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When the awl is withdrawn draw your thumb immediately 
over the wound to press out the air, and place the fish 
back Into the water, when he will sail about all right, and 
will soon recover from the wound. I have never found 
this to fail. The awl ought to be three-cornered like a 
bayonet, but rather flat. The awl must not touch the joint 
of the tin, but pass under it half an inch in for small fish, 
further for larger ones." 
FiSHING IN BUCKHOKN LAKE. 
Fbterboro, Canada, July Sd, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream: — 
After a week's talk and hunliuc about for our Ashing tackle, such a* 
lines, hooks, spoons, rods, Ac., together with catnp equipage, grub, and 
two of English's bass wood double hunting canoes, we started on the 
10th of Jane last from Peterboro to Cherueng Lake by stage, distance 
six miles, and thence by water to our camp ground In Buckhorn Lnke. 
Onr party consisted of Mr. E.. O. B. S., and C. A. P,, together with M., 
who performed the double duty of guide and cook; so you see our 
crowd was small, but a more enthusiastic trio of fishermen than the 
first three above mentioned it would be difficult to find. Any one seeing 
the amount and variety of our fishing tackle would declare that we were 
bent npon taking every fish in Btickhorn Lake. Wo only made a fair 
ecore, however, but mingled with mach pleasure. The moment our 
canoes were loaded and we had taken our seats the trolling spoons were 
thrown over the side of the boat. The water was probably rather 
smooth for good trolling, as we paddled nearly the whole length of Che- 
mong Lake without a nibble, but soon afier passing the narrows at 
Blair's the fish began to take the bait and by Ihe lime we had arrived at 
the camp ground three very good mascalonge had been tuken . Our coun- 
try seat (for the time being) was selecled by Mr. E.. and proved a lovely 
camping place— a small island, oblong In shape. at>out 100 yards long by 
80 yards wide, with wooded shores sloping gradually upward. formlDg a 
grassy plateau, jnst suited for pitching our tents. The lookout In all 
directions Is qnite picturesque. Iu front, or to the south, lies the town- 
ship of EnnUmore, with here and there a farm settlement; every tree 
seems In full foliage, while the top of an occasional pine is seen tower- 
ing far above the more modest beech or maple, reminding one of the 
chnrch spires in some of the cities; to the north and west, in the back- 
ground, nothing but a dense forest meets the eye; to the east we have an 
Indian village lying on a peninsula, and, for the most part, so thickly 
covered with a second growth of the poplar, bitch, wild cherry, and wil- 
low as to hide nearly the whole village from view. In our Immediate vi 
cinity the lake is prettily dotted with Islands In every direction. 
Before leaving Peterboro some of onr friends (by way of encourage- 
ment) accosted ns with each remarks as the following:— “Well, you are 
going fishing, are you? I wonld like to go, too, bnt oh! the flies! Do 
you think yon can spare the bloodf” “Black flies in millions during the 
day, aud mosquitoes io clouds at night; the thoughts of it are enough 
for me," says one; “I'll wait till the fly season is over." Bnt, Mr. 
Editor, we didn't, and many thanks lo your excellent paper for the re 
cipe in correspondents’ column in one of the late numbers for fly pre- 
ventive— that is, oil of penny-royal, lar oil, and sweet oil. Armed with 
a bottle of this mixture and a fly net for the face and neck, we defied a 
whole army of flies; for the little wretches would not alight on any part 
of the body where the oil hnd been applied. In this one article alone 
we fell our subscriptions to Forest and Stream doubly repaid. 
Baring got onr tents pitched and the whole C3mp in fair running order 
we made an early start on the morning of the 11th for the feeding 
grounds of the mascalonge. We caaght eight very good fish that morn- 
ing between Ihe two canoes. On the way to camp we saw a fine deer on 
the shore, feeding and drinking, probably not more than one linndred 
and fifty yards off. How we wished it had been the 1st of September, 
with an Allen rifle in our hands! Wo know of somebody's camp ihat 
would have had n supply of venison. But for fear that 1 should weary 
yonr readers with loo long a chapter of fishing in Backhorn Lake I will 
reserve for another letter a few particulars regarding the Indian village, 
some of its inhabitants, tbeir religious services, and their eminent phy- 
sician and conservator of morals. Dr. Ketchnm . I append a register of 
onr few days fishing:— 
Jone 10th— 8 fish, 14 ponnds. I Jone 17th— 16 fish. 69* pounds. 
