Sept. 20, 1902.] . FOREST AND STREAM. ^Sl 
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is the acceptance of fish as a substitute. Apart from the 
capacities of our lakes and streams,- we can continue_ to 
reap from the inexhaustible sea a harvest of unfailing 
abundance, for in its depths lie, as yet tmdisturbed by 
man, vast reservoirs of excellent but Unfatniliar food fish. 
We have ventured only to the threshold of the treasure 
house of the deep, but its future revelations of novel 
alimentary wealth will enrich the fare of posterity and 
afford an ample store of varied sustenance. 
Aiipthei-. international fishery exhibition will open this 
month at Vienna, and still others, on a minor scale, have 
been of Will be neld in Germany, Holland, etc., during 
the current year. The query naturally suggests itself 
Why do we not ourselves hold such distinctive exhibi- 
tions, inasmuch as the industry is of a magnitude amply 
sufficient to qualify it for a separate representation? No- 
where has fishculture been prosecuted so successfully or 
Upon so extended a scale as in North America; in no 
Other country than our Union have the appliances of 
the piscatory aft attained so high a degree of excellence. 
In our great land abutting ttpon two oceans as well as 
apon the world's largest lakes, containing in its varied 
waters fish representative of every zone, we have the 
basis of a representation fully as rich as that afforded by 
-Jie St. Petersburg exhibition. In the great industrial 
ixhibitions held of late years in various cities, ea&i.. -.vest 
ind south, the fishery exhibits have done scant justice to 
die country's immense resources; in fact, as European 
experience shows, public enlightenment upon the subject 
:annot be adequately effected save by a distinctive ex- 
libition. Such separate display stimulates individual in- 
:erest; it enables the country to take stock of its re- 
sources, and to apprise the world of their availability. 
Already Germany is actively discussing ways and means 
:>{ diverting to their own country a portion of Russia's 
Dverflowing wealth of fish and fish products, as revealed 
n the great structure upon the banks of the Neva. The 
nitiation here of a similar undertaking would probably 
leed a measure of that Government aid that enabled the 
Russians to so impressively demonstrate the magnitude 
)f their resources, and the result doubtless would be 
jqually compensative. At an international exposition 
here might be much in the fish-curing methods of other 
lations worthy of study or imitation, particularly those of 
Russia, with whose population fish is a far greater food 
staple than with our own. In the vista of the future may 
)e discerned a time when, by reason of its ever increasing 
icarcity, meat will occupy a place in our dietary subor- 
iinate to that of fish. There is a wealth of opportunity 
n the better and more economical preparation of fish 
md of fish products, and effective stimulus to such action 
vould be the probable outcome of an elaborate and well 
levised competitive exhibition. A. H. Gouraud. 
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In New England. 
Boston, Sept. 15. — ^The law is oflf on partridges in 
Maine to-day, and the local gunners afe much interested. 
Reports concerning the flocks are very conflicting. Care- 
ful obserVcts say that the cold and wet May and Jutlc 
v.as A'Ciy hard on the chicks, and that the birds are 
scarce. On the other hand, the boomers of Maine re- 
sorts declare that partridges were fiever so plenty. This 
l;i.st assertion must be taken with as much of a grain of 
salt as the patent med.cine advertisement. I hate seen 
one or two Maine gunners from the sections nearest 
the settlements, and they say that they have seen but few 
liroods of partridges. Sportsmen who have been into 
the more distant forests on fishing trips have seen some 
broods, but their reports, taken all together, would indi- 
cate that partridges are rather scarce in Maine. From 
.some sections in New Hampsh.re there are accounts of a 
good many flocks, with fair shooting promised. In 
Massachusetts there are doubtless more partridges than 
a year ago, with reports of an umtsual number of quail. 
Mr. J. H. Edwards is out from a fishing trip to King 
and Bartlett. Me. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ed- 
wards, and they had a most enjoyable vacation. They 
were camped at Tommy Jeraud's, mak ng several trips 
to other waters. They had good togue fishing on the 
lake, catching some big ones. On Spencer Stream they 
had great trout fishing, taking forty trout in an hour 
and a half on otie trip, with about thirty out of one 
pool. Brcok fishing was good also on other streams, 
with good fly-fishing on Spencer Lake. At Spencer they 
had good sight of a big black bear one day. As is 
almost" always the case, they had no gun. Moose and 
deer were frequently seen. 
