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of Fort Edward, N. Y., Col. J. J. Hoyt of New York, expected to-mor¬ 
row, and others, who for years have made this their headquarters. Drs. 
Vosburgh and Tucker of New York, passed through here a few days 
ago. The rivers and lakes are very high, much more so than I have seen 
them for years. For the past week much rain has fallen, melting the 
snow from the surrounding mountain tops. Trouting is good. I have 
seen already several fine trout deceived by the deceptive fly. Trolling 
has proved most excellent, despite the rain and cold. A day or two of 
warm sunshine will give us many trout. vTust met Hon. George Daw¬ 
son of Albany, N. Y., rod in hand, full of hope, goes down the Raquecte, 
and from his long experience, sure of success. A gentleman everywhere, 
whether at home or abroad, and the trout even appreciate his cordiality. 
A word more. I am told by reliable guides from Long Lake that 
Raquette Lake is full of set lines. Why cannot our game laws be en¬ 
forced? We need a State Commissioner. Local Commissioners cannot 
do it. Had we a Whitehead and Phelps in this region to enforce the 
laws, thousands of trout would be saved annually. Boat going to the 
settlement and I must close. S, S. N. 
—In La Glume lllustree we find an exceedingly interest¬ 
ing article, signed lby M. Edmond du Saye, in regard to the 
shad in French waters and their method of capture. One 
peculiarity of the lamprey eel found in the waters of the 
Garonne in conjunction with the shad is so curious that we 
translate in full from our exceedingly well informed con¬ 
temporary. “The shad which ascend the stream of the 
Garonne are remarkably fine. Those caught in the Gar¬ 
onne are much more appreciated than those captured in 
the Tarn, the latter stream being of a sluggish character. 
When the shad get to the junction of the two rivers they 
are still strong and lusty, and make bqjdly up the Garonne, 
while the lamprey eels are in poor condition. The lamprey 
ascending the river at the same time, has not force enough 
to stem the current. When it gets to a point where he can. 
not move against the stream it takes hold of a stone, and 
waits for a passing shad. When one swims in his neigh¬ 
borhood he takes hold of the shad by the tail. The shad, 
frightened, redoubles its speed, and clears all the obstacles, 
and then only the lamprey eel lets go its hold. We had 
often seen caught in nets, shad, ( alpses ,) with lamprey eels 
attached to them when the nets had been placed in the 
swift waters.” Whether this arises from an accident, or 
from the desire the lamprey may have to spawn in the 
sources of the river, the contributor to La Glume IUustree 
does not not state. To us it is quite a novel feature. 
Another strange fact recorded by the same authority is that 
in Russia while shad abound, they are thrown out by the 
fishermen as good for nothing. 
—Our Washington correspondent went black bass fishing 
the other day and mentions the following facts to attest to 
the wonderful vitality of the fish:— 
“Just as we returned from our day’s fishing we took from 
a pool of water three black bass caught a few hours pre¬ 
vious, and after rapping each one smartly over the nose 
with a stone, strung them and started for Washington. 
Just one hour and fifty minutes afterwards we reached my 
house and threw the bass into a tub of water under the 
hydrant. In an hour after, the biggest bass (2i lbs.) was 
swimming about the tub ! Can anyone of your readers tell 
a bigger story, which is absolutely true in all particulars, 
about the vitality of black bass? " Of course we all know 
that if first frozen, they may be kept a long time and then 
revive.” 
New York, May 29, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
I notice in your last issue an inquiry whether black bass 
will bite at shrimp. Your conjecture in reply that they 
will is quite correct. I have used shrimp successfully on 
the Mohawk River, and in some ponds in Duchess County 
where friends of mine are in the habit of fishing. Shrimp 
take so well that to have a quart of them in good condition 
(not alw'ays easy a hundred miles or so from the salt water,) 
is considered almost a guaranty of a basket of fish. My 
own experience shows the black bass to be the most ca¬ 
pricious of fish. Littell. 
FISHING AT THE GREAT FALLS OF THE 
POTOMAC. 
