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MISSISSIPPI CANINE PRODUCE. 
Corinth, Miss., April 37, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
The coming dog of this section will be out of Mr . Ben Holladay's cel- 
ebrated dog Jack and my bitch Nora- pointers. Jack ia tbe best corn* 
dotr by long odds I oversaw In the field; an astonishing ranger, 
splendid nose, mid as staunch os a rock, and on singjp birds as careful 
as a dog can be, and yet not too slow; drops to shot, and 
Is by fur the best single bitd dog in this part of the State; lemon and 
white, a large and elegantly formed dog. Nora is a liver and white, 
large and a model in form; is the finest ranger for a bitch I ever Saw, up- 
headed, and as graceful as a deer In all hor movements. She is, next to 
Jack, the best covey dog I ever saw, splendid nose and staunch as Jack ; 
a little too fast for single birds, but will find more of them than most 
dogs She makes the prettiest standi ever saw adog make; graceful 
in every ottitnde she takes, no dog can be stauncher. Jack was sent a 
hundred miles by rail to me to meet Nora. He Is half-brother to my 
hitch, Kate, by Col. Chas. Daniels' Old Ned, said to bo the best dog in 
the State. 1 sent Capt. Taylor, then with Forest and Stream, the 
pedigree of these dogs. (j u von. 
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FISH IN SEASON IN MAY. 
Trout, Salino fonUnaUs. Salmon Trout. Raima conjlnls. 
Salmon, Raima talar . Shad, A lam. 
Grayling, thy m alius tricolor. Land-locked Salmon, balmo Gloveri 
Black Bass, micvopUms nigricans. 
Black Bass fishing is permitted In New Jersey on and after May 1st; in 
New York, May 30th; Ohio, May 3d; In New England and Pennsylvania, 
June 1st. 
Fish in Market. — Fish still coutinuc plentiful and low 
priced. North River shad, contrary to the apprehensions 
of the fishermen, are very abundant; roe shad bring 35 
cents and the male fish 20 cents. In fact each year 
the demand for roe shad increases and the males are 
difficult to sell at any price. Very few Connecticut River 
shad have been received as yet, and tbe price they bring is 
not very much beyond that of North River; the plentiful 
supply of the latter keeping prices down. On last Friday 
the first catch of fresh mackerel arrived, one schooner 
bringing 10.000 aud another 7,000. By Saturday night they 
were all sold at $18 to $20 per hundred. The dog fish have 
appeared off Sandy Hook and tho Long Island shore, and 
in consequence the codfish have all disappeared. Smacks 
aro now obliged to go further east for a supply, and for the 
next month our supply of cod will come mostly from Nan- 
tucket. Penobscot salmon are arriving slowly and sell for 
$1 per pound; Nova Scotians bring 80 cents. A few 
glieepshcad have been received from Norfolk, Va., and sell 
for 40 cents per pound. Halibut are plentiful at 16 cents; 
very large lots of striped bass, weighing from 5 to 50 pounds 
each have been received from Edenton, N. C, ; these fish 
are full to bursting with spawn; price 18 cents per pound. 
j Brook trout remain unchanged in price and the market is 
well supplied. 
— We have received a letter from the Adirondack suburbs, 
dated May 1st, iu which the writer informs us that the ice 
iu tho Saranac Lake varies still in thickness from 14 to 18 
inches, and that the snow is quite deep in the woods yet. 
Sportsmen proposing visiting that region need not be iu a 
hurry to reach there until about the 20th or later. We shall 
be telegraphed to immediately when the ice disappears 
from the Saranacs, and will publish the same for the ben- 
efit of the impatient and those who hold places on the anx- 
ious scat. 
—Tho Fenton House, at No. Four, Watson, Lewis county, 
N. Y., so long and favorably known to the sportsmen who 
love the wilderness, has changed hands. Tho property 
owned by Mr. C. Fenton, who was horn aud brought up 
on the place, and who has fished and hunted the waters 
and woods iu its vicinity, has been bought by Mr. Cheney 
Green, of Spriugfleld, Mass., who intends making exten- 
sive improvements tho coming Summer, so .that it will be 
one of the best wilderness homes in the Adirondacks. Mr 
Fenton remains in charge till Fall, when he retires with 
tho best wishes of numerous friends, who have enjoyed 
themselves many happy hours under his roof. 
