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FOREST AND STREAM 
Boston, February 28, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
I can hardly believe that Seth Green wrote the article which appeared 
in the New York Times over his signature on the subject of lobsters. 
Mr. Green is made to say ‘they will not have any lobsters in a few years, 
if they allow them to be taken during the spawning season.” Is Mr. 
Green aware that lobsters spawn at all seasons, and that it is not known 
at what season the greatest amount of spawn is thrown? (See Mr. .John¬ 
son’s report, made to the Massachusetts Anglers’ Association). In clos¬ 
ing the letter referred to, Mr. Green says it is easy to propagate lobsters v 
and advises us as follows:— 
“The pond should be built in some place wheie the salt water sets in 
from the ocean, and should be screened in such a way that the w ater can 
flow in and out with the rise and fall of the tide. I think, also, that it 
should be fenced on the seaward side, and possibly all around, so as to 
prevent the lobster from going over the land to the ocean.” 
Mr. Green fears that the lobsters might possibly escape from the pond 
by going overland! His fears may be well founded, but judging from a 
slight acquaintance with lobsters I should not be unwilling to match an 
Ontario white fish against the fastest land travelling lobster ever seen by 
the greatest of modern fishermen, particularly if both were to come out 
of the water of their own accord to participate in the race. 
As Mr. Green has given his advice in regard to the propagation of this 
useful article of food, will he not kindly give us such facts as he may 
possess regarding their land travels, where they came out, how far they 
went and what they came out for, and how long they lived after they 
came out. J. II. C. 
§?achting and Routing. 
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—The New York Canoe Club held its third annual meet¬ 
ing at their Club rooms on February 19th. The rooms 
were filled with members, many of them being the leading 
literary and scientific men of this city, who have employed 
their leisure hours in voyages of discovery on the upper 
waters of Lake Champlain and the charming River Sorrel, 
which empties into this beautiful Lake. Commodore 
Schuyler took the chair; when the Treasurer read the 
financial report of the past year, which showed that the 
prosperous condition of the Club was very encouraging; 
the Secretary’s report was also read, and the officers of the 
past year received a vote of thanks. The members proceed¬ 
ed to ballot and elect officers for the year. The following 
gentlemen were chosen:—Commodore, W. L. Alden, Vice- 
Commodore, G. Livingston Morse; Hon. Secretary, M. 
Roosevelt Schuyler; Treasurer, S. Grosvenor Porter; Cor¬ 
responding Secretary, LewisF. Timmerman; Measurer, A. 
Carey Smith. The Club has now some twenty-five canoes, 
most of them built from a design after the model of W. 
Baden Powell and a few Rob Roy’s. 
Shooting and Yachting. —The amateur sportsmen of 
Quincy, Mass., are agitating the question, with prospects of 
success, of forming both a Pigeon Shooting and a Yacht 
Club in that town. There is plenty of good material for 
both organizations. 
The Boston Yacht Club.— Vice-Commodore McKee, 
of this Club, has purchased the yacht Posy, cat rigged, 24 
ft. long, on which he will fly his badge of office the coming- 
season. 
INTERCOLL EGIATE REGATTA. 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., February 21, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream.— 
I have noticed several articles in the back numbers of Forest and 
Stream in regard to the decision of the convention of the Rowing As¬ 
sociation of American Colleges to hold the next regatta at Saratoga the 
16th of July next, and some of them contain so many of what I shall 
call malicious statements that I should like to say a few words on the 
subject. It is recognized as parliamentary to call any body together 
when it is desired by the members of the association, or when any im¬ 
portant business is to be brought before them. 
Now, no one conversant with college regattas will deny but what it is 
necessary to have as much time as possible in which to prepare for the 
contest, having all preliminaries well understood beforehand as far as 
possible. That there is not sufficient time after the 25th of March to 
complete all arrangements was well shown last year, and it was this fact 
which induced some of the parties interested to desire an early meeting, 
at which to decide these matters, which all crews .desire to know before 
going into training. 
