FOREST AND STREAM. 
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he had bten hunting fora farm-house fori 
could not find one. A few years since a hey W ester located 
on Cape Sable and engaged in the culture of cabbages and 
pfneanples He prosed, but one day a hurricane came 
along and washed his family and improvements Inland. For 
the benefit of cruisers, I nmy remaiktbat aerial whirligigs 
never occur during the winter months, and the only cause of 
Sable (a navigable stream) with the intention of camping, i 
landed on a sand bank, but such landing was made a few 
weeks too soon, for I was greeted by a cloud of sand flies, and 
mvriads of insects, which immediately instituted phlebotomiz- 
ing operations. When entering the creek a small schooner 
beTomung to Dr. R. Harris, of Key West, was seen working 
to the northward, and I followed. She entered and anchored 
for the night in Shark River, and I made fast to her stem. 
The entrance to Shark River can he easily found, for on its 
southern side there is a projecting point, densely covered 
with tall mangroves. In this connection I have a shark yarn 
to spin, but as it is too fishy for this issue I will keep it for 
the next. Al. Feesco. 
For Forest and Stream and Bod and Gun. 
A SUMMER VISIT TO THE GULF OF 
ST. LAWRENCE. 
and Gaspe, though renowned for fishing, offers no induce- 
ments to^sf a shore or marsh fowl, as the hfcnW 
abrupt. The notorious island of Auticost, J 
sixty miles distant, and to us lonely, desolate s l ores the 
imagination strains Us gaze, and enhyens them it 
tribes which have winged their way to the undisturbed soli 
tudes of their northern breeding grounds. 1pr 
There is now, fortunately, a semi-monthly moil s ™ ner 
leaving for Anticost and the southern coast of Labrador, 
called here the north shore; but we arrive, unfortunately, 
just twelve hours too late, and thus lose our chances i in her 
for a passage. The disappointment, however, is reversed on 
learning that Mons. Le Boutillier himself is on the > point of 
leaving in his own vessel for an inspection of his sevtra 11 Ish 
ing st id ions on Anticosti and Labrador, thereby following m the 
wake of the departed mail boat, and making withal a more 
extended round of visits. W o share with him the cabin of Ins 
cleauand neat vessel, and also in virtue of his social hospitality 
mnn* ; little unmentionable luxuries, not included in the regu- 
lar bill of fare, which limits the prescribed liquids to coffee ana 
ten. The wind and tide are fair, a soft summer breeze swells 
the sails of the white winged craft, the bold promontory ot 
Ships Head is rounded, and soon fades in the misty hori- 
zon, while the good southwest wind carries us, toward noon, 
in front of Griffin cove, a little fishing settlement thirty miles 
north of Gaspe. . 
rr^HE securely sheltered and romantic harbor of Gaspe is 
1 situated on the easternmost promontory of the Province 
of Quebec. A weekly steamer from Montreal calls here regu- 
larly during the season of open navigation, and a jolting old 
cart, called for courtesy's sake a mail coach, filled the inter- 
mediate gaps of postal communication. There was a time 
when Gaspe had the monopoly of the vast trade in fish, which 
then abounded in incredible masses at the mouth of the great 
St. Lawrence. There was a time when sails of various sized 
fishing and trading craft could be counted by the hundreds, 
riding safely at their anchors on the glassy surface of this 
picturesque bay, but these glories are now only memories of 
the past, never to be revived, and buried from the hour when 
the steel tape of the intercolonial road monopolized the bulk 
of the trade between Quebec and Halifax. The noise and 
bustle once animating Gaspe are gone, the lazily-winged sea- 
gull dips her pointed pinions with a restored sense of security 
into the green water of this fairy nook, now but seldom ruffled 
bv the cleavin* 1 stroke of the oarsman, and the cormorant has 
no pursuers to fear, as he wings his way each morning and 
night to aDd fro the steep rock of Perce which houses his 
him gry brood. A few trading schooners an accidental fish- 
ing mack, and the weekly arrival of the mail steamer alone 
impart some liveliness to the scene, so much more charming to 
him who flies from the noise of the great cities to these calm, 
ocean realms, where Dature alone rules supreme. „ . 
