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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 14, 1904. 
Maine. But why should it be so? Can any of Forest 
AND Stream's readers give an intelligents, reason for it? 
Are the trout more greedy after a long ' winter 'than a 
short one, just as a man might be expected to be mqre 
hungry for his breakfast after a long night and morning 
spent in bed than if he had risen early and taken his food 
at the regular hour? 
Restigoache Salmon for Newfoondland. 
A shipment of 75,000 Restigouche salmon eggs has been 
sent to Newfoundland, where it is desired to introduce a 
larger class of fish than now found in the rivers of the 
island colony. The press dispatches refer to this ship- 
rnent as the introduction of a different species of salmon 
to that now found in Newfoundland, which is absurd. 
The Salmo salar of the Restigouche and of the rivers - 
of Newfoundland are identical, though there is un- 
doubtedly a very great difference in the size to which 
th€;y grow in New Brunswick waters and in those of 
Newfoundland. But there is just as much difference be- 
tween the sizes in different rivers in the Provinces of 
New_ Brunswick and Quebec. In both Provinces I know 
of rivers containing fish each more than forty pounds 
in weight, and of others from which it is a rare occur- 
rence to take a salmon weighing more than ' eighteen or 
tw-enty pounds. 
Experience alone will tell whether the introduction of 
the young salmon hatched from the eggs of Restigouche 
fish will increase the size of the salmon in the New- 
foundland rivers in which they are to be planted, but 
whether it does or not there is one thing that the authori- 
ties of the island colony must do if they wish to let the 
larger fish run up the rivers at all, and that is to look 
more closely after the netters who at present successfully 
bar the progress of all the fish above a certain size. 
E. T. D. Chambers. 
Fish and Game Increase. 
Boston. — No more satisfactory report has ever been 
made by the Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission 
than that just out for 1903. With the one exception of 
partridges, which suffered serious loss by the cold and 
wet of the summer, there has been marked gain all along 
the line. Forest and stream, mountain and valley are 
being repeopled by the fish and game which seemed until 
recently to be suffering an inevitable decline. Part of the 
gain is due to the reforesting of abandoned farms and 
the increasing scarcity of mankind in considerable areas 
in many parts of the State. Another part is due to the 
scientific work of the Fish and Game Commission. 
Another part may be credited to the enforcement of 
stringent laws for the protection of game. Growing 
popular interest in outdoor concerns, and in the lives of 
animals is evident from the attendance at the State house 
upon the hearings of the Legislative Committee on Fish- 
eries and Game, as well as the increased demand for the 
reports of the Commission. On the latter point, the re- 
port says: "The demand for documents issued by the 
Commission, especially those containing laws, has reached 
large proportions. Compliance with it is a matter of 
public necessity. The Commission has striven to supply 
this class of literature to the public, and thousands of 
documents are now sent out, instead of hundreds, as 
fcrmerlj'." 
The Commission cost the State $27,555 last year. Of 
this, $i8,44S was spent for the enforcement of laws, the 
propagation and distribution of fish, birds and animals, 
and the maintenance of fish hatcheries; $5,630 for the 
compensation of the commissioners; $1,550 for their ex- 
penses, and the remainder for minor items. The aggre- 
gate output of fish eggs, fry and larger fish, was over 
15,000,000 for the year. At the spring planting of brook 
trout 903,000 fry and 10,000 brown trout were put out. 
In the fall 59,660 fingerling brook trout were planted' iii 
the brooks, 1,500 yearling brook trout, 9,000 brown trout 
fingerlings, 1,000 rainbow trout fingerlings and 12,000 
land-locked salmon fingerlings were liberated in ponds, 
and 600 adult yearling brook trout were put into ponds 
and rivers, while 1,000 brook trout and 500 rainbow trout 
were reserved to increase the brood stock. The commis- 
sion put 6,000,000 land-locked smelt eggs into ponds where 
the smelt has not been before. 
In return for the investments by the Commission come 
reports from the deputies in all parts of the State of great 
improvement in the fishing conditions. One deputy 
writes : "As a result of stocking the brooks in this town 
trout fishing is the best it has been in twenty-five years; 
we got more trout and much larger fish." C. H. Pease, 
a merchant in Lee, president of the club which has a 
house at Greenwater Pond, in Becket (in the Berkshire 
Hills), writes: "Our people very much appreciate your 
efforts to stock our lakes and streams with game fish." 
