FOREST ANDISTREAM. 
site the camp is the mouth of Mountain Brook number 
two. This stream takes its rise from springs in ft large 
basin on the west side of the mountain, and has the most 
transparent waters that I erer saw in any stream: back a 
mile from the ri,ver are a series of falls, where early in the 
season large trout may be caught. Above the upper still 
water you come to the settlement of Dillon and Pope’s 
gold mines. On the Dilton branch and the head waters of 
the Salmon you will find good sport. After you 
have fished these waters to your satisfaction, and desire u 
change, return to Scotston anti start for Lake Megantic. 
There are two routes— one to go by the new Government 
road and reach the lake at Myers’, a distance of cighteeu 
or twenty miles; the other, the old route via Gould and 
Stnrnoway, and arrive at the lake near the foot of it, at 
John Boston's, Lake Megantic Post Office, distance about 
thirty eight miles from Scotston. Should you go by this 
route you will pass near two lakes— Moffat’s and McGill’s 
— before you reach Gould, but they contain no speckled 
trout, but a fish called “while fish.” I have no idea as to 
their species as I have not seen one. Gould is a small vil- 
lage in the township of Linwick. In the northern part of 
the town there is a trout laic.-, which it will pay you to 
visit. Seven miles from Gould, toward Stnrnoway, is 
Mountain Brook number three. In this stream the writer 
and a friend caught in less than one hour and a half one 
afternoon during the Summer of ’72, seventeen pounds of 
fine trout without goine twenty yards from the road bridge. 
Some three miles down the brook is a “ bog," or stretch 
of dead water, of considerable size that without doubt 
contains more of the "speckled beauties" than any other 
body of waler of the same dimensions in the Megantic 
country. The stream from the road down to the bog has 
lately been cleared out by lumbermen to run down thick 
logs, so there would be but little trouble in floating a boat 
down to the dead water. You can find accommodations 
for your team at one of the farm houses you passed before 
entering the wood. You also pass another small river be- 
fore reaching Starnoway which has a few trout. At Star- 
noway there is but one hotel— Leonard’s— and you are fif- 
teen miles from the lake. Four miles from Starnoway, 
toward the lake, you arrive at a small creek with an old 
mill on it. Some one hundred yards below' the road I have 
filled my fifteen-pound basket with fine brook trout caught 
around and a short distance below the mill. Lake Megantic 
is estimated to be nbout fourteen miles long, and from two 
to three miles broad. It contains both lake aud speckled 
trout, black bass, and many other varieties of fish. The 
first place you visit after reaching the lake is the rapids in 
the Chaudiere at the outlet, of the lake, three miles from 
the landing at Jolm Boston’s. The first rapids are the best. 
Here it was that E. B. Hodge, an old member of the Water- 
loo (Quebec) Fishing Club, now a resident of Plymouth, 
N. II., killed his biggest trout, which weighed six and u 
quarter pounds. From the Chaudiere go up the lake to 
Myers’ and try a small lake back of the church; then go 
up to the head of the Megantic, up Spider River to Spider 
Lake, which is seven miles long; then fish Arnold River, 
and tramp three miles over to Trout Pond; also visit Egg 
Pond, east of the Megantic. The Megantic and suburbs 
will keep you quite busy for a couple of weeks. When 
you return to Starnow’ay you can visit another small trout 
lake some six miles distant; then go to Lampton, at Lake 
St, Francis, twelve miles from Starnoway, where you will 
have trolling for mascalonge, and in a small river that runs 
into the west side of the lake you will get trout. You can 
now return to Sherbrooke by water, passing through Lake 
Aylmer, or return to Starnoway and drive to Lake Aylmer, 
twelve miles; there hire a boy to take your team to Briere’s, 
at Lake Weedon, eight miles by road and four by water, 
while you go down with your boat. In the bend of the 
river, near a mud lake and among the rocks you can get 
some fine black bass and hog or pike perch. From Briere’s 
you have a drive of nineteen miles to Latluop’s Hotel, at 
Dudswell Corners. There is some good brook fishing near 
Lathrop’s, and you should visit a small lake in the eastern 
purt of the township of Stoke, some eighs miles from the 
hotel. This lake is lull of fine trout. We had on the 2d 
day of last July the honor of casting the first fly that was 
ever cast upon its waters, and were well rewarded for our 
trouble. Do you want its largest beauties ? If so, take off 
your fly and use live minnows; try the deep water near the 
outlet, and see how quick you cun fill your basket. From 
the Corners to Sherbrooke is twenty-one miles, and each of 
the small streams that you pass between those places have 
trout in them. There are numerous other small lakes and 
streams in the Megantic district that I have not mentioned, 
as they do not promise good sport. There are several spe- 
cies of the speckled trout in this country; in some of its 
waters you will find them side by side, so it cannot be the 
difference in their feeding grounds that makes them differ 
in colof and shape. Had I not already taken up too much 
of your valuable space I would go iuto this more fully. 
