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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mat 4, 1883. 



there no path in this eternal swamp ? I'll not give up. I'll 

 not call to my friend ; there must he a path soon. It seems a 

 little lighter now. Verily, here is a cart path in good faith. 

 There stands the horse, and there by the pool, below the 

 bridge, stands my friend quietly adjusting his tackle for a 

 new cast. How cool and contented he looks." 



"Ah! partner, what luck?" 



"Sorry luck, my friend, I am all scratched and torn. I 

 have fallen in the brook. I have broken my rod and I am 

 so tired." 



"Well, well, cheer up; letus eat our lunch, mend the rod, 

 and perhaps try again; or would you rather hitch up and 

 slowly drive towards home, eating'our lunch as we go? "We 

 can stop somewhere for another cast when you are rested." 



' I think I would prefer the latter course if you have fished 

 here enough." 



1 'All right ! I'll hitch up while you peel off your boots and 

 put on those dry socks. 



"Did you catch any?" 



"Yes, a few, six, I think." 



"Good ones?" 



"Fairly good — four about the size of yours and two smaller 

 ones. Did you get none after I left you?" 



"I got one more: then I fell in a hole and gave it up." 



"Sorry for you; fisherman's luck, eh? If you have your 

 socks on, jump aboard and we will be off. 



"Bid farewell to the Cedar Swamp and its treacherous bogs. 

 Do not, regret your visit. I have no doubt you will on* day 

 return to this spot, and with your companions laugh at the 

 mishaps of to-day." Buddy. 



BLACK BASS NOT WANTED IN NEW 

 HAMPSHIRE. 



AFTER putting myself to some expense of time and 

 trouble as to stocking a small lake in New r Hampshire 

 with black bass I have given up the project. To show why 

 I have done so, and for the interest, of anglers generally, I 

 enclose a copy of a letter from Samuel Webber. Esq., of 

 Manchester, B(! H. As the letter is from a gentleman who 

 has had great experience as one of the Fish Commissioners of 

 his State" and is to the point, you may like to publish it. as 

 it is used with his permission. Dublin Pond and Monad- 

 nock Lake are the same. J. A. O. 



"In reply I must say that the Fish Commissioners have 

 already begun stocking" Dublin Pond with laud-lacked sal- 

 mon, and propose to continue placing varieties of the trout 

 family in it. They have voted to place no bass in any 

 natural trout waters, and the Legislature voted last year to 

 allow the introduction of no fish in any waters of the State 

 without the permit of the Fish Commissioners, under a pen- 

 anlty of $100, and the commissioners will certainly never 

 consent to the introduction of bass into Dublin Pond. The 

 commissioners have stocked 123 ponds in the State with 

 bass, and in most cases the result has been most unsatis- 

 factory, The bass destroy all the other fishing and then 

 clear out down the .streams themselves, 



"There is now good bass fishing in Sunapee Lake at times. 

 but it is very uncertain, and the "exodus" of the bass down 

 Sugar River is astonishing. Lake Massabesie. near Man- 

 chester, was stocked about the same time as Sunapee, and 

 great complaints are now made that no bass, or any other 

 fish, can be caught, except pickerel, through the ice in 

 winter, but the Merrimae River is getting to be full of bass, 

 which have gone down from the lake. There is not as much 

 of a "bass fever" in New Hampshire as there was a few 

 years ago. 



"While bass fishing may be had in Sunapee. Winnipesau- 

 kee and Milton lakes, it is a very uncertain matter in a 

 hundred other waters thai have been stocked. There are 

 plenty of them in both the Merrimae aud Connecticut rivers, 

 but catching them in those rivers is another matter. They 

 probably find plenty of food naturally, and are very cap- 

 ricious about taking the hook. It' the Dublin people would 

 enforce the law and prevent the destruction of their trout on 

 the spawning beds. 1 have no doubt that Monadnoek Lake 

 would restock itself, for it is the destruction of the spawners 

 that is ruining all our fisheries, both sea and inland. Look 

 at the lobster 'fishery for an example." 



charlesto-b-n, n. h. Samuel Webber. 



where summer is simply'a streak of sunshine between two 

 snowstorms, and not much of a streak at that ; but I must 

 confess when our streak of sunshine fairly begins, I would 

 like to be among the delightful lakes of Maine. 

