head and saw a brother angler, whose type can be found only 
in “Old Kaintuck.'’ With a rod longer and header than a 
Kaffir lance on his shoulder, and au old coffee-pot fuU of 
crawfish in his right hand, he stalked up to _ ll ? e ^“7 
ing ground. He attached a ’ ‘ peeler crawfish to thehookat 
the cud of a line, about the size of a wheel-band, then slick- 
ing his poplar pole into the ground he looked round at the 
Judge with a patronizing suule. boon a five-pounder jerked 
his infantile tree into the water, when, with a mighty effort 
•with both hands, he threw him out over his head. Five limes 
did that heathen throw a fine large bass over his head, ana 
five times did the Judge, by a mighty effort, restrain the 
righteous anger that boiled in his bosom. For the sixth time 
did that inhuman violator of all the rules of angling go to his 
old coffee-pot for a new “ peeler." But as he unkinked him- 
self for the sixth bass the Judge met him, tire in his eye and a 
club in his right hand. In a solemn, judicial tone, he spoke 
as follows: 
“My friend, you have murdered five fine bass this morn- 
ing, and as au officer of the State of Kentucky I am compelled 
by the unwritten law of the land to kill you ! I could stand 
fishing all the morning and catching nothing with a minnow, 
but when you come into my presence with a poplar pole 
twenty five feet long, with a line taken off your plow horse, 
and crawfish ! and catch bass and throw them over your 
head, why, you must die 1" . 
How the matter ended I know not ; but some say that the 
fellow “comp’d ” by giving the Judge all his crawfish. 
Ah, me 1 and I started to write of bass fishing, and 1 have sm 
nothing of that at all, but have let my pen wander at its own 
sweet will among the bright memories and the dearly-loved 
associations of my boyhood. I could write an article on bass 
fishiDg which should be so severely scientific that no one 
would read it. But I promise one on this superb game fish 
in which 1 shall attack everybody, and no doubt get a sound 
drubbing for my pains. Fraternally, J. W. St. Clair. 
LawtonviUe, (Ja. 
FO REST AND STRE AM 
IP* <$nme of §hess. 
Notice.— C hess exchanges, communications and solatlons s^uld bo 
addressed - Chess Editor Foassr and Stream, P. O. box 64, Woleott- 
vllle, Conn.” 
tr Remember that out Problem Tourney closes July 1, 1878. We ex- 
pect that all our friends will enter at least one set. 
Problem No. 19. 
Tourney set, No. 16. Motto: Orosslng the Danube. 
ho and he cannot give the ch at once, for the Kt would take the B, at- 
(m) The R is simply swept off without recompense. II Black taka 
the Q, mate follows In two moves, commencing with B-K6 cb. 
For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. 
CATCHING GUDGEONS (Dotted Silver- 
sides), Chirostoma Notata. 
“Despise not the day of small things;’’ therefore, wliLe your 
readers, Mr. Editor, are reveling in the recitals of your cor- 
respondents of their catches of “big fish;” how they have to 
“ play” them ; how to “ start” them from their “ sulkiness 
—to “give them the butt,” to “net,” to “gaff," and all the 
rest of fish lore, let one who has tried these devices, and lux- 
uriates in the recollections thereof, tell some of the sport of 
catching little fish. 
There are numerous fresh water streams near the city of 
Baltimore, similar to scores of others more remote— all flow- 
ing into the Chesapeake Bay or its estuaries, which are the re- 
torts of the gudgeon during its spawning season--say from 
early in April until beginning of J une. During this period 
the fish come in countless numbers, actually crowding the 
rivulets as they force against the current to their spawmDg 
beds, which are as high up the streams as they can reach. 
The first mill dam or cascade of, say three feet in height, stops 
their career. Between this barrier and tidewater is the space 
which the angler seeks, and with the smallest hooks attain- 
able, baited with gentles or earth worms, generally succeeds 
in takiDg all he desires. The fish being a delicacy of the 
table second to no other, is too highly esteemed to be reck- 
lessly thrown away, and their beauty and innocent appearance 
(this is literally a fact) appeal strongly and successfully even 
to the typical small boy, who, with his pm hook, having 
caught ten dozen, winds up his tackle and declares he has 
“got enough,” and that it is “ a shame to catch any more.” 