A party of well-known New England sportsmen, con- 
sisting of Messrs. Charles A. Mitchell and Z. W. Sturte- 
A ant, of Lowell. Mass. ; W. C. Rajmicnd, of Bridgewater, 
Vt., and I. R. Clark and Alfred T. Waite. of Bo.ston, 
have just come out of camp at Millsfield Ponds, in 
northern New Hampshire. These camps, situated north- 
west of Errol and reached via Colebrook and the Dix- 
ville Notch, are the only ones in the Millsfield region, 
and are pres.ded over by Sam Bailey, the noted Cole- 
brook guide. The party had excellent luck trout fishing 
and report that the region abounds with game, deer 
being seen in large numbers. All the members of the 
party have frequented many hunting and fishing sections 
of New England^ but they are the most enthusiastic over 
IMillsfield. and Sam Bailey in particular, 
Mr. Herman L. Buss and W. G. Clark, of Boston, 
with Mrs. Buss, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Buss, the two 
Misses Buss, Walter H. Buss and Miss Alice Brown, of 
Medford, have returned from a A^acation and fishmg 
trip to Tim Pond, Me. They had a very enjoyable 
season, with good fishing. The cool weather and frosts 
seem to have started fly-fishing at the Rangeleys. E. 
C. Swift, of Boston, has been haA^ng good fish ns in 
that part of the country. Mrs. C. S. Nutting and Miss 
AUida Nutting. >of Lexington. ha\'e returned from a 
trip to Black Brook camps. They had gord fly-fishing, 
securing foi:ty-five at one outing, with several doubles. 
At Moogehead the fly-fishing is .said to be better siijce 
the cooler Aveather. Camping parties are very numerous- 
They go into the woods, and on to the streams and 
waters, in all directions, making Kineo their head- 
quarters. George V. Leverett and Dr. J. T. Sherman,, 
of Boston, have been on a month's canoeing and fishing: 
trip in that part of the country. C. W. Blodgett, of Bos- 
ton, is back from a trip to Brassua Lake. A. L. Shaw, 
A. H. Shaw, Mrs. R. G. Shaw and Miss Shaw, of 
Wellesley, have been at Spencer Pond. D. C. Stanwood, 
of Boston, has returned from a camping trip. Hector 
W. Gordon and F. B. Hare, of Boston, are still in the 
U'oods. 
The mystery of the disappearance of Benjamin Kin- 
caid, an advertising agent of the Boston Globe, has not 
yet been solved. Accompanied by a friend, Peter H. 
Lawson, he went to Molunkus, Me., for an outing and 
fi thing trip, four weeks ago. Aug, 30, the day for their 
return, had come. At about 7 o'clock in the morning 
youn.g Kmca d .said that he would take a spin on the lake, 
for a while, and then be ready for the team to Matta- 
waumkeag. This was the last seen of him. About 10 
o'clock his canoe was found, bottom up, on Lake Mo- 
lunkus, by a party of anglers. The paddles and Kin- 
caid's hat and coat were found floating near. _ But drag- 
ging and the most diligent searching has failed to find 
the body. 
BosTOK, Sept. 13.. — ^The returning fishermen tell of 
^loricUR trips and a glorious season at the salmon* pools, 
Mf. John Fottler, Jr., spent several weeks at his sa/.tnon 
river, the St. John, at Gaspe. In his party Avas Senat^Qr 
Proctor, of Vermont, who is an enthusiastic angler, and" 
greatly enjoyed Mr. Fottler's river. They caught about' 
fifty i^almon in all, the largest of 32 pounds. On Mr. 
