varieties. 



Fbagabia ohiloensis. — This species is indigenous to the 

 western slope of our continent, from Puget's Sound to Cali- 

 fornia, and, most likely, on to South America, although we 

 have no record of its having been found near the Equator. 

 Torrey describes it as follows : " Flowers, large spreading; 

 leaflets coriaceous, broadly ovate, very obtuse, coarsely ser- 

 rate, rugose, very silky- villous beneath ; peduncles and calyx 

 silky." And Loudon says : " Large oval, thick hairy leaves, 

 and large flowers, the fruit large and very firm." There is no 

 species of strawberry that is so changeable of character in its 

 native habitats as the Chiloensis, and hence the many aliases 

 that have been applied to it by the different authors and botan- 

 ists, but the above descriptions cover the general ground and 

 establish the identity of a very distinct organism. We find these 

 characters more or less prevailing in all the largest and finest 

 varieties in Europe, and those of the same quality in America 

 testify to the same structure, only somewhat in a lesser decree, 

 consequently we may claim with tolerable certainty from Litis 

 standpoint alone that the Chiloensis has entered largely, and 

 originally, into the constitutional organism of the best kinds 

 from a structural consideration; and the history of said sorts, 

 if it could be correctly collected, would, most likely, conform 

 to this conclusion. For instance, the English varieties, 

 Myatt's British Queen, Willmott's Superb and Keen's Im- 

 perial Seedling which are known to be nearly pure from Chi- 

 loensis' former stock. Also our once famous Wilson's Albany 

 Seedling, a cross (on the maternal side) of the British Queen 

 fertilized by the Ross' Phoenix, a native variety of the Iowa 

 type. With regard to the history of the Wilson I again quote 

 Mr. Dingwall, above mentioned, who says.- " About the year 

 1845 or 1846 Mr. James Wilson, of this city (Albany), origi- 

 nated this strawberry. I have been acquainted with it from 

 its first appearance in the seed pan till now. It was raised 

 from seed of the well-known English variety the British Queen, 

 impregnated, by one known as Ross' Phoenix, a variety raised 

 by a worthy old Scotchman named Duncan Ross, of the city 

 of Hudson, New York State, a good berry but not very pro- 

 ductive. I have seen nothing of it for many years. So much 

 for the origin of the Wilson strawberry, although now getting 

 out of date it has had a run exceeding any other variety known 

 to me, and stood on its own merits." Now when we compare 

 the character of Wilson's Seedling with the well-known firm- 

 ness of flesb of the Chiloensis, and, also, the preponderating 

 same quality which exists in the British Queen, as grown in 

 Europe, which is derived from its close relationship with 

 this species, it may be plainly seen where the Wilson's best 

 properties, viz., solidity aud free bearing, comes from, and 

 why it has been so good a berry to withstand'. • "ugh-and- 

 tumble conveyance to market with so little injury. . cu- 

 liar sourness has undoubtedly been acquired from the nai. . 

 Iowa breed. Please to notice that the Wilson's Seedling de- 

 rives its constitutional vigor from both parents, and the" free 

 bearing quality and texture from the maternal side, while the 

 flavor of the fruit is similar to the male. 



Jfew Brighton, S. I. Wm. Choblton. 



(To be Continued.') 



How to Tbbat Wt-t Boots.— When the boots are taken off 

 fill them quite full < dry oats. This grain has a great fond- 

 ness for damp, and will rapidly absorb the last vestige of it 

 from the leather. As it takes up the moisture it swells and 

 fllls the boot with a tightly fitting last, keeping its form good 

 and drying the leather without hardening it. In (he morning 

 shake out the oats and hang them in a bag near the fire to dry, 

 ready for the next wet night, draw on the boots, and go hap- 

 py about the day's work. 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 



To our customers and the public : — In reply to the damag- 

 ing reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of 

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

 pete 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. 



CONBOT, BlSSBTT & MALLESON, 



Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. 



FISH IN SEASON IN JANUARY. 



SOUTHERN WATERS. 

 Pompano Th-achynotus mrolinus. Grouper, Epinephelptus niyritus. 

 Drum (two sped' s). Fini'ly Some- Trout (black bass), cintropristis 



nidce. atrarius. 



Klugfl tif, Menticirrus nebulonu* Striped Bass, or RockfUh, Roccus 



>ea Bass, t>cimno f s ocellauts. linealus. 



