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ings of others or of other animals? It is pleasant to con- 
jecture and believe that the lower orders of animals suffer 
Jittle pain, but it is dangerous ground to allege they suffer 
not at all. True humanity will not presume the latter 
possibility, but deal considerately with every living 
creature. Fish must be, and will be, victims, and it is 
well to let them fight for their lives when hooked; but 
they should be killed at once when taken — not left to 
flounder in a boat, die impaled with a barbarous stick, or 
suffocate in a bag or creel. A sportsman is known by 
some of these things, and some of them denote the instincts 
of the barbarian. I^ansaokeb. 
Shasta Mountains, California. 
P. S. — In the perusal of the paper by Alice Demarest, 
ret erred to, I think I detect traces of sarcasm. I think I 
perceive that she does not implicitly rely upon everything 
Rex says; that is, as regards fish. But she expounds his 
dangerous doctrine. R. 
THE LEHIGH VALLEY'S STOCKED 
WATERS. 
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company has for the past 
few years, with the assistance and cooperation of the New 
Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania State Commissioners 
of Fisheries, given particular attention to the stocking of 
rivers and streams along its line with the fry of game fish, 
selecting waters already noted for their excellence from 
the angler's point of view. 
The following is a complete list of these stocked streams. 
If there is any preference as to locality it would seem to 
be that part of the Upper Susquehanna between Wysox 
and Falls, including such pomts as Wyalusing, Lacey- 
ville, Skinner's Eddy, Black Walnut, Meshoppen, Me- 
hoopany, Vosburg and La Grange. The list gives the 
creek stocked, the river into which it empties, and the 
neai'est point with railroad station: 
Creek. River. At or Near. B. B. Sfaiion. 
Mulhockaway. . , .Raritan Clinton, N. J...,,. Clin ton, N.J. 
Buahfeill Delaware Ea8ton, Pa.. Easton. Pa. 
8aucon .Lehigh FreemansbYg, Pa.Kreemanaburg, Pa. 
Monocacy. Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa..,. Bethlehem, Pa. 
Little Lehigh Lehigh. , Allentown, Pa, . . , Allentown, Pa. 
Jordan ,,,,Leh'gh Allentown, Pa. ,, .Allentown, Pa. 
Trout Lehigh Slatington, Pa. , . .Slatington, Pa. 
Welshtown Lehigh..,,,.. Slatington, Pa, , , ,Slatington, Pa. 
Meadow Bun ,, 
Aquasbicola Lehigh .Lehigh Gap, Pa. . .Lehigh Gap, Pa. 
.Poco Poco Lehigh...,.,. ParryvUle, Pa. , . .Lehighton, Pa. 
Lizard..., Lehigh.. Lizard Cr. Junct.,L'zard Creek Junct. 
Nut Valley Lehigh Bowman's, Pa..., Bowman's, Pa. 
Mahoning Lehigh Lehighton, Pa, >, .Lehighton, Pa. 
Little Bear Lehigh ] ^ and p'. a&yeu. \ ^^^^^ Chunk, Pa. 
Quaker Lehigh. Penn Haven Junc.Penn Haven Junct'n. 
bcony ....Lehigh Stony Creek, Pa, .Stony Creek, Pa. 
Drake's Lehigh Drake's Creek, Pa. Drake's Creek, Pa. 
Mud Run Lehigh Mud Run, Pa Mud Run, Pa. 
Hickory Run.,.., Lehigh. Hickory Run, Pa. Hickory Run, Pa. 
Little Hays..,,,, Lehigh Near Tannery. .,, Tannery, Pa. 
Big Bear Lehigh White FTaven, Pa. White Haven, Pa. 
Pine Run Lehigh White Haven, Pa. White Haven, Pa. 
Nescopec Busqueha'na.Nescopec, Pa White Haven, Pa, 
Tobyhanna Lehigh White Haven, Pa, White Haven, Pa, 
Tun'k:hanna , , 
BigWapwallopen.SuEqueha'na.Wapwallopen, Pa.Glen Summit, Pa. 
