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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 14, 1887. 



kombu. The kombu is a kind of algas belonging to the 

 species of Laminaria. They occur in great abundance all 

 along the coast, but the best kind is obtained on the north- 

 eastern coast, where the cold current comes down from the 

 north. They are taken from the rock upon which they grow 

 by the use of the wooden hook; they are then dried on the 

 sandy beach, made into bundles and exported to China. 



Now let me say a few words in reference to the fishermen 

 on the island. They are divided into three classes: First, 

 outfitters; second, fishery proprietors, and third, employees. 

 Outfitters are those who furnish the fishing gears, or capital 

 or food supply to the fishermen who cannot fit out them- 

 selves: the fishery proprietors are those who own the fishing 

 vessels, fish houses and all fishing gears, and the employes 

 are those employed by the fishery proprietors for the prose- 

 cution of the fisheries. Some of the fishing is done on 

 shares, like the cod fishery of this country, while others are 

 part in shares and part in wages, and in some cases certain 

 parts of the entire catch are given to the gang of employes, 

 besides regular wages. 



The fishermen of my country are a most open-hearted and 

 frank set of people, and are sometimes superstitious. Among 

 the fishery proprietors there are a great many well educated, 

 intelligent and progressive men. They have formed associ- 

 ations there for the purpose of preventing the manufacture 

 of inferior articles and to adjust any disputes arising between 

 fishermen. They have a fishery society there under the 

 name of Hokusui Kyokwai, for the promotion and improve- 

 ment of the fisheries. They publish monthly reports and 

 distribute among the fishermen important and useful inf or- 

 maition in regard to the fisheries. They also publish the 

 translated account of valuable information from this 

 country. I think it will be of some interest to you to know 

 that the recent number of a publication which I have re- 

 ceived contains a translation of the paper read before the 

 Fishery Convention in London, by one of your prominent 

 members, Prof. Goodc. This society holds fairs for compet- 

 ing in th-- kind of articles manufactured by the different 

 fishermen. 



Now I will say a few words in regard to the measures 

 adopted by the G-overnmeut for the promotion of the fisheries 

 on the island. Under this head there are only a few laws for 

 the protection of salmon. The principal feature of the legis- 

 lation protecting salmon is that no stationary apparatus is 

 allowed in the river, and the only kind of net allowed is the 

 drag seine. The next feature is that all nets must be taken 

 out of the water from suuset to sunrise, that is every night 

 they must cease fishing. The next prominent feature is that 

 fishing of any kind is prohibited in the spawning tributa- 

 ries, and during the spawning season the Government ap- 

 points fish wardens to protect the fisheries from the poach- 

 ers. In addition to tliis_ legislation in regard to salmon, 

 there is also a law, which 1 have already mentioned, against 

 the use of diving apparatus for the capture of the awabis. 



Next, let me refer to the measures adopted for encouraging 

 the fishermen. The Government has a fund which is loaned 

 to the fishermen when they meet a bad season, and when 

 they cannot borrow the capital to furnish their outfit. The 

 Government also exempts for certain length of time from the 

 fishery tax all those fishermen who open new fishing grounds 

 or who make new fishing establishments wherever it is 

 impossible for making them without the expenditure of 

 large sums of money. 



Lastly, let me just touch on the legislation for regulating 

 the fisheries. Under this head I may mention the method 

 which has been adopted by the Government to govern all 

 fishing grounds. In every fishing locality the position of all 

 traps and seines is located on a map and "this map is filed in 

 the county offices for the reference of fishermen, so that 

 when they have any quarrel in regard to the position of 

 nets it can be settled very easily. Under this head comes 

 the regulation for inspecting the manufacture of "kombu." 

 The manufacture of "kombu" lately became inferior, and to 

 check this evil the Government has made a regulation re- 

 quiring that all kinds of kombu must be inspected and 

 branded before it is exported, just as the mackerel are 

 branded in this country. 



Now, before I finish my remarks, let me read a few statis- 

 tics concerning the fisheries of the island.) which I prepared 

 some time ago for the United States Fish Commission 

 Bulletin: 



NUMBER OF 1U5USONS, BOATS, SBIKKS AND NETS ENGAGED IN THE 

 PISHERIES OF HOKKAIDO IN 1884. 