June Hth— 11 " 81 “ June 18th— 14 “ 77 “ 
Jone 14th— .1 “ 13 11 June I9lh— 4 “ 30 “ 
Jnne 16th— 12 “ 48* " I C. A. P. 
—A correspondent sends the following angling reminis, 
cence:— 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Many years ago, when yonr correspondent was in his leen9, he lived in 
a roral district of Northern Rhode Island. In those days there was 
scarce a brook that a mess of Ihe "speckled beauties’’ coaid not be taken 
from nearly any day in the season. There had come to my ears rumors 
of a large tront nnder the dam of a woolen mill not far from where I 
lived, which had successfully resisted all the lures of the veteran fisher- 
men for miles around. I expressed an opinion, in the presence of one 
of these vets, of my ability to capture the aforesaid trout, which elicited 
from him a hearty laugh to think that a youth of my tender years ehould 
presume to measure lines with snch greybeards as had been again and 
again vanquished; but keeping my own connscl, and thinking to myself 
he laughs beet who laughs last, I set myself about contriving a plan for 
the capture of Mr. L. T- 
Knowing that all previous endeavors bad been made with worms for 
bait, I naturally concluded it would be of no use to try them, and, as ar. 
tiflcial flies were unknown to me at that time, I bothonght me to try a 
meadow mole. One evening, at the close of an unnsnally sultry day in 
June, when daylight was fast merging into darkness, having procured a 
young mole about half grown, 1 proceeded alone and cautiously to the 
dam. The domicil of his troutshlp was established under the apron, 
which was composed of large logs, and having been built nearly fifty 
years the water had washed out the stones and dirt under part of it, so 
that there were three to foor reel of water in some places. I stealthily 
secured a good position behind a clump of alders and dropped my mole, 
with a stout hook through the slack of his back, into the pool; and no 
sooner had he commenced swimming than I heard a rush and felt a tag 
on my line that nearly npset me . With limbs shaking with fear that I 
ehould lose him, I made for the foot of the pool, where the water was 
shallow, knowing that if I allowed the trout lo get under the apron my 
chance of getting him was rather slim. Not daring to undertake to lift 
him him bodily out of the warcr, for fear of bis getting unhooked, I juat 
backed away from the pool and towed him ashore; nor did I let up until 
he was a good rod from the water. As I took him off the hook and ad- 
mired his goodly proportions, I ruther think I was the proudest boy in 
the whole Providence Plantations. The next day I took him to the siore, 
where I met the aforementioned veteran, who had scooted the Idea of my 
catching this particular trout (which, by the way, weighed two pounds 
and fourteen ounces) and it being then my turn to laugh, perhaps 1 Im- 
proved it. A. A.M. 
Eastern Township, Canada, July 7tb, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
The season opens late this year, and there has been bnt few trout 
canzht here as yet. The beet catches that we have noticed were made 
by Messrs. Geo Allen, A . B. I'ariroke, and a couple of other members 
of the Wnteiloo Fishing Club, in i he lit ornpton Lukes during the last 
week of May. They killed In two days some 115 "lunge," or lake tront, 
from one to four pounds in weight. There have been a few good catches 
of speckled tront in Lake Nick and in Coon s Pond mado by members of 
the same club. Daring Messrs. Allen and Parim'ee's stay at Lake 
Brompton a Frenchman arrived at the lake with a large quantity of gill 
neU to take “lunge" with, claiming to have n license from the Provin- 
cial Government, which costa him $5 and allow* him to set his net* In 
any waters in the province. Brook fishing has been fair, but the trout 
§f9 kmU- Stakstrad, 
THE SPORTSMAN’S PLEASURE. 