 Granitevilm:, S. C, April 27. DlCK SwrVELLER. 



ANGLING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 



I7MSHING is now in order, several large bass (large-mouth 

 black bass) have been taken during the past three weeks. 

 The catches as a rule have not been large in numbers. The 

 eold wave of last week, also the heavy rains from time to 

 time, have influenced the fishing. Mr. ,1. Giles of this place 

 is probably the most successful and scientific angler; and 

 i seven and nine-pounders. He has recently made a 

 most complete fish-trap or box for keeping bass alive after 

 being caught; it is portable aud handy, 



The run of shad in the Savannah was not extremely heavy 

 this season; the fish were high in price, and not great in 

 ! nn trying to determine if there is a difference in the 

 flavor, or a superiority either one way or the other, in shad 

 of Southern waters. 'A gentleman here says that the flavor 

 of the Savannah river shad is (he finest in the world. This 

 may or may not be an exaggeration. I am hardly prepared 

 to give an opinion, although, so to speak. 1 was brought up 

 on Hudson River shad, my birthplace being near that river, 

 and for vears a resident in close proximity; still 1 am not 

 Capable of judging as to the flavor of the two runs of shad: 

 1 only remember the Hudson River shad were all that could 

 be desired in those days; were plenty, consequently cheap. 

 It would be necessary to have the fish of both rivers served 

 at one and the satnja time, cooked in the same style: 



•planked" for instance, with the necessary side-dishes; a 

 difference in flavor might be found, but 1 doubt it: my 

 numble opinion is. that" a "planked" shad, no matter from 

 what river, should be taken thankfully. 



Well, I wonder if Oscar Wilde has enjoyed the felicity of 



■planked" shad; he will give us blasted Americans credit 



ook at least one fish aesthetically, even 



if we do uoi appreciate sun-flowers, lilies and such. 



Green peas have been plenty for the past four Wt 



ami tine, and now strawberries are being served, in fact 



have had them for the past two weeks: other garden "sns.s" 



The country looks most beautiful now; 



ad fields reminds rue of the glad June 



ja Xc'.s York State: roses in abundance in the cultivated 



gardens, and in great variety. Easter Sunday finds plenty 



. eoT-.itions. An Episcopal clergyman 



. with us Inst F.ast.er remarked, 'it was an unheard 



of thing to have such n Easter." 



use he could ap- 

 ling as he did from a country 



Concerning Clam Chowder. — In the course of an inter- 

 esting article on clams and chowders, the London Telegraph 

 avers that the Romans ate the clam of classical times au 

 naturel, with oxymel sometimes in place of vinegar, or 

 stewed with oil, sweet wine, and pepper, and after noticing 

 the absence of a recipe for chowder from Mrs. Hale's book, 

 tells how one is to be found in the "Cosmopolitan Cookery" 

 of Monsieur Urban Dubois, only he treats it as a "potage." 

 "Clam chowder soup," the German kaiser's "chef" tells us, 

 is made from the chopped flesh of clams placed in a well- 

 buttered stew-pan, and "accommodated" with onions 

 blanched and minced, a bunch of aromatic herbs, salt, pep- 

 per, nutmeg, cayenne, and mace, the whole moistened with 

 a sufficiency of wine and fish broth. Prior to serving, the 

 soup is to be thickened with a handful of bruised crackers 

 and fortified — for a mess of five dozen clams — with a bottle 

 of Rhine wine. "This," says the Telegraph, "is nearly but 

 not quite the genuine article. Monsieur Dubois has omitted 

 an integral component of chowder, the pork. To find the 

 'norma,' or original basis of chowder, we must go back to 

 the venerable Mrs. Hannah Glasse, in whose culinary 'No- 

 vum Organum,' and under the heading of 'A Cheshire Pork 

 Pye for Sea,' to which she specially directs the attention of 

 master mariners, there will be found the real foundation of 

 chowder. 'Take,' says Hannah, 'some salt-pork which has 

 been boiled; cut it into thin slices; an equal quantity of 

 potatoes, pared and cut thin; lay a layer of pork seasoned 

 with pepper and a layer of potatoes, then another layer of 

 pork, and so on till your pye is full. Then add more pepper; 

 lay some butter on the top* and fill your dish about half full 

 of soft water. Cover up close and bake in a gentle oven.' " 

