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[April 19, 1888. 



fishing schooner, who. it was supposed, would reach Glou- 

 cester harbor without special difficulty. This expectation 

 was not realized, however for the wind soon after blew very 

 hard, and the schooner upon which the two seamen were, 

 was unable to beat to windward in the teeth of the gale. 

 She therefore kept off for Provincetown, but in running 

 across Massachusetts Bay the sea broke upon her to such an 

 extent as to completely fill her decks, rendering it necessary 

 to knock off her bulwarks to prevent her from foundering. 

 At the same time she sprung a leak, and it was with great 

 difficulty that she was kept afloat until she reached the shel- 

 ter of Provincetown harbor, where she had to remain two or 

 three days before she could return to Gloucester. My brother, 

 who is in command of the Grampus, briefly reports the 

 return of these men, as follows: * 



"Our men got back from Provincetown Sunday, at 12:30 

 A.M. They had a rough time getting over to Province- 

 town, and came near swamping before reaching there." 



This simple statemeut will give you some idea of t he seve- 

 rity of the gale. 



Fortunately, the mainsail of the Grampus was single 

 reefed when she left the harbor. For she was so short 

 handed, owing to the absence of two out of five of her sea- 

 men, that it was believed to be impracticable to reef the 

 sails, which were coated with ice and stiff as sheets of iron. 

 And even if the mainsail could be double reefed, there was 

 not sufficient force to hoist it. It was evident that the sin- 

 gle reefed mainsail must not be lowered, if the vessel could 

 possioly stand up under it, with the jib and forestaysail set. 

 '"There was too much wind for comfort, under the sail," 

 my brother wrote, and the fact that he stood at the wheel 

 for six hours, not daring to leave it in the hands of another 

 until anchor was dropped in Gloucester harbor, is evidence 

 of the lack of "comfort," particularly as his face was badly 

 frostbitten on both cheeks, and his clothing was covered 

 with sheets of ice. 



Of course, on the New England coast where occurrences 

 like this are common, such experiences excite little com- 

 ment, but the incidents which 1 have related will show that 

 the part performed by the Grampus iu fisheultural work 

 is not by any means always a pleasant pastime, such as 

 yachtsmen sigh for and so thoroughly enjoy. 



Sometime about the last of May or the beginning of June 

 an effort will be made to secure a supply of live mackerel 

 for the Wood's Holl hatchery. That is about the period 

 when the mackerel spawns, and if the "Grampus" can suc- 

 ceed in surrounding a school with her purse-seine, it is be- 

 lieved that a quantity of the. fish may be carried alive to 

 the hatching station. It is also the purpose of Colonel Mac- 

 Donald, the present Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, to 

 make another special effort to secure live halibut, or the 

 eggs of the halibut, during the present year, for no one ap- 

 preciates more fully than he the importance of artificially 

 propagating this and other species of ocean fishes, which 

 are now depleted by overfishing, or other causes. 



FISHERIES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. — Editor Forest and 

 St/rmm: Presuming that it will be interesting to the 

 many readers of your valuable paper, I send you a summary 

 of the report on the fisheries of British Columbia for the 

 year 1887. You will at once notice that our salmon fishing 

 constitutes the greater part of our fishing industrv, and 

 these are principally taken from the Fraser and Skeena 

 rivers. During the season of 1887 the amount of salmon 

 taken from the Fraser alone -for export, local and Indian 

 consumption, would have kept a train of 20 cars running 

 daily for more than a month. Next to the salmon the fur 

 seal fisheries are the most important, but on account of 

 seizures by U. S. Revenue cutters, and trouble with the 

 Alaska Company, the value of this fishery fell far short of 

 previous years. British Columbia has a sea coast of 7,180 

 miles teeming with valuable food fishes, but owing to our 

 isolated position, and a lack of marketing facilities, our 

 deep sea fishing has up to the present remained undeveloped. 

 This, however, cannot last much longer, and in the near 

 future I hope to see a fleet of vessels from British Columbian 

 ports fishing for whale, cod, halibut, etc. 



Thos. Mowat. 



number and value of vessels, nets, gear and plant 



TSED IN THE FISHERIES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 

 DURING THE SEASON OF 1887. 

