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FOREST AND STREAM. 
CURSORY JOTTING 8. 
-The award of the committee appointed to adjudicate tb© 
offered by the American Chess and Problem Association In Its Ora 
«rand problem tourney haa been made public, and rora 
third Drlze set Dr C. C. Moore (motto: "81c Transit Gloria MnndL 
^teruoon ”), 67 points ; fourth prize set, author unknown (motto : Che 
S^Sra) 60 points; fifth price «et, X. Hawkins (motto: "Fellows 
Stand Fast"). 65 points. The commlttee-Messra. Relcbelm, Elson and 
Neill all of Philadelphia— are of so well known ability that to review 
thhj tourney competition hardly seems necessary. We have fully aaU 
isoe.i ourselves that the award of the Drat prize Is open to no a.lversa- 
tivaorlilclsm , relatively considered, and it Is with considerable satisfac- 
tion that we congratulate the winner, Mr. Loyd, the famous problemist 
The award of the prize for the beat problem of the tourney to Mr. Loyd a. 
grand four mover Is very gotjd Judgment on the part of the comm ttce 
This problem will not only add to the reputation of Mr. Loyd, but also 
always rank as one of the flnest problems extant. 
-Mr. Loyd, the St. Louis Globe- Democrat says, will shortly PnbUaha 
book containing MO of hie problems. This wUl be a welcome addition, 
and still more valuable would De a book on the art of problem composi- 
tion by this great problemist. 
-Our exchanges and readers are informed that this is a season of the 
year wherein the Forest and Stream has to toe the mark, and Chess 
must, in consequence, suffer more than the other departments. There 
is no danger, we believe, of Its annihilation. 
Jw/ and i pi t'll S isl,in B- 
FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. 
the 
nameB, 
and would gladly give information that 
capture and punishment of tb °*®!!Sion Veveril Pond con- 
and will give their address on application- e j n 
these pot-hunters would he effectually disposed 
FRESH water. 
Trout, Salmo/ontinalia. 
Salmon, Salma ealar. 
Salmon Trout, Salmo confinu. 
Land locked Salmon, Salma glovert. 
Black Bass, iHcropterus salmoideJi; 
il. nigricans. . 
Mufkaiouge, if sox nobiiior. 
Pike or Ptcserel, Esox lucius. 
Yellow Perch, Perea flave«c&ns. 
BALT WATER. 
Sea Bass, Centropristria alroriua. 
Sheepsnead, Archosargus probtuo- 
eephalus. 
Striped Bass, Jloceut Unntatus. 
White Perch. Morone ainericana. 
Weakflsh, Cynoacion regaiU. 
Blucflsh, Pomatomus saitatrve. 
Spanish Mackerel. Cybium maaula- 
tum. 
Cero, Cybium regale. 
Bonlto, aarda pelamys. 
Klognsh , Mcnticirrus nebulosns. 
trout flies IN SEASON FOB JULY. 
DitUc Egg, So. 12.— Body and feet of orange aud yeUow, mohair and 
nare's ear mixed ; wings, bright hyaline, slightly mottled ; sette, same 
as wings. , 
Lightning Dug, -Vo. lO.-Body of equal parts, of dark brown, and black 
mixed lipped with yellow ; feet, of feathers from the English grouse ; 
wings 'double, ihe Inner wlDg black, the outer wing a yellow brown. 
General Hooker, Ao.9.-Body made of brlghtyellow and green, ringed 
alternately ; feet ; red hackle ; wings, of tho tall feathers of the ruffed 
** Little Claret, No. 11.— Body and feet, dark claret mohair, slightly 
tinged with blue ; wings, of the bittern, or brown hen; seta, dark 
bT Clartt Ply, A’o. 9.— Body, dark claret; feet, black ; wings, of the brown 
hen. 
Petid Green, So. lb.-Body, feet and wings, a pale green. 
Fish in Market— Retail Frioes.— Bass, 18 cents; blue 
fi8h 5 ; salmon. 20 ; maokerel, 18 ; Spanish mackerel, 15 ; green 
turtle, 10; terrapin, $18; halibut, 15; haddock, 6 ; king fish, 
20- codfish, 6; black fish, 10 ; flounders, 8; porgies, 6; sea 
base, 16; eels, 18; lobsters, 8; ebeepshead, 15; whitebait, per 
pound, $1 ; bard crabs, per 100, $3 ; eoft crabs, per dozen, SL25. 