It is also, I believe, parliamentary that when such meeting has been 
called by the proper officers, and authorized by vote of the governing 
body, as was the case at Hartford, it becomes constitutional, and all ac¬ 
tion which may occur at such meeting is valid. The meeting then being 
constitutional, how can fault be found with the selection of a place for 
the regatta, since it has been known from the date of the last regatta that 
some place for this year would be selected at some future time? And as 
all eligible places for holding a regatta have been before the association a 
longtime—Saratoga since the spring of 1873—and more or less fully 
discussed by the college papers, their pros and cons, good and bad 
points, fully set forth, therefore the charge of haste in selection cannot be 
stained. 
i^But how are the evil results, which are so freely .predicted, going to 
follow? Why should they follow the location of the regatta at Saratoga 
rather than at any other place in America? Our fathers, mothers, broth¬ 
ers, sisters, relatives, and friends throng to Saratoga every year, spend 
the summer there, and return uncontaminated by the vices which are 
now held up with fulsome talk before the imagination of collegians as 
sure to infect ns if we go there. Fie on such maudling. Just as if the 
mere fact of being at Springfield, New London, Troy, or Saratoga would 
make a fig’s difference as to the gambling, betting, drinking, and vice 
generally which is set before the students at the regatta. 
Will John Morrissey turn over his little finger for all the profits that 
will accrue to him from the crews themselves, or from the friends and 
visitors who are there for three or four days? His game is the wealthy 
fashionable who throng Saratoga during the entire summer, and who 
have too few brains to control their bodily actions and save their money. 
It is a question whether the majority of collegians could even gain ad¬ 
mission to his rooms during their brief stay. What will attract gamb¬ 
lers, black legs, and pool sellers there more than usual when they will not 
be allowed near the course by the Saratoga Rowing Association and the 
officers in charge? Truly, there is nothing like a desire to find fault, 
which enables one to see so much in nothing. 
Springfield was crowded with gamblers, black legs and extortioners of 
every kind last year, and yet the very parties who now taboo Saratoga 
would be glad to see the regatta again at Springfield, and would doff the 
sackcloth and ashes of the Springs for the purple and fine linen of the 
river. But is there not a very serious question underlying all this fuss 
and humdrum? namely:—Do Amherst, Dartmouth, etc., place persons 
in their crews who are so fond of gambling and debauchery that they 
cannot be trusted where the very best society of our country allows its 
sons and daughters to congregate? Is their training no restraint? Is 
their bringing up no guarantee of sufficient self-restraint to withstand 
these temptations? If so, then brand them at once as children, and 
send their nurses and their mother’s apron strings along with them that 
we may know whether we are dealing with young men or not. 
Repent our decision to go to Saratoga? And why? Last year the Am¬ 
ateur Regatta was held there, aiid was pronounced, by those competent 
to judge, the best of the kind ever held in this country. There was no 
rowdyism, drunkenness, pool selling, blacklegism, it being far ahead in 
every respect of the regatta which afterward took place in the staid, 
Quaker city of Philadelphia. In regard to the distance, it is nearer cen¬ 
tral for all the colleges at present represented in the association than any 
other suitable place that could be named. 
The following is a pretty accurate list of the distances from the various 
colleges to Saratoga:—Bowdoin, 852 miles; Cornell, 239; Harvard, 230; 
Princeton, 224; Yale, 200; Dartmouth, 200; Amherst, 188; Columbia, 176; 
Wesleyan and Trinity less than Yale, and Williams only a comparatively 
short distance. 
