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FOREST AND STREAM 
[July 2, 1904. 
or condition .of the worms ; they were all perfectly de- 
veloped, large and plump, and that one-half of the silk 
when drawn out should be flat could not be accounted 
for. My father believed the orifice through which the 
silk secretion was drawn was in some cases not opened 
to its full capacity, which caused the secretion to be 
squeezed flat in places. . , 
On account of other pressing work, he was obliged ta 
discontinue his silk-worm culture, and it now rests with 
future experimenters to ascertain whether or not a de- 
sirable gut mav be obtained from the American worm. 
Anyone can carry on the work, for the worms are not 
at all uncommon in oak woods, and they may be easily 
kept in captivity, provided they have an abundant supply 
of food If no caterpillars are found, one— by searching 
diligently among fallen oak leaves— may find- two or 
three cocoons, which should be kept in. a cool place 
through the winter; in the spring the moths will hatch, 
mate,°and lay their eggs, from which in a short time 
minute larvae will be hatched. 
How to Feed the Worms. 
In caring for them, a simple outfit only is needed ; 
on a bench or table set in a house room or shed, a board 
or plank is laid, in which a number of holes --are made 
large enough to receive the bottoms of several bottles ; 
a half dozen would be enough for quite a colony, the 
bottles are filled with cold water, and into them a sma.l 
branch of oak or maple in full leaf is thrust, the space 
around the branch in the neck of the bottle being packed 
with cotton wool to prevent the worms front crawling 
into the water. Alternate bottles only should be used 
for the first feeding; that is to say, if six bottles are 
used, Nos. 1, 3, 5 only should hold the branches ; the 
little worms are then placed on the leaves, and they 
immediately begin to feed. As soon as the leaves are 
devoured, bottles Nos. 2, 4, 6 should be utilized m the 
same manner, and the worms will quickly crawl from the 
denuded branches to the fresh ones, provided they toucn. 
No other attention is necessary, except a moderate 
sprinkling of the leaves with clean, cold water once or 
twice a dav. The caterpillars will grow rapidly, and 
when they are ready to spin their cocoons, will have at- 
tained a length of about four inches. At this period they 
will become restless, and seem apparently m search ot a 
suitable place for their cocoons, and it is then they are 
in proper condition for immersion in vinegar. 
y Edward A. Samuels. 
A Summary of a Good Time. 
A Montreal correspondent sends us this concise story 
of an enjoyable outing in the Laurentian Hills country of 
Quebec, last autumn. It may at this time help some 
brother of the angle who is questioning where he shall 
put in the vacation that is "coming to him" this year. He 
writes : . . r . 
The following describes a very pleasant outing ot six- 
teen days among the lakes of the Shawimga Fishing 
Club We told our friends that we were going fishing; 
however, we armed ourselves with a shotgun and two 
rifles The writer had the pleasure of seeing for the 
first time a moose and a caribou, which we left 111 the 
woods ; we emptied a magazine rifle at the former, which 
made him run away, and he is probably, for all we know 
to the contrary, still running. As to the caribou, as luck 
would have it, we were not armed at the moment of his 
visit and by the time we had acquired the shootm -irons 
he had "scooted." We have come to the conclusion that 
it is useless going after big game with a shotgun and 
fishing-rod. , - , . . , . 
The trouting was all that could be desired; in some 
spots the beauties took anything that was ottered them ; 
the Parmachenee-belle, however, held first place, with the 
scarlet-ibis a good second. 
Leaving the lakes, we got into the Mattawan Kivei, 
and there secured some 10-pound pike and 5-pound dore, 
with the new spoon bait ; I do not know the name ot it, 
but it zig-zags instead of revolving. This same bait took 
whitefish and trout. Other animals seen were lynx 
(wildcat), muskrat, and there were loons,_ ducks, par- 
tridges- we shot enough of the latter, going over the 
portages, to vary the "pot." Incidents of trip : Upsetting 
of a canoe in eight feet of water, owing to guide push- 
ing us into a hornets' nest on a bough overhanging the 
water- and the killing of a snake whose bulging center 
excited our curiosity so much that we split him open, 
when out walked a live frog, which hopped away into the 
lake, all the same as if it had not been guilty of doing 
the "Jonah act." Weather delightful. No flies. Time 
of vacation, from the 5th to the 21st of September. Lo- 
cation, Laurentian Hills, northwest of Three Rivers, P. 
Q., Canada. , . . 
PS The work of the industrious beaver was m evi- 
dence the law prohibiting interfering with him. We 
discovered two lakes within 20 feet of each other; the 
water in one was 4^ feet higher, caused by a dam built 
by the ingenious creatures. L. W. M. 
A Napoleon of Fishing. 
The Springfield Republican relates that Napoleon 
Tohndrow, of North Adams, Mass., went fishing for trout 
Sunday in the Warriner Brook, in Hawley He got a lot 
of small trout, and got caught by Deputy Game Warden 
E C Hall of Buckland, who had him before the dis- 
trict 'court' Charges for catching trout less than six 
inches in length and fishing on the Lord's day were pre- 
ferred against him. To both he pleaded guilty, and was 
fined $10 on the first count and $5 on the second. Mr. 