Stanstead. 
<£nllnre. 
SHAD! SHAD 1 ! 
Calbdonta, Livingston Connty. N. Y., May 18th. 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
I fonmt the following article In the New York World of a recent date, 
and a» It tllnstrates several thing* In the direct Hoc of your work, per- 
haps you may And space to reproduce It: 
" M L d ?“ ? ld yosterday; ‘why they’re too cheap 
?**,. Sa A" rd .“ y yo J* c “" ld ,mve hnd '™ bom S't to $15 the hun- 
dred. and to day they’re only nbout «8 to $23. There’s that lot of shad 
in e na i 8 T of ' ,IC water . and I’d bo clad to make you 
an offer or them for $15 the hundred; and. as the majority of that lot 
I ^ £ Vi? P > ourfl »b will hardly cost three cents 
a pound in the hulk. Shod ton t even pay for the handling. Suppose 
Mm. nnu?hih d . re,1 »°[ thow •l* lu, " 1| d rtsh a: $15 Well.lt take* my 
time, and the help of two men. to count your 0*h and till 
A , i„ . i ... uiuiers lor me orders tnat we nil 
As In nil other produce bnslncM we keep open accounts for them, and 
souie accounts there be that never reach u balance.’ 
-‘J38Z wlu . tl J e Pr^nl 8 bad season compare with the laat os to prices, 
quantities and duration}' y • 
’’ •The duration of the season will be less, because It was later In the 
opening. Shad only come to our waters when the ice hits left tho rivers 
and they can safely deposit their eggs. When the season for that lias 
arrived— -and no man knows where they have wandered In the interval- 
they begin to make for the shore, and are found In succc.slou at Charles- 
ton. Savannah, \\ aahtngton. the Chesapeake, the Delaware, the Hudson, 
the sound, and tho Connecticut River, each few dove n step further to 
the northward. The Hrst shad of the season, therefore, come from the 
south; the season is at no eud when the Ush have deposited their eggs. 
Now, as t was a late spring all along the coast, this season must be 
short. I he fact that it was late is also a reason for greater abundance, 
ns the time for the tlsh reaching our own waters coincides with the facili- 
ties for outside shipments. The East and South send us their shad to 
Und u better price than at home, and this year they had better have dls 
continued early for sake of nil concerned. Last year. In the height of 
the season, shad sold here for $25 to $30 per hundred, aud paid well.’ 
’’ ‘What do yon think of Seth Green and his efforts to Increase by cul- 
ture the supply of Hudson River shudt’ 
’’ •Seth is ii very clever man, and 1 hear ho pnt out 5,000,000 of young 
Blind in the river during lust year; bin I cannot see that it lias greatly in- 
creased the local supply, nor that the latter would cease If he dldu’t put 
out a fish. Seth has got the notion that shad will come back by preler- 
ence to tue waters In which they were reared, while the fact Is they go 
into any rivers that have the right degree of temperature to suit their 
***** 'c* 8 - v>had go out to sea when they’re strong enough, and 
when or where they will come buck. The season for 
ffifti Mi 1,1 e , tho 8,l 5 ht adherence of this composl- 
wb cha/iflil?. , pe , rm,ta > lho Introduction of an instrument 
Tim dct ? c, i cs the young oyster without Injuring it. 
nu'Mu’n i' C V 1 haa acquiredthe size of a quarter-franc 
11 w P oden boxe8 covered externally with 
work of nP„ PCr wh,cU 58 closed by a wire net- 
hi [L f ini,! . n ' L ' Shca - Af,cr th0 oyftten have increased 
tliev uni nlao. 9 ? 1 ^’ P i rotCCl from cvcr y external attack, 
i. Jd of art z 
iSPjSM 
^Bmnish tvStnTljJS SSSwSSSS^SSl 
FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 
Tront, Salmo ronUnnlls. 