Fottler's return from salmr n fishing he Avent on a trout 
H.shing and outing into the White Mountain region, NeAV 
Hampshire. That region is noted for its stream fishing, 
but many of the streams, especially near the hotels, 
have been badly over-fished. But Air. Fottler d d not 
.spend much time fishing these streams; accompanied by 
the village blacksmith, he went over the mountains a«il 
through the woods eleven m les, to a stream that had 
.scarcely been fished at all for two years. The first day 
the}'- filled their baskets Avith beautiful trout, returning a 
I'.ost of small fish to the Avater. Camoing that night, they 
fished the next dny, and filled their baskets agam. It 
Avas a great trip. Mr. Fottler is fond of the woods and 
not afraid of tramping. The village blacksmith, a robust 
countryman, had to adm't that he had his match for a 
long tramp in the city matt he guided. 
'At the Megantic Preserve all the camps are full, Avitln 
tlie enthusiasm the greatest ever known there for both 
lutnting and fishing. Secretary L. Dana Chapman has.' 
word that a good many deer are being taken, but the.- 
captors are not as proud of them as they would he 
were they not mostly does. But such is almost alway.s' 
the case; the does and faAvns are earliest takeit. the 
liucks not coming down to the water and to feed. Later 
they are found on the ridges, however. 
Several Boston sportsmen are planning for trips late 
in this month to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick for 
moose calling. Dr. McAlear, of Worcester, has a trip 
uf 'that sort in view, and is looking for one or two 
Boston friends to accompany him. Dr. Heber Bishop 
and D. J. Flanders are abou' starting on a moose hunt- 
ing trip to the Provinces. It will be remembered that 
Dr. Bishop has a longer record of moose sla.n by his 
own skill than any other man in the country. 
Special. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST.. 
The Record Rairbow. 
Chicago, 111., Sept 13. — Unless I am mistaken, the- 
largest rainbow trout ever taken in this part of the West 
is that reported in the following correspondence from 
Mr. J. D. Hawks, President of the Detroit & Mackinac 
R. R., who writes from Detroit under date of Sept. 6. 
Mr. HaAvks says : 
"I. inclose you copy of a letter which Avill explain it- 
self. The rainbow trout mentioned is a very fine speci- 
men, and I am hav'ng it mounted. I have just had 
another fish mounted Avhich is longer and slimmer than 
the rainbow and probably weighed somewhat heavier. I 
have not yet learned Avhat species the fi h is, but belieA'C 
it to be a steelhead trout. It was caught three or four 
miles from East Tawas on our road. 
"I finished the trout season proper at Turtle Lake, 
with a number of the other members of the club. The 
trout fishing was as good as I ever had anywhere — in 
fact, it Avas difficult to fish all day without catching too 
many trotit; so I generally put in half a day driving 
around the country, and the other half-day fishing for 
trout, and found no trouble in catching twenty-five nice 
fish every time I went out. 
"We have made several plants of rainboAV trout in the 
tipper .south branch of the Thunder Bay River but so 
far I have net seen one in the stream. There is no 
doubt but that some of the large rainboAv trout are 
dropping doAvn the Au Sable R ver toward the mouth. 
This, of course, suits me, as a D. & M. Ry. man, as it 
puts them Avithin reach of our road. 
"T understood you to say a couple of years ago that 
you wanted to catch a grayling. If you are of the same 
mind next spring, come out here, and I will show yon 
where to do it, and Avill guarantee that you will catch 
several grayling, beside gettmg some of the best trout 
fishing you ever saAV." 
The letter inclosed _ is from A. Kirsten. of Oscoda. 
Mich., Avro Avrote a.'^ loUows: 
•'Oscoda, Mich., Sept. 4. — Mr. J. D. HaAvks, President 
and General Manager, Detroit & Mackinac Ry., Detroit. 
As per your request to Mr. Oliver, agent of the D. & 
M. Ry. here I sent you the rainbow trout caught by me 
Aug. 31. He was of no particular use to me only for 
eat ng, but I considered him too rare a specimen to use 
him in this Avay ; and upon the request of many here who 
knew you and your sporting qualities, I concluded to 
send him to yru if you Avished him. 
"I captured him in the Au Sable River, five mi'os 
north of McKinley, at the farm of W. H. W ntnn. ! ) 
took me forty-five minutes to land him. and can assure 
you it was the Riost exciting time I ^ver had in all of 
THE KKCORD B.\SS. 
Takea by Mr, H. T. Kendall at Catalina Island Cal. 
