Jan. 29, 1898.] 
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as many special protectors and game keepers as the 
State has to protect the fish and game in the entire 
State. 
In spite of the shower and tlie broken foof to tUf 
lean-to, we passed a very comfortable night in the camp 
represented in the photograph. T say "we" when really 
I should except Mr. Severance. Some time hi the night 
a young northern hare came into the camp, entering 
from thC' side where I was sleeping, and as soon as it 
jumped on to me it gaA^e a frightened jump on to Sever- 
atice, whereupon Severance arose, hastily started up the 
fire, ^nd sat in that chair until morning. Had he told 
me what had alarmed him, I would have explained 
what it was, but he kept his own counsel until we got 
out of the woods, and at the time I was too sleepy to 
more than realize that a hare had jumped on to me and 
that Severance had left the catfip for the fire. 
Late Spawning Trout. 
Some time after the men had ceased taking trout 
spawn at the Sunapee Lake, N. H., hatchery last fall — or, 
to be exact, on Dec. 19 — ^it was discoA^ered tliat trout were 
running up the inlet brooks. The hatchery is on a 
brook called Pike Brook, which is closed to fishing, and 
the .breeding fish — trout and ouananiche — are netted at 
it,s mouth as the fish leave the lake and attempt to ascend 
the stream to spawn. When the egg-taking season is 
over, the nets are removed from the mouth of the brook. 
The trout observed in the brook above the hatchery on 
Dec. 19 were all large fish weighing, it was estimated, 
from 3 to 4lbs. or over each. Last year I was there dur- 
ing the egg-taking season, and after the ouananiche had 
been taken and placed in the breeding pens, a number 
of big salmon were found in the stream above and below 
the hatclierjf. The men were there on the ground, and 
the salmon were netted and the spa>vn takeJi and placed 
in the hatchery troughs. 
Land-locked Salmon in Ontario. 
During a recent railway journey I had a chat in the 
snioking car with Mr. F. W. Myers, of the Custom 
House at Rouse's Point, and he told me that last season 
lie went over the railroad from Ottawa and Parry Soimd 
with Paul Smith. The railroad runs for 250 or 300 miles 
through an unbroken wilderness, the whole region 
abounding in lakes and streams that were filled with fisli 
of all kinds. In speaking of the different kinds of fi.sh. 
Mr. Meyers mentioned land-locked salmon as inhabiting 
some of the lakes. Questioned to know if he was abso- 
lutely sure that the fish were land-locked salmon, Mr. 
M}'ers said that he caught none himself, but he was in- 
formed b}^ tlie engineers who surveyed the road, and 
who were familiar with the Lake St. John ouananiche, 
that the fish were land-locked salmon and not lake trout 
or other species of trout. In this State the lake trout 
has heen called salmon without prefix or sufiix on 
other occasicJns and places than bills of fare at .summer 
hotels, and perhaps I am over-suspicious about the iden- 
tity of the fish in Ontaria. Chambers, in his book on 
the ouananiche, does not include Ontario within the 
boundaries of tlfe geographical distribution of the ouan- 
aniche. Creighton quotes Hallock as saying that the 
ouananiche is found in the Stony Lakes of Peterborough 
county, Ontario, come 150 miles or so south of the re- 
gion where Mr. Meyers and Paul Smith heard that land- 
locked salmon were found. If any reader of Fore.st akd 
Stream has actually caught land-locked salmon in any 
of the lakes referred to, will he not make it known in 
this paper? 
Monsters. 
A few weeks ago I wrote a note about monsters of the 
salmon family, concerning which Dr. Seligman, of St. 
Thomas Ho.spital, London, is preparing an exhaustive 
paper, or series of papers. Dr. Seligman writes me that 
he has had to abandon his work on the monsters for a 
time, as he has arranged to go as botanist and zoolo- 
gist with Prof. Haddon's expedition to Torres Straits 
and Borneo, to be gone sixteen months. He promises 
to resume his work on his return, and he has sent me 
some observations on a trout caught by Mr. Frerieric 
M. Halford, with a supplementary dorsal fin. 
A. N. Chenev. 
Rainbow Trout for New Jersey. 