Salmon, Salmo talar. 
Maskeuonge, EtM nobdlor. 
Salmon Trout, Salmo confinU. 
Shad. Atota. 
Laud-locked Salmon, Salmo (Hover I, 
breeding instincts. 
no man Knows _„ w .. .„ v „ v „„ 
breeding seems to extend from April to the end of Tune* and" Hum* you 
will find them where the waters agree with them— nowhere else.’ ” 
Now, the above article is fair proof that the quantity of shad coming 
to market is much more this year than last year. It was more last year 
than the year before. The increase has been so great as to command 
universal notice. It is also the fact Hint a great increase of the catch of 
shad has been noticed only in those rivers which have been urtitlelally 
Stocked, aud that such increase has happened Just at the Umc when Seth 
Green and those who thought with him predicted that it would happen. 
I used to believe in Seth a good deal; but since tho "old marketmnu” 
has spoken, my faith wavers. The probabilities are all against Seth, 
anyhow. The "old marketraan,” sitting at his stall and counting his 
fish, most have had more opportunities for observation and experiment, 
while his constant hnudliug of the steelyards ought to have made him 
by this time a formidable rival of Prof. Baird. Well, he has made one 
grand discovery lu natural history- that we jWill Und shad "where tho 
waters agree with them, and nowhere else." A. S. Collins. 
Remarkable Feat in Oef-iiand Shooting. — On Sat- 
urday last, at Crcedmoor, Col. Geo. W. Wingate performed 
& remarkable feat, making a score of 5 5 5 5 3 (four bulls- 
eyes and a centre), or 23 out of a possible 25, in five con- 
secutive shots at 500 yards, off-hand (standing), using a 
Springfield military rifle (new model), with open sights, 
and a trigger pull of over seven pounds. The score was 
made in the presence of a number of spectators, and in 
quite a stiff breeze, requiring an allowance of uearly 
two feet. Although this score 1ms been occasionally 
surpassed, yet this has been hut seldom, and then only 
from a lying position, involving a dead rest. In shooting 
“from the shoulder,” it is believed that it is the best score 
that has ever been made at Creedmoor. The bullseye was 
circular, twenty-two inches in diameter, the “inner” being 
fifty-four inches. 
— On Thursday two pigeon matches were shot at Ira 
Paine’s grounds between Ira Paine and E. Stevenson, with 
11 birds each, English rules, 5 traps. Both matches re- 
sulted in a victory for Mr. Paine with the followiug scores: 
FIRST MATCH, 
Ira A . Paine, 30* yards 1 0 11111110 0-8 
E. Stevenson, 20 yards 1 00 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0-7 
SECOND MATCH. 
Ira A. Paine, 80* yards 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- 11 
H. Stevenson. 23 yards 1 00101 1010 1— 0 
The wind was blowing a gale, and the birds were good. 
Many of the birds that were hit were carried out of bounds 
by the wind. 
—The Montreal Fish and Game Protection Club was 
formally re-organized on the 19th inst. The committee ap- 
pointed at the preliminary meeting presented a draft of a 
constitution and by-laws, which, with some slight amend- 
ments, were passed. The following gentlemen were then 
elected office-bearers for the following year: — President, 
McPherson Lemoyne; Vice President, F. W. L. Ponton; 
Secretary, A. N. Shcwan; Treasurer, W. H. Rintoul. 
Committee, Messrs. Jas. Esdaile, R. II. Kilby, F. J. Brady, 
E. M. Copeland, H. W. King, Maurice Cuvillier, Geo. A. 
Drummond, Henry McKey. Legal Adviser, W. II. Kerr. 