Hall stated that he would be satisfied with a small fine 
in each count. Johndrow has a family of seven children. 
He proved a lively sprinter when discovered by the game 
warden, and led him a smart chase of ten rods or more 
before he could be overtaken. The trout undersized 
numbered 93, and some of them were no larger than the 
fingerlings placed in streams by game clubs, the effect 
of such convictions is wide reaching, for the reason that 
other offenders will take heed thereto and be more care- 
ful In connection with Sunday fishing, the statement 
was made yesterday by a man of undoubted veracity that 
last Sunday a Greenfield wen]: ouf and caught seven 
pounds of trpuf, 
The Waters Webster Fished* 
The members of the Massachusetts Association who 
were most active in the work of stocking the State with 
quail this year, were Messrs. Reed, Kimball and Dimick. 
Mr. Reed tells us that he managed to vary his work at 
this and other things by a little trout fishing in the old 
Websterian brooks in Cape Cod. We take the liberty of 
quoting his letter, and giving with it the photos he sends 
us : 
"In my fishing," he writes, "I have had some pleasure, 
though on no afternoon have I taken more than seven ; 
A CAPE COD SUMMER HOME. 
but iii all I have taken 26 trout, weighing 30 pounds ; 
only two were under l / 2 pound, and one beauty, taken 
only six rods above tidewater, weighed 3V2 pounds. How 
old Daniel would have gloated over him ; and how good 
he was to eat, boiled, with cream." sauce. 
"Mrs. Reed goes down to the Cape with me to-morrow 
to open, formally, our little house, and Teddy goes with 
FROM THE COTTAGE PLAZZA OVERLOOKING TRIANGLE POINT. 
us. Teddy is the smallest fox terrier you ever saw, but 
the spunkiest; he has licked every dog on Commonwealth 
avenue this winter, and now is ready for woodchucks. 
Last fall I trained him on quail and partridges, and he 
did very well, but would leave their tracks every time 
for a mouse or squirrel." 
The picture of the Cape summer home shows Teddy 
in the foreground ; the other is a view from the piazza 
over Triangle Pond. 
Mr. Hughes Leads. 
Seattle, June 20. — Encouraging reports are received 
from the different fishing grounds in Western Washing- 
ton. Lake Cushman, Lake Crescent, and even Lake 
Washington, with its large stock of perch, have all pro- 
duced good sport: Most of the rivers that flow into the 
Sound are getting better as the season advances, and fly- 
casting is taking the place of salmon egg killing. 
One party got 156 trout in Cedar River last week, and 
William H. Finck took seventeen with a spoon near the 
old pumping station on Lake Washington. It is not safe, 
however, to judge general conditions by what Mr. Finck 
brings in. He has a faculty of making the fish bite when 
those in other boats are wondering what has become of 
the finny tribe. 
The luckiest of the local anglers is Edwin Hughes, of 
the Butler Hotel. He has just returned from Lake 
Cushman, where he was the guest of A. H. Anderson. 
With a 414-ounce rod he killed a 6-pound Dolly Varden 
trout. The fight lasted for thirty-five minutes, and was 
about the most exciting experience of Mr. Hughes' life. 
Last evening Mr. Hughes partook of an excellent din- 
ner with wine trimmings at the expense of A. H. Ander- 
son, the well-known local capitalist. Mr. Anderson is a 
veteran fisherman, and thought he would show his guest 
how the gamy trout of Lake Cushman and the wild-run- 
ning Skokomish River are scientifically hooked. After 
Mr. Hughes had been duly armed with a sufficient sup- 
ply of tackle to last him a year or so, including the frail 
4)4 -ounce rod, Mr. Anderson remarked in a casual man- 
ner: "Say, Hughes, I will bet you a bottle of wine that 
I beat you every day we fish." 
"All right," replied Mr. Hughes, "it is a go." Now, 
Mr. Anderson has fished from one end of the country to 
the other, and is generally credited with about as much 
skill in luring the shy trout from his shady home under 
logs and overhanging banks as he is in figuring the total 
number of feet in a section of timber after casually walk- 
ing through it. But he reckoned without his host when 
he made the bet with Mr. Hughes. Every night the 
count showed that Mr. Anderson was out a bottle of 
fizz. On the last day the big contest took place.- Now, 
Mr. Anderson is a physical giant, while Mr. Hughes is 
rather frail. 
"We will take the rapids in the Skokomish, below the 
lake," said Mr. Anderson. "It is a shame to take ad- 
vantage of him," thought Mr. Anderson to himself, "but 
I must do something to regain my lost laurels." 
In a frail canoe they shot down the river to the fishing 
ground. The water tumbled and foamed as it rushed 
along between and over the jagged rocks. In one place 
a big log, the remains of a fallen monarch, lay well out 
m the stream. With a swish the current swept over it, 
making the footing not only very insecure, but even 
dangerous. 
On this danger spot Mr. Anderson camped, while Mr. 