Washington, May 23,1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
If you want to get fish and have sport come to the Great Falls of the 
Potomac. The fish there don’t exactly “sit around on the fence posts” 
waiting to be interviewed by the piscatorial fraternity, but they will vig¬ 
orously put themselves in contact with a skillful angler’s hook, if he but 
give them a fair chance, and practice a reasonable amount of judicious 
discretion by means of his fly. 
The Great Falls are located fourteen miles above Washington and 
seven miles from Rockville, on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore 
and Ohio Railroad. Leaving the Capital, with its miles upon miles of 
the finest drives in the world, its acres of lovely grass-plots and green 
carpeted little “reservations,” its countless shade trees, resplendent in 
the fresh verdure of spring, its enchanting parks and flower gardens, you 
cross Rock Creek to Georgetown, and go thence by canal (fare 50 cents) 
or by stage (fare 75 cents) to the fishing grounds. If you're both indus¬ 
trious and economical you can “work your passage” in the traditional 
Erie Canal fashion. (No charge for this advice—we’re not subsidized by 
the canal company). 
The Potomac has here three falls, aggregating a descent of 80 feet 
within the distance of a few rods, with rapids extending for half a mile. 
The gorge presents a river not unlike one’s conception of the Great 
Canon of the Colorado, only, of course, very much in miniature compared 
with the monster chasm that confines that giant of the West within its 
towering walls. 
When the season is fairly in the fishing Is of the choicest, and the fine 
frenzy of the sport comes to him who here patiently casts his line, and 
if he be a true disciple of the great teacher he will surely feel the trans¬ 
porting tingle at the finger tips. Big bass, little bass, rock or striped 
bass in season, are the game fish abounding at the Falls. One bass 
caught here this week weighed 4 pounds 14 ounces—a prize. Your cor¬ 
respondent got away with 25 pounds in the course of four hours’ fishing, 
one morning last week, and felt repaid by the enjoyment obtained, 
though the catch is nothing to speak of, the fish being under sized. The 
weather and water were unpropitious at that particular time. When the 
river clears the sport will not lag, not while there are honest fishermen 
toiling in the Government service here. Never! Treasurer Spinner— 
he of the lovely countenance and honest heart—will give the last man 
and the last dollar for a bite. 
What of the accommodations there for visitors? Well, good, unex¬ 
ceptionable, we may say. At the “tavern” of Messrs. Garrett & Maus 
you get served as few sportsmen do in the rural regions. The fare is 
really excellent; all the delicacies of the season and many out of season. 
Fresh country butter and real cream, the finest bread, coffee that would 
put to blush the caterer of many a French cafe, with his muddy decora¬ 
tions, vegetables; good things clear through in short, not short in quan¬ 
tity, though. You can even have a hot breakfast sent out to you on the 
rocks. And the beds, they remind one of home, sweet home. There’s 
no place like home, except the Great Falls in the fishing season. It is 
good for the piscatorial stomach to be at the Falls lately, especially when 
said stomach is in a ravenous state, as it is sure to be after its owner has 
been out on the rocks a few hours. Then’s when you get an edge onto 
it! They have something there, too, for the kind of a thirst described 
by our army friend on the plains. Coming in from a ten day Indian 
scout in the “rainlessregion,” he was offered water. He indignantly de¬ 
clined it, saying, “I’ve got a thirst on that I would’nt take a thousand 
j dollars for.” And all for two dollars a day. Not the thirst of the major, 
j but the accommodations of Garrett & Maus, with valuable information 
j and advice to the sportsman thrown in, for these be good fellows and an- 
| glers. 
\ Professor S. F. Baird, the eminent scientist and Fish Commissioner of 
j the United States, to listen to whom quickly convinces the listener that 
j the Professor is a true lover of the piscatorial art and at the same time a 
‘ practical man in his treatment of the question of fish culture for food, 
which important subject is committed by the Government to his care, 
j says the Great Falls will yet be one of the finest leases on the continent. 
\ He has unlimited faith in the success of his project for stockiug the Po¬ 
tomac and its tributaries with the California salmon, regarding the ex¬ 
periment of hatching as certain in its results as putting eggs under a set 
ting hen. Hence his confidence. When these salmon are ready for the 
hook th ree years hence may we three be those to hook ’em. Yours lin¬ 
eally, O. K, and Bob. 
