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s,ummer and requires three years to be of good marketable 
size. 
The hard clam, or quohaug, is also called "round dam," 
to distinguish it from the "long," or soft, clam. It is very 
close-mouthed, and shuts up tightly at the least alarm. It 
is fonder of attending clam-bakes than the soft-shelled fel- 
low, and can usually be found at those convivial gather- 
ings. It does not bury itself, as the other does, but has 
a very hard and indigestible "foot," which it protrudes, 
extends and retracts, and so travels on its edge when look- 
ing for a clam-bake. When larger than a silver dollar 
they are tough, but are eaten by some who have as good 
leather in their stomachs as there is in the clams. The 
so-called "Little Necks" are used for half-shell raws, and 
got the name, not from any part of the clam, but from a 
place of that name on Long Island, where for one or two 
years the clams were particularly tender; but now it 
means any clam whose shell is 1V2 inches or less. In Phil- 
adelphia these are called "cherrystones." This clam 
reaches the "little neck" stage in a year if the season is 
good. Its specific name of Mercinaria comes from the fact 
that the Indians used the dark purple parts of the shell 
for currency, or wampum. This clam does not range 
further north than Quohaug Bay, Me. If I know any- 
thing more about clams, except the cooking of them, and 
whether lemon or vinegar is the proper thing to acidulate 
Little Necks, it does not bob it just now. 
There are many other clams, including the "razor 
clam," which is never found in a barber shop, but whose 
shells resemble the handle of a razor, and this fellow can 
dig in the sand about as fast as the man with the hoe. 
A Globe Traveiing Fish. 
There is a fish which must by this time have made the 
circumnavigation of the globe. We printed the tale, from 
the pen of Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, and with the title 
"The Herring that Learned to Live out of Water," in 
the Forest and Stream of May 29, 1890, away back 
before the World's Fair. From that time to this we have 
noted the travels of the imperishable yarn, and the 
progress and transformations of the herring. It has 
been converted into trout, salmon, bass, pickerel and 
various other species, according to the fancy or the theft- 
concealing endeavor of each successive story-teller, who 
has worked the story off as original and has given it a 
new location. We quote this latest republication com- 
ing to our notice: 
Here is an extraordinary story, and one which per- 
sons of a skeptical turn of mind will naturally refuse to 
believe. Yet it comes from no less an authority than the 
dignified and conservative Journal des Debats : 
There lives near Christiania a distinguished Scandina- 
vian naturalist named Dahl, who is noted for his advocacy 
of the Darwinian theory of evolution. He caught a her- 
ring the other day and straightway resolved to use this fish 
to prove the truth of the doctrine of evolution. He 
believes firmly in the theory, but of what use is theory un- 
less it can be proved by practice? 
So Professor Dah! shut the herring up in an aquarium 
and then, little by little, diminished the supply of water. 
A fish out of water is popularly suoDosed to be the most 
disconcerted thing in existence, but this wonderful herring 
soon proved itself an exception to the rule. True, at 
first, when it saw the water was disappearing, it appeared 
worried, but it quickly adapted itself to the changed con- 
ditions and thus was very soon metamorphosed into an 
amphibious animal. 
Delighted at his success, its master then placed it on 
ground entirely dry and began to give it food which, it is 
safe to say, no fish has heretofore eaten. Yet this fish, we 
are assured, ate the food gladly, and when hungry would 
follow its master in search of more. It apparently grew 
to love the human being who had so thoroughly rai.«ed it 
to the dignity of a quadruped, for no sooner would he ap- 
pear than the transformed herring would nimbly run to 
meet him, and in its own dumb way fawn upon him like 
a dog. 
The naturalist was now confident that he could easily 
prove the truth of evolution, but in order to insure him- 
self_ against disappointment and the mockery of less in- 
genious scientists he determined to elevate the herring to 
a still higher plane of animal life. While he was preparing 
the new experiment, however, a terrible thing happened. 
The herring, which was allowed to wander where it 
pleased, happened to stray over a wooden bridge, the 
planks of which were not very close together, and in step- 
ping from one plank to another it missed its footing and 
fell into the water. 
