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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 5, 1896. 
weather, the exhilaration of the atmosphere, and the 
loveliness of the landscape, with the ever- varying play of 
light and shade, were such as to fairly enthuse and make 
one feel nature's love in a most passionate manner. We 
sat almost sppllbound, watching the curving lines of the 
rocky formations, listening to the music of the dying 
waves, and anon gazing above at the rose light which 
gave U8 the floating clouds of crimson and scarlet and 
purple with 
"the mountains piled 
, Heavily against the horizon of the north, 
Like summer thunder- clouds." 
Nearing Gros Cap we concluded to land on the main 
shore and there remain until our moist tents and other 
things were dried, and also to wash up and put on some 
clean linen and "city clothes," so we could make a pre- 
sentable appearance at the "Soo." 
The radiant orb was glowing and crimsoning every- 
thing as well as performing one of the important func- 
tions of the laundry, the drying process. 
Dinner was served in a lovely grove at the noon hour, 
and for some time after we lazed around in the mellow 
sunshine, picking a few of the succulent strawberries, 
and then strolling into the forest, where the silence is so 
delightful and only broken by the melody of the sweet- 
throated warblers. 
We hesitated to withdraw from the grand shores that 
had given us such great pleasure, such ruddy health, such 
magnificent views of tinkling brooks and mountains, and 
peaks and spires that burn into the very soul, never to be 
eflEaced, but to remain a memory while the vital spark 
remains. Then the delight of the angle, the rustle of the 
great forest, the gorgeous sunsets, the grand and tem- 
pestuous sea, all illustrating the fulfillment of the univer- 
sal law, "That where the beauty and wisdom of the 
divine working are manifested, there also are manifested 
most clearly the terror of God's wrath and inevitableness 
of His power." 
The word to load was at last reluctantly given, and as 
we stepped aboard it was our final adieu to the North 
Shore and its entrancements, both piscatorial and pictur- 
esque. Alex. Starbuck. 
GlNOINNATI. 
Bought Him a Ticket to Get Out. 
Boston, Aug. 29. — Dr. Criado stopped on his way out 
from Round Mountain Lake to visit friends in Boston on 
Saturday. With his son of eleven years he has made a 
very fine outing in Maine. He has spent two or three 
weeks at the above lake, and is very profuse in his praise 
of the lake and its surroundings, though the fishing was 
not fully up to his expectations, or to what he had at the 
same lake a year ago. He has visited very many of the 
fishing resorts and small lakes and ponds in northern 
Somerset and Franklin counties this trip, having been 
absent from home five or six weeks. Tim Pond and 
several of the Seven Ponds have been taken in. He has 
also been up the Carrabasset as far as the Carry Ponds, at 
which point he enjoyed the fishing a good deal. From 
Rangeley he went to Loon Lake, and then up to Kenne- 
bago. Early in the trip he visited Flagstaff Lake and the 
ponds in that section. Concerning the game he is really 
enthusiastic. Deer he found to be very abundant at 
almost every point. It was nothing unusual to see 
dozens in a day, and once five were seen in one herd. 
Moose he did not see, though coming upon their signs on 
several occasions. He is satisfied that he was close upon 
an old moose and her calf at Carry Ponds by the fresh- 
ness of their tracks. Partridges he believes to be fairly 
plenty, as his party frequently came upon them in good- 
sized broods. On the whole the hunting and fishing in 
ZHaine is most remarkable to him. 
He believes that the sportsmen of the country do not 
half appreciate Maine, and he is sure that the people of 
the State do not begin to realize what they have got. If 
they did they would cease ice fishing in the winter, and 
would try to prevent fishing for count in any of their 
ponds and streams. He gives an account of most ridicu- 
lous fishing for count that came under his notice. It hap- 
pened at one of the ponds near Carrabasset, One man of 
a party fishing there went out with a meal bag to bring 
home his fish in. He came in at night with the bag pretty 
well filled. The fish were counted, and there were over 
300. Some other members of the party suggested that 
somebody else had once beaten that record. This the 
proud trout butcher could not stand, and he vowed he 
would try again the next day. That day he directed his 
guide to take out two meal bags. At night they came in 
with both hags nearly full. Counting the fish, there were 
4.75. Nearly all were wasted. These exploits came to the 
ears of some other sportsmen, and they immediately 
raised the money and purchased a railroad ticket for the 
fellow to go home on. This was presented, or about to be 
presented, when the fellow got wind of what was going 
to happen and concluded to leave that part of the country. 
