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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[AvG. to, 1901. 
Canadian Angling Notes. 
The outlook is very bright for the fall fishing season, 
according to the reports of the various fish and game 
clubs in this district. Some ten parties of Americans are 
already booked for this month at the club house of the 
Tourilli Club, and a large number of members of the 
Triton, Metabetchouan and Nomantum clubs are expected 
shortly at headquarters. Mr. Nathan Bill, of Springfield, 
has joined the Iroquois Club, and Avill be at his camp on 
the club's preserve in the course of a few days. 
Since the subsidence of the extreme heat, the trout in 
some of the northern waters are again rising to the fly, and 
a catch of fish running from i to 3 pounds each is reported 
from some of the smaller lakes in the vicinity of Lake Ed- 
ward. 
The Grande Decharge continues to-yield very fair sport 
to ouananiche fishermen, and some beautiful specimens of 
the fish have recently been exhibited in the windows of 
the local fishing tackle shops. 
The Marquis de la Gaudara, of Rome, who is on his 
way to Manitoba and the Northwest for the fall hunt- 
ing, has gone to Lake St. John to fish for ouananiche 
while awaiting the arrival of European friends. Last 
Avinter the Marquis hunted in Newfoundland, and next 
year he will go to Alaska. 
Lake St. Joseph is much frequented at present by bass 
fishermen, and the sport afforded is extremely good. 
Trout fishing ought to be splendid in the Lake Edward 
district by the middle of the month. 
Salmon fishing during the latter part of the season has 
been exceedingly poor, and in some of the larger streams 
it has been poor all summer. This is the substance of the 
reports from the Ristigouche, the Cascapedia, the^ St. 
Johns of Gaspe, the York, the Natashquan and the 
Nepisiguit. The fish are by no means scarce. On the 
contrary, they have been seen by hundreds in all the rivers. 
But on account of the absence of rain and the extreme 
heat, producing exceptionally low water, the fish were so 
sluggish that they absolutely refused to look at the fly. 
In the Moisie, the Trinity, the Mingan, the Pabos and 
Grand River the fishing has been fair. 
I hear that Mr. J. J. Hill has leased the St. Paul or 
Esquimau River from the Quebec Government for $500 a 
year. Mr. Hill also pays $3,500 a year for the St. Johns 
on the North Shore. 
It will be good news to anglers that the Dominion Gov- 
ernment has in preparation a series of revised regulations 
regarding the size of game fish, such as black bass, trout, 
etc., to be taken by sportsmen, as well as the limit of 
number to be taken each day during the season. In order 
to frame regulations upon these and similar points, a large 
amount of information is being gathered throughout 
Canada, and a general desire has so far been expresed 
that such regulations should apply to all the Provinces. 
When full reports have been received from all of them, 
effective regulations will be at once promulgated. 
E. T. D. Chambers, 
Quebec, Aug ^. 
White Landlocked Salmon. 
The stories of the "white trout" that are given to the 
public from time to time through the medium of the 
press are regarded by anglers generally somewhat in the 
light of fish stories or fairy tales. But the United States 
Fish Commission's exhibit at Buffalo contains twenty 
white landlocked salmon. From their birth at the Green 
Lake Station of the Commission more than two vQars 
ago these beautiful creatures have attracted widespread 
attentioif, which now culminates at Buffalo, for which 
place they were destined almost from the beginning of 
their strange career. Sedulously cared for and guarded 
against their many enemies, thej^ have developed into fine 
specimens of the ouananiche, gifted with all the beauty, 
endowed with all the courage and' strength which make 
them so much sought for in their native haunts. In one 
respect only — that of color— do they differ from their 
brethren of' Maine and Canada lakes; the usual neutral 
color is replaced by a dazzling, silvery white, which in 
some of the specimens takes on a light golden hue, form- 
ing a most striking background -for the customary black 
and red spots. 