Fish of all kinds is very plentiful. New York and its 
vicinity i 9 beginning to appreciate more thoroughly the ex- 
cellence of whitebait. Just now the demand is in excess of 
the supply. Some quite ingenious attempts have been made 
to palm off some small fish, notably spearing, on the gastro- 
nomic community, as whitebait, but the public having been 
quickly educated discard all such tricks. The new devices 
employed to secure whitebait are likely to teach us a good 
many points a 9 to the young of fish. Quite small mackerel 
and bluefish, two inches long, have been caught at Gravesend 
Bay. 
Identity of English and American Whitebait.— T o 
satisfy himself that we were blessed with the daintiest of fish, 
Mr. E. G. Blackford addressed F. J. Moore, Esq., Curator of 
the Liverool Free Public, requesting him to send to the United 
States specimens of whitebait. Under date of June 19, Mr. 
Moore writes as follows : “I have much pleasure in sending 
you a few specimens of * whitebait.’ They are contained in 
two bottles, and are from specimens purchased in our Liver- 
pool fi 9 h market. Those in one bottle were sold as ' London 
whitebait,' those in the other are from tho river Mersey- They 
are reputed whitebait as sold by respectable dealers, but have 
not been critically examined.” On examining the samples of 
whitebait, saw that the bottle with the London whitebait was 
a trifle smaller than our own. The fish are identical. 
Canada — Lower Camp, Grand River, June 22. — Great 
sport ; so far thirty-one salmon ; heaviest thirty-two pounds ; 
average, seventeen pounds. Imbrib. 
Bay Chaleur.—A New York correspondent, “Novice,” who 
has iust returned from Bay Chaleur, sends this score of salmon 
for one rod, seven days : June 14 38, 30, 24, 12—104 ; 15 : 
10 24-43; 17: 25, 18, 22, 20, 23, 25, 14-153; 18: 34, 22, 
24 24 22, 19—145; 19: 12, 24, 25, 20-87; 20 : 26,27, 12- 
OS; 21: 22, 24, 24, 24, 20, 11, 23—148; total, 38 fish; 745 
pounds. 
Eastern Townshit — Montreal, June 21. — Ash. Hubbard, of 
Magog, and myself have just returned from the “Bog’’ (East 
Branch), a fev miles north of Magog. We have a fine lot, 
and of good size. The catch of trout has been very large for 
the township this season. I wish to again call tlje attention 
of the Vermont fiehmg officers to the fact that pot-hunters 
from this side of the line are playing sad havoc amoDg the 
trout in Averil Pond. One party has some 1,200 feet of gill 
nets, that they often use in the pond, and during the spawning 
season they kul large numbers of trout. The Canadian sports- 
men in that vicinity are very indignant about this poaching, 
^ iZ 
£ter C !^ 
... v,p killed The Dear dressed over 4oUlbs., ana was 
Zut six weeks ago. This makes the eighty-fourth hear he 
vteit^w^made^the ascTnt 
£ n b e G cotm^^h^t^three'sheets of^^r^and by the *1 
Sf a glass the spires in Montreal can he seen m cl ^^ e “ th l r : 
Mr pWboye, the superintendent, and the employees o 
Waterloo and Magog R. R., do all in their power to accom- 
modate sportsmen as much as possible. Co °J in ^°S ourjnp, 
we drove^ to Georgeville, some ten miles up the lake . This is 
undoubtedly the best spot for deep Ashing on the 
being no less than eight or ten good fishing grounds J?lack 
which are the Drew Grounds, Bigelow Packard and Black 
Points, etc-, within a circuit of two miles. Lunge have been 
taken this season on these grounds weighing as high as 201hs 
and when wTleft about lOOlbs. of fish were brought m daily 
We fished in a boat on Sugar Loaf Pond, which is about 
four miles from Georgeville, and is noted for its 
The trout are small, the largest not going < S^t£h have 
are plenty and give good sport. As many as i eighty fish have 
hppn taken bv a single party in a day. lo nsn inis P ouu 
properly one should go prepared ‘to stay two or three days, 
and P either camp out or stay at one of the two log cabins on 
the shore. We would advise camping. By reason of un- 
favorable weather did Dot make a arge catch, but we are 
satisfied that there are plenty of trout in the pond. From 
Georgeville we drove to Newport, Vt^ where there is good 
lunge fishing and excellent sport among the pickerel. Trout 
fishing is scarce, and we would not advise a stronger to g 
to Vermont with that idea as there is a State law prohibiting 
fishing without a permit, as we understood it. At bLAI- 
bans and Burlington we were informed of good fishing in 
the neighborhood, but cannot vouch for it from 
perience On Lake George some trout are being taken We 
made no large catches while in the townships, 
we always could catch some fish. Every one tried to put us 
in the way of sport, and we feel sure that others would be 
treated in the same way. ^ 
from time to time. But we would not advise that this 
method of feeding be followed out. At the period of Mr. 