Hakodate 

 district. 



Sapporo 

 district. 



Nemuro 

 district. 



Total. 



Fisheries proprietors 



Employed hands 



Boats 



Seines 



Trap-nots 



Gill-nets 



Miscellaneous nets. . 



3,218 

 17,440 

 15,100 

 406 

 035 

 150,820 

 6,406 



3,324 

 33,630 

 16,800 

 267 

 1,828 

 33,365 

 40 



1,338 

 14,703 

 3,473 



320 

 335 

 65 

 65 



7,880 

 65,773 

 35,373 



1,089 



3,098 

 134,250 



0,5U 



VALUE OF THE PRINCIPAL FISHERY PRODUCTS OF HOKKAIDO 



IN 1884. 



Fishery- 



Hakodate 

 district. 



Sapporo 

 district. 



Nernuro 

 district. 



Total. 



Herring 



Fall salmon 



Cod 



Iwashi 



TrepanR 



Ear-shell 



Yens.* 

 1,412,762 

 31,389 

 1,528 

 16,396 

 116,5?? 

 5.661 

 26,818 

 35^50 

 49,993 



Yens. 

 2,023,883 

 221,993 

 5,617 

 85,048 

 15,434 

 23,210 

 95,123 

 2,817 

 189,811 



Yens. 

 108,003 

 281,874 

 118,075 

 713 

 1,640 

 14,623 



Yens. 

 3,544,648 

 535,856 

 125,820 

 102,156 

 133,651 



43,494 

 121,941 



38,067 

 401,244 

 3,150 



13,413 



Kombu 



Oyster 



' 164,446 

 3,150 

 13,413 



Total 





1,690,074 J 2,062,936 



706,530 



5,066,410 



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*One yen equals about 80 cents. 



I will remark here, however, that the figures just given 

 are rather smaller than the average on account of the poor 

 catch and the low prices during the year; but I think they will 

 give an idea of the amount of the fish caught on the island. 



THE MISSOURI FISH COMMISS.ION.~The Governor 

 has appointed Mr. H. C. West to be a Fish Commissioner in 

 place of Dr. I G. W. Steadman, resigned. Mr. West's ad- 

 dress is Box 609, St. Louis. 



Among the Northern Lakes of Wisconsin, Minnesota and 

 Iowa are hundreds of delightful places where one can p»v, (he 

 summer months in quiet rest and enjoyment, and return home- -J. 

 the end ot the heated term completely rejuvenated. Each recur- 

 ring season brings to Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Beaver Bam 

 Frontenac, Okoboji, Mmnetonka, White Bear, and innumerable 

 otner cnarming localities w ith romantic names, thousands of our 

 best people whose winter homes are on either side of Mason and 

 Dixon s lino. Jiilegauee and comfort at a moderate cost can he 

 readily obtained. A list of summer homes witk all necessary in- 

 formation pertaining thereto is being distributed by the Chicago 

 Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and will be sent tree upon appft 



FIXTURES. 



BOO SHOWS. 



Sept. 7 and 8. -Second Show of the Fox-Terrier Club, Newport, 

 R, 1. Entries close Aug. 28. F. Hoey, Sec, Long Branch, N. J. 



Sept. 13 to 16.— First Show St. Paul and Minnesota Kennel Club, 

 St. Paul, Minn. W. G. Whitehead. Secretary; Chas. Weil, Super- 

 intendent. 



Sept. 20 to 23.— Wisconsin Kennel Club's Annual Show, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis. R. B. Whitehead. Manager-. 



Oct. 12 and 13.— Stafford Kennel Club Show, Stafford Springs, 

 Conn. It. S. Hicks, Secretary. 



FIELB TRIALS. 



Sept. 6— Manitoba Field Trials Club Field Trials. Berby entries 

 will close July 1; all-aged entries Aug. 1. Secretary, Hubert Gait, 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba. 



Nov. 7.— Third Annual Field Trials of the Western Field Trials 

 Association. R. C, Van Horn, Secretary, Kansas Ci1 v. Mo. 



Nov, 21.— Ninth Annual Field Trials of the Eastern "Field Trials 

 Club, at High Point, N. C. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flathush, 

 Kings County, N. Y. 



