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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 24, 1893. 



SALMON SPAWNING WITHOUT GOING TO SEA. 

 T^HE note by Mr. Atkins in this number of Forest 

 and Stream, on the reproduction of migratory 

 salmon which have never left fresh water, is a most 

 interesting one. Until a few years ago it was denied 

 that such spawning had occurred. Dr. Giinther, in his 

 recent "Introduction to the Study of Fishes," makes the 

 following statement upon the subject: 



The question whether any of the migratory species can be 

 retained by artificial means in fresh water, and finally accommo- 

 date themselves to a permanent sojourn therein, must be nega- 

 tived for the present. Several instances of successful experiments 

 made for this purpose have been brought forward; but all these 

 accounts are open to serious doubts, inasmuch as they do not 

 afford us sufficient proof that the young fish iutroduoed into 

 ponds were really young migratory Salmonoids, or that the full- 

 grown specimens were identical with those introduced, and not 

 hybrids or non-migratory trout of a somewhat altered appear- 

 ance in consequence of the change of their locality. We have 

 seen ihe experiment tried at two places in South Wales, and in 

 both cases the salmon [Salmo salar] and the pure sewin ISalmo 

 camforicus~\ died when not allowed to return to the sea. On the 

 other hand, hybrid fishes from the sewin and the trout ISalmo 

 *ario] survived the experiment, and continued to grow in a pond 

 perfectly shut up from communication with the sea. In that 

 locality neither those hybrids nor the trout spawn. 



As early as 1857, among a lot of salmon 22 months old 

 which had been kept in a pond in France, some females 

 were found full of eggs which were artificially fertilized 

 and were carried almost to the point of hatching. 



In December, 1880, Sir James Maitland obtained some 

 salmon eggs from the Teith river, Scotland. In March. 

 1881, the eggs were hatched and the fry were placed in a 

 large pond atHowietoun through which 1,000,010 gallons 

 of water flowed daily. On Oct, 10, 1883, a female under 

 lib. in weight was found to contain comparatively large 

 eggs, of a deep reddish color. On Nov. 29, 1883, a male 

 ll^in. long was seen to be full of ripe milt. On Oct. 4, 

 1884, a female 13in. long, which jumped out of the pond, 

 contained eggs i of an inch in diameter, which is that 

 of mature eggs. On Nov. 7, 1884, a female weighing 1 Jibs, 

 was found almost dead beside the pond. From it were 

 taken 100 apparently ripe eggs, which were milted from 

 a Loch Leven trout. On Jan. 23, 1885, eighteen of these 

 eggs hatched and on Feb. 10 the young were remarkably 

 healthy and vigorous. This was said by Dr. Day to have 

 been the first successful attempt in Great Britain to raise 

 young from salmon eggs, the parents of which had never 

 descended to sea, but passed their entire existence in 

 fresh water. 



On Dec.l, 1884. two females in the pond at Howietoun 

 yielded 1500 eggs, about 400 of which were hatched Feb. 

 21, 1885, On Dec. 9 about 4000 eggs were obtained and 

 2200 of them hatched Feb. 27. In Nov., 1886, Dr. Day ex- 

 hibited in London a parr 5£in, long, taken from a fine 

 shoal of salmon at Howietoun, which was hatched in 1885 

 from eggs and milt obtained from parents that had never 

 gone to sea: the salmon was 20 months old and in excel- 

 lent condition. 



The experiment at Craig's Brook by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission we think is the first successful one of the 

 kind in the United States, and the development of the 

 eggs now in Mr. Atkins's keeping will be watched with 

 unusual interest. It would seem that landlocking can 

 be safely and rapidly accomplished with the noblest of 

 game fishes and most of the dangers to the species re- 

 moved by man's watchfulness. 



PISCATORIAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON. 