The ruthless slaughter of fish aud game in the breeding sea- 
son by thoughtless people was criticised in unmeasured 
terms, aud the meeting was unanimous iu the opiuion that 
unless something was speedily done to put a stop to it we 
would soon have both forest and stream barren of the game 
and fish which was at one time so abundant. The bass 
and pickerel — two of our finest fish — were alluded to as 
having almost totally disappeared from our rivers from the 
use of trawl and other nets used in small streams, which 
captured the fish by the cartload when they were on the 
way to their spawning groutids. The President spoke of 
the exertions which were being made by the game protec- 
tion clubs of the United States to protect their game and 
fish, and a suggestion wa9 made that as these clubs hud 
shown a desire to co-operate with Canadian clubs in the 
matter, they be communicated with by the President. It 
was also suggested that the President communicate with 
the Government, iu order to secure their help in the mutter 
of prosecuting violations of the law. After some further 
discussion, it was resolved to immediately engage the 
services of energetic uieu who would prosecute every per- 
son found violating the provisions of the law regulating 
the protection of game and fish . — Montreal Gazelle. 
. — A dispatch from Windsor, Nova Scotia, dated May 24, 
states that Mr. Wilmot, of the Fisheries Department of 
Canada, is there engaged in selected.a site upon which to 
erect ft large and commodious ^fifth-breeding establishment, 
to be more particularly adapted for artificial propagation of 
whiteflsh. 
— The Connecticut fish commissioners report that the in- 
troduction of black bass in Connecticut waters has been 
successful, and that over 1,359,000 young salmon have been 
placed in Connecticut river during the year. Their experi- 
ments in hatching shad show that the eggs of the shad will 
not hatch in brackish or salt water; also that such waters 
are fatal to the young fry. The catch of shad laat season 
was unusually large. 
French Method of Oyster Culture. — M. Crugny an- 
nounces in Lee Mondes that, after ten years of groping In 
the dark in the treatment of the great oyster hanks of 
Fiance, especially of Arcackon, these have entered upon a 
career of fertility so prodigious that Areaclion alone will 
soon be able to furnish oysters for the whole world, and ut 
prices much lower than those which at present prevuil. It 
is well known, according to Crugny, that each oyster pro- 
duces, every year, spat sufficient to furnish 4,000,000 of 
young, hut that inuumerable sources of destruction greatly 
reduce the yield. At the present time, in the light of mure 
recent experiences, spat is collected on tiles previously 
coated with a sticky composition, to which it strongly at- 
lUniUri/u head or "l/anie, and fun in Seaton" tot can onlu meet 
fy I ft ventral terms tAs uveral txirU'lss, becwiu (Ai Uiioa of Stntej Lpu 
Onn^uhu^eiM* 10 al ! m, P l ,u Particularize toe coula do no™Jt 
than nubHeh thoit entire lectlont that relate to the kituls of name in 
V Uf flon- l hit would -yvuIiy u great amount of our twice. % deJu- 
noting gaoie we ary guided by the laws of nature, in/on which all Itgii. 
f ol ‘rul(d,aiid our reader* loould do welt to prorUle themtefvet 
It* a i"f ^ (,,nr , r *tiHd\ce State* for cant taut reference. Ulherwlu 
our altemuU to ateul them will only create confutlon .] 
Fisn in Market, — All kinds of fish in’season arc being 
received In great numbers and, considering tho backward- 
ness of the Spring have been low in price. Among the 
choice varieties and latest arrivals may be mentioned the king 
fish, which are selling at 25 cents per pound; also the pom- 
pano, at $1 00, aud sea bass at 18 ceuts. On last Saturday 
a five pound hluefish was taken in the pounds near Coney 
Island, und we may soon expect to hear of the ndvont of 
these fine fish into the Great South Bay. Trolling for them 
will this Summer give way in a great" measure to tho new 
and popular mode of chumming , or taking them with rod 
and light tackle. Connecticut Rivcr shad are uow in prime 
condition, and for.fluvor and size cannot be boat; the bust 
sell for 60 cents each. Shccpshead arc arriving iu largo 
quantities from Baltimore, aud sell for 18 cents per pound. 