Slieepshead. Arefiomrgvs probata- Tailorfisli, / .matomuti saltatrix 



r.ephuhti Black Basss. ''Licropterm Sctlmoidt. • 



Snapper [jv.tiamts ctra»'< .'/. nitjricai * 



Frsn tn Market. — Bass, small, 25 cent? j. pound; larp 20; 

 bluefish, 15; salmon, frozen, 30; mackerel, J >, shad. si ihern, 

 75 cents each; some few northern, $3; gr<"n turtle 20; tcr- 

 rakin, $18 a dozen; frost fish, 8 cents; halibut, 20; haddock, 

 6; codfish 6 10 8; blackfish, 15: flounders, 8 to \2h eels, 18; 

 lobsters, I0tol2; sheep's head, 25; scollops, per gallon, $1.50; 

 Boft clams, pir hundred, 30 to 80; whitefish, 18; pickerel, 18. 

 smelts. 10 10 12^. Several shad in good condition have been 

 have been caught on the North River at Hudson. 



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

 ing arrivals reported the past week has been 9. viz. 1 3 from 

 the Banks, bringing 30,000 lbs. cod and 36,000 lbs. hal 



2 from New Brunswick, with fares of frozen herring j 2 from 

 Georges, one with 30,000 lbs. round cod, and the other with 

 16,000 lbs. split cod and 5,000 lbs. halibut; and 2 from cod- 

 fishing trips eastward. — Cape Ann Advertiser, Dec. 28. 



The Gloucester Fishing Losses of 1877.— The year 1876 

 was a remarkably disastrous one ; twenty-seven Gloucester 

 vessels of a value of $150,000, and 212 seamen were lost. 

 This year has been one of almost unprecedented freedom from 

 loss of life and property. The losses of seven vessels aggre- 

 gate a value of $22,936, and the total loss of life has been 

 thirty-nine men 



Connecticut— Lakeville, Dec. 28.- -A pickerel of two pounds 

 weight was taken here Dec. 22 on a spoon hook from boat. 



W. H. W. 



Florida— St. Augustine, Dec. 25.— Fishing is now good. 

 Sheepsheads are biting voraciously at Matanzas. Fishermen 

 at the St. Sebastian bridge report the sport excellent. 



An Adventure with a Salmon.— My friend, Mr. Robert 

 Mead, having given me permission to fish the Finn River, 

 which he has leased from Mr. Styles, the popular lord of the 

 soil, I started for Kiltevock Glebe, Stranorla, the residence of 

 my brother-in-law, the Rev. Charles Jones, for a week's sal- 

 mon fishing. My first day proved successful, having killed 

 two good fish. The next day was a blank, "rain overhead," 

 or some other unaccountable cause preventing the fish from 

 rising. Having decided on making an early start next morn- 

 ing, six o'clock saw me on my way to my favorite pool, 

 which is just above what is known as the " broad cast," and 

 not three hundred yards from the Glebe. Just as I came op- 

 posite the pool I saw a fish rise. At this time it was raining, 

 unci there was every appearance of heavy rain up the moun- 

 tains. I got all ready to have a cast over the fish ; but, on 

 going to the bank, I found the river running strong between 

 the bank and the rock, from which alone you can fish the 

 pool. However, I was not going to be deterred by wet feet ; 

 so over I went. I had not taken many casts before 1 was in 

 the fish, and it soon became evident that he was a good and 

 game one. Whilst I was playing him I remarked that the 

 water was rising fast, and from time to time I had to move 

 higher and higher on the rock ; and, bearing in mmd the re- 

 ports I had heard of this river rising " six feet in ten min- 

 utes," knew that, unless I had brought matters to a speedy 

 conclusion with my friend, that I should either have to take 

 up my abode on the rock for twenty, four hours or swim for 

 it, which was no pleasing alternative. So monished, I put 

 on additional strain and gave my friend the entire weight of 

 the rod and not an inch of line. It was wonderful how the 

 casting-line stood the strain ; however, I had no time to be 

 particular. My fish should either come or go. The strain at 

 last began to tell and I felt him yield somewhat. Inch by 

 inch I brought him to the top, but only for a moment, when 

 away he went again, and at it we were as fresh as ever. All 

 this time the water was rising fast and furious. Again he 

 yielded, and up his head came, showing some signs of fatigue 

 To the rock I brought him, and, with gaff in hand, I stooped 

 to give him the coup de grace ; but he was too quick for me. 

