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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Deo. 17, 1891, 



and became an ebony statue. "Give it up now?" asked 

 George. "Stop a little bit," said I, "I want to enjoy that 

 sight a minute longer." "Well, enjoy it till J go back to 

 where I can get thi-ough the hedge." 



When George came up on the other side we put them 

 up; about fifteen plump fat fellows, that went off with 

 such whirr and speed that I only fired one bu'rei. We 

 got one airiece. The pointer found one of the dead ones, 

 and after carrying it into the road dropped it and i rotted 

 along as before, but the bitch kept along the hedge, 

 working the ground very closely, and about thirty rods 

 along the hedge came to a point. Bii'ds got up in quick 

 succession, one, two and three at a time, and six were 

 killed in a few seconds. Before we gathered the dead 

 birds and got into the buggy the pointer found another 

 covey further along the hedge and we had a good time 

 with them, getting five. 



George said, "No?v we will take the dogs in and drive 

 to Bill Porter's place, where we can put the horse uj) and 

 hunt right." As we drove along s^ven prairie chickens 

 flew across in front of us, too high and far away for a 

 shot, but we stood up in the buggy and marked them into 

 some prairie grass a full half-mile away, and were fortu- 

 nate in marking them exactly by the end of a hedge and 

 a haystack way beyond them. Prairie chickens are very 

 wild so late as 'this in the season, but these were evidently 

 tired by a long flight and we decided to try them. We 

 drove to within 200yds. of them on the leeward side, and 

 then walked rapidly but silently to ward the spot, keeping 

 the dogs to heel. They gave us a 40yd. rise. I got lots 

 of feathers the first shot bat did not stop the bird, but the 

 second barrel dropped one. George's first barrel snapped, 

 but he crippled one badly with the next, and it came 

 down some 50 rods away, where we found it dead. I had 

 paid no fm-ther attention to the one I feathered so freely, 

 but as we drove along the road in the direction of their 

 flight the dogs smelled something, and running quite 

 away along the hedge found a j)Iace they could get 

 through, they came back and found the chicken; alive, 

 but unable to fly. With a little coaxing the bitch brought 

 it to the hedge and, with a good do&l of pushing, got it 

 within my reach. This certainly was a display of unusual 

 intelligence in the dog. 



It was 1 O'clock when we reached Porter's place. After 

 putting away the horse, George said, ''Let'rf see what 

 Uncle Pete put in the lanch basket."' Eggs, beefsteak, ham 

 sandwiches, mince pie, pickles, and cake. Then we were 

 ready for quail. 



"iSow," said George, ' here's a solid mile of hedge, and 

 there are half a dozen coveys along it." We soon raised a 

 covy, and shortly afterwards a second and a third one, all 

 flying ahead of us, and before long every few steps got up 

 one or more birds. They generally darted through the 

 hedge from the man that' flushed them, but the man on 

 the other side had a good shot. Most of them flew far 

 enough out from the hedges to drop on bare ground when 

 shot, so but little time was lost hunting dead ones. When 

 we had worked about two-thirds the length of the hedge 

 we made a detour and began bunting back from the far 

 end, so as to double them up and save walking. It would 

 take too long to detail this part of the day's shooting. It 

 would be impossible anyway, for it was too lively to be 

 remembered, except in a general way. We pu.t in four 

 busy hours along that mile of hedge and bagged 50 quail. 



We hunted fiv^e other days, but owing to bad weather 

 and poorer hunting grounds our bags dropped to 32 one 

 day and did not exceed 45 any other day. 



if any of you want to shoot quail at Lyons, call on 

 George Hibler. He is a gentleman and a sportsman. 



O, H. Hampton. 



Wellsville, N. Y.,Deo. 11. — Sportsmen have enjoyed 

 excellent shooting in this vicinity this fall. Plenty of 

 rabbits and squirrels. Partridges and gray squirrels have 

 been exceedingly plenty this year. Otters have been 

 caught near here; they were supposed to be extinct in 

 this county, the last having been caught years ago. — E. 