Work at the fish hatcheries has been prosecuted vigor- 
ously during the year. At Sutton, though there were 
somewhat less fingerlings raised than in 1902, yet the re- 
port of the superintendent says that they were "far su- 
perior in size and quality." Several thousand fish 
exceeded four inches in length and hundreds were five 
and six inches long. But the trout have plenty of 
enemies, including themselves, for the report says : "The 
heaviest loss of trout fry was from causes generally 
termed unknown. This includes the losses from frogs, 
snakes, predatory birds, animals and insects, cannibalism 
among the trout and loss from disease and weakness." 
Fish-eating birds get many, especially kingfishers and 
herons. Thirty of the former and nine of the latter were 
taken at the Sutton hatchery. Reports of trout fishing 
from all over the State show improved conditions. A 
report from a Berkshire county deputy says: "The 
trout season in the western section of the State was the 
best it has been in a number of years ; larger trout and 
bigger strings were taken." One from Franklin "county 
says: "I found the trout fishing excellent, large ones 
more plentiful than in former years." One from southern 
Worcester county says: "Trout fishing was never so 
good. All fishermen say there was more trout caught 
this year than the entire aggregate of the last four or five 
years. Somp of the brooks make me think of streams I 
have seen 'm the British provinces— almost alive with 
trout." prp|||. t||c ||prt|| of tl^e county comes a- similar 
The report takes strong ground against the killing of 
sqhg and insectivorous birds, especially by camps ^ of 
Italian laborers, who seem to care nothing for preserving 
the birds or for keeping the laws, and further restrictive 
legislation is recommended. These birds are pronounced 
of incalculable value to the farmers. 
Most remarkable, perhaps, of the whole report, is the 
part which shows how deer are increasing all over the 
State. Years ago the Plymouth woods were the only 
place where they could be found, and they were regarded 
as something very ■oeculiar, as a survival of a dim past and 
as really a part of the wild west. B ut now, from many 
towns, from Cape Cod and Cape Ann to Berkshire come 
reliable accounts of the presence of deer. They have even 
come very close to Harvard College, which is only three 
miles from the State House. Plymouth sends word they 
are more plentiful than usual. New Bedford says : "Deer 
are very plentiful in this vicinity." Marshfield, Raynham, 
near Taunton, Sherborn, Milford, in the south part of 
Worcester county, and many places in the northern 
suburbs of Boston and others all through Essex county 
in the northeast, send word of the new and strange pres- 
ence of deer. A deputy writing from Gloucester says : 
"Deer are reported seen at Gloucester, West Gloucester, 
Essex and Manchester, especially at West Gloucester and 
Essex, where they have been seen nearly every day, three 
or four being seen together at one time." A writer from 
Elaverhill says: "During the last four months I 
have seen fourteen deer." From Ayer, in northern Mid- 
dlesex, comes this word': "Deer are gaining in numbers. 
Last fall three of four. in a bunch was the usual number; 
this year from six to eight were seen." All through 
Worcester county they seem to be numerous. One 
writer from Ware, in Hampshire county, says: "There 
is a large increase in the number of deer. It is common 
to see them among cattle and sheep while riding through 
the country." Another says that deer have been more 
numerous than ever, and that one farmer reports seeing 
twelve on his farm. _ Another says that four stayed on his 
farm all summer without doing any damage to his crops. 
A deputy, writing from the town of Florida, which is in 
Berkshire, on the top of Hoosac Mountain, says : "If 
this town, Florida, could be fenced in, it would not need 
any stocking to be a deer park. I am certain that in 
parts of the town it is not unusual to see as many as 
eight deer, and fourteen have 'been seen together by re- 
liable persons in one day." Further reports from the 
Franklin county hills and the Berkshire county forests 
are to the effect that deer are increasing. 
The report shows that quail are plenty all over the 
State, and that the Belgian hare is multiplying also. 
