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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 29, 18^5. 
the buggy up there, thinking it a very easy matter. We 
start gaily off, I in the shafts and Doc pushing, and as it 
is down grade at first the buggy runs very easily. But 
presently we strike a hill and sand to boot, and then there 
ia a roar. "Confound yer, brace up there, you ain't pull- 
ing a blame pound," says Doc. 
"The deuce I ain't; think I can't see you hanging back 
there making me haul you and the buggy and the whole 
blasted load?" I reply. 
That was hard work and the mile seemed to stretch 
itself into four, but there is an end to all things and we 
at last pull slowly and painfully into Daarer's, return his 
lantern with thanks, and set out for home, devoutly 
thankful that we are not horses doomed to perpetual 
hauling of buggies and agreeing that we have had a noble 
good time at our one night camp. Cap. 
BOSTON AND MAINE. 
June 21.— Ex-Governor Russell and Mr. B. F. Dutton 
have gone to the Little Pabos, P. Q., salmon fishiner. Mr. 
Dutton controls the fishing rights of that river. He will 
remain for several weeks, while ex-Governor Russell will 
be absent for a couple of weeks. The river is reported to 
be one of the best for both salmon and trout, and few 
sportsmen will be more likely to succeed or better appre- 
ciate the fishing. 
Mr. Edward E. Allen is about starting for the Godbout 
for salmon fishing. The fishing rights of this river are 
in the hands of a club including several Boston gentle- 
men, the names of whom it is composed having been 
published in Forest and Stream already, I believe. It is 
said to be an excellent salmon river, far enough away to 
avoid the crowd and many of the evils that civilization 
brings about such a stream. 
Mr. N. N. Thayer, of Boston, is at home again, after 
five' weeks of fishing in Maine. Mrs. Thayer accompanied 
him, as she usually does; and this greatly adds to the en- 
joyment of the couple, since both are experts with rod 
and line, and both are fond of nature in its seclusion and 
wildness. They have this time visited the Birches at 
Mooselucmaguntic, Billy Soule's Pleasant Island Camps, 
and the Middle Dam. They tried the fishing at each 
place with their share of success. But the crowning ex- 
cursion of their outing was their visit to King and Bart- 
lett. Here they found about all the fishing they could 
ask for, but they also found the tramps rather long and 
canoeing not generally possible from one fishing spot to 
another, or home to camp, and since much of that 
country has been burned over the tramping through the 
woods is much of it rough and bereft of the charm that is 
to be found in the forests that have stood for many years 
Bat the country was a source of delight to both in that 
they saw large game at home and tried to take pictures of 
it, and with what success will only be known when the 
films are developed. In her trip down the Spencer Stream 
Mrs. Thayer saw two buck deer fighting, and the same 
day she saw a large bull moose. He was first seen stand- 
ing on the bank of the stream. Fortunately the lady had 
her camera at hand, and brought it to bear on the monarch 
of the Maine forests once or twice. The development of 
the films will show the results of her snap shots. This had 
not been done yesterday. Several shots were tried, but it 
is possible that the light was not all that could be wished, 
since the dark woods and green leaves are not good 
surroundings for snapshot work. The results of the work 
I shall ascertain, and if the pictures are worth producing 
they may yet be seen in the Forest and Stream, 
The black bass season opened in New Hampshire on the 
15fch of June. A number of Boston sportsmen were on 
hand at Lake Winnipiseogee and at other points at Weirs, 
Wolfboro and East Wakefield. Representative Horan, of 
South Boston, took the biggest bass on opening day, weigh- 
ing about four pounds Mr. W. A. Grozier, of Boston, also 
made a fine catch. Hon. William S. McNary, with a 
party of Boston politicians, and other friends, fished the 
ponds at East Wakefield. They report a good day's sport. 
June 22.— Mr. E. C. Stevens has just returned from a 
fishing trip to Lake Dunmore, Vermont. He was accom- 
panied by Mr. E. A. Wilson , of Water town. The first day 
they caught two pickerel of large size, one weighing 
nearly 51bs. The next day they got eight pickerel and 
several bass. One bass weighed over 4lbs. They were 
much pleased with their outing. Since that time Mr. 
Stevens has had a chance at the white perch in Fresh 
Pond, in Cambridge. This pond is a part of the Cam- 
bridge water supply, and fishing is done only by special 
permit. With a friend he had splendid luck with the 
perch. 
Another perch fisherman, Mr. William Cumming, has 
had fine success on a pond in Newton, near Newton Cen- 
tre. He had a special permit to fish the Newton pond, 
which seems to be well stocked with white perch. He 
caught forty-three, or rather forty -three came to Ms boat. 