 After declaring that this appetizing dish was for generations 

 pratronized by England's tars, anon as "a sea-pie," anon as 

 "lobseouse." the Telegraph insists, prior to giving a some- 

 what idealized and impossible description of a New England 

 clambake, that the dish ' 'was popularized as chowder on tne 

 shores of New England, and with the addition of the sand- 

 elams. which were so amazingly popular, became clam 

 chowder." Chowder is from ehaudiere, the pot in which 

 the appetizing mess in question was cooked. 



Other Dead Fish.— Until last week it was not known 

 whether the vast tract of dead fish floating in the ocean con- 

 tained more than one species, the tilefish, to which we have 

 referred for several weeks past. The same vessel which 

 brought in the tilefish which was shown at Blackford's last 

 week, also brought two specimens of a deep sea fish, which 

 Mr. Blackford sent on to the Smithsonian Institution. Pro- 

 fessor Baird writes: ' 'The specimens of redfish from Capt. 

 Gfbbs came safely to hand and proved to be as I expected, 

 one of the constant companions of the tilefish on the deep 

 sea grounds. It is the Peristediuiii miniatuvi, a species of 

 gurnard, of which this is the first American representative, 

 of the well-known Mediterranean form. This shows that the 

 calamity to the tilefish occurred on the eastern edge of the 

 continental plateau." The fish in question was described by 

 Professor Goode, and is one of the Triglidce, which family 

 contains those fishes popularly known as flying robins, sea 

 robins, gurnard, etc. The fish brought in are closely related 

 to the flying robin, Daeti/lnpterux wlitans, a species which can 

 fly short distances in the air. This discovery of other species 

 among the dead ones shows that it is more than probable 

 that the fish killed were not all tilefish, and that it was not 

 an epidemic confined to one species. It is more likely that 

 some convulsion of the bottom killed all the fish then upon 

 it in the district affected. 



New Hampshire Salmon. — Charlestown. N. H. May 1. 

 18S2. — Editor Forest and Stream: I wrote you a week since 

 relating to a salmon taken at Londe, April 23, and now have 

 to say that said salmon was sold to one of (he hotels in Londe, 

 where it was cooked and eaten. One of the gentlemen who 

 assisted in the final disposal of the fish informed me that it 

 looked and tasted almost exactly like brook trout, the flesh 

 being almost white, as is the case with the trout of the Merrimae 

 River, and very delicate. This was probably due to the food 

 which the fish had subsisted on in the upper waters of the 

 river during the winter. Another large salmon has been seen 

 since then in the canal at Manchester *~N. H. , but had not been 

 taken on Friday last, and this one. like the one at Londe. 

 must have come down stream and been on its way hack to 

 salt water. Don't you or the readers of Forest and* Stream 

 believe one word of the sayings of some chronic grumblers 

 at Manchester, such as were reported at the meeting of the 

 Fish and Game League. The fishway is satisfactory to the 

 salmon if not to them, as is proved by these fish being taken 

 or seen on their return down stream. — Sam. Webber. 



hard matter to find them, The water is muddy and vera 

 riley, so it is not, possible to see a net pole if it is' two inches 

 under water. Mr, Palmer said the fishermen secrete theSfl' 

 nets by sawing the poles off below the top of the water, and 

 they are found only by dragging with grappling-irons Mr. 

