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the lake trout (Sakelinns namayeush) "namaycusli;" the 

 hrook trout, "mas-Damaycush" and they assured me that 

 mas had the meaniug above given. If the distinct spots of 

 tl)e mascalongc be compared with the brokeu-line markings 

 of the northern piko the reason of applying the adjective 

 ■will be evident. ' 'Maskinonge" is said by the ' 'Eucyclopajdic 

 Dictionary" to be the Algonquin name, and in "Hiawatha" 

 "kenozha" and "maskinozha" are used as synonymous. I 

 can have little doubt that "mas ki nonge" means simply 

 ' 'spotted pike. " But like Mr. Mather I have learned the diffi- 

 culty of expressing Indian sounds in our usual notation. — X. 

 This opens a new mine for etymologists who have always 

 ooked to the French and have concluded that the name was 

 derived from maHh allonge or long face. It seema more 

 probable that the French twisted the Ojibwa name into 

 their vernacular and made maskinoje into mascallonge, mas- 

 kanonge, etc. We will be pleased to hear further from our 

 Ojibwa scholars.] 



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A VALUABLE SITE FOR A HATCHERY. 



BY permission of the TJ, S. Fish Commission we publish the 

 following coinmunication to Mr. Liviugston Stone of the 

 TJ. S. Fish Commission : 



I have just finished readinp: in the Oregonian your valualile 

 and interesting report entitled "Salmon Hatching." May I 

 call to yoiu- notice a stream not mentioned by you and which 

 may possess some advantages for propagating .several varieties 

 of tihe salmon family. The stream to which I refer is called 

 Hood River (Dog River of Dr. Suckley) and falls into the Col- 

 umbia on south side about twenty-three mUes west of the 

 DaUes. This river receives the drainage of the north and east 

 sides of Mount Hood, and is for its entire length, .some SO miles, 

 a rapid mountain torrent, carrying a large body of water nearly 

 equal in volume to that of the Kiikitat. I wdsh to speak more 

 particulary of the west fork of this stream, which has its source 

 in and forms the outlet of what is known as Lost Lake, a tri- 

 angular shaped body of water, some ten miles due north-west 

 of Moimt Hood. This lake is not less than three mUes in cir- 

 cumference, very deep autl abounds in mountain trout. About 

 twelve miles from Hood River Railroad station this fork unites 

 with the main river. The waters of the west fork are at all 

 secisons clear and cold, while the other branches of the Hood 

 River late in summer are colored with volcanic detritus. 

 About eighty rods up the west foi'k above the main river is a 

 perpendicular faU of say fifteen feet and immediately below 

 the fall a large circular basin of unlmown depth. A few feet 

 below this basin a bold mountain stream falls into the west 

 foi-k, falling several hundred feet in a few rods. Salmon, 

 mountain trout, red spotted salmon trout (Sahno speetabilis) 

 and Hood River silver trout find their way in large numbers 

 to the foot of the falls where their further progress is impeded, 

 except at times of extreme high water. I have fished;ln manv 

 streams— fished in Northern Vermont thirty years ago ; in 

 many of the streams of Oregon, Washington and Idaho as far 

 north as the 49tb parallel, and have yet to find any stream 

 superior to the west fork of Hood River for the varities and 

 size of its trout. 