 90 schooners, steamers and sloops.. . .si 37,500 00 



991 fishing boats 41.915 00 



181 cedar canoes 6,340 00 



98 flat boats and scows 14,725 00 



1379 salmon nets 127,450 00 



19 salmon seines 7,700 00 



41 herring seines 7,700 00 



53 fish seines 19,225 00 



$362,455 00 



Estimated value of— 



20 canneries £360,000 



2 oil factories 15,000 



Various salting stations.. 20,000 

 2 fish freezing establish- 

 ments 10,000 *405,000 00 



Total 8767,455 00 



Number of men employed — 



Sailors 229 



Fishermen 3,095 



Shoremen 2,535 



Native hunters 295 



Total.., ."elii 



SO 12 

 10 

 16 



12 00 

 06 

 10 

 03 

 10 

 05 

 10 



VIELD AND VALUE OF THE FISHERIES OF BRITISH 

 FOR THE YEAR 1837. 

 Kinds. Quantity. Price. 



Salmon preserved in cans, lbs. .9,795,9S4 



Salmon, fresh, lbs 2,226,600 



Salmon, smoked, lbs 31,050 



Salmon, salted, bbls 4,459 



Sturgeon, fresh, lbs 249,000 



Halibut, fresh, lbs 386,000 



Herring, fresh, lbs 205,600 



Herring, smoked, lbs 14,500 



Mixed fish, lbs 712.000 



Trout, fresh, lbs 55,500 



Oolahans, fresh, lbs 25,500 



Oolahans, salted, bbls 115 



Oolahans, smoked, boxes 



350 



12 00 

 2 00 

 7 00 

 75 

 60 00 

 1 00 

 50 

 40 



Fur seal skins 33,800 



Hair seal skins 3,500 



Sea otter skins 75 



Oolahaa oil, gals 340 



Dogfish oil (refined), gals 67,500 



Mixed oil, gals 40,000 



Estimated value of fish cousumed in the Prov- 

 ince by other than Indians 



Estimate of shellfish, sardines and anchovies.. 



Total, exclusive of Indian consumption si, 974,899 08 



Estimated consumption by Indians- 

 Salmon §2,733,500 



Halibut 190,000 



Sturgeon and other fish 260,000 



Fl8D Oils 75,000—13,257,500 00 



COLUMBIA 



Value. 

 ,175,518 08 

 222.600 00 

 4,968 00 

 53,508 00 

 14,940 00 

 38.600 00 

 6,180 00 

 1,450 00 

 35,600 00 

 5,550 00 

 1,530 00 

 1,380 00 

 700 00 

 236,600 00 

 2,625 00 

 4,500 00 

 340 00 

 33,750 00 

 16,000 00 



100,000 00 

 18,500 00 



Grand total.... 



DAMARISCOTTA, Me., April 9.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream; I have seen much on the menhaden question in 

 your valuable paper. I will give you a list of the menhaden 

 factories that used to be in Lincoln county in 1874. There is 

 not one of them in operation to-day, and the most of them 

 have been taken down and sold for old junk. The bays and 

 rivers were full of menhaden then, but there has not been 

 one seen for nine years. Where have the menhaden gone, 

 can anyone answer this question? The fishermen have to 

 use clams for bait and go further out to sea to get food fish 

 and their catch is small. The following firms owned factories 

 here: Judson Tarr & Co.. Union Oil Works, Round Pond 

 Oil Co., L. Bright man & Son, Jas. Church & Co., Bremen 

 Oil Works, Bristol Oil Works, Atlantic Oil Co., Gallup & 

 Manchester, Gallup & Holmes, Wells & Co., and the Suffolk 

 Oil Co.— N. N. C. 



TH E NEW HAMPSHIRE HATCHERY.-Afterthe burn- 

 ing of the hatchery at Plymouth it was found that the water 

 from the hatching troughs saved the floor, as they dropped, 

 and Col. Hodge improvised some troughs for the salmon and 

 landlocked salmon eggs, which had not arrived, and by 

 covering them with boards has been able to carry on this 

 portion of the work. Last week a delegation consisting of 

 Commissioners Hodge and Riddle, with Mr. Clark, of Gov. 

 Sawyer's council, visited the new hatchery of the New York 

 Fish Commission at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, in 

 order to inspect it before rebuilding. Work on a new hatch- 

 ery will be begun as soon as the snow has gone and in the 

 end the State will be a gainer bv the fire. 



THE NEW JERSEY COMMISSION.— The Governor has 

 appointed Mr. J. R. Elkinton to be a Commissioner of Fish- 

 eries, in place of Mr. R. S. Jenkins. The board now stands 

 as follows: William Wright, Newark, Essex Co. Frank M. 