Becember,— First Annual Field Trials of the American Field 

 Trials Club, at Florence, Ala. C. W. Paris, Secretary, Cincinnati, 



A. K. R.-SPECIAL NOTICE. 



T^HE AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration 

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

 published 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. Yearly subscription 

 $1.50. Address "American Kennel Register," P. O. Box 2832, New 

 ¥brk. Number of entries already printed 5 1 23. 



AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB METHODS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



There is one trifling error in "Wacouta's" letter ot June 

 30, which calls for a reply from me, and that is his statement 

 that I "ruled that there would be no objection to Mr. Mim- 

 hall's appointing Mr. Hanua as sub-proxy." I never had 

 occasion to rule on tSfe subject. When one of those gentle- 

 men informed me that it was proposed to transfer the proxy, 

 I did exactly what "Wacouta'' does in his letter, viz., told 

 them that the transfer of a proxy from one to the other was 

 a question of authority only, and a matter between the club 

 giving the proxy and the gentlemen in question, and none 

 of my business— I may now add, none of "Wacouta's" busi- 

 ness, too. As he justly says, "The one who appointed Mr. 

 Munhall was the one to be consulted." 



I also take issue with "Wacouta" on his statement that 

 Mr. Vredenburgh was not entitled to vote at the December 

 meeting. In my judgment he was. To quote "Wacouta" 

 once more, "There is no reason for discussion on that point, 

 though lots of people may be of contrary opinion." 



Elliot Smith. 



New York, July 7. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Mr. Wade, of course, hits us all around. He agrees with 

 me as against Mr. Peshall on the subject of A. K. C. having 

 original jurisdiction when appealed to directly. The argu- 

 ments are too many and too strong to leave any doubt as to 

 the correctness of this position. As to the old Sans Souc 

 "opinion," it is evidently pulled in by the ears to draw me 

 out. What rendered President Smith's opinion so famous, 

 Mr. Wade and not I says it was so, was that he led up to a 

 decision in favor of the appellant and then gave a verdict 

 against him. The verdict was correct, the argument was all 

 wrong. What does Mr. Wade think of the A. K. C. now 

 that it has reversed Mr. Smith's decision and forbidden a 

 club disqualifying for bad conduct at another member's 

 show? No one can say that the way of the transgressor is 

 hard in dogdom, for every possible loophole is made for the 

 evasion of just punishment. 



Mr. Wade objects to my saying a dog should not be dis- 

 qualified for incorrect description. His argument is too 

 weak to call for extended response. The rule is perfectly 

 plain and well understood by exhibitors, as will be seen by 

 examination of the various catalogues. 1 had drawn atten- 

 tion to cases in which the rule had not been complied with 

 at Newark, and with your permission will state the results 

 of further examinations. The Rhode Island Club's inau- 

 gural show might be excused for a good many errors on the 

 score of youth and inexperience; but Mr. Seabury needs 

 nothing of the kind. He prepared an admirable catalogue: 

 true there were but 323 dogs entered, bub it is not number 

 but method that is the question before the house. 



The first note I have is a query against No. 9, Belle, whose 

 date of birth is given as May 20, 1878, and she is entered as 

 "pedigree unknown." I merely make the suggestion that it 

 is strange the one fact is known and not the other. 



38. Prince, greyhound, is imperfectly described. 



39. Don Quixote, greyhound, date of birth given and no 

 pedigree. 



40. Royce, greyhound, breeder's name omitted. 

 59. Caesar, Great Dane, breeder's name omitted. 

 (30. Juno, Great Dane, breeder's name omitted. In these 



two cases I find by reference to other catalogues that the 

 breeder is unknown. 



62. Charles Ross, pointer, no pedigree. The name would 

 suggest that all such particulars had been lost. 



65. Capt. Fred. "On account of point in pedigree being in 

 controversy, not given." It is evident that Mr. Sperry 

 knows how to enter a dog properly under the rules. 



70a, Rosaline, pointer, "Ben— Daisy. Not for sale," is all 

 that is given. Mr. Phelan, who made that entry, knows the 

 requirements and that that was not a proper entry. 



