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POHfiST ^AND < STREAM. 
[MXy 30, 1896. 
On May 30 Mr. H. M. Pierce, of the King and Bartlett 
preserve in Maine, will come out to Eustis and meet a 
party who will deliver to him 100,000 young trout to place 
in Big King Lake. This is only one of several lots of 
trout which have been put in this lake, and it is credit- 
able to Mr. Pierce that he has the wisdom to provide for 
the future and insure a continuation of the present good 
fishing on his property. 
A few weeks ago I gave an account of the reorganiza- 
tion of the Magaguadavie Fish arid Game Club, who have a 
fine preserve in New Brunswick. Now that the club has 
entered upon a new era of prosperity, the members both 
old and new have been anxious to visit their property 
and test its waters, about which they have heard so many 
good reports of the fishing. It was therefore with great 
impatience that they looked forward to the evening of 
Mav 20, when the first party were to leave. GK D. Loud, 
of Boston, might be called the pioneer of the party, as he 
has been over the preserve time and again, and most of 
the others pinned their faith on his knowledge and expe- 
rience. Those who left with Mr. Loud are M, D. W. 
Green, F. H. Babcock, R. R. Gilman (the inventor of the 
Gilman Fly), H. F. Hanson, J. A. Ordway, Jr., and L H. 
Myrick, all of B istou; O. B. Graves, Cambridge, Mass. ; M. 
A. GilmaD, Westfield, Mass., and W. H. Fox, of New 
York city. Three weeks of solid fun is their anticipation. 
Mav it be realized to the full. 
Geo. P. Thomas, one of the most popular of Rangeley 
guides, came to Boston a few days ago with a party of 
returriing sportsmen. It was the Ackerman party of 
Brooklyn. N. Y., and they have had a record-breaking 
trip. ' B. G and C 0. Ackerman and E. E. Suffern were 
the gentlemen, and the weight of their five b°st fish (all 
pquare-taile) were respectively 7£, (%, 5f , 5J, 4^lbs. B. G. 
Ackerman made one day's catch of 39^-lbs. All this good 
luck was had in the vicinity of the Upper Dam, where 
they stayed for ten days. Who says the Rangeley fishing 
is getting poor? 
John G. Wright, W. V. Kellen and C. H. Souther, of 
Boston, have gone to Weld Pond, Me., for ten days' fish- 
ing. Mr. Souther has been there before, and Mr. Wright 
is one of Boston's oldest and most expert anglers; there- 
fore the Weld Pond trout and salmon are bound to suffer 
the loss of some of their members while these gentlemen 
are there. 
Camp Bamis and the Birches at the Rangeleys have a 
sreat attraction for a pirty which will leave on May 25 
C. S. Grover, W. S. Hixon and Willis W. George and 
wife, of Lynn; Frank T. Arnold and wife, of Peabody, 
Mass., and a Mr. Frost, of Boston, compose the party, and 
they will stay two weeks. Mr. Hixon made his first trip 
last year, and was only induced to go after great per- 
suasion. It took no urging to get him started this year, 
and he now regrets that he did not take up the recreation 
of fishing long ago, in this respect reminding me of a 
friend with whom I made a trip a few years ago, who, 
while we were tramping through the woods, used to be- 
moan his bad taste of the past in spending his summers 
at seaside resorts instead of giving the time to the woods 
and streams with rod and gun. 
Judge Stone, J. C. Brown, F. W. Lee and Dr. G. B. 
Elliott, all of Lawrence, Mass., left on Saturday to spend 
three weeks with the big trout at Wilson's, Moosehead 
Station, near Greenville, Me. Hackle. 
Forest and Stream Fishing Postals. 
Drop ms a line about the trout or bass, and where to take them. 
Chicago, May 16.— The following extract from a letter 
dated State Line, Wis., May 11, concerning catches of 
lake trout in Black Oak Lake, may be of interest to your 
readers: "Last week George F. Bidwell and party in one 
day caught forty trout, and Messrs, Owen and Geltmaker 
in five days caught forty-five trout, the largest weighing 
9lbs." W. B. K. 