 H. B. 



Ohio Quail.— Bar barton, O., Dec. 11, — We are having 

 beautiful weather, which makes it delightful quail shoot- 

 ing- I can go out on an afternoon witla Eoyalty II. and 

 Bruce S., and in a couple of hours make a good bag, and 

 we are still leaving plenty for seed.— Stanstead. 



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TROUTING IN THE CASCADES.-I. 



THE MOLALLA COUNTRY. 



IEA MOODY, an old friend of mine, had written me 

 from the Molalla. Incidentally he had suggested 

 that if I would notify him when I could come out he 

 would meet me at Willimantic Falls with his grays and 

 spring wagon and take me where I could find some trout. 



Now, although Ira was an old settler in the Molalla 

 country, and as Bob Baily says, ' had driven back the 

 howling wolf and kdled the b'ar," I knew that his know- 

 ledge of trout, at least, was decidedly limited. Bear and 

 cougar hunters generally catch trout with pin-hooks and 

 worms. Did you ever observe with what skepticism and 

 suspicion a regular old moss-back bear hunter examines 

 a book of fliesV Courtesy forbidding rudeness he gener- 

 ally compromises with bis feelings and suggests that it 

 might be a good plan to take a few worms or salmon eggs 

 along, as the trout out his way "might not be c'atchin' 

 with them things." The boy would dig all the worms 

 for you and no bother at all. You are always referred to 

 '•the boy" in troiuing matters, as it is rather beneath the 

 dignity of a man who kills pant'ers and b'ars for pastime 

 to know much about such trivial matters as trout fish- 

 ing. And the boy, conscious of the responsibilities rest- 

 ing upon the son of such a sire, gravely conde^cpnd3 to 

 give you a little information, but with a curl of contempt 

 on his lips that says louder than words, "These city fel- 

 lers think they can fish, they have my sympathy." 



I had seen a little of the Molalla country in a business 

 way and felt satisfied that there must be fine trouting out 

 there. So after consulting with Billy Newman and my 

 wife (it is always a good plan to consult your wife about 

 such matters, even if it does humiliate you), we concluded 

 that we would notify Ira to meet us at the Falls on June 

 1. Promptly the Latona blew her whistle at 12 M., the 

 first day of June for her landing below the falls. Ttiere 

 was Ira with his son Fay, the gray sand the spring wagon; 

 and ashore went four happy beings, my wife, Billy, my- 

 self, and last but not least happy, Mike, my red Irish. 

 By the way, the last- mentioned individual is particularly 

 fond of these fishing trips. He has more lei!^u^e time to 

 devote to rabbits and such on these trips than when hunt- 

 ing canvasbacks. 



Ira was fairly luminous with joy and Fay's 6x8 grin 

 prognosticated plenty of worms and information. The 

 tents, cooking utensils, rods and other luggage were soon 

 loaded and everything was ready for the start, but Ira 

 thought that ''the woman" and Fay had better mind the 

 team a minute while we went up street, as he wanted to 

 see a man before going out. Of course, we found the 

 "man" (that same eld man) at the usual place, and, al- 

 though we all took modest drinks Ira's cheerfulness was 

 not in the least diminished. 



Away we went, everybody hapjiy. Ira, however, now 

 and then cast reproachful glances at the tents and cook- 

 ing utensils, for undoubtedly he had counted on enter- 

 taining us as his guests. A better man never lived than 

 generous, plain-spoken Ira Moody, but my plans for the 

 trip did not include any soft bed-s with shingles over 

 them. 