Pike's , Sutqueha'na.Nanticoke, Pa, , . ,Wilke8-Barre, Pa, 
Toby's Susqueha'na.Wilkea-Barre, Pa.Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 
Stout's , Susqueha'na.Ransom, Pa Ransom, Pa, 
Ransom Susqueha'na.Ransom, Pa .Ransom, Pa. 
Falls Susqueha'na. Falls, Pa Falls, Pa. 
Bowman's Susqueha'na.TunkhannocK, Pa.Tunkhannock, Pa. 
Mehoopany Susqueha'na.Mehoopany, Pa. . .Mehoopany, Pa, 
Meshoppen Su&queha'na.Meshoppen, Pa... .Meshoppen, Pa. 
Tt]#cai ora Susqueha'na.8kin'er'8Eddy,Pa. Skinner's Eddy, Pa, 
Sugar Run Susqueha'na. Wyalusing, Pa.. , . Wyalusing, Pa. 
Wyalusing Sutqueha'na. Wyalusing, Pa Wyalusing, Pa. 
Rummerfleld ,,,,Susqueha'na.Rummerfleld, Pa .Rummerfleld, Pa, 
Myersburg . , . , ) 
Burell y Susqueha'na. Wysox, Pa Wysox, Pa. 
Little Wysox... ) 
Satterlee Towanda . . . .Monroeton, Pa.. . .Monroeton, Pa, 
So. Branch Towanda..., So, Branch ^o. Branch, Pa. 
Sock.*. ,' } ^^^^ Sock , , . . , Satterfield, Pa. 
Birch Loyal Sock. .Bernice, Pa Bernice, Pa. 
Lopez, Loyal 1 
Sock, Pjgeon i 
and Sauter; 1-SuEqueha'na.MontoursviIle, Pa.Lopez, Pa. 
Rock Run and ) 
Sherman Run J 
Painter Den 1 
imok ®°and r^^^^l ^ock Newell, Pa. 
Wolf Run.,.. J 
Two Streams, | 
headwaters of V Mehoopany Ricketts, Pa. 
Mehoopany , , ) 
THE McCLOUD RIVER. 
Baird, Shasta County, Cal., Sept. 1. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: In the -excellent article recently contributed 
to Forest and Stream by Ransacker, under the above 
heading, I noticed one or two slight errors which I am 
sure that Ransacker will be glad to have corrected. 
The Indians' name for the McCloud is pronounced by 
them more like "Winni-mame" than "Winne-mim," as 
Ransacker gives it; and it does not mean Clear Water, 
but the Middle Water. 
As Ransacker says, the Pit River, the McCloud River 
and the Little Sacramento were named on the early maps 
of California the East Fork, the Middle Fork and the 
West Fork, The Indian names for these streams are very 
similar, practically almost identical — their name for Pit 
River being Poo-ee-mame, or East Water; for the Mc- 
Cloud, Winni-mame, or Middle Water; and for the Little 
Sacramento, Numpty-mame, or West Water. So, after 
all, it will be seen that the Indian name, Winni-mame, 
which Ransacker recommends so strongly for the Mc- 
Cloud, is not much more romantic than its English name, 
McCloud. 
I think I may take exception also to Ransacker's whole- 
sale condemnation of the catfish. Anyone who has had 
more than a very limited experience with the catfish 
knows that in many waters they are considered, as they 
really are, a very palatable and valuable .fish. In the 
great city of Philadelphia, for instance, there is no more 
valued fresh- water fish than the catfish, and no one more 
in demand. 
The following paragraph appears in Ransacker's article: 
"About twenty-five years ago, or in 1871, the Government 
established a trout hatchery on the Winne-mim (or St. 
Cloud), and later a salmon hatchery. Some years ago 
the trout hatchery was abandoned, having fulfilled its 
mission, and the State having gone into the business on 
the Sacramento. Now only salmon eggs are taken on the 
Winne-mim," 
The facts in regard to the matter are that the salmon 
hatchery was established on the McCloud by the writer in 
1872. It was not till 1879 that there was any trout hatch- 
ery on the McCloud, The salmon breeding station has 
been maintained by the Fish Commission continuously 
since its inception in 1872, except that for four years, 
from 1884 to 1888, no active work was done in collecting 
eggs. 