Mongolian pheasants are proving a successful bird for 
introduction. The State has taken pains to introduce 
them in many places, and they are multiplying and meet- 
ing the expectations of those who brought them here in 
the first place. There is more interest in fish and game 
matters than for a great many years. There is more in- 
telligent study of the animals and more care to preserve 
them from needless and reckless destruction. With the 
increase of forest growth and the posting of lands, which 
is possible under the protection of the law, it is evident 
that Massachusetts is in a prosperous way to become a 
great game State, and that her food supply will be ma- 
terially increased by the scientific cultivation of her forest 
and stream resources. ; 
Kentttcfcy Hunting- and Fishing: Clwb* 
The Kentucky Fishing and Hunting Club is a new 
organization of prominent sportsmen of Cincinnati, O., 
and Covington, Ky., which was formed at a meeting held 
in the Stag Cafe on May 3. The -following officers were 
elected: President, G. F. Ahlers; Vice-President, R. H. 
West; Secretary, A. B. Heyl; Treasurer, Joe Coyle; 
Directors— R. McGraw, W. A. Stewart, O. Steinwedel, 
S. Ullman, H. F. Juergens, and the officers. 
At this meeting all arrangements were completed for 
the purchase of a tract of land and water containing over 
100 acres located at Crystal Lake, a few miles from Cov- 
ington. The club proposes to erect a club house equipped 
with everything necessary for the comfort of its members, 
and when their plans are completed will have the best 
premises of any similar organization of the kind in this 
section of the country. Following is a list of members 
in addition to those elected to office: J. P. Rampe, Fred 
Dreihs, H. D. Hamlin, R. C. Stewart, Jr.; Robert S. 
Stewart, Jacob Zeigler, Thos. Dunn, F. W. Foulds, C. L. 
Newton, Chas. Bennett, J. F. Hettich, A. Juergens, M. 
Messingschlaeger, R. C. Anderson, M. McLean, Frank 
Rampe, Emil Werk. 
Theodore Samwel Thompson. 
We record with sincere sadness the death of our - old 
correspondent, Juniata. 
Theodore Samuel Thompson, son of the late William 
Ihompson, Jr., and Chariotte Chambers Patterson 
Ihompson, died April 23 in his seventy-fifth year, at the 
homestead, Thompsontown, Juniata county, Pa. 
He had long been a reader of Forest and Stream, 
and under his pen name Juniata had contributed many 
charming sketches and notes to its columns. He was an 
enthusiastic sportsman of the old school, devoted to quail 
shooting, and a lover of good dogs. His keen interest in 
his favorite recreation continued through life. 
New Poblications. 
Little RiYers, A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness. By 
Henry Van Dyke. Illustrated. 348 pages. Charles Scribner's 
Sons. 
The charnj of the Rev. Henry Van Dyke's writings is known to 
many people in many places. Little Rivers is one of the most 
delightful of his many charming books, dealing with the streams, 
the fish that_]ive in them, their surroundings, and the taking of 
those fish. These little rivtrs are of more lands than one, but 
the tale of them is told always in a fresh, appreciative' and loving 
style— discoursive withal— but ever charming. The true angler 
must read of these streams, and will profit by the reading. Mce, 
•^■^^^.^^ Norway; Being Notes and Reflectiops of mi Angler. 
By Chas. Thomas-Sanford, with 10 photogyavure plates a 
color plan. 168 pages. Longsmans, Green & Co- 
Thss ss a very beautiful book, dealing with salmon fishing ia 
Norway, and illustrated, ss said, with photogravures of very 
great bputy. Every angler may wel| d^sir? to.Save % feook fa 
Rabies* 
From Hill's "The Dog, Its Management and Diseases." 
This_ disease may be truly designated the scourge of 
the canine race; horrible in its nature, alike terribly fatal 
to man and beast. As such it was recognized centuries 
ago, and the alarm engendered appears to have been as 
great then as in the present day. Among the ancient 
Greeks recipes both for the bite of a rabid dog and the 
llesh of one affected with rabies, were numerous and 
singular. 
Much, but far from enough, has been written of late 
years concerning this disease; much that is sensible, and 
no small proportion that is calculated to do harm. Re- 
wards have been offered for the discovery of a cute, but 
the probability _ of their ever being claimed is extremely 
dubious — especially so long as spurious hydrophobia and 
various phases of hysteria are indiscriminately mixed up 
and mistaken for the real malady. 
Pasteur's alleged prophylactic still remains a contro- 
versial question; many Unfortunate calamities have re- 
sulted from his system, and the necrological record is 
anything but encouraging. 
