#'4 £nltiue. 
On the 28th of May Fish Commissioner Edmunds, of 
Vermont, deposited 50,000 salmon fry in good condition iu 
the river near Manchester. 
The town of Concord, Mass., has put a quantity of 
fine black bass from Lake Champlain into Wendou Pond 
that they had leased. It is a beautiful sheet of water, and 
well adapted to the wants of this species of fish. May 
they live and prosper, and give satisfaction to those who 
wish to benefit others more than themselves in this indus- 
try. There is a movement at Cohasset to open the fishway 
and 6tock a pond there— situated at Beech Woods— with 
black bass. A good step in the right way. 
Trout, Salmo ftmtlnalU. 
Salmon, Salma solar. 
Muskenongu, J&ox nodi/ lor. 
FOREST IAND STREAM. 
Ji«* and giver $shiitq. 
FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. 
Salmon Trout, Salmo eonllnU. 
Shad, Atosa. 
Luud lockad Salmon, Salmo Oloitri 
— P. 8. Hamilton, Esq., the new Commissioner of Inland 
Fisheries for Nova Scotia, has just returned from an ex- 
tensive tour over that Province. lie reports that the laws 
and regulations are openly set at naught in many places; 
the streams are filled wiih sawdust, dams are built in many 
instances right across the rivers, and even where so-called 
fish ladders are erected they are totally unsuited for the pur- 
pose. Mr. Hamilton is about to make a circuit of the 
shores of the entire Province. All who are found viola- 
ting the law will be notified, and if they do not comply 
with the regulations will be vigorously prosecuted. 
ILLEGAL NETTING. 
„ „ „ Warsaw;**. Y.. May 29th, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
While fishing at Olcott, N. Y., at tbo mouth of the Eighteen Mile 
Creek one day last week, I noticed several nets being drawn for basg 
and at every draw they left at least fifty young shad on the shore to die’ 
These shad were placed at the mouth of this creek several years ago by 
Mr. Seth Green. I believe, and they are now just large enough to be 
drawn in by nets to die. They average from four to six inches in length. 
It Is but a few years since this creek afforded the finest fishing in West- 
ern New York; but to-day there is left but very little sport for the fisher- 
man with book and rod, us these nets ate being drawn every day 
ra J ery ' e T C o Ullyy ° n ^ w “- J- Wilson. 
Ll lie fish Commissioners will thauk our correspondent 
for drawing their attention to this matter.— Ed.] 
THE SPAWN OF EELS. 
- _, „ Seneca Falls, May 25tb, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
„ ? “ »“«>* Quantity of eel spawn. The eggs were taken from an 
eel weighing about four pounds a few days since uy a friend of mine. I 
an. confident .hat there Is no mistake in this cose, and nra now satisfied 
that the eel Is enough fish to bring forth its young as others of the fish 
family do, and not after the snake style, as some persons claim. 
[We have oflen taken spawn from eels, and it is a well 
known fact to fishermen that they spawn; hut the manner 
in which they deposit their eggs has yet to be more thor- 
oughly investigated. Wood’s Natural History says they 
spawn in the gravel. Eels, as compared with snakes, vary 
greatly. Although some people think they are too snaky 
for the table, many epicures enjoy eating them. They 
differ greatly from snakes, and in good, clear waters, salt 
or fresh, they feed on the same food as some of our best 
edible fish. Snakes, on the contrary, prey on toads, mice, 
squirrels, etc., and sometimes on their own species. In 
fact, any animal food will suit them that can be taken into 
the stomach. Snakes ure often found with a partially di- 
gested load projecting from their mouths, and many spe- 
cies ere noted for their voracity; yet they deposit their 
eggs like turtles, and although they swallow their young 
they are not viviparous. We thank our correspondent for 
the specimens sent.— Ed.] 
CANADIAN FISH CULTURE. 
Boston, May 27th, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
In the number of Forest and Stream for May (ith you unwittingly 
do me an injiisrice, which I am sure you will make haste to correct ^In 
CU ' tUre ln Fttnuda 1 ’ you say: “Owing to Mr. 
” llmut 8 dimc,ll 'y In getting spawn, by the refusal of the lessees of the 
surrounding stream* to allow the salmon to be taken for the purpose 
Ac Now, I gave up the Dartmouth River last Summer votuntarilv to 
the Canadian Government, for tl. enpreo, purpose of having some salmon 
taken from it to get spawn ; a proceeding. I believe no other lessee 
would permit of, as it was done at the risk of ruining the fishing and 
against the protests of my friends. 