Ransacker makes another mistake in saying that sal- 
mon eggs are taken here early in August. They are not 
collected till the last part of August. 
Several paragraphs in Ransacker's article are devoted 
to establishing the proposition that "Such an establish- 
ment (as Baird Station) conducted by this Government 
should incubate many times 600,000 salmon eggs." 
I need reply to this only by saying that Ransacker was 
away off in making this statement, for the output of this 
station was 10,000,000 salmon eggs, instead of 600,000, as 
he has it. 
As the writer founded this station originally, and has 
had charge of it nearly twenty-five years, he may pof si- 
bly be pardoned for being a little ov« r-seneitive in regard 
to primed misstatements about the place, and Ransacker 
will doubtless accept this article in the kindly spirit in 
which it is written. Livingston Stone. 
Sept. 1. — ^The salmon spawning season here has opened 
with a larger take of eggs than has ever been known at 
this station during the month of August, viz,; 1,477,400. 
This is unquestionably due to the successful work that 
has been done at this station by the U. S. Fish Commis- 
sion in the last few years in the artificial hatching of 
salmon eggs. Livingston Stone, 
in charge, U. S, Reservation, Baird, Cal. 
A RANGELEY LANDLOCKED SALMON. 
Boston, Sept, 12.— Col. D. W. Farquhar, of the staff 
of the late Gov, Greenhalge, is much of a lover of fly- 
fishing. He had a piece of delightful sport at Rangeley 
Lake the other day, and all the better because it was un- 
expected. His family had been summering at the Moun- 
tain View, Rangeley Lake. He was called down there 
by the illness of his little boy. Fortunately he found the 
little fellow better. Borrowing a 5joz. sf lit- bam boo of a 
friend, with a small line and a fe w flies, tied on No. 8 
hooks, he had a guide row him down to Smith's Cove. 
There he found a friend who had been fishing, but was 
just on his way to South Bog Stream. Mr. Faiquhar 
asked his friend where he should fish. His fridna sug- 
gested just beyond the lilypads, near the shore, where he 
had just taken a few good trout. The first cast Mr. Far- 
quhar made he hooked a handsome trout, and soon had 
him in the net. The second cast, made as for trout, clear- 
ing the line with the left hand, the flies went out about 
40Et. There was a mighty swirl, but the strike was too 
quick, and the fish was not hooked. Again Mr. Far- 
quhar cast, dropping the fly, a yellow hackle, exactly on 
tne same spot as b afore. There was a big splash, and 
the fish was hooked. The next instant the fal- 
low was out of the water full length and Mr. 
Farquhar was greatly excited. The guide called 
out: "Salmon! salmon! Look out!" The fight was a 
masterly one, the salmon taking every tactic known to 
that most gamy fish; leaping free from the water and then 
sulking toward the bottom. The little rod, under skillful 
management, was master of the situation. The guide 
evidently knew his business, and caught every inch that 
would bring the boat out into clear water. The fight 
lasted over three-quarters of an hour, when Mr. Farquhar 
was victorious, with aOJ^lb. landlocked salmon in the boat, 
landed on a hook the bend of which was scarcely more 
than iin,, and a 5^oz, rod. Mr. Farquhar says the strike, 
the leaping and the runs were all perfection, such as the 
landlocked salmon alone can give. He freely acknowl- 
edged that he was excited, knowing what his rigging was, 
and seeing what the fish was doing, but the excitement 
gave him the forethought and skill that is a part of the 
expert fly-fisherman's action. Justly proud of his achieve- 
ment, be is showing the little hook and fly — much worn 
and frayed — to his friends. He has purchased a tract of 
shore land at Hunter's Cove, Rangeley Lake, and will im- 
mediately build a cottage there. Fortunately for sports- 
men, land can be purchased on the shores of a part of 
Rangeley Lake, but everywhere else on the Rangeleys 
camp lots can only be had by lease. 