-- 
—A correspondent sends us the following notes from 
Texas; 
Galveston, Texas, May 10,1874. 
ditor Forest and Stream:— 
We have just passed through from our game season of geese, ducks, 
brant, curlew, snipe, and plover to the piscatorial element. The rage 
just now is to rig out a bamboo pole, float and couple of hooks, with the 
tiniest of sinkers, all perhaps costing a dollar, and purchase your shrimp 
for bait and start at a tearing rate seven miles to the railroad bridge, ar¬ 
riving there at daylight. Fasten your steed, and walking a short distance 
on the structure, proceed to cast your hook in the limpid waters below. 
Not long to wait; the wary trout, seeing so delicious a morsel as a 
shrimp dangling so prettily, goes for it with distended jaws, takes it, 
and off he goes. Now is the time t© hook him, and by a pecu liar skill¬ 
ful manoeuvre he is secured and presently landed in your basket. This 
is repeated until you bundle up and go back to the city; sometimes, and 
very often, with a handsome mess of large fine speckled trout. The rail¬ 
road bridge is two miles long, and is one of our communications to the 
main land, made by piles driven into the sand aud mud bottom. In its 
structure some thousands of piles are used, and fish congregate there to 
feed in immense numbers from all parts of the bay, and as many as 200 
have been caught in a single morning by amateurs. The trout is our 
gamiest fish. I have seen them upwards of 24 inches in length and some 
31 to 4 inches thick, with the shiniest of scales and prettiest of speckles. 
Jointed rods are not much used here, and none but the fanciest of ama¬ 
teurs go in for fine metal hooks or fine and costly silk and grass lines. 
There has been quite an extensive raid upon the bridge fishing this sea¬ 
son. Perhaps a hundred persons might be found enjoying the sport this 
morning. Our reiifish, which weigh from 2 to 40 pounds, are caught on 
the beach with a good stout line 178 feet long, two hooks and a pound 
sinker, thrown out into the surf. It would’nt be long before your cap¬ 
tive would bite, and either you would get him or he would get your hooks 
and line. Our market is supplied by fishermen who seine up and down 
the bay and among the numerous islands. They generally sell to middle 
men, who lay their dead fish on stalls in the market early in the morning. 
A redfish commands about 75 cents of six and eight pounds. What is 
left of the morning’s supply is sometimes put on ice and taken the next 
morning, but most of the time is carted overboard. Many parties have 
tried boats with wells, and others large fish boxes to endeavor to keep 
them alive, but they all failed, and the same mode is in vogue to-day 
that existed thirty years ago. Why they failed no one knows, but fish 
cannot be kept alive. Live fish cannot be bought. Fish are so very 
plenty that with a seine 150 yards long and 5 feet deep, two men in one 
haul can make a catch of perhaps as many as 50 good-sized ones from 6 
to 20 pounds each, as much as they can carry to market and dispose of. 
I do not know of any place where parties can go into the water, and with 
a long, lumbering seine, have such luck. Beside our redfish, we have 
sheephead, trout, croakers, whiting, sand trout, perch, pig fish, angel 
fish, pompano, mackerel, mullet, and catfish. Some of these just named 
are not much sought for and are not saleable. Last, but not least, is our 
jew fish, a monster in weight. The first one caught this season turned 
the scales at 440 pounds. An American citizen of African descent 
caught him and received $25 for his half-hour’s work. The fish was cut 
up, steaks were sold, and the balance went to make jew fish chowder for 
half of the town at a popular and celebrated saloon on the Strand. You 
might think this fish pulls extremely hard, but when caught he is like 
an infant, and only makes his noise and terrible splash when safely en 
sconced in some boat a captive, and groans like a dying man in his 
struggles to escape. J- L. 