The December report of State Fish and Game Protec- 
tor Chas. A. Shriner, of New Jersey, records the distri- 
bution of 32,000 brook trout fry from 2 to sKin. in 
length. Sixteen hundred rainbow trout, received 
through the courtesy of the Flat Brook Club, of Sussex 
county, were divided between the Pequest at x\ndover 
in Sussex county on application of Frank Straly, . and 
the Musconetcong, hear Hackettstown in Warren coun- 
ty. The report continues: 
"The rainbow trout is a new fish for the waters of New 
Jersey. Although several lots have been sent to this 
State by the United States Fish Commissioner in years 
past, no successful results have attended the transplant- 
ing of the fish, due in most cases to the fact that they 
were placed in water not suited to them. Although 
slightly inferior, both for the angler and the table, to 
the native wild trout, they are admirably adapted to 
streams the temperature of which at times rises too high 
to support the life of the indigenous trout. RainboAv 
trout have been known to thrive in. water frequently 
reaching a temperature as high as 72 degrees, and there 
are instances recorded where they did not succumb to a 
temperature of 85 kept up for scA^eral days. A number 
of streams in New Jersey have been rendered unsuitable 
for our own trout by reason of the cutting down of for- 
ests along the banks; in such there is every reason to 
expect that the i^ainbow trout will do well. In appear- 
ance they very much resemble the indigenous trout, but 
are of stouter build; they increase in weight far: more 
rapidlj' and grow to a considerably larger size. Although 
their introduction into good trout streams is not gener- 
■dWy advocated by fishculturists, nevertheless there are 
a nimiber of streams in New Jersey deserted by the in- 
digenous trout where the California variety may be ex- 
l.ected to do well. Unfortunately for the more extended 
rrial of their- introduction into this State, the arrange- 
ments made by the Commission for the purchase of a 
considerable number of these trout fell through, to the 
chagrin of a number of citizens who were ready to ex- 
tend a welcome to the Western immigrant. 
"The netting of indigenous fresh-water fish Oltt ai the 
Delaware and Raritan Canal has not been very success- 
ful so far, owing to the fact that the water was not 
drawn ofif at the time anticipated. The result of the 
netting so far has been ninety-si.x black bass, thirty-two 
pickerel, sixty yellow perch and sixty white perch. These 
fish were nearly all adults, some of considerable size; 
the entire lot was divided between the Fitzhugh Stream 
at Husted station and the Tumbling Dam Pond, near 
Bridgeton: both these waters are located in Cumberland 
county. 
"A Consignment of 200 black bass received from the 
United States Fish Commissioner for Lake ITopatcong 
were placed in the sheet of water indicated. 
■"For the purpose of supplying more food for the fish 
in Culver's Pond, 20.000 bait-fish were placeti in that 
pond." 
Indulging his Privilege* 
Birmingham, Ala. — Editor Forest and Stream: May I 
indulge in the privilege allowed sick persons and do a 
little grumbling. I think it will do me good even if 
1 bore the readers. 
Government Economy. 
Last spring and summer the association of which I am 
a member had correspondence through our representa- 
tive Hon. O. H. Underwood with the Secretary of the 
Navy in regard to putting fishways in the lock dams 
of the Warrior River at Tuscaloosa. Aitev considerable 
correspondence he informed us that we should have a 
petition signed by not less than twenty-five reputable cit- 
izens asking for the fishways to be put in. This was soon 
done, and after a good many more yards of red tape 
had been bound around the subject we were informed 
that the engineer in charge of the locks had sent in his 
estimate of the cost of fishways at $8,000, and consider- 
ing this expense the Government did not see fit to put in 
the work. I suppose the estimate was made for ways 
constructed of granite and cement, the same as the locks, 
but this I do know, the ways can be built of heart pine 
for an eighth pf that estimate and would serve the pur- 
pose and last for years. I don't know what it cost the 
Government to stock this stream with shad; not mitch 
less, I should judge, titan the estimate given for the 
ways. I cannot see any good judgment or economy 
in not putting the ways in at that figure. The shad is 
doomed in this stream unless it is done. The locks too 
destroy the other fish, as all are shut of! from their spawn- 
ing grounds. To what extent this will affect the streams 
aboA'e dependent on this one so far as the supply of bass 
is concerned I am not competent to say. I would like 
to ask some of the authorities if the bass is enough mi- 
gratory in his habits for this to seriously aflect their 
welfare in these streams. 
The Texas Flea. 
I don't know that this is the proper title to address 
this pestiferous and murderous insect. 1 know he has 
added another howl to swell the chorus, and I would like 
some information from some one who is acquainted with 
him. I never heard of him until two years back, and 
never formed his acquaintance until this winter, when 
I was further south at my old home in search of health. 