Sept. 12, — Mr. L. O. Crane, who with his wife and 
fathtr went down to Round Mountain Lake in July, has 
made a much longer stay than he anticipated. The 
other day Mr. Crane wrote his father: "The fishing is 
fine, and trout from lib. to lilbs. are taking the fly 
freely. I took nine yesterday morning in an hour and a 
half, and after 3 o'clock we took fifteen, all with the fly. 
We do not bring in all we catch, for we cannot eat them, 
and put back many trout every time we are out of from 
lib. to Hlbs. in weight." Mr. Crane believes that the 
partridge shooting will be good in that vicinity in the 
open season. He saw them at almost every trip through 
the roads and old lumber roads. 
Mr. Charles L, Bly has just returned from Round 
Mountain Lake, where he has been for several weeks. At 
the camps are Mr. Julius Wolf, of Colorado, and Mr. 
Hugo Kiefin. This is Mr. Kiefin's first trip to Maine, and 
he likes it so well that be will stay till Oct. 1, possibly later. 
Mr. H. W. Smalley and Mr. R. S. Harvey were also guests 
there. Mr. Harvey has been to nearly every camp in the 
Dead River Region, as well as Kennebago. Mr. W. S, 
Eaton, with his family of six, was to go in to Round 
Mountain on the 12fch. Mr. J. N, George is going in on 
the 19th, with his family, for a three weeks' stay, Mr. 
George was at Round Mountain on the first of July, and 
was so pleased that he determined to come in the fall with 
his family. 
The Scordon Club is another shooting club, formed of 
eight Boston sportsmen. They have a lease or have pur- 
chased a large tract of land at Scordon, on the Cape, and 
have erected a club house, with boat houses and guides' 
quarters. They have an ideal spot for shooting, includ- 
ing a good tract of marshes, where the flights of birds 
past the Cape most naturally stop. Their upland is also 
well adapted to grouse and quail. A year ago they put 
out several dozen quail and they believe that the birds 
have done well. Mr. A. L. Finney, one of the earnest 
members of the club and a great lover of quail shooting, 
was down the other day, and in driving along the road in 
the vicinity of the club house he started several broods 
of quail. The members of the club have strong hopes of 
good shooting in due season. 
Never have the plans for fall shooting been more 
marked among Boston sportsmen than at the present 
time. A great m.iny men will go to Maine as soon as the 
open season on moose and deer begins. Many will go to 
Aroostook, with points along the Aroostook Railroad 
already selected. Guides are engaged, and the slaughter 
of moose and deer will be great again. Others will wait 
for the first snows. The feeling is general to seek the 
more distant and inaccessible spots and to avoid the 
resorts that have been too much boomed in the papers. 
Special. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Grayling and Trout. 
Chicago, 111., Sept. 11.— Mr, F. L, Bridgman, of Chi- 
cago, IS just back from a fishing trip in the southern pen- 
insula ot Michigan, where he had very good fortune. He 
fished the Au Sable, below Grayling, doing all his work 
within fourteen miles, or as far as Wakeley's Bridge. In 
a day and a half to his own rod he took seventy-five trout, 
some very fine ones, and says he saw thousands of trout 
in the stream. He was also so lucky as to take two gray- 
ling, one a very fine specimen of 14in., whdch he kindly 
brought to me at the Forest and Stream oflice, and which 
I am having preserved, so that I can look at it and make 
myself feel bad all winter. Unless Mr. Bridgman caught 
the last grayling there was, I shall need one of my own 
next summer. 
It would seem thait the trout have taken the Au Sable, 
and that the grayling is doomed in the last of the great 
grayling streams. Yet it is possible even to-day to get a 
grayling if one be well posted. Mr. Bridgman told me 
that during his visit a man went over to the South Branch 
of the Au Sable and in one day took nine grayling that 
weighed bibs. He said that the grayling were still abun- 
dant there. Always just a "little further on." 
A Chicago-Wisconsin Fish Story. 