The Salmo speetabilis is found of very large size, probably 

 ten pounds or more in weight, but the fish most plentiful is 

 what is known as the Hood River silver trout. This fish exters 

 the river about August, I think, and is found there untd next 

 spring. It resembles a small silver salmon, of the average 

 weight of say two pounds, some much larger, very fat and 

 most excellent for the table. It is singular that this fish is 

 not found in any of the neighboring streams— the White, Sal- 

 mon, Kiikitat, &c. It was not supposed that they would rise 

 to the fly, but last September I had excellent^ sport taking fchem 

 in that manner. Many were so lai-ge as to cai-jy away my 

 tackle at the first onset. It seems to me that they woidd 

 prove to be a most excellent variety for stocking many small 

 rivera. They are very abundant and fidl of spawn in August 

 and September. As to the supply of large salmon I am not 

 certain. I saw the back-bone of one over three feet in length 

 on the bank and saw them jumping in the liver, but cannot 

 speak as to the variety or quantity. With this exception the 

 locality I speak of posses every reqxusite mentioned in your 

 report. With slight improvement the road would be hard and 

 excellent the eutu-e j'ear. There is abundance of water on 

 the gi-ound and water can be conducted if necessary two hun- 

 dred' feet above the stream. There are no settlers above and 

 none to interfere below the falls. It is an ideal place for a 

 hatchei-y for .several varieties of trout and salmon, but as I 

 stated before am not certain as to the numbers of larger sal- 

 mon. The chmate is all that could be desu-ed with the ex- 

 ception of considerable snow during some winters. With this 

 exception I tMnk it is as good as any place in Oregon. I would 

 hke to see a Groverment hatchery at that place, but if not de- 

 sirable for that purpose, may I ask your advice as to whether 

 a private hatchery could be made profitable ? I would like to 

 undertake such an enterpiise in connection with some one of 

 practical experience, provided the outlook was favorable. 

 When I was at the faUs last season the silver trout were tidy- 

 ing to jump from the pool to the river above, but all that I 

 saw failed in the attempt and fell back again. Dr. Suckley 

 does not describe this fish in his report. If you have the 

 patience to read this hasty letter and think its .subject matter 

 of interest I shall be pleased to fm-nish any further imforma- 

 tion. 



I note yom" remarks relative to the Pen d'Oreille River. 

 Eleven years ago I assisted in running the " bmmdary line " 

 between Idaho and Washington Territories from Lewiston 

 north to the 49th parallel or International boundaiy. Our line 

 ci'ossed the Pen d'Oreille in plain sight and a Uttle below the 

 falls you mention, which are about eight feet height. Below 

 the falls the river runs slowly for not less than twenty miles as 

 near as I can judge before it forms a canon. The head of the 

 canon must be some ten miles below the old St. Ignatius Mis- 

 sion. At the point of crossing we caught trout and a slender 

 white fish, but saw no signs of salmon. About the old Mis- 

 sion, now abandoned, were fine meadows of timothy and red 

 top, but the Indians are not to be trusted. From the Little 

 Spokane to the Pen d'Oreille River following up the fii-st named 

 stream is a natural route for a wagon road. Lake Kaniksee, 

 the waters of which flow into the Pen d'Oreille above the faU 

 mentioned is a very beautiful body of water, estimated at 

 twenty miles in length. The Indians have a horse track ; from 

 the Old Mission to this lake where they diVj and smoke large 

 quantities of trout. If you have any ambitious tourist in 

 mind who is desirous of exploring unknovm lands, I know of 

 no more interesting locaUty than this lake. Hon. M. C. George, 

 Senator J. N. Dolph at Washington, or Gen. Moody of Salem 

 will, I think, vouch for the coiTectness of any statements that 

 I may make. E. L. Smith. 



The Dalles, Oregon. 



THE NEW YORK: COMMISSION.— The dam built to supply 

 the Adirondack Iratchei-y at Little Clear Pond, now called'ny 

 the Commission Lake Brandon after' tlietowmship in which the 

 gi'eater pax-t of the lake hes, broke away last week and let the 

 water down with a i-ush. The hatchery floor was flooded and 

 the men got about in boats. After the flood subsided Supt. 