Adirondacks— Saranac Luke , April 26, 1875.— Your 
paper comes to hand regularly every Saturday. We arc 
looking for a speedy disappearance of tho ice in the lakes; 
expect them to open some time next week. The ice is 
very soft, and is hardly safe to travel upon ou foot. The 
Winter has been long and eevere, and the ice in some places 
fully three feet thick. The roads are in splendid condi- 
tion. having dried with great rapidity. Martin, Bartlett, 
Paul Smith, and the Prospect House will be ready for 
guests as soon as they come. The Prospect, ou the Upper 
Sarauac, will be kept, by a Mr. Vanarnaui, a true sports- 
man as well as a genial landlord. It will be a good place 
to stay. The sportsmen will be welcome after the long 
and lonely Winter. Those who eDjoy good fishing will do 
well to come early. E. C. E. 
—Messrs. Abbey & Imbrio, successors to Andrew Clerk 
«fc Co., have opened a new salesroom for anglers' tackle at 
No. 77 Fulton street. 
— Bass are biting in the Potomac. The Washington 
Sportsman saj's that they are being caught by the dozen at 
Great Falls, weighing sometimes as high as four pounds. 
Fish Laws in Ontario, — Close time for white fish No- 
vember 10th to December 1st; salmon trout October 15lh 
to December 1st; brook or speckled trout, September 15th 
to January 1st; tresh water herrings, October 15th to De 
cember 1st; black bass, May 15th to June 15th; pickerel 
(doree) or maskiuonge, April 15th to May 15th. Net fishing 
without license is prohibited at all times. 
The Fisheries. — The dullness of other branches of 
business throughout the country will have a tendency to 
send more people on mackereling trips this summer than 
ever before, and the consequence will be that a majority of 
flret-elRSB men will be engaged in this very Important 
branch of the fisheries. The number of fishing arrivals 
for the week ending April 30th, was twenty-six, twenty- 
one from Georges and five from the Grand Banks. The 
Georgesmen have brought in an aggregate catch of 450,000 
pounds codfish and 55,000 pounds halibut. Sales yesterday 
at $3.50 per cwt. by tbe trip, for Bank, and $4 for Georges. 
On Tuesday Georges sold for $10 per cwt , and first Bank 
arrivals for $6 25 aud $3.50.— Ca/w Ann Advertiser, May 1. 
THE NEPIGON REGION OF LAKE SU- 
PERIOR. 
Troy, N. Y., April, t?73. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
It seems to me that the ‘'pleasures of memory” are more largely en- 
joyed by the true sportsman than auy other class ol pleasure seekers, 
and the reasons for this are to be found partly in the enjoyment of sport 
in the abslracl, which becomes almost a passion with those of us who 
have Inherited It from a long Hue of ancestral NirarodB, and partly in the 
concomitants of such sport to those who are honest lovers of nature, for 
it is only tho ignoblo pot hnntcr that can soo no beuuty In groen fields 
and shady brooks (especially when the latter have trout In them), In tho 
birds of the air and beasts of tho field, whon not snngly stowed away In 
a game bag, the ouly position which our friend of tho pot (to which I 
trust hols ever hastening) loves to regard them. On tho othor hand, 
bow often the recollections of ball room triumphs to the man of fashion, 
or boisterous times over the flowing bowl with boon companions, carry 
along with them memories of headaches and hoartachcs, of mined 
morals and chronic dyspepsia? This strain of thought was started this 
morning os I busied myself jotting down for my own pleasure, if not for 
the delight of yoor readers, a few notes from my journal of a trip un- 
dertaken several years ago to tho Nepigon River on the north shore of 
Lake Superior. To preface what I have to say I must Htate that wo 
(that is, myself and fratcr,) had heard such fabulous (ales of tho fishlug 
in this very impracticable portion of the Dominion, albeit recounted by 
a gentleman as distinguished for Ills learning as for his untiring hospi- 
tality; whoso generous virtues are wasting their fragrance ou the desert 
air of Sault Sto. Marie, or in less elegant American, the “Soo," that wo 
determined to test tho authenticity of theso reports as soon as we wore 
satisfied that old Sol had again asserted his supremacy over tho hills and 
valleys of that northern region. Accordingly with tho ready help of onr 
friend, wc soon accomplished the necessary arrangements incident to a 
camping out expedition, not forgetting that we were bound for a country 
absolutely incognita to all mankind, excepting tho trappors in the em- 
ploy of the Iludsou Buy Compnny. and a conple of parties of whites who 
ascended the river some years before for fishing purposes, and left their 
testament recorded on the rocks flanking the pools, to which they gave 
their names. 
On tho 20th of Jnne all things being in readiness wo embarked on 
board the steamship Algoma, our paity consisting of our two selves and 
a couple of half breeds named Jo Sayre and Morrlseau, the former a gen- 
tleman of tho blood, being the son of a Slonx chief In straightened cir- 
cumstances; the other a discharged employeo of the Hudson Bay Com- 
pany, of no family distinction, but a powerful young fellow, and pos- 
sessing perhaps more of the Instincts of Father Lo than H.R. II. 