Hughes, handicapped, sat in the canoe disconsolate. Luck 
favored Mr. Anderson from the first cast. With a twist 
ot the wrist he landed a trout that weighed about a 
pound. Then another that tipped the scales, a little more 
came swinging in. Mr. Hughes saw defeat staring him 
in the face, and gladly accepted the invation of the In- 
dian guide to sjioot the rapids and try the sport at the 
second rushing. of the waters. 
As the canoe shot down the treacherous course, 
guided by the skillful hand of the Indian, Mr. Anderson 
smiled. He had Mr. Hughes on the hip for once in his 
life. Twelve beauties were in Mr. Anderson's creel when 
he saw the canoe coming slowly up the river. 
"Got anything?" yelled Mr. Anderson. Mr. Hughes 
held up a 4-pound Dolly Varden. 
"Who got it ?" 
"Allen, the guide," replied Mr. Hughes. Just then the 
canoe came up to where Mr. Anderson was standing, and 
to his amazement he saw a 6-pound Dolly Varden lying 
in the front end of the canoe with Mr. Hughes' fly in 
its mouth. 
In his amazement Mr. Anderson forgot all about his 
twelve little trout, the largest of which weighed only one 
pound and a quarter. He was inclined to think that 
Allen had played a joke on him, but in a private conver- 
sation said that Mr. Hughes had killed the king of the 
stream after a fight lasting thirty-five minutes.' 
"When I made the cast," said Mr. Hughes, "I got a 
bite, and it seemed to me as if I had the Butler Hotel on 
the other end of the line." 
It was an exciting time that Mr. Hughes and the guide 
had after running the first rapids. As they approached 
the second and came to the big black pool near the head 
of the swift water, Allen said to Mr. Hughes, "Cast in 
there." 
No sooner had the delicate fly touched the surface than 
there was a rush, and the frail rod almost doubled up 
under the strain. 
"Don't give him any slack," yelled the guide in excite- 
ment. Mr. Hughes was equal to the occasion, and held 
fast for the rush that was sure to come. Away went the 
monarch of the pool, and the reel clicked off the yards of 
line with a musical hum. Then Mr. Hughes took advan- 
tage of the first, signs of slowing up to make the turn. 
Slowly he brought the monarch of the pool toward the 
canoe; then came, another rush, and it was only by quick 
work that the hook was kept in his mouth. It was a 
glorious fight, but with each successive rush the struggles 
ot the captive became weaker, and finally he was 
lifted in. 
As the party went homeward, Mr. Anderson took off 
his hat to Mr. Hughes, with the remark : "Well, you 
wiped my eye every day; I acknowledge the corn." 
The two trout were .frozen in ice, brought to Seattle, 
and last evening aroused no end of curiosity and admira- 
tion- Portus Baxter. 
Fish Mortalities in Massachusetts. 
Hearing of the mortality of fish in the western part of 
the State this spring, Capt. Collins, chairman of the State 
Fish and Game Commission, sent out there Dr. George 
W. Field, formerly connected with the Institute of Tech- 
nology, but now the biologist in the employ of the Com- 
mission. Dr. Field returned this afternoon, bringing a 
specimen of a dead pickerel, showing the cause of its 
death, and having in his possession the facts about the 
mortality among the fish, which will interest people of the 
locality and sportsmen all over the State. This pickerel, 
which has been slit along the belly so as to show its in- 
terna^ condition, has upon its liver a number of small, 
roundish white spots. These are the cysts in which are 
contained the worms which cause the death of the fish. 
It is the theory of Dr. Field that the fish swallows the 
eggs of the worm. They are hatched in the stomach, pass 
into the liver, and into the walls of the stomach, where 
they encyst themselves. There they grow to be from a 
quarter to half an inch long, and develop into a lively 
white worm. Then they eat their way into the cavity of 
the body, causing death. This probably happens in most 
cases early in May or in the early summer. This particu- 
lar specimen was taken in Pontoosuc Lake in Pittsfield, 
and Dr. Field found the same trouble in Onota Lake and" 
in Cheshire Lake. It is supposed to be spread widely 
in the lakes' and streams of the State. Last year com- 
plaints of the same trouble came from Cape Ann. The 
species which are known to be affected in this way are 
pickerel, red perch, -shiners, suckers, pout and roaches. 
The fish sinks to the bottom of the water when it dies. 
In about twenty-four hours the generation of gases in the. 
body makes it float, and Dr. Field found one bunch of 
fifteen, another of three, another of four, and another of 
seven along the shore of the lake in about a half a mile. 
He rowed twice across the lake from about opposite the 
boat house of the Young Men's Christian Association, 
and found two pickerel, two red perch, and six shiners^ 
and two which he could not distinguish, floating on the 
surface of the water. This spring there has been great 
mortality among the menhaden in Narragansett Bay. 
The other day Capt. Collins and Dr. Field went there and 
saw several of the fish, apparently in their death blind- 
ness, flying around on the surface of the water, seeming 
in much pain. This trouble is supposed to come from 
some germ disease, but the cause is riot positively known 
r-Springfield (Mass.) Republican ' ■ ■ . • / 