 Ward, Newton, Sussex Co. Joseps R. Elkinton, Pennsgrove, 

 Salem Co. 



THE MICHIGAN FISH COMMISSION.— Detroit, March 

 20, 1888.— The State Board of Fish Commissioners announce 

 the resignation of Mr. A. J. Kellogg, as Secretary of the 

 Board, and the appointment of Mr. George D. Mussey, of 

 Detroit, to that office.— Michigan Board of Fish Commis- 

 sioners. 



Every person who is sufficiently interested in the National 

 Park to do his share toward securing protection for it, is in- 

 vited to send for one of the Forest and Stream's petition 

 blanks, They are sent free. 



FIXTURES. 



DOG SHOWS. 



April 17 to 20.— Fourth Annual Show of the New Haven Kennel 

 Club, New Haven, Conn. E. Sheffield Porter, Secretary. 



April 23 to 27.— Second annual bench show of the Baltimore 

 Kennel Club, Baltimore, Md. Frank Hall, Manager. 



April 24 to 27.— International bench show of dogs of the Cincin- 

 nati Sportsman's Club, Cincinnati, Ohio. Geo. H. Hill, Supt. 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



TPHE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

 - 1 - of pedigrees, etc, (with prize fists of all shows and trials), is 

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

 early. Entry blanks sent on receipt of Btamped and addressed 

 envelope. Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. 

 No entries inserted unless paid in advance. Yearly subscription 

 81.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2832, New 

 Pork. Number of entries already printed 6 104. 



$5,232,399 08 I 



BOSTON DOG SHOW. 



FOLLOWING are the comments of the iudges of St. Ber- 

 nards, pugs and fox-terriers at the Boston dog show. 

 They were not received in time for publication last week. 



ST. BERNARDS. 



The unprecedently large entry showed the increasing in- 

 terest in this grand breed, but unfortunately it also proved 

 the dense ignorance of the public at large as to the points of 

 the true St. Bernard, of standard type. It is time to dispel 

 the popular fallacy that every large shaggy yellow dog is 

 the coming crack. Class 7 (champion rough-coated dogs) 

 brought out our old friend Otho, who had a comfortable 

 walk-over, and the easy-going, well-fed Miranda showed her- 

 self alone in the class (8) for bitches. Both were shown as 

 usual, in excellent condition. Class 9 (rough-coated dogs) 

 fairly packed the ring with dogs, poor enough as a collec- 

 tion of typical St. Bernards, though rich in handsome, well- 

 marked big fellows. Owing to lack of space it was impossi- 

 ble to make them show up well, and weeding was difficult. 

 First prize went to the lately-imported youngster Kastel- 

 horn II., not a giant, too short in neck and body, straight in 

 hocks, and with curiously small feet, giving him the appear- 

 ance of standing on his toes. His noble head, massive build 

 throughout, character and quality, put him above the equal 

 seconds, Scotch Bonivard, a tall, graceful, well-marked orange 

 and white dog, somewhat light of bone and small in head, 

 and Visp II., a good dog, showing his relationship to Otho! 

 His badly-carried ears and sunken eyes mar his expression. 

 In coat, he and Bonivard were a lesson to the exhibitors who 

 had brushed their dogs the wrong way to bring out the 

 "rough," and also to those others who had given their ex- 

 hibits a good soaping the day before, quite killing the bril- 

 liancy of the hail-. Third fell to Everest, another importa- 

 tion, rich in color, deficient in markings, and not massive 

 enough. Among the vhes. the new-comer from Switzerland, 

 Alpine Chief, a puppy in his twelfth month, was one of the 

 best. More of him later. The well-known Galaxy Kennels' 

 dogs, Marcus, Roland, Tasso. etc., enormous in frame, per- 

 fect in limbs and feet, and marked exquisitely— a wonderful 

 lot— yet lacked the character in head and flatness of coat 

 desirable. Merchant Prince, Jr., and Merchant Prince, two 

 fine young dogs, showed their sire's beautiful coat and com- 

 manding height. The latter is almost a fac simile of cham- 

 pion Merchant Prince, and may reach a higher place next 

 year. The Baron is too fine in lines throughout for one of 

 his sex, though well built and iu the richest coat. Tantal- 

 lon is not big enough and too suggestive of the setter. Rip 

 Van Winkle is well marked, but lacks character and size. 