Its master saw the herring disappear, and at once made 
a search for it. The water into which it fell was not 
naturally suited for a herring, and he felt sure he would 
have little difficulty in recovering his pet. In vain, how- 
ever, was his search; gone forever was his highly edu- 
cated herring. He told the story to his friends, and they 
assured him the fish must have been drowned, since, hav- 
ing been so long out of water, it was naturally unaccus- 
tomed to its native element. 
That fish have more intelligence than we generally give 
them credit for is the firm belief of ichthyologists and 
other scientists who have given any study to the question, 
but never before has the world heard of any fish one-half 
as wonderful as Prof. Dahl's herring. 
Demand for Fish Scales In France* 
Washington. D. C. — Consul Covert writes from 
Lyons, under date of Dec. 27, 1899: "A call has been 
made at this consulate for fish scales, to be used in the 
manufacture of_ artificial pearls and other ornaments by 
the rectntlv discovered method of a French chemist. 
The supply is much less than the demand, and it is said 
that large quanthies will be used and a good price paid 
for them. The scales should be sprinkled with salt as 
soon as they arc removed from the fish and packed in 
tin cans. Any specimens sent to this consulate will re- 
ceive careful examination, and the results, with any 
suggestions that may be made and particulars of prices 
offered, will be duly reported. It is believed here that 
the sale of these scales may result in establishing an im- 
portant business in an article that now has no com- 
mercial value.'' 
POOREST AND STREAM. 
iy''''"^_^_Senator Frye and Professor Agassi2.___ 
Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Another point in regard to the alleged letter from Prof. 
Agassiz to Senator Frye, about the size of Rangeley 
Lake trout, as published in your issue of the 3d inst. 
Prof, Agassiz died on Dec. 14, 1873, whereas Mr. Frye 
was not elected to the Senate — or at least did not take 
his Stat in that body until March 18,, 1881, eight years 
later. It is' safe to assume, therefore, that the former 
never addressed the latter as "My dear Senator," as rep- 
resented in the letter in question. Angler. 
'(Ihhe Mennel 
Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Nov. 18. — Newlon, N. C— Eastern Field Trial Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, 
Conn. 
A Chat About Dogs. 
What Many People Eminent ia Litefafuie an d the 
Scieuces have said of Man's Faithful triced. 
Love Me» Love my Dog, 
"With eye upraised, his master's look to scan, 
The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; 
The rich man's guardian and the poor man's friend, 
The only creature faithful to tlie end." 
The dog has probably received greater attention at the 
hands of antiquaries, scientists, historians, naturalists and 
writers of all classes, ancient and modern, than any other 
of the domestic animals; volumes upon volumes have 
been written lauding the intelligence, faithfulness and 
courage of this interesting digitigrade. If all the well- 
authenticated anecdotes illustrating the devotion and the 
achievements of the dog in saving life, and in rendering 
succor to man in time of distress, were collected and put 
in b(3ok form, these alone would form a good sized library. 
The dog has been popular as a domestic pet for thousands 
of years, and as the companion of man is found under all 
circumstances of human existence. Frequent mention is 
made of the dog in the Bible, and it was even at the time 
the Old Testament was written the humble friend and 
servant of man. Job makes reference to this "humble 
friend" as the "dog of my flock." The indomitable Scot, 
who can trace his lineage away back to prehistoric times, 
who claims that Adam and Eve spoke "the Gaelic," that 
the kiU' immediately followed the fig leaf as an article of 
dress, and that the pipes, the musical instrument referred 
to in the Bible, were the bagpipes, will have little trouble 
in assigning Job's dog to the Scotch collie class. The 
monuments of Egypt make it clear that dogs, like men, 
were as distinct in their races thousands of years ago as at 
the present time. No satisfactory classification of the 
dierenl kinds of dog has ever been made, and what some 
naturalists regard as types, others pronounce to be mere 
mixtures of races. Pope, in 1709, wrote; "Histories are 
more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of 
friends." Homer's account, written 2,700 years ago, of 
Ulysses' dog Argus, is the most pathetic imaginable. 
Pope, in his translation of this storj^, depicts the return of 
Ulysses to his native coast after long years of war and 
buffetings, and so changed that even his queen did not 
recognize him, but 
"His faithful dog his rightful master knew. 
Him, when lie saw, he rose and crawled to meet : 
'Twas all he could do, and fawned, and kissed his feet, 
Seized with dumb joy; then, falling by his side. 
Owned his returning lord, looked up and died." 