The sun was low down in the west when the grays 

 stopped in front of the rude but neat house on the 

 Molalla. I wanted to go on to the mouth of Canyon 

 Creek and pitch our camp that night, but 1 felt that the 

 suggestion of such an idea would be an insult to Ira and 

 his family. I think my wife f-uspected me, for catching 

 nay eye, she frowned ominously. That settled it, and we 

 gladly stopped. Billy of course was highly pleased with 

 the decision. Of all men I ever knew none likes a hot 

 supper and feather bed better than Billy. However, he 

 is an admirable man in camp — a regular fuss and feath- 

 ers, who would rather cook, carry water, cut wood, 

 smoke his pipe and tell yarns than fish. I do not wish 

 to be understood as speaking disparagingly of his quali- 

 fications as an angler, for he can catch trout when he 

 wants to, but he dearly loves camp. Everybody was 

 happy. The horses were glad to get home, for it had 

 been a long, tediou3,trip; even Mike and Ira'.^ "b'ar" dog 

 after the customary sniffs and snarls became chums and 

 doubled teams on the diggers and pine squirrels. 



After supper, while the women were chatting over 

 their tea and Billy and Ira were swapping whoppeis, Fay 

 and I strayed out into the yard. You see I was trying to 

 stand in with the boy, and I am glad to say that he and 

 I were soon fast friends. Standing there we could look 

 right UD into the Cascade Mountains: on and up "where 

 Nature's heart beats strong amid the hiPs,'' all somber 

 and gloomy in the shade of the seemingly endless prime- 

 val forests, now softly wrapping themselves in their night 

 robes of fog lifted up from the lovely valley of the 

 Molalla. 



"Nature with folded haiula seem'jd there. 

 Kneeling at her evening prayer." 



Fay pointed out the course of Canon Creek, which 

 seemed almost to drop down from between two mountain 

 peaks away off to the east. Eight miles above us Cahon 

 Creek emptied into Milk Creek, which empties into the 

 Molalla, V(?hich empties into Pudding River,which empties 

 into the Willamette, which empties into the great 

 Columbia, and on to the sea. 



I had known Ira for many years, and of course we had 

 a great deal to talk about that night. He was in his glory, 

 and so it was not surprising that mv wife found it neces- 

 sary to intimate that we were keeping the good people up 

 very late. I glanced at the old clock on the wall, which 

 was significantly pointing at the XI mark. Ira, speaking 

 one word for us and two for himself, suggested that it was 

 too early for city folks to go to bed; but, notwithstanding 

 the fact that we were cutting short one of Ira's best 

 stories, we retired, 



"To sleep! perchance to dream—" 



No, not a bit of it. That poetical lullaby does not fit 

 our case. 



A flea is about the smallest but most active agent His 

 Satanic Majesty has on earth. Webster defines an imp 

 to be a puny devil. Eureka ! For size, appetite and gen- 

 eral cussed n ess I will back the Oregon flea against any- 

 other representative of his tribe on earth. On the Molalla. 

 they are all f ul! grown a nd have attained the thirty- second 

 degree. They are as big as kernels of wheat, striped like 

 Bengal tigers, omnivorous and omnipresent. 



Eistern people will not believe this until they visit this 

 country. Then they will probably conclude that a judg- 

 ment has been visited upon them for their disbelief. At 

 Portland it is proverbial that even at church you can 

 always distinguish the Eastern lady from the native. 

 While the Eastern Indy will twist and wriggle in agony, 

 her face sufl'used with blushes of confusion, her Oregon 

 sister win cooly moisten her finger and go for Mr. Flea 

 as unconcernedly as if it was part of the service. 



The flea is the plague of this country, which withoni 

 his impsbip would be altogether too blispful for mortals. 



With glassy eyes and haggard faces we were up early , 

 accidentally kicking over a few stools and other furniture 

 to bring our friends to an awakening sense of the fact 

 that it was time to get up. Of course they thought that 

 visions of trout had hurried us outof bed, "But it wasn't — 

 it was fleas. I cannot understand how a human being 

 with at-kin less thick than that of a rhinoceros can sleep 

 not only soundly but sweetly with these puny devils 

 chewing at him and running hurdle races over bis 

 anatomy. 



