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fish other than perch and whitefish than we expect to find 
each year. ‘The perch will average about a quarter or a 
third.of a pound in weight, A day or two since some perch 
minnows were noticed to be dying. The dying continues up 
to this time. Fully one hundred tons have been buried. The 
lake is from six to eight miles long, and from two and one- 
half miles wide to five at the greatest width. Assuming that 
twice or three times as many fish as haye been buried lie upon 
other parts of the shore, the destruction of fish, chiefly 
perch, is fully three hnodred tons. 
Although the flow of water is from Fourth Lake into 
Third Lake and so on, the fish in Third, Second and First 
lakes are not yet affected. .A small quantity of sewage (that 
is from a few private sewers) is discharged into Fourth Lake, 
also some chemicals from the laboratories of the State Uni- 
yersity, and also a little gas tar from the insane asylum gas 
works situated on the north side of the lake opposite the 
city, The sewage, waste chemicals and tar are put_into the 
lake at three points, each remote from the other, But it is 
also true that a much larger amount of sewage is discharged 
into Third Lake, in yolume not Jess than three or four times 
that which is discharged into Fourth Lake and as well as 
some gas tar. 
It would be a calamity if it were merely the loss of the fish, 
but there may be in it also a threat of sickness to the people. 
Various suggestions have been made as to the cause of this 
trouble. One is that a small worm attacks the gills or 
throat of the fish. A worm is said to have been taken froma 
weed upon which the fish had been feeding, the weed being 
found to some extent in the intestines of the fish. Another, 
that it is caused by a parasite feeding upon the gills. Dr. 
Hoy undertook to analyze the water of the lake’ and reports 
it nearly as pure as the artesian water with which the city is 
supplied. 
ft is also said that in years past the fish of this lake have 
died in considerable numbers. Every year there are some 
dead fish. In or about 1844 the whitefish came ashore in 
quantities as ¢reat as the perch come now, and on several 
occasions fish in considerable numbers haye come ashore. 
BASS AT PASQUE ISLAND. 
()* the 16th and 16th of August twenty fish, Weighing 
J 5413 pounds, were taken by the seven members of the 
Pasque Island Ciub. The weight of each fish is as follows: 
©. P Gassilly, 3, weighing 49, 47+, 45. F_ O. Herring, 3, 
weighing 47, 41,4, I, C. Brown, 7, weighing 43, 39, 28, 17, 
17, 74, 34 W.A. Brown, 2, weighing 37,11. N. A. Mes- 
erole, 2, weighing 41, 194. A. B. Dunlap, 2, weighing is, 
3i. 5. Colgate, 1, weighing 23. Ii was the poorest hass 
weather ever Known at the island; wind light northeast, 
water without a ripple and as clear as it possibly could be. 
One member lost five large ones, and one member lost two 
monsters. All taken with menhaden bait. J. L. Y. 
NEw Lore, Aug. 20. 
“Brown TRour’ 1s NEw ZHALAND.—In 1878, My, W. 
Arthur read a paper before the Otago Institute on the Salmo 
fario introduced from England. Last November he fol- 
lowed it with another, which has just reached us. He re- 
cords the effects consequent on the acclimatization of this 
fish in New Zealand as affecting their growth, habits and 
structure, and as bearing on the theory of the variation of 
species. Mr. Arthur recognizes the fact that a revision of 
the salmon family inhabiting England is necessary, because 
of the many intermediate forms between the so-called 
species. Among other things, he says: ‘‘The shape of the 
black spots, always round on the gill covers, shoulders, dor- 
sal and adipose fins, varies on the body from round to rect- 
angular and X-shaped toward the tail, The theory that 
residence in salt water is shown by the black spots assuming 
the X-shape is not altogether borne out by the facts. Por 
example, trout of both sexes, in such water as the Shag 
River, Pomahaka aud Wakatipu Lake, when there is clear or 
white water and a light bottom, are silvery, and have black 
spots mostly X-shaped; indeed, I have often seen bright 
silvery females with fine heads and X-spots that might be 
easily taken for sea trout, while the Waiwera and Waipahi 
riyers, which haye dark bottoms, produce trout of the 
golden variety, with most of the black spots rounded in 
form. The food in these four rivers is much the same. 