Mr. W. R. Bishop, of the Cranberry Lake Hotel, Cran- 
berry Lake, N. Y , sends us the outline of a brook trout 
caught by Donald Stewart at the Cranberry Lake outlet 
on May 15. It measured 20in. in length and the weight 
was 4lbs. These waters are maintaining their old reputa- 
tion. 
Minerva, Adirondacks, May 16. — Fishing very fair, 
weather delightful. Had a fine rain yesterday, which 
was very much needed, as the country was exceedingly 
dry, and quite a number of small forest fires had devel- 
oped during the past week, F, W. K. 
Johnstown, N. Y., fishermen have a good story to tell, 
of Alderman James H, Coughnet, who went fishing on 
Peck's Pond last week. Mrs. Coughnet went along, and 
this is what happened: During the forenoon the fish 
that frequent the upper portion of the pond were ex- 
tremely wary and ratner avoided any encounter with the 
glittering spoon or tempting morsels that were occasion- 
ally thrown out. Just after the little rain shower the 
party started to row to the eastern shore, and as they 
rowed along, the alderman — jokingly, of course — offered 
his wife $10 if she would catch a 2-pounder. She released 
her spoon, which sank nicely about 1ft. deep, and in the 
twinkling of an eye was gobbled up by a monster of the 
mighty deep. With a tremendous effort, and without 
any assistance from her liege lord, she played out and 
hauled in, and at length landed safely at her feet an 81b. 
muskalonge, said to be one of the largest and handsomest 
fish caught in those waters for many years. Of course 
the alderman forked over the $10. 
Rare Chance for Salmon Fisherman. 
We have just learned of a fishing privilege for sale for one rod on 
the Grand Cascapedia, the most easily accessible and renowned salmon 
river in all Canada, Price moderate. Address Casoapkdia, this 
office.— Adv. 
Salmon Fishing for Sale. 
FaKBHOLD, on the best fishing waters of the southwest Mirimichi 
River (Burnt Hill). For terms and particulars apply to Thomas J. 
Conroy, 310 Broadway, New York city.— Adv. 
Game Laws in Brief. 
The Game Laws in Brief, current edition, sold everywhere, has 
new game and fish laws for more than thirty of the States. It covers 
the entire country, Is carefully prepared, and gives all that shooter* 
and anglers reauire. See advertisement. 
The Lost Man Identified. 
. New Cumberland, O,, May 5.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Yesterday we received a copy of your paper 
dated Jan. 4, 1896. It contains a picture of a pitiable 
man and an article entitled "The Lost Man Found 
Again." 
That is the picture of my brother. He has been away 
nearly three years. He was a doctor, refined, intelligent 
and a gentleman; is 50 years old and a bachelor; very 
bald, with fine dark hair sprinkled with gray; light blue 
eyes, medium height, rather slender build, and was some- 
what fleshy before he went away, weighing about 170. 
He got an idea that some one nnght injure him. His 
mind is somewhat unbalanced. We hunted for him, but 
never were able to reach him. We have found where he 
has been and he has written home a number of times. 
He does not stay long in any one place. A few times we 
THt LOST MAN. 
Printed in our issue of Jan. 4. Now identified as Oilmer Cams, 
New Cumberland, O. 
have known of hitn going to a place where he had been 
before. We last heard from him in the Province of 
Quebec, Canada. 
If any of those gentlemen out hunting come across 
him again we wish they would keep him securely, be kind 
to him, feed him well and telegraph us at once. He is a 
Christian and is harmless. There are none of his people 
in the old home now but his widowed mother and one 
sister (myself). We would like to &et him home. 
I have given you the particulars and would be glad if 
you would write an article and put it in your newspaper 
that the sporting gentlemen may see it. The picture and 
the two articles that have already been in the paper will 
help to identify him. His name is Gilmer Carns. 
Ada Carns. 
he Mennel 
F IXTU RES 
BENCH 8HOWR. 
Sept. 7 to 11.— Toronto Exhibition Association's eighth annual show, 
Toronto, Oan. 0. A. Stone, Sec'y of bench show. 
Sept. 22 to 24.— Milwaukee Kennel and Pet Stock Association's second 
annual dog show, Milwaukee. W. W. Welch, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS 
Sept. 2.— Morris, Man.— Manitoba Field Trials Club. John Wootton, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 7.— Kennedy, Minn.— Continental Field Trial Club's chicken 
trials. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Oct. 9.— Brunswick Fur Club's annual meet. Bradford S. Turpin, 
Sec'y. 