 Walters placed his trays of eggs in the creek where they will 

 hatch if no freshet sweeps them away. It is not known what 



caused the break but it is thought that there is a bed of qvuck- 

 sand under the dam which made the trouble. Only the west- 

 em end of the dam gave way and it ca.n easily be repaired at 

 the proper season, but it happened at a very bad time, when 

 the troughs were full of eggs. We do not fear for the safetj^ 

 of the eggs unless a sudden thaw, which is unlikely in that 

 region, sets in before they are hatched and able to swim. It 

 is just such emergencies that a competent fisheultuidst usually 

 meets with a device or shift of some kind which tides him 

 over an accident and Mr. Walters has done the only thing pos- 

 sible at this time. At Cold Spring Harbor the hatchery is 

 justfiUingup. There are now in the troughs 100, 000 eggs of 

 brook trout belonging to Mr. John D. Hewlett, wliich he pur- 

 chased from Mr, James Annin; 1.5,000 of the same taken from 

 the few fish in the ponds; 150,000 eggs of the lake trout from 

 the U. S. P. C, at Northville Mich. This week .500,000 salmon 

 eggs will an-ive from Maine for the U. S. F. C, the fry of 

 which will go into the Hudson and elsewhere. 32,000 eggs of 

 the brown trout are expected from Germany and 1,000,000 

 whiteflsh from Michigan. Smelt hatching will be continued in 

 Mai-ch. In the salt vvater dspartment there are 1,200,000 eggs 

 of the tomcod and a few codfish eggs which ai*e developing. 



BROWTDiT TROUT.— Plymouth, Mass., Jan. L— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: I received in Pebmai-y 1883 from a gentleman 

 in England some four thousand English trout eggs (S. fario) . 

 They were exposed to heat while in transit, and not over 

 thirty good eggs in the whole lot. I got about twenty -five 

 good' fry from them, and when old enough, I put them into a 

 vacant pool. They received very little attention until last 

 year, when I found there were some ten or a dozen of them, 

 some of which were eight inchas long. I put them into a 

 lai-ger pool with a lot of brook trout of about the same size, 

 and now some of them will weigh a pound or more. During 

 the past week thi-ee of them have spawned, and 1 succeeded 

 in getting about three thousand eggs from them. They are 

 nearly twi^e as lai'ge as brook trout eggs, and of tine color. I 

 think these are the first English trout eggs ever taken in this 

 country.— W. L. Gilbert. [Eggs of the brown trout have 

 been taken tlus year at Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. ; Caledonia 

 N. Y,, both at the State works and by Mr. James Annin: and 

 at North vdle, Mich. We cannot say who was actually the 

 first and aa they all took eggs within the same month it is not 

 impoi'tant. We ttunk that Mr. Gilbert will find this fish is a 

 most valuable addition to his ponds.] 



CODFISH HATCHING AT WOOD'S HOLL.— The work 

 with codfish eggs at the U. S. Fish Commission station at 

 Wood's Holl. Mass., has been very successful. Col. McDonald 

 has been down there for a few days and between him and 

 Capt. Chester they have arranged the proper apparatus. 

 Prof. T. J. Ryder is also there attending to the embryology of 

 the fish. The specific gra vity of the water there is 1.025 and 

 the eggs float at the surface for the first few days and after- 

 ward sink. At Cold Spring Harbor the water is' 1.023 and the 

 eggs will sink if the water is perfectly still, but at first are sus- 

 pended in a very slight current. 



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FIXTURES. 



BKNCH SHOWS. 



Jan. .5 10 12,— First annual exliibition and do(? show of the Cantr.il 

 Indiana Poultry and Pet StocTc Association, at Indianapolis. .J. W. 

 Elliott, Secretary. 



■fan. 39, 20 and 21. 1886,— Annual Exhibition and Beneh Show of the 

 French Creek Valley Poultry and Pet Stock Association. A. L. 

 Braden. Secretary. 



.Tan. 28, 27, 28, 29 and 30.— Fourth annual dog show of the Southern 

 Massachusetts Poultry Association, at Fall Elver, Mass. i K. G. 

 M'^sher, Secretary. 



Feb. 9 and 10.— Fourth annual exhibition of the New York Fan- 

 ciers' Club, at Madison Square Garden, New York. Chas. Harker, 

 Secretary, 62 Cortlandt street. 



March 16. 17, 18 and 19, 1886,— "Western Pennsylvania Poultry Soci- 

 ety's Dog Show, at Pittsburgh. Pa. C. B. Elben, Secretary. 



March 23, 24 and 25, 1886. -First Annual Dog Show of the New Jer- 

 sey Kennel and Field Trials Club, Newark, N. J. A. P. Vj-edenburgn, 

 Secreiarv. Bergen Point, N. J. 



March "30 to April 2. 1886.— Third Annual Dog Show of the New 

 Havsn Kennel Club. E S. Porter, Secretar.y, New Haven, Conn, 



April 6, 7, Hand "J, 1886.— Second Annual Dog Show of the New Eng- 

 land Kennej Club. Edward A. Moseley, Secretai-y. Boston. Mass. 