The smallest weighed ooz, and the largest over 21bs. His 
luck has started fish stories at his place of business, and 
Herbert, better known as the bright young Woodwor'th of 
the house, says that his father, being an enthusiast at trout 
fishing, has attempted to "enthuse"' him. He recently 
took him to a stream trout fishing. The younger Wood- 
worth was clad in boots that were full of holes. "This 
was not objectionable," he says, "for we were to 
wade up the brook, and there should be a chance 
for the water to get out. I was also clad in 
old woollen pants that would absorb all the water 
that came above the boots. Then I had on a woollen 
sweater that was to absorb all the water that came above 
the pants. J waded till the boots were lull, and like a 
towel dampened at one end, the water worked upward 
through the pants and into the sweater till that was com- 
pletely wet. Even my hat," Herbert adds, "was wet 
where it touched the sweater behind. I got a deal more 
wetting that trout." "How came so much wat< r in your 
clothes?" his father asked. "Have you been in the water 
above your boots?" "N-n-o!" Mr. Tilden, the conti 
dential man of the firm, quickly explained that it was 
simply a case of "The sun (son) drawing water." 
Mr. Frank S. Dexter, formerly of Boston, has at last 
fixed upon Weld Pond as a fishing place that will suit his 
tastes. It will be remembered that he visited Kennebago 
for several seasons with Mrs. Dexter, who won the good 
will of everybody by her genial and ledylike courtesy as 
"a fishing woman" before ladies were commonly seen at 
the Rangeleys. He is so in love with the landlocked 
salmon fishing at Weld Pond and the surroundings there 
that he has bought a farm of some 200 acres near that 
pond, and is now building barns and putting wharves and 
other buildings into shape. His Boston brother has just 
returned from a fishing trip, and reports great sport with 
seventeen salmon in one day to his party, with a splendid 
outing. Frank is likely to spend some eight months of 
each year at his new fishing home, where he can enter- 
tain his brothers and fishing friends in a manner that is 
like him. Mrs. Dexter, who was a native of Dixfield, is 
reported to be pleased with the venture. Special. 
TRAMP TRIPS.— II. 
Leaving Humboldt, Mich., and the pleasures of the 
Escanaba beHind us, we pass through the rock-ribbed 
hills of the iron region, with the swamp behind us. At 
Nestoria we leave the main line for points to northward. 
Deer can be seen any day at Nestoria and we mean at 
some future date to test the flavor of the venison of that 
region. 
To the northward the country is broken and rocky and 
worthless, except as a hunting ground. We stop off at 
a little way station just north of the summit, and a couple 
of miles' walk brings us to a trout stream par excellence. 
Here the trout seem to have the right of way. No other 
fish, not even the ready and ever-hungry perch, offer to 
take the tempting bait. It is a romantic country, Water- 
falls abundant. The atmosphere is perfumed with ozone 
from the pines and the more perceptible perfume of the 
balm of Gilead. There is something suggestive in our 
surroundings. And the trout are so plenty that a couple 
of hours' fishing will satisfy the most enthusiastic. They 
strike the hook immediately on its touching the water; 
and fine fellows, too, are most of them. A few small fish 
are taken, but nearly all are above a half-pound in 
weight, and two-pounders are not uncommon. 
Some of the best pools are at a considerable distance 
from habitation or pathway. 
We were covetous enough of the pleasures about to 
prolong our stay several days beyond what we had in- 
tended. 
A temporary drop in the mercury prompted us to go 
on to the next point charted in our map of pleasant places. 
Fall River and its tributaries above L'Ause, Mich., rich 
all of them in their rewards, was the next point at which 
we would drink health and pleasure from nature's store- 
house. N. R. Piper. 
St. Lawrence River Angling Permits. 
Secretary Wm. H. Thompson, of the Anglers' Associa- 
tion of the St. Lawrence River, sends us the following 
letter, which was addressed to him in relation to 
the non-resident angling permit of the Canadian waters 
of the St. Lawrence River r 
Oitawa, Canada, June a.— Sir: In view of the repre- 
sentations made, and to make the Thousand Islands an 
international summer resort, to be limited on the United 
States side between Cape Vincent and Ogdensburg, and 
on the Canadian side between Kingston and Prescott, I 
have to inform you that this department would consider 
the proposition worthy of fair consideration; and will in- 
struct Dr. Wakeham, or other officer of the department, 
to meet a commissioner or commissioners appointed for 
that purpose by the Senate of the State of New York, to 
discuss the details of the proposed scheme; and with a 
view to its promotion, this department, acting on the 
assurances given by the Hon. Senator Joseph Mullin, of 
Watertown, New York, and the Angling Association of 
the St. Lawrence, that the United States Alien Labor 
Act would not be enforced within the said district, will 
at once instruct the Canadian fishery officers that the 
Angling Permit License Fee of $5, established by Orders in 
Council, is not to be exacted auring the present season 
within the limits referred to. I am, sir, your obedient 
servant, JohnHardie, Acting Deputy Minister of Marine. 