At some of the favorite resorts for the gudgeon, which are 
also those most accessible, may be found “the man and his 
net,” with meshes small enough to serve as a fly trap, drag- 
ging the water, thereby spoiling the anglmg and securing for 
himself a monopoly, the proceeds of which he disposes of to 
the disappointed rodfishers, whose ambition is to take home 
their baskets full and boast of their special good luck. 
Imagine a clear, sparkling brook, just before it reaches 
tidewater. Its banks carpeted with close grass, interspersed 
with the early spring flowers ; the young leaves beginning to 
cast shadows from the trees that line its banks. A good little 
company of “ nice folk," some ladies, and children a few, are 
tolerated ; then to see the least skillful draw up the “ doub- 
lets” with a gentle little scream, and the query, “ What am I 
to do with them ?”— the ready assistance of cousin John or 
uncle Tom, and the rapid recurrence of the scene, while John 
and Tom wish they could get a chance themselves to cry out 
for help from Mollie or Jennie to secure their prizes. The 
luncheon is eaten; the sun is low in the Western horizon 
(where it generally is at sun-down), and the whistle of the 
locomotive summons “ all a-board ” for home. Oh! the an- 
ticipation of to-morrow's breakfast I 
The process of preparing the fish for table i* very simple. 
The scales are so delicate as to require for their removal only 
the necessary handling to remove the gills and viscera. The 
usual mode is to cook in hot lard, butter or olive oil (the first 
Is the best), taking care to use cracker dust or corn meal suf- 
ficient to keep the fish separate. Served as hot as practicable. 
Break off the head, a touch of salt (no other condiment is per- 
missible), and two fair bites — on your part this time — and 
you have a taste of tne finest fish in our waters. 
To take these little beauties artistically, requires the small- 
est tackle to be procured. A “spreader,” to be procured 
readily at the shop, or easily made by turning loops into the 
end* of a lady’s hair-pin, admits two hooks or fine gut. A 
small float— quill preferred — good bait, and with a. light reed 
rod, the outfit is complete. 
I tThe gudgeon lingers in the tide water, near the mouth of 
the fresh brooks long after the spawning season is passed, and 
may often be taken as late as December, if the ice does not 
freeze them to deeper water. At this present time the small 
fry are just hatched, and may, by careful observation, be seen 
on the surface of the stream floating downward to seek 6uch 
quarters as instinct may dictate. Whether they remain wilh 
the adults at the head of tide, or near it, during the winter 
months, is not yet ascertained. 
Areceut issue ot your hebdomadal answers my question at 
close of article “Gudgeons,” viz., wherein is the difference 
between English “whitebait" and “American gudgeons?” The 
gudgeon caDDOt be the immature progeny of aDy other fish 
(as ihe whitebait is said to be herring, alewives, etc.), as it 
(the gudgeon) is full of spawn, and runs up stream on shoals 
(or schools) of both sexes. The young fry (about a quarter of 
an inch in leDgth) are coming down stream abundantly, and 
the season to take the mature fish is practically over by the 
first of June. N. 
Sfiv $ublic;itioiil 
White to play and give mate In three moves. 
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS— NO. 17. 
1— Kt-K3 
1— Q-K8 
1 1— 
1-Q-Q4 
2-R-B6 
2 — Any 
2— P tks Q 
2 — Any 
3— Mates 
3-Kt mates 
1— 
1— R-R2 or KtS | 
1— 
- 1-R-R9 
2— Q-Ktfi 
2 — Any 
2— B-B7 
2 -Any 
8— MateB 
3 — Mates 
1 
1— Kt tks P or 
l — K tks R 
2— Q tks Q 
2— Any (Kt-Q 
1 2 — R-BC cb 
2 — Any 
3— Mates 
1 3— Mates 
1- 
2— R (B) B6 
s— Mates 
1— Any other 
2 — Any 
White. 