 F^ROM Feb. 18 to March 5 the Royal Aquarium, West- 

 minster, was the scene of a most remarkable display 

 of the appliances and trophies of the anglers of Great 

 Britain. It is probable that the world has never seen a 

 more elaborate and exhaustive exhibit of fish and angling 

 apparatus, comprising collections for the proper installa- 

 tion of which the great building proved inadequate. The 

 London and Provincial clubs entered heartily into the 

 spirit of the exhibition. Upward of forty London asso- 

 ciations contributed representative collections, and fine 

 displays of fish were contributed from Brighton, Notting- 

 ham, Leeds, Bradford, Leicester, Sheffield, and other 

 cities. Of the London clubs the Friendly Anglers, True 

 "Waltonians and the New Albion Piscatorials showed 301 

 cases. Many celebrated private collections were also 

 sent to the exhibition, among them the singular Indian 

 fishes belonging to the Prince of Wales and the beautiful 

 display of Mr. R. L. Pugh. It has been stated officially 

 that if the exhibition cases had been placed end to end 

 they would have made a line 8 or 9 miles long, and yet 

 many good collections were turned away for lack of floor 

 space. The whole number of stuffed fish exhibited was 

 2,500, all of which had been caught with rod and line. 



The mounted specimens were skillfully arranged and 

 surrounded by reeds and rushes in imitation of their 

 natural surroundings in the water, and it is certain that 

 thousands of anglers who witnessed the display lived over 

 again in memory many happy experiences on mountain 

 brook and smooth-flowing river. There were pictures, 

 too, in oil, water colors and crayon, and the tackle makers 

 showed a very elaborate assortment of their goods, par- 

 ticularly in salmon and trout rods, In one portion of the 

 building were exhibited the f owls.especially bred for the 

 manufacture of artificial flies. 



Fish-hatching apparatus was not shown in variety, but 

 Mr. Andrews of Guildford exhibited a new form of box 

 for the transportation of trout eggs; he also had trout in 

 various stages of development. 



It will be somewhat difficult for American anglers to 

 share in the enthusiasm of their English brethren over 

 the large rudd, roach, chub, dace, bream, carp and other 

 members of the minnow family, because their represent- 

 atives in the United States are so generally small, bony 

 and good-for-nothing; but they will be interested in the 

 great pike, trout and salmon. The champion pike, con- 

 tributed by the Duke of Newcastle, weighed 42ilbs., and 

 there were other specimens weighing 38, 35, 33, 32J, 28-|, 

 26 and 25|lbs. A Geneva Lake trout of 40lbs., caught on 

 the Rhone with a spoon bait last year, two Norway sal- 

 mon of 52lbs., a Tay salmon of 40lbs., a Thames trout of 

 of 14|lbs., and a yellow perch of 4£lbs. were among the 

 famous fishes exhibited. The pike-perch of Germany, 

 which is a near relative of and bears a striking resem- 

 blance to the fish of the same name in America, was in 

 one of the private collections. The American black bass 

 also lent a familiar charm to the scene. 



But best of all was the friendly rivalry which made 

 this great exhibition possible and the fraternal spirit 

 animating those who contributed to its success. The 

 same rivalry and the same friendly spirit should enable 

 American anglers to assemble at the World's Fair an ex- 

 hibit which shall excel in scope and execution the best 

 the world has seen. 



THE DELMONIOO WOODCOCK CASE. 



'T'HE case of the People against Delmonico on the 

 charge of having served woodcock in July of 1890 

 is to-day precisely where it was a month ago; and where, 

 according to Assistant District Attorney Townsend, it 

 may remain for five or six months to come. Meanwhile 

 the evil effects of the scandalous delay in bringing this 

 Fifth avenue summer woodcock purveyor to trial are 

 widespread and serious, and growing more widespread 

 and serious every day. 



Responsibility for the delay rests entirely with District 

 Attorney Nicoll. The People being the plaintiffs, this is 

 a preferred case; were the District Attorney so disposed, 

 he could move for trial at once. 



Two explanations are possible of this public prosecu- 

 tor's masterly inactivity: He may have the time, but 

 lack willingness to act; or, he may be eager to try the 

 case, but not have time. 



If the first reason be the true one, there is a remedy 

 which was found effectual in a similar instance with one 

 of Mr. Nicoll's predecessors, and would probably prove 

 equally potent agaiu if resorted to by the Commissioners 

 of Fisheries. 