Mr. Sayre. A Mackinaw boat, the property of our braves, was slung 
alongside tho steamer, and all our baggago comfortably stowed away In- 
side of It. After two days of rather tempestuous weather we were put 
ashore on an anoymous Island between Thunder Cape and Fort William, 
tho sea being too rough to enable tho captalu to fulfill his promise of turn- 
ing us adrift when opposite Nepigon Bay. Three days longer were oc- 
cupied in navigating the lake between Thunder Cape and our destina- 
tion, by no means the least delightful part of our trip. Tho coast here 
is bold and rugged to a degreo befitting such a stormy wntcr. The cliffs 
In some places, as for instance those forming Thunder Cape, rise to an 
elevation of two thousand feet. The bays are many of them full of 
agates Imbedded In the evorlastlug rocks. On one occasion we put 
ashore and were very successful in a 6hort space of time in mutilating 
beyond all recognition a hatchet, in vain attempts to do what waa really 
the work of nitro glycerine, viz:— the disintegrating of some of these 
rocks set with precious stones. As we cruised along past the numerous 
reefs in which the coast abounds tho spoon hook was always In requi- 
sition, and at different times we canght trout weighing from five to nine 
pounds, which served for our dinners or suppers, according to tho tlmo 
of day they gave up the ghost. Children are sometimes born with silver 
spoons in their mouths; fish literally die frequently w ith them in theirs. 
Arriving at the mouth of the Nepigon we lost no time Iu negotiating 
with an elderly savago for the use of his canoe, Joe Sayre acting os our 
agent in tho business. After a long palaver it was agTeed that we shonld 
glvo him $2, one pound of tobacco, one pound of flour, and a drink of 
whisky to himself and family. Early the next morning the ennoowas 
handed over to our custody, and the entire fumlly, Including the children 
in arms, squatted around the door of the tent to receive their whisky 
rations, of which they all partook, from the smallest to tho greatest; but 
the provisions and the money were taken In charge by Lo senior himself. 
This settled, wo packed everything awny in our Mackinaw boat, iuclud 
ing the canoe, and started for Camp Alexander, which we reached In the 
afternoon, aud where we remained during tho night. The falls hero aro 
quite graud, but tho fishlug indifferent. Sinking our Mackinaw la a 
convenient pool we packed away ourselves and our baggage in the canoe, 
and a pretty tight squeeze we fonnd it, and by night fall, after several 
laborious “portages," and a continual combat with the black flies and 
mueqintoes, arrived safely at the Grand Falls, a magnificent sheet of 
water of unknown depths and fearfully rapid. On the rocks near by we 
noticed a numbor of mutilated butterflies, which our Indians explained 
by saying they were used by their countrymen for bait, and sure enough 
on tho sight of a deserted wigwam we found several floe, laige trout, 
weightng ubout two to throe pounds, only recently killed, which tho red 
man's appetite was not kcon enough to devour. Before beginning oper- 
ations we had resolved to weigh carefully every flsh wo canght, big and 
littlo, for the benefit of future explorers, and tho results perdlom I will 
now give you. I may state that we fished only In early morning ana lale 
In the afternoon, and it must be borne in mind that many of our flsh. 
weighing ns they did, from threo to six pounds, required, oven with our 
salmon tackle, as long sometimes as half an hour to land. Another cir- 
cumstance must be taken into account and that is, our fish were all more 
or lessout of condition; another month laterwould have raised botn the 
number of fish aud average of wolght. I may take this opportunity of 
recomraendlug the India rubber artificial minnow for these waters. Wo 
succeeded belter with au old worn out minnow of this description than 
any other buit, including even the fancy minnows painted to tbe life, with 
transparent tails and glass eyes. The medium sized salmon fly was also 
very killing, especially those that had yellow and green on their bodies. 
We barreled and salted all tho flsh we could not use, exceptlug tho last 
day's sport, when our salt ruunlug short we weighed the fish when 
caught and returned them immediately to their native clement. 
1st day’s catch 37 fish 65* pounds. 
2d “ 31 ” f4* 
3d " 60 *• 101* “ 
4th " 40 “ 85* 
!th “ 35 “ 30* “ 
3th “ 42 “ 78* 
7th ** 2J hours' Uehiug . . 34 " 41 “ 
8th “ 32 " 44* •• 
!Hh " 34 “ 56* •• 
10th " 2 hours' fishing. .. 13 “ 22* •* 
Uth •' 31 “ 51* “ 
Total 379 631* 
Averuge size— 1 lh. 11 oz. 