Blackford’s annual trout show, a two pound cultivated trout 
with a mouse inside of him might not be relished by the bon 
vivants who pay a dollar a pound for him. 
Arabian Nights Fisherman. — The glorious days of the 
Arabian story-tellers have come again. Here is a modest tale 
in confirmation from Dubuque, Iowa, June 24, 11:30 a. m. : 
A fisherman caught a catfish (channel) weighing three bun- 
dred and twenty-one aud a half pounds (321$), bend, "4 
inches in length, 15$ inches in width, having a turtle in his 
stomach weighing 13 pounds, a brass watch and a tapeworm 
I 36 feet long. J - L - c - 
Fishing Tackle.— You conceit that the fly you have been 
usinc for the last half hour has no attraction for the trout. 
You want to change. You dive into your old-fashioned fly. 
book and in your excitement drag out, instead ot one fly, a 
half-dozen of them, and they are all mixed up and taDgled. 
Now, had the angler one of the “ Hyde Clip fly books where 
each and every fly is kept separate, such as Messrs Wm. Mills & 
Son of No 7 Warren street, sell, no such trouble could arise, 
For’ complete outfits for bass and trout fishing we can particu- 
larly recommend the work of this house. There is what this 
firm calls their- No. 2 outfit. Here is a three-piece, full 
mounted fly rod, of lancewood middle and tip, with a neat 
rubber click reel, twenty-five yards of oiled silk line, a dozen 
1 first-class trout flies, a dozen hooks on gut, a leader and a fly- 
book all for $10. For $20 Messrs. Mills & bons will let the 
angler have a full-mounted black bass rod, with all the rig- 
ging All these rods are as good as care in finish and choice 
in selection of material can make them. Of six-strip split bam- 
boo fly rods an infinite variety is offered, costing from $17 to 
$30. 
Fishing Steamers.— The proprietor of the mills of the 
American Net Co., Boston, having written to our Shelter 
Island correspondent, asking the effect upon the fish of the 
fishing steamers employed in the bunker fisheries there, he 
says in reply : 
“ The steamers that do not seem to alarm or break up the 
schools any more than do tho sailing vessels are propellers, 
and move but with little noise. As soon as the fish are seen 
the steamer is stopped at a remote distance, the two boats 
with their seine are manned and start in pursuit. The school 
is surrounded and taken ; the steamer is brought along side of 
the boats and the catch transferred to the vessel, which re- 
turns without delay to the factory. Notwithstanding the 
great number of vessels and steamers engaged in this business 
(and there must be as many as fifty such in these waters) the 
numbers of bunkers do not seem to suffer any perceptible de- 
decr#ie, and they are as plenty as ever. But as 1 said in a 
previous letter, the sailing craft work at great disadvantage 
and the steamers are so much more successful that it is likely 
that sail in most cases will be superseded by steam. A steamer 
carries a crew of ten men, viz., one engineer, a cook and eight 
boatmen, and of course is moreexpensive than a sailing craft, 
but the success is so much greater that steam will have to be 
used. The bunker fislimg has but little or no effect upon 
the taking of food-fish, but the numbeiless pounds j*TIi 
line these shores catch up most of the food-fish and greatly in- 
terfere with the hand-line committee. Isaac MoLbllan.” 
Massachusetts — Boston. — Mr. E. M. Messenger, the pro- 
prietor of the Bromfield House, 55 Bromfield street, Boston, 
Kceived from Luther Hayes, Esq. of the New Hamp- 
shire Fish Commission, eight beautiful hiack ba^, the 
largest of which weighs about three pounds. They are all 
livfly and doing well and are to be exhibited in the windows 
of the Bromfield House, where the lovers of bass fishmg <»n 
daily study their habits aDd movements. They already show 
a decided preference for the live minnow as an article of diet. 
Greenwood LAKE.-The hotels are rapidly filling up. 
The Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railway have reduced 
the fare from New York to Lake from $2.75 to $2 excursion 
ticket. There is every prospect that the railroad will be ex- 
tended at least to the head of the lake, if not further, before 
the close of the season. 
West Virginia, near Roncerverte, June 24.— Last week a 
companion and myself went into Nicholas County, and fished 
the Cherry and Laurel rivers. With fly and bait we took 401 
fine trout. 