These beauties have had an unusually eventful career; 
the striking color that made them so attractive to sight- 
seers in their old home "down in Alaine" made theni a 
shining mark for their natural enemies. During the win- 
ter of 1899-1900 minks somewhat lessened the original 
number. In February of the latter year ten of them were 
sent to Boston, where they were the feature of the fish 
exhibit at that most successful Sportsmen's Show; the 
rest were forwarded to the New Hampshire station for 
safe keeping. Here again their strange color was the 
means of their undoing. A monster turtle took up his 
residence in the large pond in which they were placed 
along with a number of their more soberly garbed 
brethren, and before his presence was discovered by the 
attendants a few more of the albinos had been destroyed. 
Albino fry are so rare as to attract attention in the 
hatchery troughs. These freaks — for freaks they are— 
rarely attain any size or age. Wildwood. 
Photogffaphing a Grouse. 
Watsontown, Pa., Aug. 2.— I inclose two photos of a 
ruffed grouse on her nest, which were taken during a re- 
cent outing in camp on the mountains near Trout Run, 
Lycoming county. Pa. The nest was located about 50 
yards from our cabin, and was discovered shortly after 
we arrived. We observed it daily for nearly two weeks, 
when, upon going to it one morning, the grouse had dis- 
appeared, leaving no trace— not even the shells of her 
eggs. We are somewhat puzzled to account for this, and 
would like some one better informed On the habits of this 
game bird to explain. , 
The pictures were very dilficult to obtam on account of 
the thick underbrush. One shows the grouse fairly dis- 
tinctly, and we value them as rare representations of this 
very shy bird. C. C. F. 
San Francisco Fly-Castingf Club* 
Medal contests, series 1901, Saturday, contest No. 8, 
held at Stow Lake July 27. Wind, strong west; weather, 
foggy : 
Event Event Event 
No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, 
iJistance, Accuracy, . Event No. 8. , Lure 
Feet. Per cent. Acc. % Del. % Net % Casting){ 
Battu 88 90.8 89.8 81.8 85.8 64 5-15 
Brooks 106 89 85 78.4 81.9 
Brotherton ....123 93.4 90.4 84.2 Sl.Z 93 11-15 
Everett 119 92 .92 86.8 89.4 
Golcher 130 92 91 77.6 84.3 91 4-15 
Grant 104 88.8 88 75 81.6 
Mansfield 88 91 . 76.8 83.10 84 3-15 
Mocker 105 86.4 90 80.10 85.5 
Muller 105 94 86 79.2 82.7 .. • 
Sn-.yth 90.4 86.4 79.2 82.9 
Judges, Brooks and Mansfield ; referee, Muller ; clerk, 
Smyth. 
Sunday, July 28. Wind, southwest; weather, warm and 
foggy : 
Battu 86 92.4 89.8 75 82.4 65 14-15 
-Blade .^..-.4..*.. 85 68 73.4 68.4 70.10 
Brooks 100 90.8 93 64.2 78.7 
Brotherton ....113 91.4 91.4 75.10 83.7 91 7-15 
Everett 104 92 90 75.10 82.11 
Eoulks 98 84.4 73 74.2 73.7 
Grant 102 93.4 94 73.4 83.8 79 14-15 
Golcher 124 92.8 87.4 74.2 80.9 75 11-15 
Haight 80 84.4 87 75.10 81.5 
Heller 90 97 88 73.4 80.8 63 
Huyck 96 95 86.4 74.2 80.3 
Isenbruck 70 
B Kenniff 110 80 86.8 75 80.10 94 12-15 
Mansfield 93.4 94.4 78.4 86.4 82 10-15 
Mocker 94 87.8 87 75.10 81.5 
Muller 102 93.8 81.8 80 80.10 
Reed 95 90 93.4 70 81.8 
Smyth 89.8 90.4 75.10 83.1 
Turner 94.8 90.4 75 82.8 
Young 84 94.4 85.4 80 82.8 
Judges, Turner and Brotherton ; referee, Mansfield ; 
clerk, Smj'th. 