If, on the other hand, Mr. Nicoll wants to see this case 

 expedited but has no time for it because his office is 

 crowded with work, why does he not say as much, and 

 let somebody else try it ? He must know well enough 

 that the statute provides for just such an emergency ; and 

 that no Fifth avenue purveyor of untimely woodcock 

 need go untried, even when the District Attorney's office 

 may be too pressed with business to attend to the matter. 

 If Mr. Nicoll and his assistants are overworked, let him 

 so advise Protector Kidd: then the protector, as author- 

 ized by the statute, may engage other counsel, and go 

 ahead with No. 6941 in the City Circuit. 



Whichever of the reasons may be the true one, the re- 

 sponsibility for delay rests with Mr. Nicoll. 



PARK GRABS. 



JUST as the rulers of New York State and city are bent 

 upon seizing for the advantage of themselves and 

 a few others the city's pleasure ground, which belongs to 

 the whole body of its citizens, and in which the meanest 

 has the same rights as the most influential, so, at Wash- 

 ington, lobbyists and schemers are constantly striving to 

 induce Congress to pass laws which shall turn over to a 

 few specially favored individuals the greater park which 

 belongs to the nation. As the people of New York are 

 protesting against the seizure of a city park, so the people 

 of the country at large ought to protest against the vari- 

 ous schemes for robbing them of the Yellowstone Park. 



A public meeting is to be held on Friday next, and 

 every citizen who is interested in the preservation of the 

 Central Park, whether he be rich or poor, ought to 

 attend this meeting and by his presence and his voice 

 protest against this encroachment on the public rights. 



H. P. TJFFORD. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have felt no such sensation of sorrow, since the death of "Ness- 

 mnk," as I experienced on opening Forest and Stream this 

 morning, whfn the first thing that caught my eye was the an- 

 nouncement that "H. P. U." had also "passed over the dark 

 river." Peace be with him. I never met either him or "Ness- 

 muk," but I have long known both in spirit, by the words from 

 their pens, and as "fellow rhymers" in a humble way, have been 

 deeply drawn toward both of them. There wasanesay, melodious 

 flow to Ufford's verse that was perfectly delightful, and those 

 ''Southern Bird Notes" (I forget the exact name), which he sent to 



Forest and Stream, a year or two since, were as charm'ng as 

 were ever the original warblings. Von W. 



Chardestown, ST. H., March 18. 



Casually taking up my Forest And Stream this morning , the 

 first paragraph to attract my eye was that containing a Southern 

 paper's tribute to the late H. P. Ufford. And this was the first 

 intimation that this bright and entertaining contributor had fin- 

 ished the unequal fight to which there can only be one and the 

 same inevitable conclusion. 



Harry Ufford was a college friend of the writer in the pleasant 

 university town of Delaware, of this State, during the years that 

 immediately followed the war. The son of a distinguished Epis- 

 copalian clergyman, he had a fine literary taste, both by inherit- 

 ance and acquirement, and some of his poems and sketches writ- 

 ten during his college days would have done credit to a far ma- 

 turer mind. After the breaking up of college life I lost, sight of 

 him for many years, and finally discovered his whereabouts 

 through his first letters to Forest and Stream, which bore date 

 in Minnesota. At this time I hastened to recall myself to him, 

 receiving a prompt and cordial reply, in which he expressed his 

 surprise and gratification at learning that the "Jay Beebe" of his 

 favorite paper should prove his old college friend. Later on 1 

 found an added enjoyment in his entertaining studies of outdoor 

 life in Louisiana, to whose balmy climate he went in his unavail- 

 ing flight from the dread specter of pulmonary disease that 

 lurked ever in his rear. His was an original mind, keen, obser- 

 vant, analytic and mellowed with a ripened culture which made 

 his letters among the most delightful contributions to your pa- 

 per. But he has gone ahead upon the trail to join "Nessmuk" and 

 "Hal of the Dakofas," who with a host of kindred spirits are rest- 

 ing in the land where there is no more night. To his memory, 

 peace. Jay Beebe. 



Toledo, O., March 19, 1892. 



THE CALF ON THE LAWN. 



I'm goin to hitch this 'ere young caff out here in my front lawn, 

 He'll stay right here an' chaw the grass till the hull thing it is 

 chawn, 



He'll chew the corner off to-day until he's eat it bare. 