 Class 10 (rough-coated bitches) introduced to the American 

 public a grand new one, just from Switzerland, Gemma, the 

 dam of Barry II., Eiger and young Alpine Chief. It was 

 easy to place such a beauty. In her well-built, mas- 

 sive frame and markings (white and rich brindle) 

 she is much like her sister Swiss Beda, but ex- 

 cels her in head and stands higher, we should say. 

 Next came the well-known Lady Alice and Recluse, equal 

 second, both useful, handsome bitches, of good color, and 

 fair in size; Lady Alice excels in straightness of limb, Re- 

 cluse in bone and markings. Were Recluse on a larger scale 

 she could dispute the pride of place with the best. Lady 

 Flories, third, is a finely marked deep brindle, too narrow 

 before the eyes, which are not sufficiently deep set to give a 

 good St. Bernard expression. Like most of the class, she is 

 hardly big enough. Una, vhe., is a well-built, good-bodied 



member of the Galaxy Kennels, with the same good points 

 and faults as her brothers. There were several other pretty, 

 well-built, nicely marked bitches among the seventeen, but 

 far too small, and most of them weak or bad in head and 

 curly in coat. As a class they excelled the preceding in 

 build and action. If they prove as good breeders as they 

 look we shall see a lot of fine youngsters next year. Class 

 11 (rough-coated dog puppies) gave us a row of grand young 

 giants, all promising in one way or another. Alpine Chief? 

 a tall, massive, well grown son of Gemma, scored first. 

 Young and undeveloped, he yet dwarfs many grown dogs 

 standing fully 31in. at the shoulder, and excellent in pro- 

 portions. His skull looks a bit narrow: this may be due to 

 the depth of flew, quite remarkable in so young a dog. His 

 pasterns and quarters show softness and lack of exercise; 

 they will doubtless come right with a few more months. 

 His expression leaves little to be desired. For the sake of 

 his good points we will try to forget his color, a pale cream 

 fawn, for which nature made amends by good white mark- 

 ings and intense black shadings. He is a dog with a future 

 Melrose Prince, second prize, is a grand-bodied, heavy- 

 tramed puppy, very beautiful in color and markings and 

 built on a large plan, but too short in limb for a dog with 

 much growth before him. His coat lacks the quality of the 

 Merchant Prince stock, though another year may show great 

 improvement in it. Puppies delight in surprising us everv 

 month by their whims and freaks of growth. At present 

 Prince lacks character in face; his head is pleasing but 

 almost commonplace. Prince Leo, third prize, a tall, 

 "growthy," rangy fellow, might spare an inch or two of the 

 daylight under him, to the second prize winner. Well 

 marked, flat coated, big in loin and fair in head, he is far 

 away in advance of his handsome uncles, of the same ken- 

 nels, in St. Bernard quality. His litter brother. Prince 

 Bayard, runs him close, but lacks his size and depth of 

 muzzle. Bayard, reserve, a litter brother of Melrose 

 Prince, was such a whirlwind that it was well nigh 

 impossible to look him over. Similar in markings he 

 is a taller dog than Prince, and like him, excellent in 

 bone, straight and strong of limb, and altogether a 

 credit to his breeder. The enormous Plinlimmon, Jr., out- 

 ranked all others iu the class in height, length and avoir- 

 dupois, but just now labors under the~disadvantage of being 

 at the most awkward age, "neither hav nor grass." His 

 head seems small and weak to front his huge body, but 

 time may better him vastly. Vindex, he, is a good exam- 

 ple of Otho stock, well marked, big in bone, and showing 

 type. He was sadly in need of grooming. Class 12 (rough- 

 coated bitch puppies) numbered twenty-eight, and included 

 specimens of all ages and degrees of merit. The Galaxy 

 Kennels came to the front with two grand, well-growu 11- 

 months-old daughters of Merchant Prince. In coat, bone 

 and size they are excellent. Their heads show their 

 youth, but are good for all that, short, fairly deep and right 

 in expression. Alice (third prize), younger and smaller, is a 

 medium-sized white and orange bitch of fair promise. A 

 tall sister of Alpine Chief, white and pale fawn, reminded 

 us of her grand brother, but is by no means his equal yet, 

 though pleasant in face and well grown. Class 13 (champion 

 smooth-coated dogs) saw Hector alone and in better shape 

 than at New York. Every breeder present mourned poor 

 Apollo's sudden death. Fortunately the grand old dog has 

 lett many good sons and daughters for the benefit of the 

 race he represented so typically. Class 14 (champion smooth- 

 coated bitches) was more interesting than the other cham- 

 pion classes, as there were competitors for the reserve, Leila, 

 the peerless, in perennial bloom, winning first. Daphne and 

 Wanda are both handsome tiger brindles, beating Leila in 

 carriage of tail. Wanda is better than Daphne in skull, but 

 a little too square in face and far less pleasing in expression, 

 due to her prominent eyes and high-set ears. Class 15 

 (smooth-coated dogs) was small and contained no wonders. 