Cuicaoo, Juno, 1S75. 
Enrron Forest and Stream:— 
The sportsman's pleasure may be said to consist of two kinds— first, 
preparation nud anticipation; second, reminiscences of sport which 
has past. 
I think the angler has more means of enjoyment during the Winter 
than the shooter; for besides his remembrance of numurous victories 
over the finny tribe, he has active employment lu making new flies mid 
rod*. In examining his fly-hook he lias brought vividly before his 
mind scenes lu which different flies played a promineut part. lie re- 
members how he got a rise lo that white miller, and how this tattered 
palmer was taken by a monster trout after lie had tried ncHrly nil his 
others. 
The first shooting In the Spring is for wild fowl, geese anil snipe. This 
ends In our State on tho 15th of May; then fora time Ihe gun is put 
aside. Bnt soon comes woodcock Rhooting, and at last, bust of nil, 
comes shooting quail und pinnated grouse and Fall wild fowl. When the 
seasons hove rolled round ngaln and Winter comes, his imagination is 
at work, and he remembers how muny quail he killed lu the opening 
day, and how many dneks ho killed at B.ariirgnt Inlet, if uu Eastern, 
man, or at Pnckaivay Lake, if he belongs in the West. And so it goes, 
season after season and year after year, and so it will continue until 
there are no sportsmen left altvo, and that will bo when there Is no 
longer a game bird or fish left in the country. 
All sportsmen should unite in demunding of the Legislatures of tlmir 
States good and efficient law* for the protection of gniuc, nud they 
should take It npon themselves to sen that the laws are strictly carried 
Out, and that offenders are severely punished for any infringement . 
The laws should be made bv met who understand the habits of the 
birds and fish which the law is intended to protect, and If this is done 
we shall have laws which are not ths laughing slock of sportsmen, be- 
cause they do not afford protection at the right time. If it should hap- 
pen that the law did not protect game at the seuson when they most 
need It, viz: at the breedinir and spawning season, and until the young 
are able to care for themselves, then all sportsmen's clubs should try 
and have it amended, and no true sportsman will shoot at such times 
even If he can do so legally . Ortyx . 
Home, N, V., July 1st, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
In your issue of 24tb of June we notice un extract from # Dr. Fowler’s 
“exuberant" letter in reference to Ills uiuke of fly rods. Our modesty 
wonld naturally prevent us from appearing lu priut, but the Doctor's let- 
ter ns printed being in the nature of un advertisement, and containing 
statements which, if not questioned, might have a tendency to misleud 
those who "cast the fly," we venture a few words in reply. The Doctor 
donblless makes a good bamboo red. but that it was acknowledged "by 
all the rod makers present" at Watertown to bo "the finest nnd best they 
had ever seen" is quite a mistake. There are a number of rod manufac- 
turers In different sections of the country that make, (if not better,) 
equally as fine nnd good rods os liis, which fact can be easily demon- 
strated by nny test the Doctor may choose to name. He says. "For four 
years my (his) rods have taken first prizes— at Bodies cr, Batavia, Os- 
wego, and Watertown." What bis rods did at Rochester we nre not 
aware, bnt wo have lately received from Mr. Wood, of Syracuse, a rod 
for repairs which he (Wood) says took Ihe first prize at Batavia. That 
is an ash rod. It is well known that at Oswego Mr. Wood, using the 
Doctor’s niBke of bamboo rod, did not cast the longest distance, but by 
some process of figures known only to the committee, wins declared 
winner of the first prize, he casting sixty one feet in fuel, but nliowed 
sixty-eight feet by the committee. At Watertown Mr. Wood used a light 
rod for style, (as he termed it,) and a 12 foot rod for distance, casting 
seveniy-five feet, one foot further than the winner of the second prize, 
who used an ordinary ash rod, and some nine inches shorter in length, 
and who might have claimed the difference in length of rod, and been 
entitled to first prize, as teas done by Mr. Wood at Oswego. The Doc- 
tor shonld give some better evidence of the superiority of his rods over 
all others than that naped in his letter, or those “who were present ' at 
Oswego and Watertown will rightfully question his claim. 