 Away he went again like a flash of lightning, rushing into 

 the rough water, where he took one heavy tumble, and snap 

 went my cast. For a moment the fish remained on top of the 

 flood as though stupefied, and the next he was gone. If my 

 friend was off and not landed, I had the same story to tell, 

 for I also was off and far from being safe landed. Having 

 now time to consider and realize my position, I found it not 

 at all an enviable one. I was twenty yards from the bank, 

 the river rushing and hissing all round me, and no one near 

 to give me aid should I require it. I decided at once not to 

 remain on the rock to be swept away, but to swim for the 

 bank, and at once. My chief anxiety was how I should get 

 my watch over safe and dry. I took it out of my pocket 

 and placed it in my hat ; but, on looking at the torrent, I 

 came to the conclusion that I could not keep my hat on in 

 such water. Having come to this conclusion, I proceeded to 

 undress, rolled my watch in my vest, my vest in my coat, 

 both in my waterproof, and placed all in my fishing bag, 

 which 1 strapped well round with the belt. I then took down 

 my rod, secured my salmon line to the strap of the bag, and, 

 haviog paid out sufficient line, I cast the reel to the bank, 

 and thus, as I hoped, bad secured a safe way of getting my 

 watch, etc, safe to land. Having shied across my boots, it 

 now behooved me to look out for my own safety. About 

 mid-channel there happened most fortunately to be a large 

 rock. This formed a sort of eddy, or back current. I saw 

 that this was my only chance. If I could get to this rock I 

 was safe. Accordingly 1 went as far above it as I possibly 

 could, and the next moment I pluneed into the river, and was 

 6W nt like a cork beyond the rock, having failed to catch it 

 in l *sing. However, two or three strokes brought me into 

 the b, ck water, and then I had no difficulty in reaching the 

 rock. f, *uce on it all danger was over, for I knew I could 

 swim to l he bank from it. Having rested for a few mo- 

 ments in 1 -*ent again, and, after a short and hard struggle, 

 I found mys [f within reach of a friendly branch of a tree, 

 and the next moment saw me safely landed. Now came the 

 question how to regain my watch and clothing. To run to my 

 room, put on dry clothes and return, was only the work of a 

 few minutes. This time I had the assistance of my nephew. 

 When I came to pick up the reel and pull over my parcel, 

 you cannot conceive my chagrin and anxiety when I found 

 the line had got foul in the branch of a tree, so that I could 

 not get a pull at the parcel on the rock. Fortunately we had 

 brought another line with us. To this we tied a stone so as 

 to cast it across the bundle the moment it left the rock, 

 which we expected it would do each moment. We were not 

 kept long in?" use, for the water soon rose and carried it. 

 off. The aient it moved we had the line across, and pro- 

 ceeded pull in to the bank with every hope and prospect of 

 succe s ; but the river proved too rapid, and the moment the 

 strain came on the line, snap it went, and off went my bun- 

 dle, watch, chain and all. For a few moments we kept it in 

 view, but down the river it went like a race-horse, and we 

 could now do nothing but deplore my loss, which 1 estimate 

 at upwards of £10. I was told by many that I would recover 

 all, and that it could not go far; but any one who saw it 

 rushing down the river would come to a different conclusion. 

 Soon the news of my adventure aud loss spread, and, having 

 offered a reward of £5, half the country were on the river 

 banks next day, but until the river fell there was no chance 

 of finding my property. It was at 7:30 a. m. on the 5thinst., 

 that the parcel was swept away, and at 8 o'clock this morn- 

 ing it was found by a man "of Sir Samuel Hayes', named 

 Kee, at Drumboe, a distance of five miles from the starting- 

 point. The watch appears nothing the worse for the jour- 

 ney.— London Field. 



GAME IN SEASON IN JANUARY. 

 Hares, brown and gray. WUd duck, geese, brant, etc. 



FOR FLORIDA. 



Deer, WUd Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Dnokg and Wild Fowl. 



"Bay birds" generally. Including various species of plover, sand, 

 piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, phalaropes, arooeta 

 etc, coming under the group Umacoke, or Shore Birds 



Massachusetts— New Bedford, Dec. 28. —The warm weather 

 kept the game birds in the upland wood'i, and of course where 

 every tyro, as well as veteran could get a shot at them. As a 

 result for the last fortnight birds have been very scarce but 

 hares and rabbits plenty in this vicinity. A flock of 'wild 

 geese passed over last week (Dec. 22), denoting warm weather 

 north of us. Concha. 



Salem, Dec. 26.— Since last accounts there has been little 

 done with the gun. There is a sportsman's club at Lynn 

 which is quite active. They have glass ball shoots more or 

 less each week at the base ball grounds. Some good shootine 

 is done by Messrs. Loud, Holbrook, Nichols and others 

 Some rabbits have been shot in Ipswich. A large flock of 

 geese flew in the outer harbor a few weeks ago. Goosanders 

 old squaws, etc., are reported as quite plenty off the upper 

 end of Plum Island. Gulls numerous. An accident recently 

 occurred in Jamaica Plains worthy of note. A partridge flew 

 into the window of a house, and after flying around lively 

 evidently bewildered, was finally captured, and went, the wav 

 of all good partridges. This, in a section tolerably well 

 settled, must be owing to some misunderstanding in'the £ 

 umbella family. Teal. 