Herr A. 
1- P-K4 
2- Kt-K B3 
3- Kt-Q B3 
4- PQ4 
6— Kt tks P 
6 — Kt-Kt6 (a) 
l — Kt-Q6 ch 
8— Q B-K B4 
9 — Kt-B5 ch 
10 — Q B-K KtS 
11— PtksP 
12— Kt-K3 
15— Kt-B4 (e) 
14— P tks B 
1%-B-Q2 
16 — P-Q B3 (f) 
17— B- 113 
18— P-K B3 
19— B-B2 
20— Q-Kt3 
Black. 
Herr P. 
1— P-Q B4 
2- P-K3 
3- Kt-Q, B3 
4— P tks P 
6— Kt B3 
6— B-Q KtS 
7— K-K2 
8 — P-K4 
9— K-B f q 
10— P-Ql (c) 
11— Q IKS P 
12— Q-R4 <d) 
13— B tks Kt ch 
14— Q tks P Oh 
16-Q-Q5 
16— Q-K6 ch 
17— KLQ4 (g) 
18— Q-R5 cn 
19— Q Q sq 
20— Kt-B5 
White. 
Herr A. 
21 — R-Qeq 
-P-K Kt 
Game No. 67. — SICILIAN OPENING. 
Black. 
Herr P. 
21— Q-K2 
22 — P-K lit3 
23— B-Kt2 
24— castles 
2-5— K R-K sq 
20 — R Q5 
27-K1-Q6 
25— Kt tks B 
29— R Q KtS 
30 — P-K B4 (1) 
81— P tks P 
32— R-K Beq 
33— B tks Kt 
34— R tks P 
35— P-K Kt4 
36— R-KT Ch (1) 
37— P tks Kt 
38— B Kt3 
39— P tks P 
40— Q tks R 
NOTES. 
22— Kt-Ii3 
23— P-K KtS 
24— K-KtS 
25— Q-B2 
20 — P-K B3 (h) 
27— Kt-Kt4 
23 — K R tks Kt 
29— P-Q Kt3 
30— Kt-B2 (j) 
31— P tks P 
32 — Kt-Q3 (k) 
33— Q tks B 
34— Kt-K B4 
36- Q-B6 
86— K-R eq 
37- Q-KMch 
38— K-B5 
39— R-Q sq 
Resigns (m) 
(а) The attack derived from this Bally does not turn out as strong as 
mlght^appear, if the defense answer on the seventh move, as in the 
present game; and we should, therefore, think that P-K Kt3, often 
adopted in similar situations, would also answer In the present case, e. 
g.: 6— P-K Kt3, 6— B-Q Kt5 ; 7— B-Kt2, 7— P-Q4 ; 8— P Iks P, 8— Kt tks 
P ; 9— Castles, and If Black takes the Kt with the B, White will ulti- 
mately obtain a strong attack by B-Q R3. 
(б) This move 1?, we believe, an American Invention, and Its Illustra- 
tions In the present game cannot, we believe, be quoted In evidence 
against Its tonndness, though the attack Anally succeeds. 
(c) We should have preferred Q-R4 first. White could not then an- 
swer Q-Q3, for In that case Black wonld still capture the K P with the 
Kt; and, If White defended by B-Q2 or B-Q3, then the continuation of 
P-Q4 became still stronger. 
(d) Black seems to be trifling with the danger. Surely he could, with 
greater advantage, first take the Kt with the B checking, and then ex- 
change Queens, e. g.: 12-B tks Kt oh; 1S-P tks B, 13- Q tks Q ch; 14- Kt 
tks Q, 14 — Kt-K5 ; 15-B-K2, 15— P-K B4 ; 16— P-K B8, 16— Kt-K B8 ; 17 
— B-B5 ch, 17— K B2; 18— B-B4ch, 18-B K3, etc. 