Brown frout taken in Otago Harbor show a tendency to 
acquire X-shaped spots, and take on a sea trout appearance, 
but not always,” Mr. Arthur goes into the structue of the 
fish as well as their coloration, and gives diagrams of the 
yariation in the preopercle which will interest ichthyologists. 
We have little doubt that a careful revision of species would 
reduce many English trout to the condition of sub-species of 
8. fario, if it did not show a full line of intermediate forms 
which would show them to be merely varictics, 
A Ram on Onazy Lake.—Chazy Lake, Dannemora, 
Clinton County, N. Y., Aug. 11.—On the last of July, State 
Game and Fish Protector John Liberty, in company with I, 
W. Collins, proprietor of the Chazy Lake House, made a 
raid on the illegal fishermen in Chazy Lake and captured 
twenty-two night lines and three nets that were put in for 
speckled trout. A great many of the lines had from three 
to four hundred hooks. This lake has been fished for the 
past twenty years by all the outlaws in two counties. Mr, 
Collins has declared war to the knife against all pot-hunters 
‘and night-line fishermen. Over three tons of salmon trout 
have been taken this season from this little lake, only five 
miles long. Something over one hundred large trout were 
returned to the water by Mr, Liberty,— Romer, 
Serves In lowa,—Morning Sun.—Our fishing has not 
been good the past summer, all on account of the ‘‘gentleman 
with the seine.” ‘There are plenty of ponds and lakes in this 
county, but they were al] drawn last spring with but one ex- 
ception, and that one, through the courtesy of the owner, 
has been ‘fished to death” with the rod. So it goes. 1 must 
complain. I talk and talk, then sit down and write about it; 
and the same thing goes on every year “just the same.”— 
MorE. 
Massacuusetrrs.—Adams Pond in Plainville (Hadley), 
which at one time furnished power for a large lumbering 
aud manufacturing business and famous as a- breeding place 
for fish, has been bought by the Piscatorial Club of Amherst, 
who propose to repair the dam, forbid all fishing for a year 
or two and carefully stock the pond. They intend to build 
a boat bouse and keep several boats to rent, Captain Lamb 
will have charge of the premises. : 
Dip you BYPR HRAR the cry of a catfish? 
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FOREST AND STREAM. 
Gritsu.—Passing through Fulton Market last Saturday 
we heard Mr, Blackford gay to his foreman, ‘‘Those fish are 
not for sale,” and on examining the box just opened we saw 
two fine grilse, on which lay a card '‘With compliments of 
John L, Cadwallader.” They had been sent from the Resti- 
gouche Club, and were fine specimens of about four pounds 
each, The grilse when in condition is of the finest flavor, 
much superior to the salmon. ‘ 
A New Fis Hoox.—The London Fishing Gaeette gives 
illustrations of ‘the new sliced fish hook, patented.” Its 
peculiarity is a barb, or ‘‘slice” on the- back of the shank, at 
About its middle which keeps the worm, or other bait, from 
slipping down. It was inyented by Mr. R. B. Marston and 
is specially recommended for up-stream worm fishing, 
Hishculture, 
PROPAGATION OF STRIPED BASS OR ROCK+= 
FISH (Roccus lineatus), 
[A paper read before the American Fishcultural Association.] 
BY 8. G. WORTH, PISH COMMISSIONER FOR NORTH CAROLINA. 
ee propagation of the striped bass, by artificial methods, 
appears to be as easy of accomplishment as that of the 
shad, and there are greater opportunities probably of doing a 
large work with less money than is necessary in the propaga- 
tion of shad. qj 
Tt is much to say thatthe striped bass can be as economically 
hatched as the white shad, for the expense of shad hatching 
is yery small. From the observations upon the shipment of 
rock fry, it would seem that there is no difficulty whatever in 
, successfully depositing the fry in rivers at points distant from 
the hatcheries. ; 
Tt is not known at what points ripe fish of this species can be 
found in greatest abundance, but in our present state of 
knowledge Weldon, North Carolina, presents the greatest 
number, This town is at the head of navigation on Roanoke 
River near the North Carolina and Virginia line and is 
more than one hundred miles above the head of the tide. The 
Roanoke River, at this point. is adarge stream, which would 
be navigable many miles further up except on account of the 
abrupt fails existing above 2 distance of a few miles. 