How the Serpent got over Eve. —A Frenchman’s ac¬ 
count. of the temptation and fall of our first mother, Eve, is 
graphic and interesting: Monsieur Adam—he wake up— 
lie sees one helle demoiselle aslip in ze garden. Volla de 
la chance! here is something interesting. “Bon jour, Mad¬ 
ame Iv!” Madame Iv, she awake—she hoi’ her fan before 
her face. Adam put up his eyeglass to admire ze tableau 
—zey made one promenade—Madame Iv she feel hungry— 
she see appel on ze arbre. Monsieur le Serpent se promene 
sur 1’Arbre—make one walk on ze tree. “M. le Serpent,” 
say Iv, “Weel you not’ave ze bonte to peek some appel? 
J’ai faim.” “Certainment, Madame,” say ze serpent— 
“charmS de vous voir.” “Hola, mon ami, ar’r’retez 
vous!” cry Adam—“stop!—que songez vous faire—what 
madness is zees? You must not peek ze appel! Ze snek 
in ze tree he smile—he took one pinch snuff—he say, “Ah, 
Monsieur Adam, do you not know zere is nossing prohee- 
beet for ze ladies? Madame Iv, permeet me to off are you 
some of zis fruit defendu.” Iv she make one courtesy, ze 
Snek he fill her whole parasol wiz appel, he say, “Eritis, 
sicut Deus; eef M. Adam will eat ze appel he weel become 
like one dieu, know ze good and ze evil; but you, Madame, 
could not become more of one goddess than you are now.” 
And zis feenish Madame Iv. 
Brookline Rowing Club.— At the late annual meet¬ 
ing of this club in Brookline, Mass., the following officers 
were elected for the ensuing year : President, Samuel P. 
Train; secretary and treasurer, Frank Dupee: directors, 
Edward F. Chaum, W. S. Cutler, S. P. Train. 
—The six-oared barges of St. Stephen’s College had 
their annual race near Barrytown Saturday, over a mile 
and a quarter course. The Rosalie beat the Miramonte a 
length and a half. Time, 8 minutes 50 seconds. The Mi¬ 
ramonte had been the victor four years in succession. 
-«$-•*»- 
—When is charity like a top? When it begins to hum. 
'itchting mid Routing. 
All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 
later than Monday in each week. 
HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. 
DATE. 
BOSTON. 
new York. 
charustN 
June 4. 
h, m. 
h. m. 
h. m. 
2 44 
11 26 
10 44 
June 5. 
3 55 
eve 21 
11 55 
June 6. 
4 29 
1 15 
eve 29 
June 7. 
5 25 
2 11 
1 25 
June 8. 
6 23 
3 9 
2 23 
June 9. 
7 21 
4 6 
3 21 
June 10. 
8 19 
5 4 
4 19 
SEAWANHAKA YACHT CLUB. 
—We print below two circulars sent by the Seawanhaka 
Yacht Club to yacht owners who have been invited to par¬ 
ticipate in the Corinthian regattas inaugurated by this club. 
The first letter gives all the details of the proposed race for 
cabin sloops to take place at Oyster Bay on the third of 
July next, and the second letter is an appendix to the cir¬ 
cular published in a recent number of the Forest and 
Stream, referring to the Corinthian regatta for schooners 
to be sailed at Newport next summer. 
FLAG OFFICERS PRIZE FOR A CORINTHIAN RACE BY CABIN 
SLOOPS. 
New York, May, 1874. 
Dear Sir: 
The Flag officers of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club propose offering a 
silver prize of the value of $250, to be sailed for by cabin sloop yachts on 
the 3d day of July next, at Oyster Bay, L. I. 
The race will be conducted on the Corinthian system. That is to say, 
each yacht must be sailed and, as far as possible, steered by her owner 
and manned exclusively by amateurs. 
Each yacht entering for this race must belong to an organized yacht 
club, and be manned, as far as practicable, with members of the club 
under whose flag she enters. 
Owners of yachts entering for this race will have the privilege of in¬ 
cluding in their crews gentlemen wno do not belong to the club from 
which they enter. 
The race will be sailed according to the sailing regulations of the Sea¬ 
wanhaka Yacht Club. 
Time allowance will be calculated on the basis of mean length and 
greatest breadth. 
Only fore and aft sails can be carried. 