86. Polly, pointer, date of birth omitted, 



97. Zip Coon, English setter, entered by T. M. Aldrich, 

 manager. It is possible that printers' punctuation is ac- 

 countable for what reads as if Mr. Aldrich was only acting 

 for the real owner. This also applies to No. 100. Canut. 



117. Jim, English setter, pedigree omitted. 



137. Nora, Gordon setter, pedigree, etc, omitted. In the 

 Pittsburgh catalogue she is entered, "Whelping, etc., un- 

 known. 



139. Dan, Gordon setter, date of birth and breeder both 

 given, but no pedigree. 



119. Rose, Gordon setter, "whelped June, 1885." No 

 further particulars given. At Pittsburgh she is catalogued 

 "Whelped September, 1885. Breeder, etc., unknown." 



155. Blarney, Irish setter. Breeder and dam's names 

 omitted. 



175 and 176. This was a litter of puppies, half in the dog 

 class and the others in the bitch class. Two prizes were 

 awarded in each class. It is wrong to let more than one 

 puppy compete from a litter for each fee paid. 



227. Spot, beagle puppy, date of birth and breeder given, 

 but no pedigree. 



228 to 230. Zip, Zeb Vance, Wade Hampton, foxhounds, 

 pedigrees omitted. 



244. Marguerite, fox-terrier. Pedigree has been mangled 

 by the printer. 

 '246. Gretchen, fox-terrier, whelped June 14, 1S86. Pedi- 



gree, Bacchanal— Marguerite. In 251, Mephisto, brother to 

 Gretchen, the pedigree appears, "Hempstead Joe or Bac- 

 chanal—Marguerite." 



262. Rose, bull-terrier. Pedigree and breeder omitted. 



266. Topsy Venn, bull-terrier, date of birth given, but no 

 breeder or pedigree. 



271. King, bull-terrier, breeder, owner. No pedigree given. 



283. Tiny, Yorkshire terrier. Whelped Dec. 25, 1885. No 

 breeder or pedigree, 



291. Tom Ball, bulldog. No pedigree given. 



There are one or two other cases not included above, in 

 which the presumption is very clear that the error was not 

 on the part of the exhibitor. It should be borne in mind 

 that the bringing to light of errors and omissions of this 

 kind will, I feel assured, prompt officials to be more careful 

 hereafter and see that their catalogues are complete. There 

 is one which is almost perfect, and it will doubtless surprise 

 others as much as it did me when I come to its discussion. 



Jas. Watsox. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The A. K. C. is certainly getting some wholesome advice 

 and profitable censure just now. Mr. Watson, "Wacouta" 

 and Mr. Hal deman have been showing up its shortcomings 

 in no tender style; you, with your usual dignified way of do- 

 ing it, have been reading them the riot act; all very proper. 

 But let us all remember that there is such a thing as too 

 much strong medicine. (Three pills, each 2grs. strychnine, 

 per day, for instance, which appears to have finished the 

 A. K. C. fugleman). There is good material in the A. K. C; 

 do not censure in such terms as to drive them out. Re- 

 member how infinitely worse the A. K. C. was in the days of 

 construction, hole-in-the-wall meetings of "dearly beloved 

 Roger and I," appointment of a defendant to try his own 

 case, "standard" committees to suit certain setters, etc., etc. 

 Pitch into the blunders the A. K. C. makes, but recognize 

 that about a majority mean right, and will do right when 

 they see they have done wrong, Remember that, with the 

 exception of Cleveland, the clubs that voted so wrong on the 

 late tumble act, were pretty much dead and rotten; Hartford 

 didn't vote, and was simply misrepresented by a proxy; St. 

 Paul and Detroit were new at the business, and St. Paul has 

 nobly redeemed its error. Don't blame the A. K. C. for the 

 miserable, rotten toadying it gets. "Wacouta" has clearly 

 defined what a national club must be to stand well in the 

 estimation of the dog public, and instead of trying to break 

 the present club down, try to strengthen the hands of the 

 right-minded men in it. Again I say, what it wants is back- 

 bone, and after they have enjoyed the fun of killing one 

 knave, they will be so captivated by the amusement that 

 they will trail one as keenly as a hound does a rotten her- 

 ring. 