Ttis amuddy stream a great portion of the year, having its 
souree about two hundred (200) miles in the tributaries of the 
Dan and Staunton. 
However muddy its waters may be at times, a great portion 
of the volume is from pure mountain springs. 
Although large quantities of striped bass are taken during 
seyeral months by the large seines and pound nets seaward, 
there appears to be no one point where the eggs ina condition 
proper for fecundation can be found so abundantly, At the 
particular point named, the fallisso great that ordinarily, 
owing to lack of a great volume of water to smooth over the 
falls, the fish are unable to pass directly over, and in conse- 
quence are detained at the foot of the falls. 
Here more than a hundved canoes are used each spring in the 
capture of the striped bass. y 
Bow uets are used in water ten or niore feet deep, two men 
occupying the boat, one using the paddle, the other holding 
the net. 
At times great numbers of fish collect here, and within fif- 
teen years past as many as three hundred of these fish, weigh- 
ing upward of thirty pounds, some reaching seventy, have 
been taken on a slide or trap (another minor fishing contriv- 
ance used there), in a single day- ; 
The quantity, however, has greatly fallen off of late years, 
owing to greatly-increased fishing operations below, 
Ti is stated on good authority that on many occasions, when 
these fish were very numerous at this point, that in their 
spawning moyements they have been so abundant that great 
quantities of blood were extracted, owing to the contact with 
each other, conveying the idea that the water was literally 
overcrowded with them, causing them to come into abnormal 
conflict with their sharp spines, owing to lack of space.- 
The bloody appearance of the water has been popularly 
considered the bleeding consequent upon an actual fight among 
those fishes, but) was probably only the result of overcrowding 
where dorsal spines were frequent. 
Some few thousand of striped bass are still taken at this 
place. : 
- The place has appeared favorable for the work of collecting 
eges for artificial propagation, and after investigation of its 
capabilities the following results may be enumerated: 
in the year 1882, in the month of May, I sent an expert 
among the fishermen by way of investigation, and had re- 
ported back from him the sale during his stay of something 
less than a dozen spawning fish, 
He was there but a few days and made no attempt to fecun- 
date or hatch the ova. Preyious experience in the propaga- 
tion of the striped bass at Avoca, in 188-, led to the inference 
that the discovery of this many fish ina ripe condition at Wel- 
don, would crdinarily afford material for a limited hatchery, 
Consequently, I established at Weldon, quite late in the sea- 
son of 1585, an exceedingly crude establishment, containing: 
sixty-five McDonald jars, equipped as if tor yery rudeshad or 
whitefish hatching. : 
The station was provided with five experts, a force rather 
too small, though efficient. During a period of ten days from 
May 14 to 24, nine rocktish in spawning condition were se- 
cured. 
Four of these were sold on the market before the hatchery 
was ready, and the eggs were lost, They were observed, how- 
ever, to contain ripe eggs. Fiye others were captured and 
handled by my force subsequent to the establishment of a 
hatchery. 
One of these weighed thirty-four pounds twelve ounces, but 
being dead and stiff before it was found, the eggs were not 
available for impregnation, so I used it for the purpose of de- 
termining as near as possible the relative number of eggs con- 
tained in this species. A fraction of an ounce was carefully 
weighed out on apothecary’s scales by a young druggist who 
chanced to be in my corps, and a computation was niade of 
the number of eggs, and 3,194,000 were found. The two ovar- 
ies were packed m ice and sent to Prof. Baird for more careful 
calculation. They arein his possession and are preserved in 
alcohol. The total weight of these ovaries at the time the cal- 
culation was made was seven pounds nine ounces, 
However many the exact number may be, it is evident that 
the average rockfish produces upward of 1,000,000 of eggs. 
Four other fishes in spawning condition were taken, oue on 
the Lith weighing 12 pounds, two-thirds spent, yielded 250,000 
eggs, another taken on the 18th, weighing 8 pounds, two-thirds 
spent, contained 280,000 eggs. The eggs from the last named 
fish, when impregnated, measured 14 U. 8. standard liquid 
quarts, and in the ovaries which I dissected afterward, were 
remaining 4 ounces unimpregnated eggs, These latter I con- 
sidered about 100,000 in number, sbewine that this fish of 8 
pounds weight, contained upward of 1,200,000 eggs. 