D «P“ rtraent 0“awa expressed their sincere thanks at my aur- 
rcnder oftbe river for the purpose, and I am sure Mr. Wilmot also np- 
wnn t f 0UCr ‘' 8 '’ ad,led 10 the word stream, in your article, 
would lo some extent correct the impression that the lessees of the 
onut in I'Jh" r T r0 d ° “ 0t CSr0 en0Ueh for tUe Increasing of the supply 
■effm.* nr ? pl “?“ 0 8acr,flce 11 P° rtion of their sport to enhance the 
efforts of the commissioners. Yours, F C 
Fish in Mauket.-A bountiful supply of fish covers the 
benches almost every variety peculiar to our waters being 
on exhibition. The demand is rather light, but after this 
week, with the steady warm weather, an improvement will 
be visible. Among the novelties to be seeu at Mr. Black- 
ford s during the week, were some splendid red snappers, 
brought alive from Florida iu the well of a fishing smack. 
Also a large quantity of pompauo from Peusacola; price 
75 cents per pound. Kingfish arc very plentiful at 20 cents’ - 
Spanish mackerel made thair first appearance in the market 
mi Monday morning; they were caught iu the vicinity of 
Norfolk, were in unusually tine condition and sold readily 
for $ . per pound. On Wednesday a few were caught in 
the Chesapeake Bay, and we mayliok for them in our own 
waters within the next two weeks. Bluefisl, have reached 
the vicinity of Bamegat and are coming into market in 
quantities; they sell readily for 13 cents per pound. Shad 
are a drug on the market, not the result of large catches, 
hut from the plentiful assortment of other varieties of fish 
that appeals to the taste; price 20 to 40 cents. Ficsh mack- 
ere still continue abundant and sell for 8 to 10 cents each 
Halibut very plentiful at 15 to 18 ceu.s per pound. Cod- 
fish from Nantucket in full supply at 8 cents; sea 
bass and black fish from Rhode Island, very handsome 
fish, weighing bve to seven pounds each, sell at 15 to 18 
cents. Soft crabs from Baltimore, Annapolis, and New 
Jersey, are unusually plenty and bring 50 cents to $1 per 
dozen. Fine plump green turtle, 18 cents; shcepshead, 
usually a scarce and much sought for fish, arc a drag in 
the market at 15 cents per pound; they come principally 
from Baltimore. The only exceptions to the plentiful sup- 
ply are salmon and striped bass, the former sell for 00 cents 
per pound and the latter 25 cents. 
The Great Sooth Bay. -The first blucfish of the sea- 
son were taken just inside Fire Island Inlet on Saturday 
last. In a week or ten days the trolling is likely to be good. 
1 he pound nets are taking large quantities of fine weakfisli 
(squeteauge) but few can be iudueed to take the hook with 
clam bait; shedder crab might prove the lure. The old 
cinder-bed east of the inlet presented quite an animated 
appearance on Saturday. Boats were out from SayvilJe 
Isiip, Bayshore and Babylon, The sea bass were biting 
very freely and some very fine fish weighing as high as 
six pounds were landed with light tackle, also innumerable 
sea porgies of large size and equal to the best for the table. 
Oystering iu the bay ceases ou the 15th, meantime the 
oystermeu are making a harvest, the spat being wonder- 
fully abundant. The feud between the towns of Isiip and 
Brookhaven relative to the hay rights of each, remains iu 
statu quo. 
—Mr. Rogers has completed and has now open for the 
reception of guests, a line new .hotel to be known a3 the 
Prospect House, located ut Bayshore, a little west of the 
Olympic Club premises, and due north from Fire Island 
Lighthouse. 
—A Boston correspondent, for whose statements we have 
the highest respect and confidence, says we are mistaken 
in saying that speckled trout are not caught iu Saranac 
lakes. He says: “I have caught them while fishing for 
lake trout, as late as the last of July or the first of August; 
still, as a rule they are found only at the mouth of the cold 
brooks emptying into the lakes. This is precisely as we 
wished to be understood. Iu the deep body of the lakes 
these trout are not taken. Sea trout are tuken in the 
Atlantic, but only in 6hore — an anulagous case. 
Siesf. e ^an, f0r TV 1 for .y° ur inspection a sample “mess" of 
with rod and i;\, ... . . of lllls 8CCtlon capital sport 
nicked and ,. n De - Blft . ck b),ss . rock bass, pike-perch 
and the aSSrShJdo!«not r ? ttbuudttnt iu u11 our w ' l ters| 
iu.ti.1, pS^sra. 1 *" ■— 
w Haviland. 