Bowdoin has the greatest cause to complain on account of distance, 
yet she voted for Saratoga. Cornell last year went 358 miles to Spring- 
field, and found no fault with the distance, and even now she has to go 
farther than any other college or university except Bowdoin. In my 
opinion—if so humble an opinion is of any account—the association did 
well in every regard in selecting Saratoga. It is central, easy of access, 
no more costly than Springfield, and an almost perfect course. Because 
Amherst could not have her own way is no reason why she should find 
fault with the placf 1 and back out. As well might the two who voted in 
the negative last year have pointed to the holes of Springfield and re¬ 
fused to go there. If men and money were lacking, which is surmised 
by many of the colleges and universities, It would have been much bet¬ 
ter to have kept quiet, and simply been non est at the regatta. If this 
last is not the fact we trust that Amherst will rescind her childish action, 
and, acquiescing in the decision of the association, as Harvard has done, 
send a crew w'ho shall have manhood sufficient to withstand the tempta 
tions, if any, of Saratoga, and prove to the world that Amherst is not a 
breeder of milk and w'ater specimens of humanity. 
We reiterate, then, we are glad Saratoga was chosen, because we have 
every reason to believe that everything will be conducted fairly and up¬ 
rightly. And, more than that, we of Cornell believe that with a fair, open 
course, we can come in better than fourth, as we did last year, although 
we had a mile of shoal to tug over; at least we shall do our best to send 
as goon a crew as any on the lake. Last year our crew received the title 
of the “Wicked Crew,” because they rowed on Sunday instead of stay¬ 
ing on shore playing, cleaning their boat house, fixing their boat, etc., 
as all the other crews did. Perhaps at Saratoga they may be able to re¬ 
deem their reputation. 
Since writing last we have enlarged the navy boat house, so that it will 
now accommodate twenty or more boats with ease, leaving two large 
rooms for dressing and oar rooms. It is quite convenient now, and every¬ 
thing is in readiness for hard work as soon as the water opens in the 
spring. The gymnasium, built by the professors and students, will soon 
be ready for use. It is 20x50 feet on the ground, and twenty feet be¬ 
tween joints, and will contain all the apparatus with which the best col¬ 
lege gymnasiums are supplied—that is, the practical apparatus—two sets 
of parallel and perpendicular bars, two horizontal bars, peg-pole, rope, 
horse, spring board, trapeze, dumb bells, clubs, rings, and a reactionary 
lifter. 
We have had a few days of good skating during the past cold snap, but 
the snow has spoiled it for the present. Some of the students are trying 
to get a rink started, and it is to be hoped that before long we may have 
a permanent skating place, as there are several places in the village well 
suited for such a purpose. J. 
Dartmouth College, February 23, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Of course we are all much excited with the many pros and cons about 
Saratoga. Though some of the students—not rowing men—may be op¬ 
posed to Saratoga on strictly moral grounds, the majority of the athletics 
are for it. Nevertheless, matters are not exactly settled, though there is 
no doubt that a good crew will pull at Saratoga. We have plenty of pluck 
left in us yet, and, though practice in our ships has not yet commenced, 
when the time comes we will set to w-ork manfully. Gates, Eaton, Ward, 
and Archibald, of last year’s crew, are here, and they will make a stout 
nucleus, and as there are some other promising good ones there is no rea¬ 
son, then, that Dartmouth will not make a fair showing in 1874. Perhaps 
an effort will be made to bring it about that a certain lusty oarsman of 
our college shall try a pair of sculls, so as to compete for the Bennett 
cup. Yours truly, G. N. 
—We are requested by the Saratoga Rowing Association 
to print the following card: 
SARATOGA ROWING ASSOCIATION. 
It is necessary for the Saratoga Rowing Association to have the ad¬ 
dress of every amateur rowing club of good standing in the United 
States and Canada. The Association propose to issue soon its circulars 
concerning its annual regatta, which will be given some time in August. 
Therefore it is to be hoped that all rowing clubs will send their address, 
giving name of President and Secretary, so that none may be over¬ 
looked, nor fail to receive circulars. Address 
SARATOGA ROWING ASSOCIATION, 
Saratoga Springs, New York. 
jfrii and iliver *gishigg. 
FISH IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY. 
SOUTHERN waters. 
Pompano. Trout, (Black Bass.) Sheepshead. 
Snapper. Drum, (two species.) Tailorfish. 