I did not find health, but I found this pest to add to the 
ills I had to bear. In appearance this flea (or whatever 
he is) looks in size like the fleas found on cats, with the 
body some longer. He seems to be of a very sluggish 
nature, as you can pick him up easily, and I have laid 
them on a piece of paper A\diere they would be for some 
time; then he would seem to think of something in the 
next count}' that he wanted to see about and depart so 
rapidlj' the eye could not follow him. They do not con- 
fine themselves to animals; in fact, I believe the fowls 
suffer the most from them. Their favorite part to at- 
tack on both fowl and beast is around the eyes, where 
they congregate until they are in great lumps; then they 
bury their heads in the flesh and remain like a tick or 
red bug. Nothing seems to remove them effectually but 
scraping them off with a knife. 
Fisheries Congress. 
If there has been a representative for this State ap- 
pointed I do not know it. I understand the Governor 
said he would appoint any one who wished to go. I 
hate to think that our Governor has not the interest at 
heart of the subject in general or the State in particular 
and have appointed a competent person to represent us, 
but such seems to be the case. 
Jumping Carp. 
T notice in the last issue of Forest and Stream what 
Mr. Hough has to say on this subject, and until a few 
days ago I thought like him, that the carp never aired 
himself. We have about six miles from this city an 
artificial pond coA^ering thirty or fort}' acres. It was 
built ten or twelve years back, and shortly after some 
one put some carp in. May he never do the like again. 
On Jan. i my brother and I AA^ent out to get some bass 
for our Sunday breakfast. It was a very warm day, even 
for this latitude, and the bass bit well, and in a short 
while we had four nice ones; and as we were drifting 
around lazily with the wind a large, fish broke water 
with a splash close behind the boat. We both thought 
it a big bass and turned to cast back. As we did so an- 
other fish left the Avater, and Ave saw that it Avas a carp 
that would weigh 3olbs. at least. They were soon jump- 
ing in all parts of the pond. The fish were of different 
sizes and seemed to be having a lively time generally, 
as they were stirring the mud up from the bottom. They 
kept this up all the afternoon, and not another bass did 
we get. HoAV little did those who introduced the carp 
into this country dream of the harm they were doing 
by handling something they knew nothing about. 
A Gan Stoty. 
I will teU you a short story from life, I knew a young 
man who had the means and capacity of enjoying him- 
,self in everything this world can give. His chief pleas- 
ure was sports of field and -stream: he was a thorough 
.sportsman, and his implements were dear to him as to 
every true sportsman from meniories that cling to them. 
The pride of his heart was a costly gun. — one of the 
highest productions of the makers, and could have been 
treasured for a work of art if no other. Alas! when 
this jt)Ung man died, a friend, one of the judges 
of the State, who AVas considered a sportsman, 
assisted the young widow to settle up her aflFair.s 
and AvatS of great help to her in her troubles. Thinking 
nothing she could do would be mon; acceptable as an 
acknowdcdgment of her gratitude than to present him 
her husband's gun, she did so. The other day this man 
drove up to where I Avas standing; he Avas on his way to 
shoot quail. I looked for the gun. At last I found it — 
the idol of his friend's heart. There- it lay m the boi- 
tom of the buggy covered with mud and sand, battered 
and rusty, of no value to its present owner more than 
that it would shoot and kill a bird. A .$15 gun Avpuld 
have filled the bill for him. "Why is it that ?i $600 virork 
of art, requiring days of work of brain and hand to pro- 
duce, should have for its guardian and keeper a $15 
soul?" AlabAMA- 
Game and Fish Protective Association of the 
District of Columbia. , 
Washington, D. C, Jan. 19,— The Association will 
hold its annual meeting Feb. 9, at the armory of the 
Washington Light Infantry. Its roster avIII soon con- 
tain 500 names. The bill H. R. 6r6r for the protection 
of fish in the District, prepared by the National Fish 
Commission, approA'ed by the District Commissioners, 
and by the Association, has passed the House and will 
pass the Senate at an early day. The annual meeting 
promises to be interesting, the committee having ar- 
ranged a programme of papers, addresses, etc. 
FIITtV-FIFTH congress, second session, H. R. 6161. 
A BILL 
For tlie .iirotection of fish ia the District of Columtiia, for the 
maintenance of a permanent spawning grotiml jn tfie J'trtomac 
Kiver in said District, ana for other purposes. 