Susquehanna Bass. 
Sayre, Pa., Aug. 2. — Nathan Hanford, Edward Ingalls 
and Leroy Van Kirk, of Ithaca. N. Y., were in Wyalusing 
one day recently and took from the Susquehanna 100 
black bass, the largest weighing 4 pounds. The water is 
now in good condition, and some fine creels of bass should 
be reported from the Susquehanna during the next fort- 
night. 
On these same waters, between Athens and Ulster, a Mr. 
Little and friend took forty-five black bass one day last 
week, and another local angler is credited with a string of 
twenty-five for one day. As a matter of fact, good bass 
fishing now abounds on the Susquehanna from Athens to 
Wyalusing. Small live bullheads constitute the most 
effective bait for river bass, minnows and grasshoppers and 
helgramites coming next in order. 
From Owego Creek word comes to me that not a few 
fine California trout are being caught in that stream. A 
few exceptionally large trout of this variety are said to 
have been recently caught. 
A line from Union Springs, on Cayuga Lake, tells me 
that splendid perch fishing is now being enjoyed at 
Canoga, opposite the Spa. Trolling for pickerel is also 
bringing satisfying results just now at Canoga. 
M. Chill, 
Florida Tarpon* 
Tarpon Springs, Fla., Aug. 2. — I inclose clipping from 
Tampa Weekly Times. It has a fish look, but may be 
true : 
"County Treasurer Isbon S. Giddens was one of a party 
that spent a short time at Sarasota this past week, fishing 
for the beautiful silver kings. He put ^'n twelve hours 
and a half fishing there, and landed seventeen fine speci- 
mens of tarpon. The waters arc literally alive with these 
fish around Sarasota, and so many were never seen there 
before." 
Certainly tarpon were never so plenty in this vicinity in 
the seventeen years that I remember. And, alas ! they are 
the only fish one can catch here now. We have had so 
much rain, that all other fish are off for deep water. Well, 
it's too warm to fish, anyway. We have had it up to 96 
several times this summer, and once up to 98, but never a 
sunstroke, and when I look over the New York papers, 
telling of prostration, sunstrokes and death, I am recon- 
ciled to Florida. Everything is growing, the birds are 
singing, and it's cool enough in the shade. 
Tarpon, 
The Insinuating Hagffish. 
In Current Proceedings of the United States Museum 
Dr. David Starr Jordan gives this description of the hag- 
fish, a marine, lamprey-like animal that burrows into the 
flesh of fishes on which it feeds : 
The hagfish fastens itself usually on the gills Or isthmus 
of large fishes, sometimes on the eyes, whence it works its 
way very rapidly into the inside of the body. It then 
devours all the flesli! of the body without breaking the 
skin, so that the fish is left a living hulk of head, skin and 
bones. It is especially destructive to fishes taken in gill 
nets. In gill nets, in summer, these empty shells of fishes 
are often obtained. When these arc taken from the water 
the hagfish' scrambles out with great alacrity. It is 
thought that the hags enter the fishes after they are 
caught. A fish of 10 to 15 pounds weight will be de- 
voured by them in a single night. 
Long Island Weakfish. 
The weakfish are in Great South Bay in immense num- 
bers, and parties going out from Sayville have made good 
catches, ^ 
The Tuna in Honolulu Waters. 
A Honolulu paper of recent date has an article about 
tuna fishing, saying that these fish are numerous outside 
the reef at that port. The Hawaiians call them the ulua, 
and they are said to abound in the deep water around the 
islands. Hitherto it appears they have not attracted the 
attention of sportsmen, but the Honolulu market is sup- 
plied with them by the Japanese net fishermen. Con- 
sidering that these fish are in American waters now, per- 
haps it is in order for Mr. Cheney to investigate and let 
the readers of Forest and Stream know more about 
thein (if he has not done so heretofore). Catalina Island 
seems to have had a monopoly of tuna fishing, but if the 
ulua is the same fish we may soon have accounts of 
American sportsmen playing them about the Hawaiian 
reefs. Ransacker. 