Grouper. Kingfish. Sea Bass. 
Rockfish. Striped Bass, 
—Indian River, Florida, a well known sporting resort, 
averages about two miles in width, and has a navigable 
channel for a distance of about fifty miles, from which 
point to Jupiter more or less obstructions occur, caused by 
oyster and conch banks. The river is so straight for one 
hundred and fifty miles that a straight line drawn through 
its centre would not touch either bank. It is a beautiful 
river, and is skirted on either side by a variety of lands— 
hammocks, savannahs and piney woods. 
—The Maine Committee on Fisheries reported an amenda¬ 
tory act to the present law relating to illegal fishing, which 
provides that any officer may appropriate, without process 
of law, all implements used in catching land-locked salmon, 
trout and togue, together with the fish taken, within the 
months of October, November and December of each year. 
It provides for a hearing to claimants before a court of 
competent jurisdiction, if they desire to show that they 
have not violated the law. The bill was ordered to be 
printed. 
— A report to the United States Commissioner of p- 
and Fisheries, by B. H. Sisson, of Shelter Island, states th 
opinion of all engaged in the business of expressing oil fr 6 
menhaden, or mossbunkers, to be that the large number 
fish thus consumed, creates no perceptible diminution of 
the supply. 
—A pond two acres in extent has just been discovered on 
the top of a mountain in Glastenbury, Vermont. The old 
people say that it was discovered once before, years ao- 0 
by two men who had some wonderful trout-fishing there’ 
but were never able to find it a second time. 
An act to incorporate the Maine Sportsman’s Associa 
tion was presented to the Legislature of that State this last 
week. 
—The crews of Swampscott schooners report continued 
poor luck in their fishing, some of them declaring the 
season to be the most unfavorable ever kno vnin that town 
X —An occasional correspondent in New Haven sends us 
the following interesting facts respecting the menhaden 
fishery and manufacture, which has grown of late years to 
a most important commercial interest. He says:— 
“There are now in operation sixty-two factories in the United States 
employing a capital of upwards of $5,000,000. The number of flghe 
men annually employed in the capture of fish is 1,197. In addition to 
this large force of men, 1,109 are employed at factories in converting the 
fish to oil and guano. Three hundred and eighty-three sailing vessels are 
annually employed during the summer season, and twenty steam vessels 
The total of the fish catch during the sfeason of 1873, was 1,193,100 bar¬ 
rels (250 fish to a barrel), and the amount of oil manufactured was 2 214 
800 gallons. The total amount of guano manufactured was 36,299 tons 
These statements of a business heretofore considered of little account 
are encouraging, as showing a new source of wealth to the country. The 
menhaden are good for little else as a source of profit than the object they 
are thus devoted to. Formerly the fish were taken in enormous quanti 
ties and thrown broadcast in a prodigal manner on the fields for manure 
but as the oil was thus in a measure lost, this manner of disposing of the 
fish was very wasteful. It has been discovered by experiment that the 
guano manufactured from the pummice, or refuse of the fish after the 
extraction of the valuable oil, is vastly better as a fertilizer than the fish 
themselves. The oil is devoted to many purposes. It is not used as 
much for purposes of lubrication as fur other uses, though not entirely 
rejected in that service. It is w'ell known as an ingredient of paint be. 
iug used as a substitute for more costly oils, for house painting purposes 
especially. It is also extensively used in ship painting. Mingled with 
other oils it is said to be nearly, if not fully, as well adapted to interior 
painting. Many of these factories are not stationary; some of them are 
afloat. The fish work of the nice Brothers, at present on the Thames 
River, is an old railroad ferry boat, that, before the construction of the 
bridge across the Connecticut, was run as a ferryboat between Lyme and 
Saybrook This w r ork is towed about and anchored wherever the fishing 
is found to be good. The fish work of the Quinnipiac Fertilizer Com¬ 
pany, situated at Pine island, near the mouth of the Thames River, is a 
good model of the average fish work. The sale of both oil and guano 
is constantly on the increase. The trade is little known, and we believe 
that a full statement of the facts and statistics of the business have 
never before been given to the public. 