April 14. 16 and 16. Fir&t Annual Dog Show of the Hartford Kennel 

 Club. A. C. Collins, Secretary, Hartford, Conn. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



rpHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of 

 pedigrees, etc. (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub- 

 lished every month. Entries close on the 1st. Should be in early. 

 Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. 

 Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries 

 inserted unless paid in advance. Yearlv subscription $1.50. Address 

 "American Kennel Register," P. O. Bci 2832, New York, Number 

 of entries already printed 3093* 



THE CHATHAM DOG SHOW. 



THE Peninsular Dog and Pet Stock first annual show was 

 held at Chatham, Ont., Dec, 29 to Jan. 1. Chatham is 

 forty miles east of Detroit and has always been to the front 

 in the dog hue, as notable Dido and Dido 11,, whose names are 

 quite enough to stamp the place in the memory of dog lovers. 



The show was held in a suitable building, very comfortable 

 for the dogs and poultry but very much too small to render it 

 possible to see the exhibits wdth any comfort. 



The Secretaryj Mr. Macpherson, "we welcome as a new and 

 most enthusiastic dog man, and from the character of the 

 dogs he has and is importing I prophesv a brilliant show ca- 

 reer. His management was good, "and everything ran 

 smoothly, even to disappointed exhibitors. The judgtag was 

 done by Dr. J. S. Niven, of London, and there was little to 

 grumble about after his decisions were made. 



Among the dogs which we noticed chiefly was Mr. 

 Piatt's English setter London II., who, though rather too 

 young and out of condition, shows many good points, es- 

 pecially head and ears, which are excellent. Mr. WeUs's pair 

 of puppies by Dover out of Star, wUl be heard from later. In 

 colUes there was rather a surprise in Gibson & McEwen's pair 

 Gilderoy and Nameless, which far exceed, in my mind, any- 

 thing that has been exhibited in America; but I trust they 

 wdll 'je seen at New York next sprhig, when I think Forest 

 AND Stkeam will give them an extended notice. Mr. Gibson's 

 fox-terrier Fennel never looked so well and is a terrier aU 

 over. Mr.Macphersou's St. Bernard Rudolph ll.has the best feet 

 and legs I have seen on one of his size, but his mai-kings,biindle 

 and white, i don't hke. The same owner's great Danes Sieg- 

 fiied and Lady Sawtelle were a great addition to the show. 

 Below is a complete list of the 



AWARDS. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— i?o<7s.- 1st, J. E. Piatt's London II, ; 2d, S, 

 Holmes'ti Duke. High Com., Ontai-io Kennel Club's Ben. Bitches: 

 1st and Bpecial, Jos. Kyme's Lucy See; 31, Jo.^. Kym e'sLady Thun- 

 der. Piiijpiea: 1st and 3d, W; B. Wells's Stai-H. and Dover. Very 

 high com., Jos. Kyme'a Blue Joint. High com., R. J. Day's Komp. 



GORDON SETTERS.-lst and special, F. W, J, Ball's Lottie; ad, 

 Chas. Norttjwood's Tory, Very high com., G. V, Atkinson's Jim, Jr. 



POINTERS.— Z)o(/s.- 1st and special, W. E. Ri.«pin's Shot. Bitches^ 

 1st, Jos, Kyme's Dart; 3d, S. Holmes's Molly. Puppies: 1st withheld. 

 2d, S, F. Pierce's Don. 



COCKER SPANIELS.- 1st and spef^ial, Andrew Laidlaw's Belle; 

 2d and special. Chas. Shot's Niagara Maid, Cora,, Andrew Laidlaw's 

 Don.— Other than Cockbes— 1st, Andrew Laidlaw's Young Bob, 



FOXHOUNDS.— 1st and special, T. Goodland's Belle. 



GREYHOUNDS.— 1st and special, Proelor, Hadley & Roche's Snow- 

 flake. 



FOX-TERRIERS.— 1st and two snecials and very high com., Mc 

 Eweu & Gibson's Fennel and Nick; 2d, J. M. Macpher.'^ou's Avenger, 

 Very high com. rosei-ve, and high com., Thos. Holmes's Rattler III. 

 and" bitch puppy. 