Oct. 26.— Hempstead, L. I — Natioonal Beagle Club's trials. Geo. 
W. Rogers, Sec'y, 250 W. Twenty-second street, New York. 
Oct. 28.— Greene county, Pa.— The Monongahela Valley Game and 
Fish Protective Association's second annual trials. S. B. Cummings 
Sec'y, Pittsburg. 
Nov. 2 — Bicknell, Ind.— Continental Field Trial Club's quail trials. 
P. T. Madison, Sec'y. 
Nov. 2.— Oxford, Mass.— New England Beagle Club's trials. W. S. 
Clark, Sec'y, Linden, Mass. 
Nov. 16.— Newton, N. 0. — E. F. T. Club'B trials. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y, 
Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
Nov. 17.— Chatham, Ont. —International Field Trial Club's trials. 
W. B Wells, Sec'y, Chatham, Ont. 
Nov. 28.— Newton, N. C— U. S. F. T. Club's fall trials. W. B. Staf- 
ford, Sec'y. 
DOG AND PICTURE. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
It has always been a mooted question in comparative 
psychology whether a lower animal has the power to per- 
ceive a portrait. Mark the word which I use — portrait. 
That a lower animal can perceive a reflection there is no 
doubt. Upon this recognized fact the advertiser played 
in the picture which, a good many years ago, appeared on 
the box-lid of a certain shoe-blacking, which picture re- 
presented an interesting terrier barking at his reflection 
in a highly polished, great pair of top boots, which polish 
could not have been attained by the most accomplished 
boots had not the blacking within been discovered and 
compounded. 
To a dog lover there is nothing much more amusing 
than a f rouzy cur's violently barking at his own rpflection 
in a mirror. He evidently thinks the reflection a dog. 
He tries to get at it. He fails. He tries again with some- 
what of uncertainty. A question has arisen in his mind. 
He draws back. He fears. There is something uncanny 
in the situation. What has every appearance of being a 
dog is not a dog. With his tail between his legs and 
maybe a yelp, he slinks away, glancing furtively back 
over his shoulder. Now take the frouzy cur, wash him, 
pet him, allow him to see his reflection time and again, 
and he will come to know it to be a reflection as well as 
you do. 
I have a very amusing series of pictures (true to the 
life) of a young and inexperienced fox terrier first seeing 
a bone on the bank of a stream across the water from 
him, then the reflection, which he takes for another bone, 
then in the midst of a great splash nothing visible but 
his hindlegs. That dog perceived a reflection and recog- 
nized in it the outlines and colors of a toothsome bone. 
Presuming the series to be the record of an actual series 
of events, that dog was probably never again enticed to a 
ducking by a rt flection of a bone. 
A reflection is essentially a likeness. It is a reproduc- 
tion of the form and colors of an object. What more 
does the sensitive plate do than reproduce the form of 
what it is exposed to — tree, man or star? What more 
than this does the simply mechanical artist who uses pen- 
cil and crayon? The artist who is only a mechanic, who 
uses brush and pigments, does nothing more than add col- 
or to form. The one who produces a portrait with pencil, 
crayon or brush does more. He reproduces not simply 
form and color, the person, the external man, or woman, 
or animal; he reveals somewhat of the internal of the 
individuality which vitalizes the personality — manifests 
itself through the personality. In a full-sized likeness of 
Cassar, for instance, we would see the lithe limbs, the broad 
chest, the splendid head, the overhanging brow, the 
Roman nose, the eagle eyes. In a portrait of Cseaar these 
limbs would appear as if they were about to act; the 
broad chest as if about to expand, taking in breath for 
the carrying out of a great purpose; the head would seem 
on the point of nodding imperial assent, or rising in im- 
perial command; the brows on the eve of quivering; the 
nose would express disdain or repose; the eyes would 
smoulder, or gleam, or flash. The veiled bust represent- 
ing Julius Ca33ar as Pontifex ^Maximus has always ap- 
peared to me a likeness, while,, the statue of the capitol 
nas seemed a portrait. 