“te r iva , i> f " r 
SSSM” [r °™ <}« Bwk., .m/ulrct 
Lust year the first fares sold for $13 uu and *10 00 ° ' 
° ir " ,is sll0 * ru ™ Saturday 
nisi anu me licet make some very good hauls On Monday 
they were again successful, some of the vessels treitinirn 
a few mackerel, which were sold for *4. pc? hundiH "K 
seiners baited some of the Georgcsmou at $•' and *i ro 
per barrel . — Cape Ann Adv*rtuer,%Mi * ' 00 
BLUE FISHING WITH ROD AND REEL. 
SAWDUST IN STREAMS. 
Park, Md„ May 25tb, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Summer lias at last made her appearance amid vast applause from the 
expectaut multitude of anglers. In the Forest a*i> Stream lor April 
Z ‘j “ l e v er U ° m W - G ‘ Hub,e * Eiq ' 0,1 8uwdust being injurious 
w trout. Last Summer 1 caught some trout in what was once tlic best 
trout stream in the county, and when I cleaned them I found that the 
dT„S/ , Sl0 r C,1 , 0t eV ° ry fl8h waa V8r V lullamed, and evi- 
d nitu',, :° 8 f r eiamiua(io " I found email grains of eaw- 
: " ! , clrclc ? of fe8tercd <lesh. Last week I went to the 
nound Lath ' n P °° r Ck ' ** 1 cau8,lt b,,t ‘wo- weighing half a 
srr f ■ zszs&i txwzrzix 
22 » In , h'e h rook * f ° Und 0V “ 8 ^nflred dead (rout of’all 
this tip 
L 
NKw\oRK.—Ogdensburg, N. Y., May 28.— The season 
lor trolling opened this morning rather auspiciously A 
muscalonge weighing forty-four and a half pounds was 
taken below the city. He measured four feet aud one inch 
tong, twelve inches broad, aud his mouth spread six inches. 
He was purchased by Boardman and will bo retailed out 
in pieces from his market to-morrow. Crusoe. 
Massachusetts. -At the Cohasset Narrows boss have 
been taken freely from the bridge for some weeks. This 
year for the first time shad have been takeo there with rod 
ihey were taken with shrimp; the first one standing to the 
credit of Baron de Bussieres, who is ou a visit to u friend 
at that place. 
— Kinsf U' a Ashley House— Barney at Inlet , 
ii i — , are bavin S splendid success among the 
black fish aud sea bass, catching some fifty per bout run- 
ning from three-quarters to four pounds. ’r, 
Maryland— D« r Park, May 25th .— I have heard from 
good authority that a fisherman caught 33 pounds of trout 
in the north branch of the Potomac iu one day. I intend 
to leave in about a week for this river, and will camp out 
there for a couple of weeks. Who is the individual 
that signs himself “Alleghauy” in the Forest and 
Stream of April 29th * I don’t think he has uuy ri^ht 
to the name, as I used it first. Alleghany 
W isconsin — Elkhorn, May 24th. — A good many fish ore 
being taken with the speur from shallow waters, but uDg- 
ling has not yet commenced. About June 10th the annual 
cisco run at Geneva Lake begins, and there’ll be sport in- 
deed. If you caa advise me how to do it safely, I will be 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
„ . 8ome of > our would be Interested with an account of 
^assssi sassis % •vEwsr.s 
t ag of three tho skipper, one companion, and your humblu M-rvnut 
My companion was going to try d.hlng for the flr.t time wThThanli 
line, “"it um WO got out luto die bay ho commenced, under die directions 
of the skipper, to play out hie lluojiut as we fairly got the breeze 
W bat can be more pleasant than wiling i„ a m!b boat with a eood 
AU aTonce mVe ^ fl ' ,h ‘ Dg f ° f th " mo * t that swtmsf 
my comjmntou give, a slurt and commence* to pull In iu a 
frantic manner “Steady, steady, " euya die ekipper, "pull him right Iu 
and don C lot him gel ahead of you," slowly the line comes over tho 
?“f"’ b °‘ tb0 fl8b 18 1 tUuru - nnd with the help of the skipper 1. lauded 
th!^ . b0al .V N T 8 “ y time ’ a,Ml •wtnglug my lino over the side of 
hind wflh^h h *h V K d# fr ° l, ‘ B,ld bolding the rod In my left 
Ul “ , ‘ U , CUt <m r " 1 ' 1 ""reeling half 
hundfd VD H ttS r nln , Sl ‘ e . B °° f ,ho boat. Afterruunlugo.it about ou. 