SCOTCH TERRIERS. -1st and very high com., Wm. McNeil's 

 Magar and Magarll.; 2d, D. Holmes's Pussie. 



COLLIES,— 1st and special and 2fJ. MoK'veu & Gibson's Gilderoy 

 and unnamed. Very hieh com., Fred Goodland's Ned, Jr. High 

 com. and com., R J. Hallhian's Peggy and Larrie. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.— 1st and special, John McCann's Bruno; 2d, 

 A. Norlhwood's Rex. 



ST. BERNARDS.— 1st and special, J. M. Macpherson's Rudolph II. 



BULL-TERRIEBS.— 1st. AV. A. Shaw'.s Mi.ss Norah; 2d and specia 

 Proctor, Iladley & Roche's John C. Heeuan. 



IRLSH TERRIERS.— 1st and special, J. E. Thomas's Pat. 



TOYS.— 1st, Geo. Webber's Tip; 2d and hi^h com.. John Watson's 

 pug dog and bitch. Very high com., Thos. Blake's Yorkshire terrier 

 bitch. 



msCELLANEOUS.— 1st, J. M. Macpherson's Great Dane dog Sieg- 

 fried; 2d, W. B. Wells's harrier bitch Fairy. 



Chatham. 



BROOKLYN FANCIERS' CLUB'S DOG SHOW. 



THE first annual exhibition of the Brooklyn Fanciers' Club 

 was held in Brooklyn, Dec. 28, 20 and 30. In addition to 

 the pouitiy and pigeons there was quite a dog show and some 

 good specirnens were exhibited. 

 Following is a list of the 



AWARDS. 



MASTIFFS.— Dogs; 1st, F. Mendlke's Sir Rolf. Bitches: 1st, F. 

 Mendike's Juno; 2d, O Lehman's Tiu-k. Puppies: 1st and 2d, G. R. 

 Gildersleeve's Major and Leo. 



NEWFOLTNDL.'VNDS.— 1st, W. Hanrahan's unnamed. 



BULL-TERRIERS.— Doi/s; 1st. A. Schaengan's Dick. Bitches: 1st, 

 G. R Gildersleeve's LhUe. Puppies: 1st, J. Qrerol'a unnamed, 



ENGLISH SETTERS.-lst, G. R. Gildersleeve's Dawn, 



IRISH SETTERS.-lst, G. R. Gildersleeve's NeUy. 



BLACK AND TAN SETTERS.- 1st. ©, R. Gildersleeve's Queen 

 Bess. 



FOX-TERRIERS.- 1st, G. R. Gildersleeve's Tiny. Puppies.- 1st, G. 

 R. Gildersleevs's Browny. 



DACHSHUNDE.— Do£/s.' 1st, H. Rover's Erdmann, Bitches.- 1st, G. 

 R, Gildersleeve's Bella. 



PUGS.— Dot/.?; 1st. Mrs. W. J. Burkart's Punch; 2d, G. R. Gilder- 

 sleeve's Dick. Bitches: 1st, Mrs. W. J. Burkart's Judge. Puppies: 

 1st, P. Buerlin's unnamed. 



BLOODHOUNDS.— l.st, P. Opp's Garibaldi. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.— jOoo-s; 1st, J. H. Burkart's Spider. 

 Bitches: Ist, J. H. Burkai-t's Fly; equal 2d, J. H. Burkart's NeUie 

 and G. R.GUdersleeve's Lillie. 



TOY TERRIERS,-lst, J. N. Braley's unnamed; 2d, J. H. Biu-k- 

 art'.s Nibbs. . 



COCKER SPANIELS —1st, W. J. Stanton's Jennie. 



BLiVCK AND TAN TERRTERS.-Dot/s.- :1st, J. Slater's Prince. 

 Bitches: 1st, G. R. Gildersleeve's Nellie. 



IRISH TERRIES.-lst, B. C. Mohr's Clip. 



BEAGLES AND COTTON: TAILS. 



Editor Forest and Stream. 