The result of the crude operations at Weldon, produced 
something like 1,000,000 of eggs from the four fish stripped 
(these being mostly spent), from which a very moderate 
number of fish—50,000—were hatched and turned into Roanoke 
River, specimens being sent to Prof. Baird in glycerine, 
The only difficulties encountered were two, the one consisb- 
ing in the great delicacy of the egg shells in the latter stages 
which caused the fish to hatch prematurely by concussion, an 
the other consisting in the difficulty of securing fine enough 
screens to hold the fish when hatched, ee 
ee 
— a 
a ——— 
Ave. 21, 1884 
_ Now since I found that the eggs would stand a great while 
in water without a change, even twelve hours, it is apparent 
that they may be hatched without motion, and thus prevent 
premature hatching, and as to the difficulty of confining the — 
young fish by proper screens, all that seems necessary, is the 
substitution of clear water for that muddy water which I 
used. Not only do the rock spawn at Weldon, but incident-_ 
ally at several points below, and with the system of impound- 
ing, there seems scarcely a doubt of securing a great supply of 
eggs, thus opening a means of propagating the choice, valuable 
striped bass. 
THE NEW JERSEY COMMISSION.—Mr. Theodore Mor- 
ford having resigned the position of Fish Commissioner the 
Governor has appointed the Hon. Frank M, Ward, of Newton, 
to fill the yacaney. Mr. Morford was appointed by Goy. Me 
Clellan in 1878, and re-appointed by Goy. Ludlow in 1885, he is 
well known as an enthusiastic sportsman and owner of a fine 
pean Mr. Ward is an ex-Senator and is well and favorably 
nown. 
THH MICHIGAN COMMISSION.—Mr. A, J. Kellogg, so 
well known as one of the Michigan Fish Commissioners, has 
resigned, and the former secretary of the commission, Mr. 
Herschel Whitaker, has been appointed to succeed him, Mr. 
Kellogg is now secretary of the Boatdi 
The Kennel. 7 | 
FIXTURES, 
BENCH SHOWS, 
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Sept. 1 to 6.—Bench Show of the Laneaster County Pair Association. 
Lancaster, Pa. Entries close Aug. 30. J. B. Long, Secretary, 6 West. i 
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King street, Lancaster, Pa. 
Sept. 2, 3 and 4.—Bench Show of the New England Wair, Manehes- 
ter, N. H. Entries close Ang, 28. ©. A, Andrews, Superintendent, 
West Boxford, Mass. 
Sept. 9, 10 and 11.—Third Annual Bench Show of the Montreal Ken- 
nel Club, Entries close Sept. 1. Chas. Lincoln, Superintendent. J. 
S. Wall, Secretary, P, O, Box 1,246, Montreal, Canada, 
Sept. 16,17 and 18.—Collie Bench Show and Field Trials of the — 
Ontario Collie Cinb: Toronto.Ont. Hntries close Aug. 23. Mr. H. J, 
Hill, Secretary, Toronto, — 
Sept. 16,17, 18 and 19.—Bench Show of the Philadelphia Kennel 
Club. Chas. Lincoln, Superintendent. Mr, Benj. C. Satterthwaite, 
Secretary. 
Oct. 6. 9,10 ana 11.—Vhird Annual Bench Show of the Danbury 
Agricultural Society, Danbury, Gonn. Entries close Sept. 27. H. 8, 
Davis, Superintendent, Danbury. Conn. 
Oct, 21, 42, 23and 24,_first Annual Fali Bench Show of the West- 
minster Kennel Club, Madison Square Garden, New York. Mr. Chas. 
Lincoln, Supermtendent. 
FIHLD TRIALS, . 
_ Noy. i/.—sixth Annual Trials of the Hastern Field Trials Ciib, at 
High Pomt, N.C. W, A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, 1. I. 