It is not my intention to write a history of the dog, 
or to attempt any elaborate treatise on his antiquity or an- 
cestral descent, but rather to pay a slight tribute to his 
worth as an old "friend and companion." The true lover 
of the dog has no particular type that he admires more 
than another, but can see something attractive and much 
to esteem in all the different species. The writer has at 
various times during the past forty-five years owned a 
representative of nearly all the numerous breeds of dogs 
common to Canada, and it would be difiicult for him to 
say which he really admired most. The two best of the 
terrier class that he ever owned were an English Black 
and Tan and a fox terrier. The Black and Tan came of 
an excellent strain, the late James Beswick, a well-known" 
dog fancier, having imported his father. The mother also 
came of good stock. This Black and Tan was a rare dog. 
He was an inveterate enemy of rats and mice, and, in fact, 
as a destroyer of all sorts of vermin, nothing in the shape 
of a dog could excel him. He displayed a surprisingly 
dignified and intelligent grasp «f his surroundings, and 
appeared ever to be able to conform himself to one's 
moods or feelings; and this adaptability and shrewdness 
made him a splendid companion, particularly for long 
tramps into the country, which he evidently enjoyed fully 
as much as did his master. When fox terriers first came 
into vogue, twenty-five years ago or thereabouts, I was 
the happy recipient of one as a present from a friend in 
Lachine. This, I believe, was one of the gam est dogs that 
ever lived. He was tri-color, weighing about 25 pounds, 
well muscled up all around, and his flesh was as hard as 
nails. He was not so keen to kill rats or mice as the Black 
and Tan, but as a cat killer he was a terror. He would 
attack a cat wherever and whenever he came across one, 
and it must needs be a very agile and strategical feline to 
escape him with a whole skin. He became so enterpris- 
ing in this respect that I had reluctantly to part with him. 
He would draw a coon, make short work with the largest 
ground hog, and more than hold his own in a rough and 
tumble scriimuage with any dog of his size that cared to 
try concltisions with him. With all these gallant quali- 
ties he was quiet and well behaved about the house and 
exceedingly fond of children. Pepys, in 1661, writes: 
"Dr. Williams did show me a dog that he hath that do 
kill all the cats that come hither to kill his pigeons — and 
he tells me that he do believe that he hath killed abovp too 
cats/' My fox tetriet and D' , Williams' dog -^^eiild have 
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made a great team. I believe my fellow was responsible 
for the rude taking of? of fully as many cats as the doc- 
tor's dog. In a litter of pups, although strictly all of one 
parentage, there is often a great diversity in the character, 
intelligence and courage of the dogs when they giow up. 
The Black and Tan already referred to bad a full brother, 
who was an arrant sneak, and although much the hand- 
somer dog of the two, and possessing soriie good qual- 
ities, had no "sand," and was afraid of a rat. 
Mr. J. T. Townsend, a capital judge of sporting dogs, 
and genuine all around sportsman, who has fished in com- 
pany with_ that enthusiastic and intrepid sportsman, Mr. 
H. P, Dwight, in all the best trout streams in the country 
and hunted deer in Muskoka, at the proper season, for the 
last thirty-five or forty years, and at a time, too, when to 
reach the Dwight hunting grounds in Muskoka meant a 
three of four days' journey — once gave me a very fine 
Black and Tan fox hound pup. To have got a dog from 
Townsend was a sufficient guarantee that its pedigree was 
beyond reproach, and I knew that T had a prize. I would 
like to be permitted to remark, en passant, that before the 
Northern R'y was extended north of Barre, one of the few 
available routes into the interior of Muskoka was via the 
Toronto & Nipissing Narrow Gauge Railway— of which 
the late Mr. William Gooderham was general manager — 
to Coboconk, Coboconk to Moore's Lake by wagon, 
thence up Moore's Lake and Gull River to Minden by 
scow, Minden to Carnarvon by wagon; here guides and 
canoes were obtained, and after traversing Cushog, St. 
Norah's Wren, Raven, Gun and Rock lakes. Hollow 
Lake, in the interior of the Muskoka country, was 
reached, and at the upper end of the lake was Mr. 
Dwight's shanty. At that time it was permissible to shoot 
deer in September, the season opening on the 15th of 
that month. Deer were very plentiful, but it was impossi- 
ble, owing to the distance and difficulties of transporta- 
tion, to bring them out of the woods, and one. at most, 
was all the hunters were able to bring back to the city. 