The steamer had delayed just long enough at Perce to 
afford us a passing glimpse of its famous rock.w.th its feaaie ed 
inhabitants, and enters toward afternoon the undulating 
embouchcrt of the Dartmouth, St. Johns and A ork rivers, 
which bury here their fresh crystal floods into the bosom of 
their great parent. It is, no doubt, owing to their agency, 
continued throughout ages, and aided formerly by a powerfu 
ally ice — that the bay resembles somewhat the hi^c ternunal 
funnelof a great glacier, which would have found sufficient slope 
for onward movement from the mountains beyond, which, 
even now, after all these denuding influences, still tower up 
toward the clouds. The history of the dim past is written 
here with imperishable characters upon the hard rock, jutting 
out seaward upon the honey-combed coasts, and the flat-top- 
ped hills facing the shore. They tell us of the great changes 
which they have witnessed; how there was a time when mas- 
sive walls of moving glaciers extended beyond the green 
waters which now separate Nova bcotia from it ; bow, again, 
this frigid barrier slowly sank beneath the level of the ocean, 
and slowly emerged from its watery grave, with its memoirs 
written upon the surface of its hard rock by the tracing pencil 
of living ice, such as is recorded still in the mountainous 
gorges of the Switzen Alps. The eye, as the steamer moves 
ahead from point to point, never grows weary of reading 
the pages of this stony library of nature. It views huge, deep 
groovings sculpturing the coast line, which soon will recede 
whenever overhanging rocks are undermined, still more by 
the yet active wearing power of the breakers and drift ice. 
The little town at the foot of this ancient glacial gorge is 
reached at last. It is scattered picturesquely about the 
sloping hills of the bay, which is here hardly a nnle wide. 
The bouses are unostentatious, clean and neat, and the resi- 
dence of Mons. Le Boutillier alone, surveying from its im- 
posing eminence the little dwellings beneath it, givesevidence 
of what wealth may do when combined with taste. There are 
only a few craft lying at the wharfs and midstream. They 
are owned by this gem leman, who controls the fishing inter- 
ests of tliis whole section of the Dominion, aDd who, by means 
of his sagacity and activity, has become a sort of an aquatic 
patriarch over hundreds of families, who look to him exclu- 
sively as the great absorbent and transformer of their finny 
gains into the necessities and comforts of their clean and 
frugal homes. Beyond these and the graceful contour of the 
government surveying steamer, “Lady Head,” taking in 
needed supply of coal, nothing indicates any communication 
with the busy world beyond. The place, however, is gradual- 
ly becoming a summer resort of the tourist, since his .Excel- 
lency Lord Dufferin has the fishing privileges of the 1 ork 
river, which, as a devoted sportsman, he annually visits with 
his numerous retinue. His precepts are followed by Mr. * red 
Curtis of Boston, who is known on these shores wherever a 
salmon will take the fly. and who never fads to reap the 
cream of sport of the lovely Dartmouth, of which be is the 
lessee. It is through the kindness of this gentleman that we 
enjoy while at Gaspe commodious quarters and a well lur- 
nished table. . „„„ 
We had thuB far in vain searched the coast from the Bay 
des Chaleurs for the breeding grounds of the swarms ot birds 
which left us with early spring for their northern breeding 
grounds. We encountered only here and there scattered col- 
onies of gulls, cormorants, gannets.and puffins, which burrow 
into the soft, yielding covering of the earth-like promontories 
and islands all along the sea cost. Our baggage is still bulky 
from the great amount of unused ammunition, which has 
awaited in vain a fair field for expenditure. The marshes 
and flats near the sea shore present here in August an even 
more lmely aspect thanaloDg the line of the Chesapeake Bay, 
where the visitor may look for a fair bag of godwit and rad ; 
SALMON IN THE MISSISSIPPI. 
The Secretary of the American Fish Cultural Association 
has received the following letter from W. W. McDowell, 
Esq , of Memphis, which sets at rest the question as to 
whether the Salmo quinnat are now in the Father of Waters. 
The introduction of the salmon in the Mississippi is mainly 
due, then, to Mr. McDowell, and all fish cultures will 
doubtless unite with us in congratulating this gentleman on 
this important event, which is entirely due to him. Now let 
a law be passed— if such does not exist— prohibiting the 
catching of salmon in the Mississippi or its tributaries for the 
next three years. A close season until 1880 is what is wanted. 
As to these salmon being ripe in February and March, as 
stated by Mr. McDowell, circumstances may have changed 
somewhat the habits of the fish. We shall await the opinion 
of Professor Baird in regard to this : 
Memphis, Tbnn., March it, is. 8. 
To the Secretary of American Fish Cultural Association: 
Dear Sir— Your letter of inquiry of the 12th ult. Is received and 
read, and I take pleasure In responding. 