Each competing yacht may carry its regular sailing master; but su, h 
sailing master will not be permitted to direct in any way the manage¬ 
ment of such yacht, and any owner infringing this rule will be deemed to 
have abandoned the race and forfeited the prize accordingly. 
The owner of each yacht entering for this race must hand to the com¬ 
mittee having charge of the race, on or before the 2d day of July next, 
a list containing the names, occupation and addresses of his proposed 
racing crew, and such committee will nave the absolute right to reject 
fram such list anyone they may consider a “professional.” 
Each yacht will be allowed to carry (exclusive of the owner) one man 
for every five feet of length on deck and fractional part thereof. 
Unless the definite and positive entry of at least five yachts is received 
by June 15th, the whole project will be abandoned. 
The object of this proposed race is to bring the subject of Corinthian 
racing prominently before our many yachtsmen and thereby popularize 
the system. 
This mode of racing has been popular in England for many years; and 
has been found to develop very materially practical seamanship among 
the owners of yachts; and while it has enhanced the pleasure of those 
who did not own yachts, it has also served to awaken in them a greater 
interest in their respective clubs. 
The foregoing remarks embody the principal features of the proposed 
race, but full information as regards details will be furnished by the 
secretary, Mr. Frederick deP. Foster, No. 65 Wall street, N. Y., to whom 
all entries should be addressed. 
It is hoped that there may be a general response to this circular from 
owners of our sloop yachts, and that the entries may be numerous. 
You are respectfully requested to enter your yacht for this race, and 
also to notify the committee, at your earliest convenience, whether you 
intend so to do. Yery respectfully yours, 
Wm. L. Swan, j 
J. Wm. Beekman, Jr. , | 
Same. J. Colgate. | 
Fred. deP. Foster, f 
Wm. Foulke, Jr., ) 
M. Roosevelt Schuyler, I 
To -, 
Committee. 
Sloop Yacht 
New York, May 21,1874. 
De ar Sir:— 
As the details of the proposed Corinthian race at Newport have been 
gradually matured, it has been deemed advisable to modify the restric¬ 
tion requiring that the competing yachts shall be manned exclusively by 
members of the club under whose flag they are entered for the race. 
It has been intimated by several yacht owners that they would like 
the privilege of including among their crews gentlemen who were not 
members of the club from which they proposed to enter their yachts 
for the race, and the committee has decided to allow the same. 
Trusting this may facilitate your preparations for the race, the com 
mittee would esteem it a favor if you would inform them at your earlies 
convenience whether it is your intention to enter your yacht, in order 
that they may be enabled to definitely complete the arrangements for 
the race. Yery respectfully yours, &c., 
Wm. L. Swan, 
J. Wm. Beekman, 
Samuel J. Colgate, 
Fred. deP. Foster, 
Wm. Foulke, Jr, 
M. Roosevelt Schuyler. 
To -, 
Schooner Yacht -. 
Opening Cruise of Atlantic Yacht Ctub.— Not¬ 
withstanding the heavy fog which prevailed the greater 
part of the day, on Saturday, May 80th, the Atlantic 
Yacht Club held their opening cruise down the bay. 
Owing to the unavoidable absence of a number of the 
yachts, the fleet was not as large as had been expected but 
at the appointed time the schooner “Triton” Mr. G. L. 
Thayer, the “Orion” Mr. Cooper, “Alert” Mr. Henry 
Yail, and “Kate” Mr. L. Lawrence reported to Commodore 
Maxwell, on his flag ship the “Peerless,” and the fleet got 
under way with a nice southerly breeze to beat down to 
Sandy Hook. The “Peerless” eventually took the lead 
and was the first to let go her anchor near the Plorse Shoe, 
where she was shortly afterwards joined by the other 
yachts, the squadron having been increased.on the way 
down by the arrival of the little “Barbaba Frietchie,” Mr. 
J. H. Rhodes. Here luncheon was served, shortly after 
which the yachts started on their return trip.. The fog at 
this time was quite thick, and a little additional excite¬ 
ment was added by the sound of various fog-horns and the 
knowledge that the Saturday fleet of European steamers 