Striped bass are very scarce, those in market bringing 25 
cents per pound. Salmon still in very limited Bupply and 
fishermen report that at Halifax, N. S. and in that vicinity 
the early run hns been a total failure. Soft crabs from 
Virginia, are very abundant at $1 00 per dozen. A few 
about the size of a cent have been sent up from Squan 
River, N. J., hut owing to their diminutive size have found 
no purchasers. The catching of these very Bmall crabs 
should bo prevented, as they are unfit for tho table, and uu 
annoyance to the dealer. Green turtle are plenty ut 18 
cents per pound. Fresh mackerel were never more abun- 
dant than they have been this Spring, the flucst selling at 
10 cents each. Although very flue as regards quality and 
size, yet the mackerel caught in tho Spring and salted 
never rank over No. 3, as they are not fat; the best suit 
mackerel, 9uch as extra No. 1, are not put up uutil late in 
September or October. Live codfish are plenty ut 7 cents; 
ditto halibut at 15 ceuts. Weakfish aro coming in from 
Long Island und New Jersey, and sell for 10 cents ; black- 
fish 12 cents. 
Pattern Trout Fltes.— For tho information of our 
readers, we append herewith a list of standard trout flies, 
with a description for those who dress their own. Thero 
are a great many nondescripts of fnney colors and strange 
combinations, and with fancy names, not mentioned hero, 
hut these we give are about all the generic flies used by 
professional anglers. Browns, yellows and duus aro in 
best service ut this season : — 
Frofbbsor — Re<l toll, yellow body, brown kaeklo, gray mallard wing. 
Gaizztr Kino.— R ed tail, green body, gray hackle, gray wing. 
A oner .—Golden pheanaut und red tall, brown hackle, dark gray wing. 
Cow-duno.— L ight yellow body, brown hucklo, *loto colored wiug. 
Coachman — Peacock body, black hackle, aiate colored wing. 
March Brown.— B rown body, ribbed with yellow silk, brown hackle, 
turkey wlDg, 
Brown Hkn.— P eacock body, brown hackle, wild turkey wing. 
Silvkh Black. —Black hackle, light black body, ribbed with sliver tin- 
sel, (lurk wing. 
Govbbnoii.— R ed tail, peacock body, brown buckle, turkey wing. 
Oak — orange body, ribbed with black silk, brown buckle, turkey wing, 
Black Gnat —Black osagn body, black hackle, black wlug. 
Giiken Drake.— Y ellow body, ribbed with black ilik, brown hackle, 
dted-yellow mullurd wing. 
Millkr -White body, white hackle, white wing. 
Blub Mole.— D ark gray body, gray buckle, slate colored wing. 
Silver Guay.— S ilver body, gray hackle, gray whig. 
Oiianok Black.— O range body, black hackle, dark wing. 
Mat.— Y ellow body, yellow hackle, yellow wing. 
Red Ant.— B rown body, brown hackle, light wing. 
Montreal.— Red body, red hackle, gray wing 
Blue Professor.- R ed tail, blue body, brown hackle, gray wing. 
Stone.— B rown body, ribbed with yellow silk; brown hackle, made of 
partridge und mallard wing. 
Cinnamon.— Light brown body, brown hackle, brown wing. 
Alder. — C laret body, black hackle, elate colored wing 
Baps Fuse.— Larue Ibis, ellvcr doctor, and Page— all gaudy colors. 
Blub Bottle.— B lue body, block hackle, slate colored wing. 
— Excursion bouts aro now running to Rockaway 
Beach. 
— The Potomac fishermen have had fishermen's luck this 
season, the yiold being estimated at less than one-third the 
usual average. 
—The mullet, orrcd9idc9, in the Genesee River are dying 
by thousands, other fish in the same waters not appearing 
to he affected. 
—The Hartford Timet says that tho wholes'# slaughter 
of shad, young and old, continues ulong tho Connecticut 
shore, regardless of the law. 