 Petrarch (first) is a handsomely-marked white arid oranse 

 of fair size, winning expression, well built and a good 

 mover. Wotan (second) is a small useful dog, more cheeky 

 than we like a St. Bernard to be. Winchester (third) is on 

 the small side also, coarse iu coat and a bit too fine in head. 

 Phillips is houndy. Class 16 (smooth-coated bitches) showed 

 us Apollona, a very nice, symmetrical daughter of Apollo, 

 full of style and quality. Inspired by the near presence 

 of her late owner, she showed herself finely and won 

 first. In markings, size and bone she might be better. 

 Myrtle, the beautiful daughter of Duke of Leeds, golden 

 tiger brindle with white markings, was awarded second, 

 pressing Apollona closely. She is but a puppy now, and 

 faulty in head, which shows too much peak; neither do her 

 ears hang just right in the show ring, but withal her finely 

 built body and limbs, sweet expression and quality placed 

 her above Gip, third, and Thisbe, vhc. Gip, a rich orange 

 with barely white markings enough, massive in bone and 

 good in head, out-scored handsome Thisbe a trifle. She was 

 shown too fat and Thisbe too thin. The latter is very good; 

 decidedly small, however, and not inclined to carry "herself 

 well in the ring this time. The four bitches made a family 

 class, two being daughters, one a great-granddaughter and 

 the other a great-great-granddaughter of the same bitch. 

 Class 17 (smooth-coated dog puppies) was soon disposed of, 

 containing only three. Duke or Brunswick, first, is a won- 

 derfully tall dog for his age, has bone enough and is very 

 well marked. His head is well shaped, with a beautiful 

 brow, but his ears were so badly carried in the ring that his 

 expression was disappointing. He is now too short in body, 

 a good fault in one of his age; should make up into a very 

 large dog. The others were average specimens. Class 18 

 (smooth-coated bitch puppies), numbered three, Myrtle 

 scoring first. Alpine Queen is a big-limbed, heavy puppy, 

 so coarse in coat that next year will see her among the 

 roughs. Her head lacks quality, but is not snipy nor plain. 

 Posie, vhc, was so good in body, bone and carriage that she 

 deserved notice in spite of her weak head, sharp foreface and 

 absence of blaze. The kennel prize was awarded to Otho. 

 Alpine Chief. Gemma and another from the Hospice exhibit, 

 all except Otho, Swiss importations and rare in quality. 

 The special for the best stud dog went to Otho, with the 

 puppies Vindex and Crysa, neither of them big ones, but 

 fine in character and properly marked. The competitors 

 were a handsome, even lot, better in size. Leila walked 

 away with the special for the best smooth-coat, beating 

 Hector a few points. There was no competition for the 

 special for the best kennel of smooths, and it was a walk- 

 over for Hector, Daphne, and their kennel companions. In 

 numbers and quality the rough-coats far excelled the 

 smooths, we. regret to say. This ought not to be. The 

 smooth is of the original race, is fully equal in intelligence, 

 beauty and all good qualities, to the rough-coated; is usually 

 stronger in constitution and will measure and weigh as 

 much" as his long-coated brother, though he may not appear 

 to be quite as large. He has the advantage of never looking 

 ragged and shabby when shedding his coat, and for a house 

 or home dog is much less trouble in the matter of grooming. 

 In alertness and agility he is greatly in advance of the 

 rou gh-coat. When shall a worthy successor to Leila be bred 

 in America? 



PUGS. 



Class 151 (champion dogs) was a pa* seid for little Max. 

 Frosty with years, straight iu hocks, and carrying his ears 

 somewhat d la rose, his heavy wrinkle, good short face, 

 cobby body, jaunty carriage and general character made him 

 well worthy of the prize. In size he and all the others ex- 

 hibited by his owner, with one notable exception, leave 

 nothing to be desired. In Class 52 his kennel companion, 

 the well-known Bessie, had no competitor. She is a charm- 

 ing little bitch, good all around, beating Max in ears and 

 black markings. Class 153 (pug dogs) was very interesting 