Special. 
The Old Boys Join the Toung Boys. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have been a constant reader of your paper and I be- 
lieve that I have never missed reading a copy. Many 
of the old writers have passed away. To-day we can see 
the force of their advice and meaning much better than 
,we could at the time they were given. Then some called 
them "cranks." 
Happening in a hotel in a country town last week, I 
picked up a well-worn copy of Forest and Stream, and 
opening it the first thing that struck my eye was "The 
Game Has Got to Go." This article I had read many 
times before, and without looking I knew it was Ness- 
muk's. This was written thirteen years ago, but how 
truel That is just the condition of things to-day, not only 
in Pennsylvania, but elsewhere. 
It is pleasant to reflect that these men have lived and 
let us profit by their wisdom and example. Their places 
are taken by others. 
Last Friday evening a boy called at my house, and 
being shown into my office he opened up {as only a boy 
can that is brimful of enthusiasm) with "Have you read 
♦Men I Have Fished With?'" "Yes." "Who is Fred 
Mather?" I told him as best I could. "Did you ever see 
him?" "Yes, met him once." "Well, I would just like 
to know him; he is a dandy. And, right here, I will 
never raise my gun on anything but a game bird. It has 
made me feel uncomfortable. I wish all the boys could 
yead that. Did you read his last article on his visit up 
to Warrensburgh?" "Yes." " "Every one I read I think 
the last one is the best, and I hope he will keep on 
writing, and if I should ever hear that he was anywhere 
near here I think I would get on my wheel and ride 
twenty miles to shake him by the hand just once." 
Now then, it isn't the young boys alone that are pleased 
with these articles, but many of those who are on the 
shady side of fifty are equally well pleased, and I express 
the sentiment of all the readers of the Forest and Stream 
that I know when I say that in giving us such things the 
Forest and Stream is doing good service as a sports- 
man's paper. H. 
Hudson, N. Y. 
Carp in Iowa. 
Vinton, la., Aug. 10. — I inclose a piece of the skin of a 
fish caught in the Cedar River. It seems to be a stranger 
here. The fish weighed lib. It was shaped somewhat 
like a black bass. It had a sucker mouth, a row of scales 
on each side of its back and belly, also one or two patches 
of scales on either side. When first caught the scales 
were of a golden color. I mistrust that it belongs to the 
carp family. If you can name the fish and will be kind 
enough to do so you will oblige me very much. 
MODNT Tom. 
[The skin is that of the leather carp.] 
Tarpon in Georgia Waters. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Your correspondent, J. B. B. , is right when he says that 
the tarpon was not scientifically identified thirty years 
ago, although it was not unfamiliar to laymen on the, 
Southern coast from Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico. I 
have in my cabinet at present the scale of a tarpon, caught 
in a pound, which I brought from Savannah in September, 
1860, thirty-six years ago. The fish was caught in Warsaw 
Sound, where it was known as a "grandecay" (grand 
ecaille), or big scale. Charles Hallock. 
Bass in Butterfield Lake. 
Redwood, Jefferson County, N. Y., Aug. 18. — Editor 
Forest and Stream: I desire to supplement our fishing 
record in Millsite Lake last week by Monday's catch in 
Butterfield Lake: One big-mouth black bass which tipped 
the scale at exactly 5^1bs. ; fourteen others of same variety 
from 3 up to 31bs. each, two glass-eyed pike of 3 and 41bs. 
respectively, with other smaller fish. One large one was 
lost by parting of the line, and several others from im- 
perfect hooking. The fishing is very fine, J. H. S. 
Bass in Plymouth County, Mass. 
Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 23. — Mr. George A. Teele, who 
for the past fortnight has been camping with his family 
at Billington Sea, recently caught a small-mouth black 
bass weighing 6ilbs. Mr. Teele is a most expert fly-fish- 
erman, and the above fish was taken with a fly tied by 
his daughter, a young lady who is also very fond of the 
sport. C. C. W. 
Raritan Bay. 
Perth Ahboy, N. J., Aug. 38.— Weak fish are abundant 
in Raritan Bay. So are porgies. Boats and bait in great 
demand. Sharks less numerous. Crabs plentiful and 
full of meat. Snappers not beginning to snap yet. Blue- 
fish very scarce. J. L. K. 
New Jersey Fish Commission. 
In place of W. Campbell Clark, of NewarJt, resigned, 
Gov. Griggs has named John R. Kuser, of Trenton. Mr. 
Kuser is reported to have a sportsman's interest in the 
work of the Commission. 
ROD AND 
GUN CLUB OF 
CHUSETTS. 
MASSA- 
Boston, Mass., Aug. 85. — Editor Forest and Stream: A 
directors' meeting of the club was held at the office of the 
secretary on Friday, Aug. 14, As the club has now suf- 
ficient funds and organization complete, it was voted to 
begin work at once, and a committee was appointed to 
engage a suitable person as game warden, and to accept 
the courteous offer of Commissioner E, A. Brackett to 
provide with a State Commission, as deputy, any person 
considered suitable by the club. 
The officers are: President, Wm. Minot; Vice-Presi- 
dents, Edw. Brooks, C. P. Curtis, Jr., and John Forster, 
Jr.; Secretary, Henry J. Thayer; Treasurer, Wm. N. 
Lockwood; Membership Committee, Wm. C. ThairlwaU, 
John P. Reynolds, Jr., and Edw. M. Weld. 
The following circular letter has been sent out to the 
members: 
Dear Sib: As above stated, the club now enters the 
field and is exceptionally well equipped for good results. 
According to the inclosed vote a warden has been selected 
and he will begin work on Monday, Aug. 34, 
The club pays for his services (your money) and we do 
not wish him to waste the money in idleness, but to make 
each day and dollar tell. 
Please, therefore, if you know of violations of the fish 
and game laws, notify the secretary at once, by letter or 
telegraph, and tell your friends to do the same. 
At the same time keep in mind that rumor is not always 
true, and that money and time wasted on mere suspicion 
means also wasted opportunity elsewhere. 
The club has engaged one man; if his work is satis- 
factory additional help will be added as fast as you add 
members to pay the bills. Henry J. Thayer, Sec'y, 
53 State street, Room 948, Boston. 
We append the club's organization, which reads: 
This association shall be called the Rod and Gun Club 
of Massachusetts. 
The purposes of this association shall be the protec- 
tion, preservation and increase of our fish, game and use- 
ful birds, and such action as may be practicable for the 
enforcement of the fish and game laws of Massachusetts. 
BY-LAWS. 
1. The officers shall be a president, three vice-presi- 
dents, a treasurer, a secretary and a committee of three 
on membership, who together shaU constitute a board 
of directors. 
3. The directors shall have entire charge of the busi- 
ness affairs of the association, except in such matters as 
may be specially otherwise directed by the association; 
the duties of the officers shall be such as usually pertain 
to their respective offices. 
3. The membership of the association shall consist only 
of such persons as have no pecuniary interest which may 
come in conflict with the objects of the association, and 
no person under eighteen years of age shall be eligible. 
4. Applications for membership shall be acted upon by 
the committee on membership. One dissenting vote shall 
reject. A list of the names proposed for membership shall 
be mailed by the secretary to each member of the associ- 
ation at least ten days before the committee shall act on 
said names, 
5. The annual dues shall be |10, payable in advance, 
and those delinquent at the end of the fiscal year shall 
cease to be members and their names shall be erased from 
the membership list of the association. 