Fortunately, however, compared with other canine 
maladies, rabies is of rare occurrence, and it would al- 
most appear to derive its importance from periodical 
scares. The year 1887 will be memorable for the intense 
public excitement on the question, and especially for the 
extraordinary manner in which morbid minds magnified 
the complaint, and painted harmless affections in hideous 
colors. These morbid minds being suffered to run riot, 
worked an almost irreparable injury to our ordained 
companions and most devoted friends. An absurd hys- 
terical scare promoted an equally absurd, and, in my 
opinion, ungrounded hydrophobic alarm. The outcome 
of this panic, and the arbitrary administration of the 
police regulations, were the formation of "The Dog 
Owners' Protection Association," the preliminary meet- 
ing for its promotion, over which I had the honor to 
preside, being held at the Hyde Park Hotel, on the 30th 
of August, 1887. Subsequently Lord Mount Temple be- 
came president. Following this, but holding adverse 
views, "The Society for the Prevention of Hydrophobia" 
sprang into existence. Then Lord Mount Temple's 
Registration Bill was introduced, and referred to a select 
committee of the House of Lords, at which I was sum- 
moned to give evidence. 
It is a fact worthy of note that the sudden withdrawal 
of the police regulations and muzzle in London, which 
took place the day before my address at the first public 
meeting of "The Dog Owners' Protection Association" 
in the Kensington Town Hall, produced no increase of 
rabies. 
Before going into the nature and symptoms of the 
malady, a few_ words regarding the terms applied to it 
are, I think, necessary. 
Hydrophobia, signifying fear of water, is in canine 
pathology a misnomer, and probably has had much to do 
with the erroneous^ idea that this symptom is present in 
dogs. To this I give, as I did many years ago in Land 
and Water, a most emphatic denial. The rabid dog never 
in any stage of the disease exhibits a dread of water, 
neither will the sight or sound of it produce spasms. On 
the contrary, thirst is present throughout. 
The inability to swallow fluids, when it does happen, 
is dependent entirely on either the inflammatory condi- 
tion of -the throat, or from paralysis of the muscles of 
-the lower jaw and deglutition. 
Rabies, signifying madness, is a far more appropriate 
terrn, but even this is not sufficiently distinctive as to the 
particular class of madness it is intended to designate. 
The true nature of rabies is still involved in mystery. 
We know that a specific virus is the active agent in its 
production, but in what this virus consists, or how it is 
developed, we know not. That the saliva is the vehicle 
of the poison is clear, the why or wherefore is equally 
mysterious. Post-mortem and microscopic examinations 
afford little clue. The nerve centers in which, from the 
character of the disease, we should expect to find the 
greatest lesions, iare, in many instances, but slightly af- 
fected, while the throat and digestive organs often ex- 
hibit the greatest alterations. 
Causes. — In almost every instance rabies is due4o in- 
oculation; the disease, however, may, and is at times un- 
questionably spontaneously generated, and if this . is so, 
wherein lies the value of the vexatious and absurd police 
regulations? I am very much inclined to think that the 
pernicious system of breeding in-and-in encourages its 
development, for it undoubtedly predisposes the next 
generation to weakened intellect, if not absolute Junacy. 
We know that inter-marriage materially helps to fill our 
lunatic asylums ; and although it may be observed that the 
madness produced by consanguinity is not hydrophrobic, 
yet any agency acting deleteriously on the nerve centers, 
weakening _ their stamina, and diminishing the intellec- 
tual faculties, will render, or may be reasonably sup- 
posed to repder, the mind susceptible to morbid 
impressions. 
Again, individual idiosyncrasies are present in the 
canine, as they are in the human race; and this fact 
should not be lost sight of when investigating the cause 
of nervous disorders. 
It is a well recognized fact that, since the improvement 
(query) of breeds, the fashion of dog breeding, and the 
growth of canine exhibitions, rabies — Or what has been 
alleged to be rabies— has correspondingly increased. 
It is true, advance in scientific knowledge and research 
may have made more acute diagnostic talent, but it must 
not be forgotten that nature abused will result in abnor- 
mality of some kind. Of this we have palpable evidence 
in those specimens of the toy breed, with prominent 
foreheads, protruding, vacant eyes, and hairless skulls, 
which creatures, to use a corpmon expression, have been 
"bred to death." 
Probably, as a veterinarian, and having made canine 
pathology a specialism, I have had as wide an experience 
in rabies as any member of my profession now. Jiving; 
and I can say, without the least hesitation, that in those 
^ogs proved to have been ^nbred, rabies an4 pth«f 