Early In December. 1S75, 1 applied to Professor Spencer F. Baird to 
plant some young California salmoi In Wolf River, near Memphis. 
Professor J. W. Milner replied that he had a large quantity at the 
U s ffatchiDg House in Michigan, but ha-1 no money to pay for their 
distribution, and that If I would pay the expense of sending them he 
would send them at once. The fish arrived here on the Mth Decem- 
ber 1876, and 1 paid the expense-»lG5. The Osh were placed n 
Wolf River about two miles from ts mouth. This river empties Into 
the Mississippi River, In the northern pari of the City of Memphis. 
When the Osh were placed In the river the Mississippi River was 
higher than the man* of Wolf, and if the young fry 
stream as soon as they were placed In the river, they went down the 
'‘lirsprInTouJ'oshermen reported a few salmon here, but I did not 
see any. But within the lust thirty days I have seen a good many at 
our Osh market. They are caught every day near the mouth of Wolf 
River They weigh from one half pound to two pounds. 
Thought one that weighed one and a half pounds. It measured 
nearly is inches in length, and was 9 inches around the body. It bad 
spots upon its sides, which remin 'ed me very much of the spots > upon 
anittlesnake. I never saw a California salmon, unless these are. and 
therefore 1 cannot say whether they are or not. I have arranged, 
however, to send one to Professor Baird, which will se'tlethe matter 
I am inclined to the opinion that they are the same fleh placed In Wolf 
River, because, If they were only passing here, they would not be 
caught here every day for thirty days. 
One of them which I bought was almost ripe for spawning , and If 
the California salmon only spawn In the faU, thts fact won, d throw 
doobt upon my view of their origin. 
One thing is certain : 1 never saw their like before. ^ 
Yonrs, truly, * ' 
The Salmon in the Hudson.— In our last issue we gave 
some brief account of a salmon said to have been found in the 
North River near Peekskill. Our correspondent is good 
enough to give us full particulars. We think there can be no 
doubt but that the fish caught was a salmon: 
F.nrroR Forest and Stream : . 
Your letter of the 15th asking for further particulars in re- 
gard to the salmon lately captured in the Hudson near our 
Ullage is received. In reply . would say, first, that it was 
taken in a seine not sieve a9 printed. It was caught by Henry 
Conklin and sold to Messrs. Bedell & Crook, fish dealers, and 
it was while in possession of said firm that I saw and l ex- 
amined it. They thought it a female which had finished 
spawning, and were confirmed in their belief on dressing the 
fish. It presented all the characteristics of the salmo salar in 
the spawning seasoD, including the peculiar cartilaginous 
hook growing from the lower jaw. Judging from its size the 
fish should have weighed from twelve to fifteen pounds, but 
as I said before, it was in very poor condition, the flesh being 
soft and flabby and the color not so rich and deep as in a fresh 
run salmon. It had been purchased before I saw it by the 
pastor of one of our churches, who tells me that he did not 
know of what Bpecies the fish was when he bought it, but that 
it proved fine eating, with a decided trout fiavor Have made 
arrangements to secure for you a D y smaller one of this kind that 
may be taken ; but they are rarer now than they were a year 
ago I bear that the fishermen, not knowing the fish, have 
been in the habit of throwing away the smaller ones, but do 
not think they will do so in the future. Hoping it may not 
be many years before the capture of this noble Mi » 
beautiful Hudson will be a frequent occurrence, I remain 
yours, very truiy, 
Peekskill , N. Y., March, 22. 
Salmon Fry.— M r. E. G. Blackford has had, rather on ex- 
hibition than on sale, a number of small salmon consigned to 
him from Peoria, Illinois. Th< bj fish were hatched from the 
eg 4 of the California salmon in 1875, and are some six inches 
long, weighing about ^ pound each. These fish are the over- 
stock of certain ponds in Peoria, 111. It seems a pity to 
waste the fish, as they ore not good to eat, being tasteless and 
Poor- 
Sai-mo Quinnat.— Mr. A. F. Clapp, whoso excellent arti- 
cles in the Sunbury Gazette on fish culture and the laws gov- 
erning game in the various States have excited so much inter- 
est, Informs us that the Salmo quinnat deposited this spring, 
in the Sinnemahoning (one of the largest tributaries of the 
Susquehanna), are doing quite well. 
California Trout in tiie East.— The following letter 
from Seth Green, Esq., furnishes interesting and gratifying 
news. We believe this is the first instance where spawn have 
been taken from California mountain trout in the East. Pos- 
sibly we are to enjoy a new sensation one of these days in 
new varieties of hybrids, which will afford pleasure to the 
palate and sport to the angler : 
P Rochester, N. Y., March 19, 187S. 