6. There shall be an annual meeting of the association 
for the election of officers on the first Thursday in De- 
cember, and the fiscal year shall then commence. Officers 
shall be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting, and shall 
hold their respective offices for one year and until others 
are chosen in their stead. Other meetings shall be as the 
association or board of directors may direct, and special 
meetings may be called by the president, or on the written 
application of five members, stating the object of said 
meeting, 
7. Nine members shall constitute a quorum of the as- 
sociation, and five of the board of difectors, 
8. No alteration or amendment to the by-laws shall be 
made unless the proposed alteration or amendment shall 
have been presented at a previous meeting of the associa- 
tion, and shall appear in full upon the notice of meeting 
at which action is to be taken. 
A LIVE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION. 
Dtjluth, Minn., Aug. 15. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
The annual meeting of the St. Louis County Game and 
Fish Protective Association was unusually well attended, 
and even keener interest in the matter of game protection 
way disclosed than has been apparent for the past two 
years. The meeting was held on Aug. 6, and the follow- 
ing officers were elected: President, E, S. Palmer; First 
Vice-President, Dr. J. D, Titcomb; Second Vice-President, 
R. J. McLeod; Third Vice-President, Thomas Gibson; Sec- 
retary, Henry S. Mahon; Treasurer, F. H. White; Direc- 
tors, Ellsworth Benham, J. W. Nelson, L, D. Hall, A. P. 
Wilson and T. B. Hawkes. 
The report of executive officer John Green showed the 
following excellent record of active work and seizures 
during the past year: 
1895. 
Sept. 88 — Mouated moose head, replevined, from West 
Superior, Wis, 
Oct, 89. — 809 ducks seized, at Union Depot, Duluth. 
Dec. 5. — 7 partridges and 4 rabbits, seizad at Union 
Depot, Duluth. 
Dec, 6. — 15 prairie chickens, seized at Messick & Mc- 
Caulay's. 
Dec. 30. — lO.COOlbs, fish, 603 partridges, 6 moose heads, 
8 caribou heads, 1 deer head, and 1 case of furs, seized in 
refrigerator car in St. Paul & Duluth R, R. Co. yards in 
Duluth. The shippers were indicted and paid the State 
Commission a fine of $500, besides suffering forfeiture of 
the entire shipment. 
Dec. 19. — 3 moose hides, 1 deer hide, and 80 partridges, 
seized at Union Depot, Duluth. J. McAiister arrested for 
having same in his possession, and fined $60 and costs. 
Dec. 33. — 3 moose heads, seized at Union Depot, Duluth. 
1896. 
Jan. 7, — 74 partridge?, seized in A. Booth Packing Co.'s 
cold storage house. 
Feb. 86. — Fish trap on Beaver River destroyed. 
Mar. 3—8 gill nets, each 100ft, long, seized in Duluth Bay. 
Mar. 19, — 8 gill nets, each 185ft. long, and 1 fike net 
destroyed in Duluth Bay. 
Mar, 30. — 8 gill nets and 1 fike net, seized in St. Louis 
Bay. 
Apr. 85. — 3 gill nets, each 135ft. long, seized in St. Louis 
River at New Duluth. 
June 11, — 177 black bass, seized at Union Depot. 
June 17. — 1 box of small brook trout, seized at Spalding 
Hotel. 
This Association was organized and began its work in 
the fall of 1894, with Samuel F. FuUerton as its executive 
officer. The work done was so effective that Mr. Fuller- 
ton was, during the following winter, appointed a mem- 
ber of the State Game and Fish Commission, and soon 
afterward became its executive agent. It was feared that 
after his vigorous and relentless warfare against violators 
of the game laws there would be a reaction, but the 
record of the last year shows this has not been the case. 
The Association is taking hold again this year in such a 
way as to show that there will be no flagging in its efforts 
to enforce the game laws equally and impartially , and it 
is certainly true that public sentiment is with the Associa- 
tion in its efforts to a greater degree than ever before. 
It is believed that the work of enforcing the game laws 
would be rendered much easier if associations of this 
nature could be multiplied and methods of work com- 
pared by such as are already in existence. Cannot this be 
done? Henry S. Mahon, Sec'y. 
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