 To-morrow I will move his stake and he'll chaw over there. 



Looks bad, yer say, to see a caff out in a man's front yard 

 An' blatting like a barnyard on this stylish boolevard, 

 But that air caff shall eat that grass until I get him fat 

 And if he feels like blatting w'y I reckon he will blat. 



Wen I fust took my farm out here this wuz a countrj road, 

 Across the way wuz parstchure lan' ware huckleberries grower!. 

 My caff wuz then hitched in my yard for the hull town's inspection 

 An' no darn enterprising dood cum roun' to make objection. 



W'en this road growed a village street my caff wuz inl.the yard 

 A'u now the street it swells 'ith style— a city boolevard— 

 But I will hitch this 'ere young caff out here in my front lawn; 

 He'll stay right here an' chew the grass till the hull thing is 

 chawn. 



You say the way I carry on makes the whole city laff . 

 Wall, let 'em laff; this 'ore's my lawn an' this 'ere is my caff. 

 An' things hez reached the purtiest pass the worl' hez ever sawn 

 Ef an ol' duff can't let his caff chaw grass on his own lawn. 



Wall, let 'em laff; this 'ere young caff shall stay here anyhow, 

 An' if I hear 'em laff too hard I'll trot out the old cow. 

 I'll hitch 'em both to the same stake right here in my front lawn 

 An' let 'em stay an' chew the grass till the hull thing is chawn! 



— S. W. Floss in Yankee- Blade. 



Let him chaw the grass till all is chawn. 

 And blart his blart and soil the lawn, 

 Grow heavy in beef and long in born. 

 He's built tu du it; we 'knowledge the corn. 

 Boston. Reignolds. 



'Twon't hurt nob'dy 'f they du some folks laugh 



T' see a nat'ral mower in shape of a calf. 



'F he's a fawn-colored Jersey jest cut off his tail 



And call him a deer or a hare. 

 'F he's black the plan needn't fail 



For then you c'n swear he's a bear. 

 So tony a critter 'u'd shei up the blower 

 An' though less of calf there'd still be the mower. 

 An' if some folks objsc's tu his voice you can say 

 Tour deer, hare or bear alius hollus that way. 

 Ferbisburgh, Vt. Aw ahsoose. 



He'll mek me laugh, me, 'Sene Le Blanc, to tink dose Yankee 

 peop's 



She'll picquet out dose boeuf p'ti, hees house biffore, lak sheeps! 

 Prob'bly he'll don't some patatoes got? So dass was mos' so 

 worse! 



He mek dose bceuf p'ti gabn starf, while he was hwrite dose verse! 

 Lake Charles, La. H. P. U. 



The farmer talks about his lawn. 



Also about his caff. 

 The ijee of a farmer's lawn 



'S enough to fetch a laugh. 

 A little blitheFome silvery laugh, 



A ha! ha! ho! ho ho! 

 A farmer's lawn! Where timothy 



And dock and plantain grow 

 And fill the walk and go to seed 



Till all the country round 

 Is filled with ail the sorts of weeds 



That ever crossed the ground. 

 The idea of a farmer's lawn 



Feedin' a farmer's caff 

 Is calcilated to projooce 



A reverberatin' laff. 

 Newtown, Pa. O. O. S. 



Now if the grass upon that lawn is all he gets for rations, 

 That calf will stand a right smart chance of dying of starvation. 

 And if, as likely, he will he be a very lively bull 

 It's more than probable that he his picket pin will pull 

 And open-mouthed, with ears erect and meteoric tail, 

 He'll go careering round the town, in spite of fence or rail 

 He'll ramble through the flower beds and bust the early peas, 

 Tread down the vines, upset the hives and liberate the bees. 

 Who'll join him in his pilgrimage and hurry up his flight, 

 And make that bumptious "bullyvard" "thedevilsown delight." 

 Till the man who thinks he owns him will a tender sorrow feel 

 To think he hadn't "slartered" him and sold his hide and veal! 

 "You bet your life," as certainly as ever you were born, 

 That calf is bound to be "the boss" if staked upon the lawn. 

 Charlestown, N. H, Von \V 