Mr, Editor Two years ago the California Fish Commissioners sent 
us some California mountain trout spawn. We raised quite a good 
percentage of them, and now they are In a thriving condition In one of 
our ponds, at the New York State Hatching Establishment, Caledonia. 
On the 14th of March they commenced spawning. We have crossed a 
lew hundred of them wlihonr native brook trout, and should think the 
hybrids would make a go -d flsh for our waters ; but time will tell. 
The California trout are a hardier Osh than ours, and more easily 
^We'have made other crosses this season, of the results of which more 
will be said another time. Yours, Seth Green. 
White Trout— Ludlow Trout Ponds.— Bdtlor 
and Stream: It is a common thing in every trout hatching 
season to find an endless variety of deformed trout, such as 
double-headers nnd crooked backs, etc. But this Mason na- 
ture has taken a fancy to try something new, or at lea st it is 
new to me. I have now in our hatching house about dO.UUU 
brook trout fry of this year’s hatching, and amoDg them I 
have two (2) trout that are white, oh a very light cream color; 
they are perfect in form. They were hatched about the first 
of January and commenced feeding the 1-th of February, 
and they are growing and doing as well as the rest. Have 
you ever seen or heard of aDy white brook trout before ? 
I would like to hear. ^ B. Freeburo, Supt. 
Ludlow, McKean Co., Pa., March 20. 
We never have seen or heard of white brook trout. Wil. 
our fish-breeders be kind enough to report. We have seen 
light pink and cream-colored goldfish (carp). —Ed. 
—Fifty thousand salmon trout were placed in Greenwood 
Lake on the 22d inst. ioa«a 
United States Commission.— The Davy of the United 
States Fish Commission, consisting of a small fleet of scows, 
fitted up for the purpose of hatching shad at Avoca, near the 
mouth of the Roanoke River, Albemarle Sound, took their 
departure from Baltimore in tow of tugs last week. The 
steam apparatus devised by Major FergusoD, the Maryland 
Commissioner, is employed. 
—One of our Nashville, Tenn., correspondents has been 
shown a young jack, the product of some eggs (of the Virginia 
species of jack) deposited some months ago in the reservoir by 
Major G. F. Akers, of this city. 

Wisconsin.— Alfred Palmer, Fish Commissioner of Wis- 
consin, writes us as follows : 
“ We shall plant in the public waters *of Wisconsin this 
year about ten millions of white fish, three millions of lake 
trout, and two hundred thousand brook trout. 
ttntl 
Una and the Lion. — An unusual fancy that of Mrs. M. 
E. Lincoln, a Boston lady, who lias for her household pets 
two magnifioent African lions. Well behaved lions they are 
too ; perform their mistress’ bidding with unswerving obedi- 
ence, but always with becoming dignity ; go through a variety 
of tricks, afid conduct themselves, in all respects, as civilized 
lions should do. Before the Boston police interfered, these 
pets had the free range of the whole house and the gardeD. 
Now they are confined to one room, with a run in the yard. 
Our ideals of pets are these two great, good-natured brutes. 
But we must confess we fear that some day their lion nature 
may arouse. Sirs. Lincoln has done a great thing for us in 
showing the influence of woman’s kindness over the fiercest 
brute creation. Nothing excites in us greater indignation 
than the sight of the poor, scared beasts of the menageries 
shrinking and cringing before the hot irons of their keeper. 
We shall study with interest Mrs. Lincoln’s experiment, 
of which she has kindly written us, as follows : 
54 Howard St., Boston, March 16, 1878. 
Editor Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun : 
I have two African lions, male and female, named respec- 
tively “ Willie ” and “ Marthy.” I originally possessed four 
cub lions, but lost two in raising them when they were quite 
vouDg. “Willie" was bom in Houston street, N. Y., June 4th, 
187G and “Marthy” was one of another litter, born three 
days' later, corner Eighth avenue and Forty-ninth street, New 
^ From tlie day they were born I have had sole charge of 
them. I at first brought them up on a child’s nursmg bottle, 
but they have long since changed from ’ 
meat, which they eat from my naked band. them the 
twenty-one months old, and good judees pronoun - 11 
handsomest pair of lidns ever raised m this county, ana 
probably the only pair of African lions “}“ d 
1 1 “ Willie” weighs about two hundred and fifty pounds, anu 