“You can add that the small fry are plenty in Long Island Sound and 
its harbors, commencing in June and disappearing at first frost in Octo¬ 
ber, when, like the bluefish they leave the northern waters for the south, 
and the following season come north to spawn, which they do in April 
and May. The enormous catches of the last ten years have been smaller 
than formerly. When full grow n they are taken in shoals in Long Island 
Sound, extending eastward to Nantucket, in shore and out. They are a 
surface fish, and are taken outside in purse nets by surrounding the 
shoal, w'hen the bottom of the nets are drawn close by ropes, thus en 
closing them. They are then bailed into the boats or tenders and sent to 
the factories for use. In shore fishing is done by long drag nets in shoal 
w’ater. In the month of October they leave the north in company with 
the blue fish, and are food for them in their migration. 
lew ublmitimn . 
-♦- 
A Self Made Woman; or, Mary Idyl’s Trials and Tri¬ 
umphs. By Emma May Buckingham. One 12mo vol. 300 pages; mus¬ 
lin, $1 75. N. Y.: S. R. Wells. 
To all who are seeking to live a higher and nobler life,whose aspirations 
go out after the presence of an intellectual and useful eareer, we can 
fully commend this w r ork. The heroine is a noble specimen of a self- 
taught, a self-made woman. In Mary Idyl’s life and success, amid strug¬ 
gles, discouragements and disappointments that w r ould have * subdued 
even stronger natures, we behold triumph and success. The reader will 
find a strong argument in this work in favor of obeying the laws of hy¬ 
giene and the hopes of the most salutary results. The loveliness of 
one’s character is entirely different to the loveliness that constitutes 
beauty or comeliness of person. One is evanescent and soon fades, while 
the intellectual beauties of the mind, the ever-enduring, become more 
glorious and entrancing by age. A careful perusal of this work will give 
a fuller impression of its value as a reformatory work than any anal¬ 
ysis we might further offer. 
Maxims and Hints for an Angler, with humorous en¬ 
gravings, to which are added Maxims and Hints for a Chess Player, 
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, Philadelphia. 
This is an amusing brochure , containing both good instruction and 
pleasant reading. Just the kind of a convenient book to put in one’s 
pocket to while away a few' minutes’ time when the fish won’t bite, or to 
read seriously for fair practical instruction in the gentle art. The chap¬ 
ter on the “Miseries of Fishing” is a most laughable one, and “Maxims 
and Hints” have in addition a series of most amusing wood cuts. There 
is a great deal of wholesome fun, a notable amount of good instruction, 
and much quaint philosopy in the little book. 
The Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic Ob¬ 
jects. By Thomas Davis. 16mo, cloth, $1 25. New York: G. P- 
Putnam’s Sons. 
This is a compendium of all the most approved methods of mounting 
microscopic objects. The information is so plainly given that almost 
anyone—even a lad—can gain much instruction from the author’s expe¬ 
rience. It is a rare work; just what the beginner wants. We can com¬ 
mend it to one and all. 
ANNO UNCEM ENTS. 
We learn from the Messrs. Osgood & Co. that they have 
in press and will soon issue a work entitled “Fables in Song,” by 
Robert Lord Lytton. (Owen Meredith.) 1vol. 16mo. 
Life of Theodore Parker. By O. B. Frothingham. 1 
vol. 12mo. 560 p. With portrait. 
Sheldon & Company, New York, will publish, March 12th, 
the following new books: 
Ex-Secretary Welles’great book, “Lincoln and Seward,” their rela¬ 
tive positions in Mr. Lincoln’s Administration. 1 volume. 12mo, tinte 
paper. Cloth, $1 50. Paper, $1. 
“Heaven in Song . ” A collection of the choicest poems of all ages on 
this great theme. Cheap edition. 1 volume. l2mo, tinted paper, boun 
in black and gold. Price $2 SO. 