Wm. H. Thompson, Esq., 
Sec'y St. Lawrence Angling Ass'n, Alexandria Bay. 
Color of the Flesh of Trout. 
In your issue of June 1 the remarks of Mr. John Mowat 
about the difference in the color of the flesh of the salmon 
reminds me of observations I have made in the varieties 
of color of the brook trout. 
In keeping public camp at the lakes in the Rangeleys 
for many years, and of course cooking trout for daily 
food, I had a chance to note all colors that occur in that 
fish. 
I observed this fact, that all colors ever seen in the flesh 
of trout, red, pink, salmon and white, I often found in one 
lot of trout taken at one place at one time. There was a 
variety of color in any lot of trout taken at any one place. 
This fact I always found held good. No matter where 
the fish were caught or at what time of year, we always 
found many different colors in the same catch. 
Now if the food taken makes the color, why should not 
the fish of the same school be all colored alike? Or if the 
bottom of the lake or river where the fish inhabit in- 
fluences the color, why may not fish of the same school that 
are found in a certain locality at the same time of year be 
colored alike? J. G. Rich. 
Bethel, Me. 
Dead River Region. 
Eustis, Me,, June 20. — Perhaps some of your readers 
would be interested in catches of trout in the Dead River 
region. At my Camp Jack, near Eustis, Me., Mr. C. W. 
Epting, of Philadelphia, caught three fish weighing 21bs. 
9oz., 21bs. 8oz. and l£lbs. Mr. F. J. W. Diller, of Brook- 
lyn, has landed half a dozen trout which weighed If lbs., 
two of 21bs. each, 21b3. 4oz., 21bs. 8oz, and the largest 31bs. 
6oz. Otis R. Witham. 
Nebraska Fish and Game. 
Cedar Rapids, Neb., June 13.— People are doing some 
fish stocking here. S. S. Hadley and N. C. Bowen made 
a plant of 250,000 wall-eyed pike fry. This plant is all 
that has ever been made here, with the exception of a 
few carp. Prairie chickens and quail are doing well and 
ought to be plentiful, as the farmers have done no grass 
firing this spring. " C. A. P. 
A great many fish have been caught in Emmons county this year. 
Owing to the protection given by the stringent anti-fishiDg iaw passed 
by the Legislature last winter, the wall-eyed pike, blind sturgeon and 
channel cats have increased so rapidly that their natural food has run 
short, and they have been compelled to climb up on the bank and 
sandbars to graze. They are getting to be a nuisance along the Mis- 
souri River, as the catfish frequently visit and rob the settlers' hen 
roosts of young chicks.— Emmons County {Minn.) Record. 
WJw Mmnet 
FIXTURES. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept. 3 to 6.— Kingston Kennel Club, Kingston, Ont. H. C. Bat s, 
8ec'y. 
Sept. 9 to 13.— Industrial Exhibition Association 1 s annual bench 
show, Toronto, Ont. C. A. Stone, Sec'y and Sup't. 
Sept. 17-30.— Orange county Pair Bench Show, Newburgh, N. Y. 
Robert Johnson, Sec'y. 
!-'ept. 84 to 27.— New England Kennel Club's second annual terrier 
show, Boston, Mass. D. E. Loveland, Sec'y. 
Oct. 8-11.— Danbury, Conn.— Danbury Agricultural Society. G. L. 
Rundle, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Sept. 2.— Continental Field Trials Club's chicken trials at Morrisi 
Man. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Sept. 10.— Morris, Man.— Manitoba F. T, C. John Wootton, Sec'y, 
Manitou. 
Nov. 5.— Chatham, Ont.— International F. T. Club. W. B.Wells, Sec'v. 
Nov. 7.— Newton, N. C— U. S. Field Trial Club's Trials A. W. B. 
Stafford, Sec'y, Trenton, Tenn. 
Nov. 11.— Hempstead, L I.— National Beagle Club of America, fifth 
annual trials. Geo. W. Rogers. Sec'y, New York. 
Nov. 18.— Eastern F. T. Club, at Newton, N. O. W. A. Costar 
Sec'y, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
Nov. 25.— Continental Field Trials Club's quail trials at Newton. 
P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Oct. 29.— New England Field Trial Club, at Assonet, Mass. 6. R. 
Sharp, Sec'y. 
THE LANGUAGE OF DOGS. 