That the lower animal has the essential power by which 
a likeness as well as a reflection h cognized is made plain 
by what I have witnessed the dog (not a Bhow dog), Dodg- 
erfield by name, of my friend the actor, Mr. W. E. Dal- 
ton, do. Pedestaled pieces of tin are placed in disorder on 
the floor, on which are painted the Arabic figures 1, 3, 3, 
4. Name any one of these figures and Dodgerfield will 
bring to you the piece of tin on which it ia painted. This 
proves beyond question, if it needs any proof — and I find 
that everything in animal psychology has to be proven — 
that Dodgerfield has one of the faculties essential to the 
perception of a likeness, the faculty of form. Without 
it, it would be utterly impossible for him to distinguish 
one figure from another by sight, and I have taken pains 
to prove that he does not distinguish the tins upon which 
they are painted by scent. The other faculty necessary 
to distinguish a colored likeness is of course that of color. 
That Dodgerfield has that ia proven in this way: four 
handkerchiefs — one white,' one red, one orange and one 
green — are laid in disorder on the floor; you ask for the one 
you want, naming the color, and Dodgerfield will bring it 
to you. Here again I can assure the reader the distin- 
guishment is not through scent. Now you have a beef- 
steak painted by a competent, realistic artist. Show it to 
your dog. See how quickly his attention is attracted. 
He may not sink his teeth into the picture, but this will 
not be because he does not perceive its form and colors, 
but because the mistake made by his eyes is corrected by 
his nose. If you could make the picture smell precisely 
as a beefsteak you would thoroughly fool the dog, as 
thoroughly as I have seen men fooled by a painted green- 
back. 
But admitting — and I think that most of my readers 
will be with me up to this point — that the lower animal 
has the power of perceiving reflections and likenesses, are 
they capable of recognizing the likeness of a particular 
thing, of a particular beefsteak or of a specific man? 
When I was a boy, I remember a great joke that sve had 
at the expense of an aunt whose name was Jane. My 
mother's name was Sarah. Walking through a great dry 
goods store the aunt came to a large mirror. Her hands 
and eyebrows went up in surprise and she exclaimed, 
"Why, Sarah, when did you come to town?" Her com- 
panion and the clerks who were about laughed — to the 
disadvantage of the firm, I might as well add, for the 
aunt at ones walked from the store with a flushed face 
without making a purchase. Now the question is, could 
a lower animal have made such a mistake, and having 
made it, would its mind have corrected it? 
The portrait has to do with the individual as well aa 
with the person, with the subjective as well as with the 
objective, and is not of the genus nor of the species, but 
of the unit; is not of bone, beefsteak, man or dog, but a 
particular bone, beefsteak, man or dog. With this defini- 
tion before us, can a lower animal perceive or know a 
portrait? 
Reasoning a priori, I have always thought it possible 
that the lower animal might know a portrait. As I have 
shown, it has the faculties of form and color with which 
to recognize, or, to speak more properly, to perceive or 
know the likeness — which is, so to speak, the personality 
of the portrait, as the body and members are the person- 
ality of the man. Then it may, and often, aa in the case 
of the dog, does know the temper and moods of the indi- 
viduality within the personality. The dog knows, by the 
change of his tone and expression the state of the mas- 
ter's mind as well as that master's wife and children do. 
Again, there is no essential difference in man's power of 
knowing and that of the lower animal. Of this I am pro- 
foundly convinced. 
The circumference of man's knowledge is greater than 
that of the lower animals, but it is described from the 
same center. Edison knows more than the average man; 
but the average man has the same faculties that Edison 
has. The average man knows more than the most highly 
developed lower animal; but the lower animal has the 
same faculties that the average man has. This is true up> 
to the point of knowing relations between things through 
other relations. Singularly enough, a letter has come to' 
me since I sat down to write this paper which proves 
this to be true — a letter from Mr. Dalton with relation 
to the dog Dodgerfield, whom I mentioned a few sen- 
tences back. 
Under date of March 37 Mr. Dalton says: 
"Dodgerfield has developed a fondness for sleeping on 
our bed in preference to his own. His bed is a small cot- 
ton pad in a basket. He has settled himself upon our 
bed every night after the performance of late, and it has 
required quite a commanding tone to induce him to go to 