Connecticut— Lakeville, Dec. 28.— I send you record of one 

 on two rather unusual " takes" for this season of the year' 

 Dec. 21, shot a cow blackbird (Molothrus pecoris) out of a 

 flock of perhaps a dozen. Dec. 28, Wilson snipe shot near 

 here by C. M. Turner. With regard to ruffed grouse, we close 

 the season with a score of twelve hens out of about 175 

 birds shot, showing a slight increase in the proportion of hens 

 in the birds killed for the last two or three weeks, and with 

 more birds in our immediate vicinity than at the 'opening of 

 the season, they having come off from the mountains in suffi- 

 cient numbers to more than make up the list of " casualties " 



W. H. W.' 



New York— Dunkirk, Dec. 29.— It is worthy of mention 

 that our principal hunter here sums up his fall work as fol- 

 lows : Two hundred partridges, 100 plovers and red squirrels 

 a large number of rabbits and four red foxes. E. B. ' 



Pennsylvania— Pottsvilk, Dec. 24.— Within the past three 

 weeks our fields and forests have beoomo well stocked with 

 pheasants, quads, wild turkeys, and rabbits. A deer is now 

 and then brought in town. Our market is stocked with all 

 kinds of game, which commands a ready sale at advanced 

 P nces - Dom Pedro. 



Virginia— Stafford, Dec. 21.— Wild turkeys have been more 

 numerous than they have been for many years, and Iaree 

 numbers have been killed. In one day fourteen were backed 

 by Mr. Thomas Bullock, a gentleman Jiving a short distance 

 from Falmouth. 



Page, Dec. 21.— William Barran, last week, at one shot 

 killed three wild turkey gobblers, each weighing eighteen 

 pounds. They had beards that measured ten inches in lenetb 

 They were decoyed within a few feet of the blind where Mr' 

 Barran was hid. 



Lunenburg— A. correspondent of the Richmond Whio 

 writes from Lunenburg 1 There are more deer in this county 

 than have been here for half a century, and the sentiment of 

 the people is opposed to their being hunted or shot at present 

 But they never can be exterminated as heretofore if the law 

 is rigidly enforced. Extermination comes by aid of the 

 snow, and as the law lets down on the hunters the loth of 

 this month, there is rarely snow enough before this time to do 

 damage. 1 was down in the lower end of the county about ten 

 days ago, east of Flat Rock. The Messrs. Neblett and Mai or 

 Stokes were out with their splendid pack. The fox was un 

 and I never heard more splendid running. ' 



Piedmont, Dec. 20.— The Virginian records "the success of 

 a hunting party, composed of Messrs. Howard Revelev ' 

 Thomas C. Reveley, Thomas Winslow, E. W. Williams and 

 R. C. Grymes, who camped in the wilderness in the lower 

 part of the county, for an old-fashioned hunt. Between 

 Monday and Saturday they had succeeded in bagging fifteen 

 turkeys, supposed to be wild ; ten pheasants, and forty-nine 

 rabbits, or old hares, as they are sometimes called The 

 party report deer as being quite abundant in the wiidernp^ 

 this season. 



South Carolina— Charleston, Dec. 28.— Several parties 

 spent Christmas in the woods and found sport first rate Our 

 company bagged two deer, wounded two more, but lost' them 

 A fine fox chase was a feature of the day. Some eood bars 

 of birds brought in. Yenots. 



Mississippi— Corinth, Dec. 26.— Weather has been too 

 warm to shoot much ; have made some small bags of quails 

 Dr. P— killed two fine gobblers -right and left-one dav 

 last week. Squirrels numerous in the bottom. Five or six of 

 our sportsmen are off to-day, for the pine hills, after deer and 

 turke r- Quton 



Omo—GreenvUte, Dec. 27. -Game in this vicinity plentv 

 Farms posted, but sportsmen have little difficulty in securing 

 permission to Bhoot. The following bags have been made 

 Dec. 4 to 6-N. Nelson, 86 quail ; Dec. 9 to 12-J Clave 

 andE. Hawfaugh, 208 quail, 9 pheasants, 9 rabbits • Dec 14 

 —48 quail and 3 pheasants for two men.- Dec 20 to 25—56 

 quad fcr 3 men; Dec. 20—54 quad, 6 rabbits, one red fox to 

 0Qeman - Nemo. 



Cutier Club. — We are indebted to Hon. Thomas A. 

 Logan, secretary of the Cuvier Club, of Ctocinnati, for tn 

 invitation to the Fourth Annual F.eception, Jan. 1st. Wo 

 content ourselves with a hearty New Year's greeting to all th« 

 members. 