St. Louis, Mo.— Editor Forest find Stream: Can dogs 
intelligently communicate with each other ? Have they 
certain sounds which have certain meanings when ut- 
tered, and signs which are understood ? But if the ability 
to communicate their thoughts or wants is conceded, 
however limited or crude the same may be, it concedes 
also the possession of ideas by the dog; for to concede the 
one presupposes the other. 
Dogs have means of communication which are ample 
for their limited needs and simple life. 
Language is a growth coming from necessity. Man did 
not first make a word and then hunt for some object or 
action to fit it. He first observed the action or object or 
quality, and then uttered some sound which he and his 
fellows agreed would represent the object or action. 
These sounds are largely artificial, as one soon discovers 
to his chagrin if he attempts to learn a foreign tongue, 
for he then comes across sounds which he cannot utter 
and which affect his ear strangely. Yet there are certain 
tones common to all races, naturally understood by all, as 
the scream of fright, the harsh tones of anger, etc. 
As language is the gr6wth of necessity, and is merely a 
means of communicating ideas, it is not necessary that 
among dogs the language should be very copious or ab- 
stract. It may be supplemented by a sign language, or 
sounds and signs may both be combined to convey the 
meaning desired, the signs conveying information to the 
mind through the sense of sight as the sense of hearing 
conveys it to the mind through the ear. 
The humble and narrow life of the dog calls for a lan- 
guage of but moderate compass. It would, we may sup- 
pose, more immediately be related to his animal wants, 
and have little or no reference to the ornamental. Re- 
searches into the history of savages who are without a 
knowledge of the arts or sciences show that this is also 
true of them. The language is a growth from the savage 
state, in which a few pounds are uttered, up to the im- 
mense vocabulary of the civilized and intelligent man. 
The same, in my opinion, holds equally true when applied 
to the dog. In his wild state he has but one note, the 
howl. Wolves understand the meaning of certain howls, 
if the description of them given by belated travelers, who 
have been pursued by wolves or driven to bay by them, is 
true. A wolf gives a howl which is answered by wolf 
after wolf, all of them drawing toward the leading howl- 
er, they understanding that there is prey to battle for and 
capture. 
The common dog, tamed as he is, and long redeemed 
from bis wild state, has a< quired a control of his voice 
which the wild dog has not, or which he does not need in 
a wild state — i. e., the tame dog nas learned to utter 
Larks differing in tone and pitch and length and combi- 
nation from the tones of the wild dog; barks which have 
delicate shadings of meaning, expressing joy, defiance, 
notes of warning of the approach of strangers, or express- 
ing communication of ideas. To the master but few of 
his dog's barks have a definite meaning. He may com- 
prehend the barks which the dog gives when strangers 
approach, or when there are strange noises heard; but 
between dogs themselves there is quite a full language of 
sounds and signs, if we consider the simple needs of their 
life. A warning note of defiance uttered by one dog is 
readily understood by another dog. One dog, fearful of 
the stronger powers of a larger and more formidable dog, 
crouches and by every sign and expression shows that he 
surrenders and acknowledges the superiority of the 
stronger dog, and then is safe from attack, the latter dog 
understanding the submission and showing a magnanim- 
ity akin to a sense of honor. Two dogs, well acquainted 
with each other, understand each others notes of attack. 
If they are in the habit of taking vagrant trips, one makes 
a sign readily understood by the other, and they steal si- 
lently away; for no animal understands better than the 
dog when not to make a noise. In this he is equal to 
his two-legged idol. In approaching prey which they 
intend to kill, dogs draw near very silently, particularly 
if the animal is in sight and is forbidden prey, as in kill- 
ing sheep. Animals, too, which have peculiar means of 
escape, as woodchucks, which run into holes, are stalked 
very silently. An exception to this is the free tongue of 
the hound, though, as these dogs run in packs, the voice 
of the hound indisputably is used to warn his companions 
of the true course of the trail, the cry serving as a rally- 
ing point and keeping the pack together. If the hound 
runs alone, he may still use the same cry from habit or 
from inheriting the trait from ancesters which hunted in 
packs. Nevertheless, after certain kinds of game, as 
foxes, deer, etc, , dogs may run noisily, while after other 
kinds they may run mutely. Again, some brpeds of dogs 
prefer a certain kind of game, to the exclusion of all 
other kinds. But whatever kind a dog prefers, he has 
certain notes and signs which serve as a means of com- 
municating with his companions. In his efforts to com- 
municate with man the dog finds more difficulty, not 
from lack of effort, but from the inattention or dulness of 
those about him. The dog may wish to get out or in 
doors. He whines, looks appealingly at his master, 
scratches at the door, if he wishes to go oat; if his plead- 