— They have queer fish out in Texas — flsh culled buffalo; 
and the buffalo go “ lumbering” over the prairies where 
there’s not a stick of timber to be seen, 
Jbts wets go Correspondent*. 
Anonymous Communications not Noticed. 
K. K. J.. Quincy. Ili.— Ws have a flsh here, locally called "croppy." 
further north, silver bass. What Is the proper nsme? Ans. JPmotu 
hexaeanthu* of Cuvlor. See also answer page 39, Vol. 4. 
Tahawus, Brooklyn.— One of our subscribers Informs ns that he has 
a purchased copy of Colvin’s Adirondack Survey, which you can hare 
for $3-60. Pleaso scud ns your address, which hna been mislaid. 
C. W. C„ Alexandria Bay.-I am looking for a fl.n aquarium, size fonr 
feet long by twenty Inches wide. Will you please give mo the uildrcss 
of a firm dealing In such articles? Ans. J. Bagot, 31 Fuiion street. 
G. W, T„ New York. -Whore ean I have a powder flask covered with 
hog's skin or leather, and where cau I have the leather part of a shot 
p^uch made and what is tho best raateiial to usof Ans. Go to any good 
harness maker or worker In leather. 
W. B. C., Providence. —Will you please Inform mo which English 
sporting paper confines Itself most strictly to rod, gun and dog, and who 
tho agent is on this side? Ans. The London FUhl and L-md ami Holer 
to be had of A. Brcntano, No. 33 Union Square. 
W. H. C„ Now Bedford.— Could you toll mo what tho fare would be 
from New York to Stoncy Lako, Cauada, by tho shortest rente; aUo 
what it would cost to stay there two weeks? Ans. Faro each way about 
820; hoard at hotel $10 per week, or private lodgings at $5. 
H. D. W., Corcord, N. H.— Will you please Inform me which of tho 
two guns— Sharp or Remington— you would consider tho best for sport- 
ing purposes, although both are very good. Which should you prefer ? 
Ans. They aro both so good that wo could not make a distinction, each 
manufacturer having aimed to achieve perfection. 
F. L. M., Philadelphia.— Is the match between Bogarxlus and Payne 
for the 15th of May still ou, and will It come off ; if so, when and where, 
and how much, as I want to see it and cau gut no information about It? 
Ans. Tho match Is sot for tho 15th Inst, at Prospect Park, and as purl of 
tho monoy is "up," we know of nothing to prevent its culmination. 
Yoono Piscator, Overbrook.— What la your opinion of a fly with 
black wluga aud white body, something like a coucbiuan reversed? Ans. 
There Is no cud to the variety of colors and nondescript patterns in 
fiy dressing. The monsl realty you speak of might do good service, 
when other lures failed. Au experimental tost would not bo oxpeualvo. 
Colvin's Report.— In your last edition a correspondent enquire* 
whore he can obtain a copy of Colvin’s Report. I am Informed through 
a friend in Albany that the pabllehers— Messrs. Wood, Ramons A Co,, of 
that place, have a limited nnmbor at $3.50— an exorbitant prlcofor tho 
work, though it Is ono of much Interest to a native of tho Adiroadacks, 
like myself — J. L. L. 
V. W., Philadelphia.— Will you please tell me tho host book npon 
sail boats, explaining how to manage them, and whore I can pnrehuse 
such a book, aud the price? Ana. “The Yacht 8nllor," by Vandor- 
docken, and "Yachts and Yachting," revised; both English works. Can 
be hud by addressing Thos. Manning, No. 293 Broadway, or from this 
office. 
C. G. P., Boston.— Can yon inform mo If thore Is any method whoreby 
I cau prevent the growth of a spitz dog or pup; also at what tlmo I can 
take it from Its mother ? Ans. 1 st. It is said that whisky will produce 
tho desired effect, and as our Kenuel editor stands only five foot four In 
hie stockings, wo huvo some confidence in tho remedy. 2d. When about 
five weeks old Is a proper time. 
F. B, 8., Elizabeth.— I have a setter bitch who hna just dropped a lit- 
ter of pups got by her own son. They seem strong and of full also. 
WUI you please tell me whether they are likely to be worth raising; both 
dam and sire are well bred? Ans. We have seen many first-class doge 
bred Just as yonr pups are, aud the chances are your pups will be right, 
yet we do not recommeud such Inbreeding. 