Mr. Frank K. Dunn, of Logan & Co., Chicago, fishing 
from an anchored boat on Tenderfoot Lake, Wis , west * 
of State Line, this month caught, in the time of fifty -five 
minutes from the time the anchor was dropped, and with 
twenty-one consecutive casts, twenty black bass, small- 
mouths, an average of one each two and two-thirds min- 
utes. Mr. Dunn did not spit on the bait or use other 
imf air means of angling, 
Bass Fishing on the Johnson. 
Mr. Will R. Post, of Detroit, owner of the beautiful 
yacht Qaeen Anne, writes to his friend, Mr.,C. W. Stan- 
sell, oi Chicago, and invites him to join the party for a 
two weeks' baas fishing trip on the Johnson Channel, St. 
Clair Flats, they two then and there to decide who is the 
only and absolute boss fisherman for the Flats, on which 
honor they both claim a tie. Mr. Post is so good as to 
include in his invitation also Mr, W. P. Mussey, of this 
city, and myself, and it is rather discomforting to have to 
send regrets. I couldn't have a bit of fun in this country 
if I was turned loose for a few years. 
Wishinlnne and Others. 
Members of the Wishininne Club, of Chicago, meet in 
a little dinner to-day, and bid good-bye to several members 
who start this week to State Line, Wis., for a fishing trip. 
Mr. W. L. Wells, Dr. A. M. Fuller, Mr. Cleveland and one 
or two others of this city go together, and may be joined 
later by others. The fishihg now is excellent in waters 
adjoining that point, more especially the bass fishing, 
though a number of good 'lunge have recently been 
taken. 
Bass in Indiana. 
Dr. B. W. Hollenbeck, of Westville, Ind., with whom I 
discovered the source of the Calumet River last summer, 
called at this office, and reports the big-mouth bass as tak- 
ing the frog in an engaging and enthusiastic fashion in 
the waters of that region. 
A Large Rock Bass. 
Mr. Jos. Irwin, of Little Rock, Ark. , speaks of taking 
on a recent fishing trip on a lake of the Arkansas Valley 
"a beautiful rock bass, or bar fish, as it is called in this 
country, weighing 31bs." E. Hough. 
1206 BoYCffi Bdildinq, Chicago. 
An Extraordinary Catch. 
Philadelphia, Sept. 10.— It was the first muster of the 
Naval Post after the arrival home of the delegates and 
visitors to the thirtieth national encampment of the G. A. 
R. at St. Paul, Minn. 
After the close of the Post the returned visitors were 
entertaining the stay-at-homes with incidents of the trip. 
The Senior Vice-Commander told of seeing a big-mouth 
black bass caught in Bear Lake weighing SSlbs. The 
Aid-de-Camp switched off the encampment trip on to the 
big fish side line with the story of catching a jewfish on 
the South American coast weighing 600 lbs., when the 
Inside Sentinel, who by the way is an Irishman, chipped 
in with: "When I was out on the west coast of Africa we 
caught a castor oil whale." A chorus of voices all in the 
rising inflection: "A castor oil whale!" "Yes," said the 
Inside Sentinel, "where do you think castor oil comes 
from? And we took 188 barrels of castor oil out of him." 
And a solemn silence settled down over the group that 
you might have thrust a marline spike into and it would 
have stayed there. Veteran. 
Politics and Dynamite. 
Sheldon, Vt., Sept. 10.— Large catches of black bass 
are made in the Missisquoi River and in the waters of 
Silver and Crystal (Dream) lakes. After a long fight Mr. 
Leach has succeeded in having one Hugh Green con- 
victed and fined for using dynamite in Crystal Lake. The 
fine was $100 and the costs at least another $100 or over, 
making tae whole amount about $325. Greon is a local ' 
politician of some repute and brought every influence 
possible to escape the conviction — but he has learned a 
lesson. The mills of the Vermont Fish and Game League 
grind surely if slowly. Stanstead. 
Munising Bay. 
Mr, a. St. John Newberry, who described Munising 
Bay in our issue of Aug. 32, writes: "Have just returned 
from a second trip to these waters. On Monday, Aug. 24, 
between 2:30 and 5 P. M., I took twelve trout weighing 
131bs. All taken on the fly — coachman, silver-doctor and 
Montreal; No. 3 hooks." 