Mr. Townsend, as I said, about this time, gave me a splen- 
did fox hound pup. This pup came of choice stock and 
had a dash of bloodhound in him. When he was between 
four and five months old, I took him out for a long walk, 
going as far as Eglinton, It was Hallowe'en, and becom- 
ing dark, and, as we approached the hill leading up to 
Eglinton, a motley crowd of youths suddenly appeared, 
carrying blazing torches, tooting horns and making an 
unearthly noise. This so frightened the pup that he 
bolted across the fields, striking a concession line leading 
east to the Don. He was awfully frightened, and the 
more I called and whistled the faster he ran, finally disap- 
pearing in the woods away of? toward Elgie's farm. I re- 
mained in the neighborhood some time, using all the 
means at my command to recover the httle animal, but to 
no purpose, and was compelled sadly to retrace my steps 
to the city without him. Of course, I never expected to 
see him again, but imagine my surprise to find this pre- 
cocious young canine sitting at the door of my house in 
the center of the city, at daylight next morning, waiting 
to get in. Be it remembered that he was not yet five 
months old, and yet this little baby hound had, when aU 
was still and in the dead of night, stealthily followed his 
tracks back to the city and to his home, a distance of 
aboiit six miles. The sense of scent must have been ex- 
quisite and of abnormal development in this young dog, 
to have enabled him to find his way back over the eieviou.s 
road we followed in going out. Nor did he disappoint me 
when he got out of his puppyhood. I had him thoroughlv 
broken and trained, and he emerged from the process one 
of the noblest, truest, trustiest dogs that ever tracked a 
deer in the woods of Muskoka. 
1 have also owned several good field spaniels and cock- 
ers at different times. These were trained to a gun, bnt 
in hunting partridge I have found frequently in the coun- 
try some young chap, fond of a gun, who had a partridge 
dog, generally a rank mongrel, which well-bred snaniels, 
tramed to hunt partridge, as those birds are hunted here, 
could not begin to work with. Some of these country 
dogs of mixed breed are very clever and exhibit wonder- 
ful intuitive knowledge of the habits of birds, and vnth 
unerrmg instinct quickly discover the surest way to cir- 
cumvent them in their efl'orts to escape the hunter. 
I have found all dogs to be interesting. Some, of 
co.urse, have greater intellectual faculties and are more 
easily trained than olhers, and they differ, too, in certain 
traits of character and disposition, but all are more or 'ess 
affectionate and companionable— even the bull terriers 
and bull dogs— and if well treated become strongly at- 
tached to their master and place their courage, strength 
and talents at his command. If it is necessary— and it is 
sometimes— to chastise this "huiuble friend," he soon for- 
gets, or only remembers it to make his attach.nient 
stronger, and this he will demonstrate by licking the hand 
that administered the chastisement. 
Sheepdogs are said to have more brains than any other 
breed, the spaniel cottiing next, but we seldom see sheep- 
dogs in circuses or traveling shows, trained as trick do<?? 
—perhaps because the collie is too sensible a dog and 
has too much respect for himself to descend to the 
monkey business of a professional trick dog. On the 
other hand, we frequently see the greyhound, the spitz, 
the terrier and other dogs that are supposed to be not 
quite so tractable as the collie or spaniel, trained to per- 
form m a wonderfully expert manner. A smallish black 
collie, with white markings, drove cattle through the 
city once or twice a month last summer from the cattle 
yards to Gooderham's sheds at the Don. This little dog 
was a past-ma.«ter in his profession, and all who may 
have witnessed his performances must have been deeply 
impressed with the earnestness, celerity and skill with 
which he manipulated the drove, and conducted it 
through the busiest streets of the city. When the cattle 
came to a cross street an effort was invariably made by 
some of them to depart from the straight road. That 
they would attempt to do so the dog seemed by some 
subtle inward reasoning to know, and with human Idee 
intelligence he was promptly on hand at the right time 
and the right soot to head them off. There was no con- 
fu.sion or mistake, but he was kept very busy, and seemed 
to fly from one part of the drove to another, heading a 
beast off at. one point, nipping one in the heel? at an- 
other pomt, threatening others' and with matchless dex-^ 