Express, Philadelphia.— I have a breech loader; weight, 8 pounds; 
boro, .577; barrel, 21 Inches; centre fire. What quantity of powdor. and 
weight nnd shape of ball will give best results at point blauk rango, 100 
and »X) yards? Ans. Wo can only suggest experiments with your gun 
until you liavo ascertained tho best charge; or address the maker of your 
rifle, a* we imagine U Is of English manufacture. 
H. E. R., Philadelphia —Is a paper boat equal to a cedar ono; also tho 
address of a papor boat builder! An*. Yos; address Waters A bon, 
Troy, N. Y. What Is the best oxercise to bring out tho muscles on the 
chest und shoulders? Ans. Tho new rowing npparntu*. What Is Dio 
difference iu prlcos of shell* iu tills country nnd England, and whothoc 
It would pay to Import one? Ans. Cheaper here. 
W. W.N., Troy, N, Y.— A few weeks ago I noticed umong your An- 
swers lo Correspondents that cauvus knapsacks could he obtained of 
Schuyler, Hartley A Graham, 19 Malden Lane, N. Y„ for 85 ceuta; they 
now say thoy have uono? Ans. Our Information was obtained directly 
from Messrs. Schuyler, Hartley A Graham, who have again Informed us 
that they have knapsacks for snlo at 25 cents each, but that thoy aro of 
such poor quality they dlsllko to send them out, even for that price. 
J. M H., East Liverpool, Ohio.— Will you bo kind enough to Inform 
me of what strain the following described dog Is: Color, lemon and 
white; eyes, light; noso, light, aud weight 69 pounds. He Is heavily 
feathered. The breeder claims that lie Is a "Glldorsleeve,” hot I have 
iny doubts about it? In case a dog Is poisoned wbat antidote should bo 
given? Ans. Yonr dog onrwors tho description of the Olldersleeves. 
Iucasoadog is poisoned, give a teacupful of castor oil. After ho has 
vomited well, pour olive oil down his throat and rub bis holly. 
G. A. U., Moorhend, Mlun.— I huve a pointer pup six months old that 
has recovered from an attack of the distemper Since that time (some 
two months) he has suffered with apporeut weakness of tho eyes, closing 
them whon exposed to tho light and eyes watering. I have used sugar 
of lend nnd opium for a wash, but It does not seem to rellnvo him. t.'an 
you give me any Information os to hi* dUeoso and n remedy? Ans. 
Take nlirute of silver ono grain, water, an ounce; pour a little of tho 
liquid Into a suncor; saturate a camel's hairbrush in the liquid; pull tho 
Uds gently lasundor, being carefnl not to frlghtou tho dog by haste or 
violence; then, having the eye exposed, draw tho brush quickly across it. 
R. S. R., Philadelphia.— Can yon give mo the size* of tho new Wim- 
bledon targets, as recently adopted by the N. R. A., for 200. 500 aud 800 
yards? I have written twico to Col. Gildorsleevc, asking for the Report 
of 1871 of iho N. R. A., and havehnd no reply. Can you give mo hi* cor- 
rect address? Will yon be so kind as to send mo a copy of the pamphlet 
mentioned In your reply to the Pennsylvania Railroad clerks at Altoona, 
who wish to organize a riflo club. Ans. The target' uro as follows: 
800 vds WO, 600 yd*. 800, 900, 1,0(10 yd*. 
Bullsevo N in dia. Bullseyc tl In. dia. Bnllseye. 3 It. dla. 
0 :uire! l’.l ln dia Centre. 3* In. d,a. t cure 4 ft. 6 in. dla. 
Inner 28 In dia Inner. 51 in. dlo. Inner, 6 ft. square 
Ourer' 40 in! dla. Outer. 70 In. dla. Outer, 6 ft. by 22 ft. 
Supply of copies of N. R- A. Report for 1874 exhausted. Pomphlot 
sent as requested. 
Da»u, Philadelphia.— For a long time mi dog — a vahiAblc setter, three 
wars old-lias been troubled with au almost perpotual and peculiar 
irritation, which cither seem* to hurt or itch him very m-cb. I have no- 
ticed that he passes at stool a numbor of ascarides, and thinking the 
Itching came from them, gare him each day for say ten days, a pill com- 
posed of fifty grains of well powdered glass mixed with ginger and swoet 
lard, aa recommended by Youatt and other*, but they rcem to h&vo pro- 
duced no effect. Tbe dog'e appetite U but medium, but ho seems ia 
good health and fine spirits. Can you help me In this matter? An*. 
First give him two drachms of jalap; then, lu half an hour, follow wliti 
an Injection of tincture of aloes, oue drachm; oil of wormseed, 80 drops, 
mixed with flour and water. Repeat thrvs or four limes anises thfl 
worms ars dleehsrged sooner . 