I was invited on the 18th of November by Mr. John Davis to 

 m.eet his guests, which were invited to cake a rabbit hunt, I 

 to furnish the music. So by dawn of day i was busy getting 

 things in shape, feeding my little pets, and putting them in a 

 cage, which 1 have to fit in the hind part of my wagon. As 

 i was to furnish the music, I put in twelve of my best mus- 

 cians and was off to the groimds — and you bet they played. By 

 a little after sunrise I had driven to the grounds, and the party 

 was in readiness when I arrived. So after the salutations of 

 the morning, the tail gate of my wagon was let down, and out 

 scrambled my little pets, of ah average height of about 14 

 inches ; over the fence — low it was— and in the swamp they 

 were soon giving tongue and in a few moments up they 

 boimced a "cottentail." Then I exclaimed the band will play, 

 and off they went in full clash, thi'ough the swamp, over the 

 hill, back in the swamp and out in some open ground, some- 

 times by scent and sometimes by sight. Soon the excitement 

 got up to an enjoyable pitch. One race after another in quick 

 succession, and soon three were bagged, the third rabbit was 

 caught close to the house of Mr. Davis's brother— one of the 

 pai-ty— we all went up and cleared our throats. Then off we 

 went in another direction and soon there was another bounced. 

 Across the field dogs and i-abbit went by sight, down to a little 

 swamp and at the close of the chase, up the dogs jumped 

 another, and up and down the thicket went rabbit and dogs 

 and soon there were two more added to om' bag. We then 

 crossed over to another swamp and were no sooner there than 

 up the dogs bounced another; through the bushes down the 

 road by sight, back in the bushes again. Then across the road 

 rabbit and dogs right through the whole party of huntsmen 

 who were grouped in the road ; in the swamp they went and 

 suddenly the dogs stopped and commenced baying at a hole 

 in a tree. The rabbit was in reach, pulled out, and was nicely 

 bled and bagged. Then we moved off for some thick pines, 

 killiug two on our way. Hero we had some f im. Up jumped a 

 rabbit near the pines, and in it went, but the little chatterboxes 

 made it so hot for poor Molly, she had to come out and try 

 to make for the weedy field, but before she could reach the 

 thick woods, she felt the ivorj^ hackles of my pack. Then we 

 formed a ring, and while passing the cup around, up one of 

 the dogs started another; the cup had passed me, so off I went, 

 the dogs in full chase, sometimes by sight and nearly all the 

 time close to the rabbit; under a rail pile it went, but before 

 we could get there out it came, with the dogs in full sight and 

 they soon closed in on poor cottontail. So the day went merrily 

 on. imtn we had bagged sixteen rabbits out of seventeen starts, 

 and the naissed one run under an outhouse. The last rabbit 

 was bagged about sunsel near the house of Mr, Davis and 

 the ladies of the house had the pleasure of hearing the last 

 chase. We were then handsomely entertained, and our part- 

 ing admission was, we have had sport enough for one day, 



PoTTiNGER Dorset. 



THE FOX-TERRIER CLUB, -There was a meeting of the 

 American Fox-Terrier Club at Delmonico's, New York, on 

 Friday evening, Dec. 30. Several gentlemen were proposed 

 for election as members of the club. Messi-s. E.Kelly and P. 

 R. Hitchcock were appomted to confer with the bench show 

 committee of the Westminster Kennel Club, with the view of 

 obtaining special facilities for the exhibition of fox-terriere at 

 the forthcoming dog show. The treasurer's report showed a 

 satisfactory condition of the finances of the club. It was voted 

 that all terriers competing tor prizes given by the club shall 

 be registered with the secretary, with age, markings and pedi- 

 gree, and that a fee of fifty cents be charged for such registra- 

 tion. Two members of the club offered a handsome cup each 

 as a prize to be competed for under the following conditions: 

 The stake to be known as "The American Fox-Terrier Club 

 Pi'oduce Stake," Free for all. The cups to be added to a 

 sweepstakes of §1 each, for dogs and bitches, the produce of 

 fox-terrier bitches to be registered with the seci'Ctai-y on or 

 befoi-e July 31, 1886. To be competed for in 1S87. Entries to 

 be made previous to whelping. The Secretary's address is 

 Edward Kelly, 185 Fifth, avenue, New York. 