(r) Evidently the most promising resource under the circumstances, 
and apparently also sound. 
if) Time was a great object, and the attack had to be taken In band 
vigorously, otherwise Black would have forced au uncomfortable 
retreat of the Kt by B-K3. 
( 0 ) B-K B4. with the view of offering the exchange of Queens at B7 
was apparently more to the purpose. 
(h) 1'ho precursor of future trouble, for It weakens Black’s tenderest 
Dank where the K has to be defended. Wearisome as It looks, we 
should have elected to retreat the Kt from K3 to Q sq, threatening B-K3. 
(Q The way In which the Professor has accumulated minute advant- 
ages, and kept np a puzzling attack, is thoroughly admirable. The 
brilliant stroke he dealt at this point would have felled many a Btout 
adversary. 
O') But Pan’sen Is not dazzled, and coolly gives the correct answer. 
Simple as It looks, it covers combinations which were certainly ex- 
tremely difficult to see through, nad he, for instance, yielded to the 
Inviting temptation of taking the P, the game might have proceeded 
thus : 80— P tks P ; 31— B tks Kt, 31— Q tks B ; 32— R tks Kt, 32— P tks 
R ; 33— R-K7 ch, 33-K-R3 ; 34-Q-K B7, 31-R-K R sq ; 35-Q-K Kt7 ch, 
35— K-R4; 36— P-K R3, threatening to sacrifice the Q by taking the K 
R P, and winning easily. 
(t) Mr. Paulsen has confronted thebrnntof the hottest attack with 
remarkabe steadiness np to this Juncture, but now he falls to grasp se- 
curity, which we believe was within reach, though It would not appear 
clear at the first blush. He ought to have moved the R to Q-Kt sq with 
the object of making his position Impregnable by Q-Kt Q sq, unless 
White took that Kt at once. In the latter case, after the Q retaking It, 
the unmasking of White’s Q B would do no harm. The most menaclDg 
way of removing the B, was B-Q4, and then Black wonld simply take It 
off with the P, and stand the answer of Q or B tks Kt ch with impunity. 
(0 Andersseu every Inch. If the R be taken, Black's Q is lost by B-Q4 
Practical Boat Building for Amateurs. Illustrated. By 
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This Is a neat little volume published by a gentleman, blmself au ama 
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We are always glad to welcome anything in the way of professional 
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Lloyd’s Yaoht Reoistf.ii. Lloyd’s Register of British aud 
Foreign Shipping, No. 2 White Lion Court, Cornhil), 
London. James D. Leary, 73 William st., New York. 
Through the courtesy of Lloyd's London office and Mr. J. D. Leary, 
their agent at this port, we are In receipt of the new yacht register 
Just published In England. The appearance of this work signalizes the 
commencement of a new period In yacht building. Hitherto every 
builder, especially In Anjerlca, has consulted ills own notions and con- 
veniences In proportioning the scantling of bl9 yachts, the owner gen- 
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durability, and often paying tbe highest rates for work of the most 
flimsy and untrustworthy kind. The lack of some authoritative stand- 
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purchasers, we have always severely felt. Many of our yacht builders 
having started In life making small sail-boats, have not sufficiently 
readily Increased their scantlings when branching out on a large scale. 
Their lack of experience at sea, and want of examples to follow, have 
left upon almost our entire fleet the stamp of lllmslness and nnsea- 
worthlueBs. Happily the excellent standard now set np by the tables 
in Lloyd’s Register will remedy this, the most orylng evil in our fleet. 
Owners, before contracting, will have something upon which they can 
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between the class of work being delivered them and what snch work 
ought to be If brought up to the highest grade. We do not wish It to 
be inferred from this that no deviation from Lloyd’s tables are to be 
countenanced. Far from It; for our workmanship, Jolnerwork aud 
fastenings especially, are generally of a character so much superior to 
that made In England that we can well afford to slightly diminish the 
scantlings given In consideration of longer and wider material and 
the better workmanship common to American artisans. But tbe tables 
are of groat value as a definite shirting point upon which to base such 
differences as we may deem permlssable within discretion. Even after 
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