I have lived in this country many years and yet must 

 admit that one full grown healthy flea will keep me awake 

 all night; and when the second night comes and "ex- 

 hausted nature seeks repose," if he crawls under me, lies 

 on his back and applies teeth and toe-nails simultaneously, 

 he will land me flat-footed in the middle of the floor. J 

 learned, long since, that a box of flea powder is as much 

 a necessity on a trip into the country, either summer or 

 winter, as hat and boots. S. H. Greene. 



PoR'iXAND, Oregon. 



WORLD'S FAIR FISHES. 



IN our issue of Nov. 5 was published a synopsis of the 

 exhibit now in course of preparation by the U. S. 

 Fish Commission for the Worla'.-* Columbian Exposition. 

 It is our intention to keep Forest and Stream readers 

 advised of the progress made in carrying out the details 

 of this mobt comprehensive display, and to call their at- 

 tention more particularly to some of the rare and curi- 

 ous fishes which will form an attractive part of the ex- 

 hibit. In the article referred to mention was made of 

 the opah and the etcolar— two remarkable fishes recently 

 obtained on La Have Bank by Gloucester fishermen. As 

 tl ese were the first examples of the kind taken in waters 

 adjacent to our east coast, as far as we know, they are 

 proper subjects of a popular description. 



TriE Escolar {Euvettus pretiosits). 

 This large and showy fish is related to the mackereld, 

 which it resembles in sbape. The escolar is found occa- 

 sionally in the Mediterranean, at the Cinajy Islands and 

 Madeira, and in ihe West Indies. The name here adopted 

 for the fish is Portuguese, and i« thought to have been 

 derived from the Spnnish assaeolar, which means to 

 scour or burnish, in allusion either to the extreme sand- 

 papex'-like roughness of the skin or the active laxative 

 properties of the oil secreted by the bones of this species, 

 Lowe applies iho name f courii'sh to the escolar, and older 

 writers use for it the designation ruveto. 



At the Canaries the escolar arrives during winter in 

 great schools, and is caught with hooks in a rlepth of 100 

 fathoms. In Madeira it is recorded by Lowe as a com- 

 mon and well known species, which is never long absent 

 from the markets. It is caught, however, only in deep 

 water, far from the 8hQrp,"in fine weather, at depths 

 varying from 300 to 4'30 fathoms. Here its associates are 

 the cherna {Poiyprioti cernhim) and the ooelho iPru- 

 metheus atlantieus), fishes which live habilually near the 

 bottom. According to Poey the e;colar is rarely seen at 

 Havana. It may be caught, however, on dark nights in 

 depths of 300 fathoms. The fishing occurs in September 

 and 1-iSts until the middle of Oetolspr, when fishing for 

 sailfish [Tetrapl arij^) in^s closed and before the arrival of 

 the red snapper [LKAjiuais hlackfordi), Poey says it is 

 seen at the nurface ot the water enveloped in a luminous 

 mass which eurrounds its body. 



In the Mediterranean the escolar reaches the weight 

 of 401bs., at Madeira Lowe heard of individuals weighing 



The OfAH (Lampris (intiatns). Length about itt. 



SOlbs., Poey believed it to grow to the wpight of lOOlbs. 

 and the larger individual obtained by the IJ. S. Fish Com- 

 mission was upward of 6ft. long and must have approxi- 

 mated lOOlbs. in weight. 



At Malta the fish is highly esteemed for food; at the 

 Canaries its flesh is considered a great delicacy. At 

 Madeira Lowe described its qualities in the following 

 terms: 



' The flesh when cooked is delicately white and flaky, 

 but soft and insipid: and bith before and after it is 

 dressed abounds, as if it had been steeped, in a pure 

 limpid oil. which is not, however, at all rank or strong 

 in taste. On this account, and from the unsightly color 

 of its skin and general coarsene-ss, it is but rarely seen 

 at English tables, and, eaten incautiously, it is moreover 

 isaid to cause speedy diarrhoea. It may, however, cer- 