Dee. 8 —Sixth Annual Trials of the National American Kennel Cli — 
at Canton, Miss. D. Bryson, Seeretary, Memphis, Tenn. : 
As kG, Re 
ee AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, tor the registration of 
pedigrees, etc, (with prize lists of allshows and trials), is pub 
lished every Month. Hntries close on the ist. Should be im early, - 
Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. — 
Registration fee (25 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries 
inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subseription- $1, Address 
‘American Kennel Register,’ P. 0. Box 2882, New York. Ninnber 
of entries already prmted J490, Volume, bound im cloth, sent — 
postpaid, $1.5(, ; 
PHILADELPHIA DOG SHOW. 
“NCREASED interest is bemg taken in the comiig Phila- 
delphia show. A. larger building than the one first set 
aside for our display has been assigned for that purpose by the 
Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, and could not be better 
as to ventilation. The judges who have accepted are: 
Mr. ¥. A. Diffenderfer, of Lancaster, Pa., for Irish setters. 
Mr. W, A. Coster, Matbush, L. I., poiaters. 
Mr. James R, Pierson, of Buckingham, Pa., for deerhounds , 
ereyhounds, Italian greyhounds and whippets. 
Mr. James Mortimer, of New York, for bulldogs, bull-ter- 
riers, black and tan terriers, etc, ; 
Mr, J. A. Stovell, of Philadelphia, with two other gentlemen, 
for foxhoonds. r 
Dr. J. W. Downey, of Newmarket, Md,. for collies and 
beagles. 
Mr. W.2R. Knight, of Philadelphia, for pugs. ; 
Mr. Ed. D. Dudley, of Camden, N. J., for mastiffs, St: 
Bernards, Newfoundlands and Ulmers, 
The club have decided to offer no prizes for puppies, and to 
enable a dog to be entered in the champion classes he must have 
won three prizes in open classes or first prize in a_ champion 
class, where there has at least been one competition. ore 
special prizes will be given and itis now known that an im- 
mense display of foxhounds in packs (six couple constituting 
a pack) will contend for the very liberal award to be made 
for this class. It is estimated that thirty to forty thousand 
visitors will attend the State Fair daily and an excellent op- 
portunity will be had by owners to dispose of their dogs if ~ 
they are for sale. Entries will close Sept. 6 and application 
for blanks and rules can be made to Mr. Chas. Lincoln, super— 
intendent. Homo. 
COLLIE KENNEL CLUB. 
Hditor Forest and Stream: 
Thave read with much interest the remarks of the American 
Kennel Register, and breeders and. exhibiborsin general, in re- 
gard to the formation of an American Kennel Chib. 7 ie 
There are two very distinctive classes of fanciers, breeders, — 
and connoisseurs, to wit: the sporting and the non-sporting” 
divisions. 
Now I bope that no one will take umbrage at my platform ; 
that itis with great difficulty that the non-sporting division 
has due equity meted out to it by the sporting division. I do 
not wish by my above remark to casta slur at any club or 
gentleman, but do mean that if an association or club is inter- 
ested personally and financially in pointers and setters, they 
will not and cannot have the same interest for other breeds. 
T admire a Scotch collie. My neighbor across the way is the 
happy and proud possessor of a Mrench poodle; he kicks my 
collie every time he finds him in his yard, and when I find the 
poodle on my front porch I give him a bone, but he complains 
that the bone strikes him promiscuously with entirely too 
much vigor. : 
Tt is not natural or possible for a person to guard the inter- 
ests of an object for which he has no affection. I wish, at_ 
this time, to offer a plea in behalf of the class of dogs in which 
my interests lie. : ; h sf 
Tt is not necessary to tabulate in a numerical point of view — 
the relative value of collies to other breeds. ‘The answer is 
patent to all readers of our American Kennel Register. _ 
Brother collie breeders and owners, can’t we organize and 
maintain with much interest and success a collie kennel club? 
I would be very proud if my words could bring itabout. I 
am an wiknown unit in the great number of lovers of the 
collie, than whom is no better or useful breed. Should such 
Napoleons in collie matters as J. Lindsay, Esq., or Mr. T, H. 
Terry, or Dr. Downey broach such a subject, the tongue of — 
scandal mizht ory out, because it would recognize in its heart { 
Gf scandal has a heart) their right to such a claim, “Oh, yes; 
he wants to be president, etc., etc., etc.” 7 Casi. 
- T don’t hesitate to “ring the bullseye,” because Tam simp 