Wild Parsnip. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
In your issue of July 13 I find this in "The Woodman's 
Wild Garden" : "The wild parsnip, found in May and 
June growing along water edges, is fully as palatable as 
the cultivated variety, and is an excellent appetizer, fried 
or browned in the camp spider." 
I have always been led to believe that the wild parsnip 
is poisonous, and that the cultivated variety would run 
wild and also become poisonous the second year. Now is 
this another tradition handed from our grandparents, 
with no foundation in fact, or does your correspondent 
aflirm something he knows nothing about? 
I have never tried the wild parsnip, and if it is not 
poisonous, I have lost a great opportunity, as the wild 
ones grow larger than the cultivated ones just beyond 
my garden fence, Mrs. Emma Jaques. 
A British Columbia Rainbow Trout. 
In the Victoria Daily Colonist Mr. Walter Langley, of 
Ashcroft, reports his capture of a rainbow trout weighing 
22 pounds 4 ounces, and mea.suring 37}^ inches from tip 
to tip,' with a girth of 20 inches. It was taken on a silver 
spoon, and thirty-five minutes were taken to land it. 
Mosquitoes, Midges, Et AI. 
Here are some receipts from "Hints and Points for Sportsmen" 
and other sources. We give them all because one remedy may 
be more readily secured than another. If you have anything 
better than these send it in: 
Mosqaito-Pfoof Tent. 
The top is formed with a light hoop, about 2 feet in diameter, 
covered with muslin, like the head of a drum. Two strorig pieces 
of tape are sewn from side to side of the hoop, crossfcg each 
other at right angles, and at the center, where they meet, is 
attached a thin rope, about 10 feet long. To the muslin at the 
rim of the hoop is sewn a quantity of coarse cheesecloth or 
"tarletan," descending so as to form a bell 6 feet in height and 
8 feet in diameter at the ground. Around the lower edge, at 
intervals of 2 feet, are small tape loops for pegging out wide when 
two or three people wish to sit inside. The whole article weighs 
only about 2 pounds, and can be folded flat, so as to go inside a 
bag when traveling. When required for use the rope at the top 
is thrown across the branch of a tree and drawn up just enough 
to let the lower edge of the cheesecloth or "tarletan" rest on the 
ground. Danger from fire can be avoided by soaking the screen 
in a solution of tungstate of sodium. — J. J. JVL 
Head Mosquito Net. 
Make some tarletan into the shape of a ba^, open at both ends, 
from 15 to 18 inches long and 2 to 2>/^ feet in circumference. A 
piece of fine elastic cord is run in the hem at the top, to clasp 
the body of the hat, while a similar cord in the hem at the bottom 
secures it around the neck. The hat rim keeps it out of the 
face. If a low-crowned hat is worn tUe bag may be closed at 
the upper end. 
Mosquito Gauntlets. 
Sew linen cloth cuffs to the wrists of a pair of gloves, and run 
an elastic cord in the hem at the top of the cuff to clasp the arm 
underneath the coat sleeve. 
Mosquito Dopes. 
Make a preparation of 3 ounces sweet oil and 1 ounce carbolic 
acid. Let it be thoroughly applied upon hands, face and all 
exposed parts (carefully avoiding the eyes) once every half hour, 
when the flies are troublesome, or for the first two or three days, 
until the skin is filled with it, and after this its application will_ 
be necessary only occasionally. Another receipt equally effica- 
cious is: Six parts sweet oil, 1 part creosote, 1 part pennyroyal. 