 Liberty said that Palmer and himself had over one hundred 

 nets stored between Whitehall and Rouse's Point, and some 

 very valuable ones among them. Liberty has gone to the 

 north end of the lake and Palmer is raking the south enda 

 Now, if the Vermont authorities will help them, there wqfl 

 be. no doubt but Lake Champlain would soon be free from 

 nets. The question was asked Mr. Palmer what was going- 

 to be done with all those nets? He said they had 

 cided yet, but would probably burn them. There have bfl 

 no arrests made yet, because it is a hard matter to find oQE 

 the owners of nets. I am very fond of fishing with rod and 

 line, as are many others here, and live in the edge of Yep. 

 mont, near Whitehall, but can have no sport because 

 nets take all the fish. The authorities, or game constables, 

 arc doing their duty in New York, and my object is in wi 

 ing this to see if it would not stir up the Vermont gar 

 cers and clear the Vermont shore of nets, the same 

 York has done. — Champlain. 



Fish Laws of Canada. — Those of our readers who fish 

 in Canada will do well to observe the following, which has 

 been printed aud distributed by means of handbills, by Mr. 

 \Y. F. Whiteher. Commissioner of Fisheries of Ontario, 

 Pickerel (pike-perch, wall-eyed pike, dore, etc.), maskinonge 

 and black bass cannot be taken from the 15th of April to the 

 15th of May. Speckled trout, brook, or river troux cannot 

 be taken from Sept. 15 to May 1. Salmon trout, or lake 

 trout, aud whitefish may not be captured from the 1st to the 

 10th of November. Net or seine fishing without license is 

 prohibited. Nets must be raised from Saturday night until 

 Monday morning of each week. Nets cannot be set orseines 

 s to bar channels or bays. Indians are forbidden 

 to fish Illegally, the same as white men. Each person guilty 

 of violating these regulations is liable to fine and 

 in default of payment, is subject to imprisonment. No per- 

 g such prohibited times, fish for. catch, kill, 

 buv sell or have in possession any of the kinds of fish men- 

 ibove. 



Nkts rjs Lake Champlain. — There is quite an excitement 

 in Whitehall and along Lake Champlain just turn, caused by 



the appearance of Game and Fish Protectors S. J. Palmer 

 aud John Liberty, just as the net fishermen had got their 



ed in the water for their spring work. In a talk 

 with Mr. Palmer last night, he said that they had taken 



umber of nets, and there were still many more to 

 be looked after. He says the Vermont shore is lined with 

 nets, aud the Game Association of Vermont has said that 

 .iter. Many of the fishermen from 

 the* New York shore, on hearing that the fish protectors were 

 around, moved their nets across the lake, and it is quite a 



as NcTf 



Black Bass and English Anglers.— The English opln-. 

 ions about black bass quoted in your paper from the London 

 Field seem to me admirable specimens of the usual ignorajM 

 and arrogance of Cousin Bull when in America. One writer 

 thought "bass fishing poor sport because they ' 'wallopfflf 

 about" and got rid of five hooks at once. Probably his brefmj 

 and barbel at home behaved more quietly and with lessjB 

 publican rudeness. But "R. U." had "splendid sport" amoffl 

 the suckers and great lake trout, whose slow and heaw 

 movements were appreciated by this barbel-fisher. The other 

 writer, "Koorb," also depreciates the game qualities of blank 

 bass, and pronounces them inferior "to what he calls %&■] 

 "warlike pike," perhaps the pike-perch, which is commons! 

 Alexandria Bay, the scene of this angler's exploits, a stronfe | 

 heavy-pulling "fish, but with little of the dash of the batf, 

 There is no disputing tastes, and if Englishmen prefer bA 

 bel to bass, it is all right. Such, however, was not the ofl 

 mate put upon the black bass by Herbert and Gillmore, wffln 

 were really anglers. — C. 