1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, that from 
and after the date of tlie passage of this act no person shall fish 
with fyke net, pound net, stake net, weir, float net, gill net, haul 
seine, dip net, or any other contrivance, stationary or floating, in 
the waters of the Potomac River and its tribvitaries within the» 
District of Columbia. Pi^ovided, that nothing in this act shall 
be construed to prevent the use of barrel nets or pots for the 
catching or killing of eels, or prevent the United States Com- 
missioner of Fish and Fisheries, or his agents, from takmg from 
said waters in any manner desired fish ot any kind for scientific 
purposes or for purposes of propagation, and that none of the 
provisions of this act shall apply to jiersons employed in catching 
young catfish, smelt, chub, bull minnows, and crayfish for use 
as bait in fishing with hook and line; provided further, tliat 
any person engaged in taking such catfish, smelt, cliub, bull 
minnows and crayfish shall first have procured a written permit 
from the said Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries to take such 
bait for hook-and-Iine fishing. 
Sec. 2. That no person sliall catch or kill in_ the waters of the 
Potomac River or its tributaries within the District of Columbia 
any black bass (otherwise known as green bass and chub), crappie 
(otherwise known as calico bass and strawberry bass), or striped 
bass (otherwise known ,-is rockfish) between April Ifi and June 1 
of each year, nor have in possession nor expose for sale any of 
said species between the dates aforesaid, nor catch or kill any 
of said species of fish at any other time during the year except 
by angling, which shall not include the taking of fish by what 
are known as out lines or trot lines. 
Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person to have in pos- 
.session or expose for sale in the District of Columbia after June 10 
in any year any fresh fish of the shad or herring species. 
Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person to expose for 
sale in the District of Columbia at any time during the year 
any striped bass or rockfish or black bass ha^^ng a length of less 
than Bin. 
Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any person to catch or kill 
in the waters of the Potomac River or its tributaries within the 
District of Columbia any fish by means of explosives, drugs or 
poisons. 
Sec. 6. That no person shall altew any ta!r, oil, ammoniacal liquor. 
or other waste products of any gas works or woi-ks engaged in using 
such products, or any waste product whatever of any mechanical, 
chemical, manufacturing or refining establishment, to flow into 
or be deposited in Rock Creek or the Potomac River or any of 
its tributaries within the District of Columbia, or into any pine 
or conduit leading to the same. 
Sec. 7. That any person who shall violate any of the provisions 
of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction therefor before the police court or any other court of 
the District of Columbia shall be fined for each and every oft'ense 
not Jess than $10 nor more than $100, and in default of payment 
of fine shall be iniprisoiiert in the workhouse for a period not 
exceeding six months; and any oflicer or other person securing 
such conviction before the police court of the District of Columbia 
shall be entitled to and receive one-half of any fine or fines imposed 
upon and paid by the party or parties adjudged guilty. 
Sec. 8. That all nets, boats or other contrivances, the property 
of any person convicted under the provisions of this act, shall be 
returned to the property clerk ot the Metropolitan Police Depart- 
ment, to be delivered to the owner upon the order of the judge 
of the police or other court, and if not called for within six 
months by the claimant the same shall be treated as other aban- 
doned property coming into the hands of the police. 
Sec. 9. That all acts or parts of acts not in harmony with the 
provisions of this -act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
The International Fishery Congress* 
.A. KEPKESENTATTVK gathering of fish commissioners 
and others interested in fish and fisheries gathered at 
Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday of last week, in attendance 
upon the first annual convention of the International 
Fishery Congress. More than one hundred names Avere 
registered from various parts of the United States, 
while an international character was given to the affair 
by the preseiice of accredited representatives of Germany, 
Spain and China, the last being Second Secretary Chow 
Tsz-Chi of the Chinese Legation. 
The visitors Avere Avelcomed in a gloAving speech by 
Governor W. D. Bloxham, to which happy response was 
made by Mr. A. N. Cheney. 
Thursday a permanent organization Avas formed, with 
Mr. A. N. Cheney, of Glens Falls, N. Y., as President; 
Thos. H. Watts, of Alabama; Eugene G. Blackford, of 
NcAV York; Geo. F. Peabody, of VVisconsin; P. J. Berk- 
mans, of Georgia, and D. P. Cor\Adn, of Pennsylvania, 
Vice-Presidents, and Dr. Hugh M. Smith, of the United 
States Fish Commission, as Secretary. 
Thursday and Friday were devoted to the reading of 
papers; and on Saturday excursions were made to the 
Mullet Key fishing grounds and the Manatee River on 
board the United States steamer Fish Hawk. 