Simmer together over a slow fire 3 ounces pine tar, 2 ounces 
castor oil, 1 ounce pennyroyal oil, and bottle for use. Rub it in 
tboroughlv at first, and replenish it on the exposed skin from day 
to day. — ^Nessmuk. 
Fox*s Fly Dope. 
Oil pennyroyal, oil peppermint, oil bergamot, oil cedar, F. E. 
quassia aa zi ; gum camphor ziv, vaseline, yellow, zii. M. S. 
Dissolve camphor in vaseline by heat; when cold add remainder. 
Mosquito Smudges. 
Evaporate a piece of gum camphor, one-third the size of an 
egg, in the tent or room by placing it in a tin vessel and holding 
it over a candle or other flame, taking care that it does not take 
fire. 
From the side of a fallen cedar log, dry but not rotten, cut 
strips of bark about 6 feet long, enough to make a bundle a little 
larger than two hands can span. From the white inner bark of a 
growing cedar tree make long, pliable strips, with which bind 
the dead bark at intervals of 9 inches into a compact mass. Ignite 
one end of this and leave it to smudge in the tent like a cigar. 
The smoke is fragrant and agreeable. When the mosquitoes are 
routed let the smudge remain all night at the tent door and none 
will enter. 
Our Dumb Animals, which does not believe in killing mos- 
quitoes, but rather in driving them gently away, suggests: "To 
expel mosquitoes, take of gum camphor a piece about one-third 
the size of a hen's egg, and evaporate it by placing it in a tin 
vessel and holding it over a lamp, taking care that it does not 
ignite. The smoke will soon fill the room and expel the 
mosquitoes, and not one will be found in the room next morn- 
ing, even though the windows should be left open at night. 
The British Angler Has His Troubles. 
It may be possible to keep off the casual midge of the Thames- 
side tennis Jawn and the Hampshire trout stream with eucalyptus 
and other oils, but these balsams have little efficacy on a moor in 
August about 4 or 5 o'clock on a calm afternoon. It is not un- 
common in Sutherlandshire for the sun to be partially obscured 
by the dense swarms, so as to be easily looked in the face, as 
though shining through a mist, In Donegal I have known peat 
cutters driven ofif a bog by midges, though I cannot vouch for the 
story that in the Orkneys business is sometimes suspended, and 
the very townsmen go to bed early in order to avoid the pests. 
Now, when midges are as thick as this it is physically impossible 
for them to be deterred by the so-called deterrents. I have 
bathed my face in eucalyptus to no purpose when fishing a loch 
in Sutherlandshire. The stifling smell and the smart were very 
unpleasant, but apparently not to the midges, which seemed to 
enjoy even the weather-beaten gillie when thus medicated. Per- 
haps they did not bite so fiercely when our skin was wet, but the 
irritation causd by their presence in eyes and nostrils is always 
the worst part of their tortures, and they soon resumed the 
banquet. In short, to keep off midges is, I believe, beyond the 
power of any application, and of all the prescriptions to prevent 
them from biting I find the best to be the well-known anti- 
mosquito specific — Stockholm tar diluted with olive oil. — London 
Field. 
Sulphur Taken Internally, 
One of our readers informs us . that, having seen a statement 
Ln some English medical journal to the effect that suljjhur, taken 
internally, would protect a person against flea bites, it occurred 
to him to try it as a preventive of mosquito bites. Accordingly 
lie began taking effervescing tablets of tartar-lithine and sulphur, 
four daily. He provided himself with several lively mosquitoes, 
and having put them into a wide-mouthed bottle, inverted the 
bottle and pressed its mouth upon his bare arm. The mosquitoes 
settled on his skin, but showed no inclination to bite him. 
If this gentleman's experience should be borne out by further 
trials, it might be well for persons who are particularly sensitive 
to mosquito bites to take a course of sulphur during the mosquito 
season, especially in view of the growing opinion that the 
mosquito the common vehicle of malaria.— N. Y. Medical 
Journal, 