Stray Notes from the Editor — Kanawha Falls, West 
Virginia, June 29.— The black bass are just beginning to show 
up. I spent this a. m. at the Falls, just at the town, and took 
fair bass and white perch. I have seen the head of an 8$ lb. 
bass. Pike perch are common here in March, and it is a de- 
lightful spot for anglers and shooters. Mountain trout all 
around in large numbers. Good hotel. Hal. 
Kennebec Association for the Protection of Fish and 
Game.— Our thanks are due to the secretary, R- B. Capen, 
Esq., fora polite invitation to a piscatorial fete at Cobbosse- 
contee Lake on the Fourth of July. 
Mice and Trout.— A gentleman just from the Adirondack 
region gives us the following information. Fishing in the 
head waters of West Canada Creek, Hamilton County, in the 
streams well known to certain trout, no fish would rise to the 
fly. Feeling certain that fish were there, a sinking bait was 
used and trout were readily caught. In opening some of 
them, the fish were found to be gorged with mice. In one 
trout of 1{ pounds two mice were found, and one of six 
ounces bad a mouse inside of it. The veteran of the party, 
the guide, told the story that some years ago he had taken 
twenty-two trout, and that many of the larger ones contained 
mice. This circumstance— not exceptional, of course— was 
accounted for by the fact that the winter having been an un- 
usually open one, beech nuts had been in extraordinary quan- 
tity, and hence the woods were alive with mice. The om- 
nivorous characteristic of trout are well known. Their feline 
instinct, then, as mouse catchers may be positively asserted. 
Perhaps cultivated trout might have a fat mouse thrown them 
For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. 
BASS AND BASS FISHING. 
second paper. 
T HE most remarkable thing about fish and fishing is the 
few anglers who ever notice the markings of their game, 
and who, having noticed them, can give a lucid idea ot their 
distinguishing characteristics. With the exception of Audu- 
bon, Wilson and Thoreau, our naturalists are very rare. Lot 
that there are not abundance of men who can give you all 
the markings of a brown thrush or a blue jay, who could not 
tell a bream from a black perch to save their lives. They 
think it beneath their dignity to fish or to write about fish. 
With such would-be naturalists this paper has nothing to do. 
With the sole exception of Charles Haliock, Esq., and WiUhni 
Henry Herbert, no writer haa thought proper to write of the 
game and food fishes of North America. Herbert was a poet 
naturalist, and gave us some good points in his “ Fish and 
Fishing,” but he knew next to nothing of bas9 ; for I doubt if 
he ever caught a Western baas, beside which all other game 
fish, in my estimation, are as nothing. Herbert speaks in 
three places of the striped bass of the Passaic River. They 
were simply small sea bass. We shall find in fresh water 
fishes an analogical counterpart in the ocean. For example, 
the bream is the fresh water ebeepshead The same shy, 
nibbling bite ; the same gallant conduct when hooked, and 
often the same mai kings. But this paper Las to deal with 
bass, and principally with striped bass, not the great, lumber- 
ing fellow who lies in full ten fathoms of salt water, aud has 
to be dragged out of the depths by main force and with a liand 
line ; but a clean, active game fish that never saw salt water 
and could not live in it, should he he so very unfortunate as 
to come into the “briny." 
Our fish, then, is sui generis ; he is the counterpart of the 
sea basB, and only a naturalist can tell the difference. (In my 
humble way I claim to know something of natural history ]. 
Well, mark well, here is the difference : The 6tripes are pre- 
cisely alike, or nearlj r so; the general shape of the fish the 
same, but the gentleman who lives in fresh water has a smaller 
mouth, and he is broader in proportion to this length than hia 
salt water congener, and the anal fin is much broader and the 
tail is not quite so much forked. I send you a drawing from 
memory. 8o very small is the mouth of this fish that a No. 7 
salmon hook is the only one upon which you can depend ; aud 
even then you will fail to hook specimens that weigh under 
two pounds. There are but few streams in the West that con- 
tain this noble fish : the Green River in Kentucky, all tho 
streams of Missouri that empty into the Missouri, and the tale 
is told. The Merrimac, about fifteen miles below St. Louis, 
contains the finest that I ever saw ; for, while in the Greene 
River a striped bass that weighs five pounds is considered an 
exceptionally large one, I have caught them in the Merrimac 
weighing full seveD pounds. A bold biter and a hard fighter, 
this fish affords to the true angler some of his rarest hours oj 
enjoyment. I remember once, in the autumn of 1857, that 1 
went upon the Merrimac for a day with the striped bass. My 
companion was a retired Indian fighter and Rocky Mountain 
hunter. In equipment and outfit in those days I was a d . noi- 
sed angler of the first water. Old Jim, the hunter, had a 