1 •‘‘•I., ud and waited for results. If a.ore are any ll.l, 
ndnnrfw n7. V / ^ l ° b,t * sl *»•**. wbteh i. an Initlutlou 
niiuuuw of u bright gold aud silver color, with „ grsppto of three hook. 
hung on a pivot, inserted just forward of hi. tail. This is kept down 
tor by twtnlng .o ,n ° thtu strips of h ad on the copper wire 
hot attaches the minnow to the lino. All at once I felt him, and shout 
!ho £h h’.Shf'h "» strike," ho luffs the boat Into tho wind, and I let 
the d.h have his head, with my thumb (covored with a cap) ou tho reel- 
Ah nowh r ..r m, rr ,i 1 , thca * iiu, ° tidck ’ n,>d 1 
th a * * Uow " blm80,f u ' v “y b* ‘b® right of tho boat, and with n lean 
f 8 m »h C i ‘ e iT al , e , r ’ “" J K ‘ Vin “ b " buBd “ phako ' clear himself 
from the hook Hut this Won’t do, Mr. Ulueflsh, ns the grapple ..lavs on 
its pivot for just this purpose. Four limes before ho gels up to tho\.uat 
he leaps from the water, and when h. I. near enough so wo Ln JusV . 
him he sees us, and off he starts again, but this time It Is a short ran 
for the chop waves soon drown him, nod he is reeled up to the hoar tho 
wiThZ» S' 1 * « UC k " lfl tbr0,IU “ bU 8lde ’ aud P-»- Wm luto ihc buat 
\\ e flslied all day, llrst ouc and then the other getting strikes, the hand 
line getting the most bites but losing more flsh; while the rod worked 
slower, It was sure, almost every thue. Along In tht afternoon, getting 
co lAUence from repealed success, 1 reeled up oue of tho largest flsh t 
yct siurud after a long ilglu, I .upp^^ug him to bo about played 
out, but When he saw tho boat he made a tremendous leap, and not 
being prepared for such a Jump, I hold tho line too tight instead of l«r 
ting him run, aud the next plunge ho made ho was clear, tearing himself 
off. Furt of the day, about noon, It was u dead calm, and during that 
tuns I caught two flsli. For the beneflt of others I will tell you how I 
d d It, r. It is generally understood that you mast bo sailing to culcb u 
1 to “ k 811 tlle |U11(1 ''w “iy book, sud standing n. tbo 
stern, I threw tho line os far ss I could throw; then I gave tho rod a 
sweep and unreeled considerable line, repeating this several times until 
I bad about tbe usual amount out. I commenced reeling up, and Insld. 
of two minutes got a Strike. Oar total amount of flsb euugbt that dur 
was thirty, two, and tbo rod claims seventeen of them. N. F. II. 
_ „ OoDBNSoviMiu, N. Y., May I9th, 1875. 
Editor Fobebt and Stiusam 
The Spring Ashing will open In a few days on Black Lako. Pickerel 
are being taken in considerable quantities from the Canada side of the 
river and brought to this market. Uass and perch are commencing to 
bite the hook, and in a few days we shall have great sport with the bass 
In tbe Oswegutcble below the dam. Sturgeon are being secured with 
gaft hooks under the dam. One taken this morning weighed overrixty 
,K,und, CUBOK. 
A New India Rcihier. — A uew source of caoutchouc 
lios been discovered in Burundi, in a creeping plant whose 
botanical mime is Chaoannesia esculenta. The plant is very 
common in Burmese forests, aud is cultivated by tbe na- 
tives for the sake of its fruit, which is said to have uu 
agreeable acid taste, aud to mutuie at a season when tama- 
rinds are scarce. 
—Now that the budding springtime lias come, some 
sporting men of abundant indolence and leisure are umus- 
ing themselves with Caterpillar Races, betting which crea- 
ture will win in the long creep. Any person must have 
lots of time ou Jus bunds to watch a caterpillar race. 
—The latest novelty iu aquatics is a non-upsetable boat 
Ibis consists of au ordinary boat with a narrow canoe 
"pannier” fashion, on each side. The canoes displace no 
water and do not impede the course of the gig. The united 
efforts of three people will not upset the craft, which will 
staud any spread of canvass, and can be sculled Horn out- 
riggers, the blade of the oar dipping oyer the cunoea. 