Suppose the A. K. C. goes down under the load of ridicule 

 it has brought on itself, what is to take its place ? Ah ! if 

 you were a mastiff man, not in the "ring," you would have 

 forebodings of a "clique club." You might remember to 

 have heard of a club being organized on a letter setting forth 



that was to be president, was to be secretary, etc. 



If a collie man, you may have smelt a very ancient mouse. 

 Do you not think there might be an "American" kennel 

 club organized on the principles of "you tickle me, I'll tickle, 

 you"? The A. K. C. was intended to be used for this pur- 

 pose, it was used for personal and private ends, but the 

 stalwart common sense and love of square dealings of the 

 American dog public set the pretty schemes at naught, and 

 the conspirators got a very black eye. We don't want to go 

 over all this again. 



The stud book whim is a passing fancy of the hour, and 

 the A. K. C. will soon tire of its rag baby (if indeed it now 

 has anything to do with it) and will come to devote itself to 

 its proper business of regulating dog affairs. That it can do 



Speed the day, say L 

 Hulton, Pa., July 8. 



W. Wade. 



BEAGLES FOR WORK AND SHOW. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have often scanned the kennel department of your valued 

 paper, hoping to find therein some article upon the beagle 

 with special reference to the question of bench and field 

 work, but so far with little success. There are undoubtedly 

 many i ;aders of the Forest and Stream who would with 

 the writer be interested in having the question discussed in 

 all its lights, the breeding of beagles for bench and field 

 work, My experience has been limited with beagles, and at 

 tue same time a surprise in many ways. My first purchase 

 two years ago, was made without the slightest knowledge 

 or regard of the established laws governing beagles for the 

 bench. She was of Gran by stock, and I took for granted 

 that all other considerations were of minor notice. I found 

 soon after that I had a beagle that was, to use a common 

 phrase, "boycotted" from the bench, being 17in. in height, 

 It afforded some amusement to other members of our club 

 but my satisfaction came from another direction. I had the 

 pleasure of making one of a party that passed a week in the 

 brush with our beagles, and in* our party were five beagles 

 that were bench winners— indeed one a champion. 



Our first day's run brought a verdict, confirmed by each 

 succeeding day's work, that a bench winner was not neces- 

 sarily a field winner, and my surprise was about as great as 

 was my satisfaction to find I did possess a prizewinner after 

 all. I supposed, as was natural, that a beagle covered with 

 honors and glory from competition on the bench would as 

 easily carry off the honors in the brush as upon the bench. 



The more I looked into the matter and watched the work- 

 ing of the dogs I found that there was a limit to endurance, 

 even m a beagle, and it came to the smaller dogs first. I 

 gradually became convinced that a dog 13in. in height must 

 find it a severe trial to work all day against one of 17in and 

 built out in proportion. After so long a trial the smaller 

 dog has got to resort to nerve force for assistance, 



I found the smaller dogs were no faster or quicker in 

 locating and I at once concluded that in restricting the 

 beagle down to 15in. in height we were robbing it of just 

 those qualities most essential, their power of activity and 

 endurance. 



If this is the experience of all others I am surprised that a 

 size has not been attained whereby we can reach the greatest 

 amount of work with the beagle. I am convinced that for 

 rabbit work no foxhound can do the work of the beagle at 

 its best size for field work. 



I have often wondered why we can not have field trials for 

 beagles as well as for other game dogs. It would surely 

 demonstrate their qualities in the brush, and at same time 

 result in radically changing the present laws governing 

 size of beagles for the bench. 



The present laws cannot but compel others than myself to 

 breed their beagles for the field rather than bench when such 

 an apparent advantage is obtained in size. H. H. 



SPANIEL SPECIAL AT DETROIT. — Editor Forest and 

 Stream: At the last show of the Michigan Kennel Club a 

 special prize was awarded by mistake to mv champion Little 

 Red Rover. It should have gone to Mr. Charlesworth's 

 Dandy, Rover not being eligible to compete, as he is a cham- 



Eion dog and the prize was offered for open class only,— 

 HAS. M. Nelles (Brant Cocker Kennels, Brantford, Oct., 

 June 2). 