Tennessee Fish Notes. — Mr. Furmau and party did 

 Jones's Creek last week and had good sport. The markeM 

 badly supplied, notwithstanding the infringement of fl 

 laws* because this is a nucleus of sports, and they will mil 

 only not buy illy-gotten fish, but will unscrupulously repoir 

 them. General* Ira P. Jones, one of our most noted anglaff 

 may be thrown off by an excess of labor caused by the "flM 

 ner beginning a morning issue, or else he will get his "'V^B 

 tonian" arms' together and startle the natives by his prowH 

 My woodpeckers, of which 1 have for five years given tit 

 Forest end Stream an account, returned* this morning, 

 but being unmolested, the old hole is being refitted by thei", 

 this time without the interference of bluebirds or othdH 

 English sparrows have appeared in our midst, much to tto. 

 disgust of the lovers of song and useful birds. — J. D. HjH 



Planked Shad. — We do not know of but one fish I bil 

 "planked." although there may be more. On the lower Defi- 

 ware River the shad are often so cooked, especially about Glou- 

 cester. N. J. We believe that a chestnut plank is preferred. 

 and the more shad that have been nailed on it the bettor. 

 Those who cook them for parties from Philadelphia am! 

 elsewhere value their old planks highly. The plank is healol 

 and the fish nailed on and set before a great bed of 

 roasted. Sometimes a bit of salt pork is put oi 

 Cooked in this way and brought to table on the plank, iti> 

 sweet and very juicy. No doubt other fish would i 

 treated in like manner. A correspondent inquire:, 

 can be prepared in this way. 



Black Bass in Lake Erie.— Since seeing and read's* 1 

 my first number of Forest and Stream I have never nriS 

 a number, and could not keep house without it. I am oBH 

 amused while reading the stories of the bass fishermen. Sojw 

 ot them, coming from men more capable of handlingM 

 pen than the writer, would find themselves "behind tilt 

 lighthouse" taking bass. It is no unusual thing to I 

 to six-pounders here, in and out of the bay. by trol 

 fishing, or off the harbor piers with rod and spoon. .^H 

 thinsTof a fisherman can take from ten to fifty in a dflj 

 fishing, in season.— Log Driver. (Erie, Pa.) 



In New Jersey the open seasons are: Sale 

 March 1 to October 1; brook trout. March 1 to Octobd 

 black bass, June. 1 to November 1. The law prohibit* 

 lines or nets in streams stocked by the State with . 

 prohibits also any device that will interfere with the f ' 

 cending streams. 



First Swell: "I never did like 'May;' not ne: 

 pretty as "Mary;' wonder they don't change the name or 

 month to 'Mary "' Second "swell : "Clevaw ideawl 

 awystaws good' to June, you know." 



THE WYOMING COMMISSION.— An act passed 



Legislature of TCvoniing Territory and approved Mai 

 1SS2, provides that the Governor shall nominate, and 1 . 

 with the advice and consent of the Council, appoint six I 

 zens. one from each organized county in the Territory, J 

 shall constitute a Board of Fish Commissioners, am 

 their office for two vears and until their successors ai " 

 pointed The Board shall have power to make by-law 

 its government and shall choose on* of their number as c 

 rhey shall receive no compensation for services 

 shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses. They shall 1 

 entire control of the public waters pertaining to the r 

 tion, propagation, cultivation, distribution and protect 

 fish. They*may take fish at any time for the purpose c 

 cure or scientific observation and shall give attention t 

 enforcement of the laws for protection, and shall jr 

 official report of their operation. The County Coon 

 are authorized to appropriate $100 per year to be used c 

 Board in the counties so appropriating, and there shs 

 -51.500 appropriated out of the Territorial funds. The nel 

 appointed commissioners are: Dr. M. C. Barkwei. 

 and Superintendent: Otto Gram, Secretary: Hon. E. "W. I 

 nett, Hon. P. J. Downs. Hon. >~. L. Andrews, Hon. 

 Qninn. 



RAINBOTV TBOTJT ABROAD.— Mr. E. G. —> 

 centlv sent 10,01 France. - 



tained them from Prof Baird. He has also ordered a . 

 some other parties, on his own account, from 

 of California, On Saturday last Prof eas - 

 steamer Oder to Mr. von Behr President . 

 Fischerei Verein. Thev came from the ponds of "" 

 Clark, Northville. Mich. 