J. B. McUaro & Co. 
fgnchfing and fouling. 
Alt communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 
later than Monday in each week. 
HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEE. 
Dale. 
Boston. 
New York. 
Charleston. 
R. 
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n. 
M. 
July 15 
9 
2 
5 
47 
6 
July 16 
9 
55 
6 
41 
5 
55 
July 17 
10 
46 
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30 
6 
18 
Joly 19 
eve. 
14 
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8 
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July 20 
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July 21 
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The Seawanuaka Yacht Club Regatta.— Wc regre 
that a report of this interesting event reached us too Tati 
for our last issue, and we can now only summarize tin 
result. The duy was scarcely a success as far as wind wa 
concerned, but the list of entries and general enthusiasii 
must have been very gratifying to the committee and i In 
officers of the club generally, who have succeeded within t 
space of a very few years in bringing their organizatiot 
into the very front rank of yachting clubs. Seven leer 
yachts competed, the Idler wiuning in the schooner class 
the almost invincible Vision in the first class sloops, anc 
the Christine in the second class. The result as regard: 
the open boals is not decided as we write. 
Delaware River Regatta.— No less than seven tj 
yachts assembled at Gloucester on the 8tli instant, com 
prising nine distinct classes, to compete in the regalia. The 
following is a list of the prizes and build of yachts that 
were entered: First class, fifteen feet square stern ynchts- 
first prize. $10 gold piece; second prize, $5 gold piece 
Second class, fifteeu feet square stern yachts— first prize 
$10 gold piece; second prize, $5 gold piece. Third class 
tuck ups— prizes same as former. First class, double cm 
yachts — Smoky Hollow fleet, first prize, champion flag 
second prize, large silver goblet. Second class, double cm 
yachts— prizes same as first class. Gilling skills, first class 
measuring 'from eighteen to twenty-one feet in length lot 
which suitable prizes were offered. Second class com 
prised skiffs measuring from fifteen to eighteen feet ; decked 
yachts, measuring from nineteen to twcnly eight feet and 
comprising Hie Delaware River Yacht Club, first prize n 
large field gloss; second prize, an elaborate water cooler 
1 he fourth class was composed of sloop rigged yachts foi 
which a large water cooler was offered. 
The course was from Gloucester pier to Chester Island 
buoy and return. The winning yachts of each class a« 
they reached the goal on the return rounded Ihe buoy as 
follows: First class, liftecu feet yachts, first boat Willie 
Klemlz; second, William II. Clymer, third A T F ' -li s 
ton. Second class, first boat. Ida May; second boat, nuts 
Abel. Jljltd class, luck ups, lObinson first- Millie Keysci 
second. This yacht had the raco won, hut was compelled 
to go about at the buoy, and the time lost could not be 
mado up. First class double cud yachts, first boat, John 
Rrugflii; second, Florence. Second class double end, . I as 
Ilagen first, Little Charlie second. Skiffs measuring from 
eighteen to twenty-one feet, Louise first, Myers second. 
From fifteen to eighteen feet, Win, Eckenhrien first, Win. 
Taylor second. The yacht II. O’Neil was the first boat iii 
her class, followed by tho Saule, a good second. Of the 
Delawnre River yachts, the Bianca was the first boat in, 
followed by the Adclphi and the fleet close astern. The 
race between ihe sloop yachts was handsomely won by the 
Stella and Eliza .The judges were Charles Abel, Amos Baz- 
ley. nnd G. W. Curley. 
— The regatta in Baston Harbor on tho 5th instant wns a 
very exciting affair. We are indebted to a valued corre- 
spondent for a full report, but our space will only permit 
us to record the fact that the Coming won the rfrst prize 
for sloops in her class, and the Fearless the schooner prize. 
In the second class llie Clyticwon the prize for centreboard 
sloops, the Gael that for keel sloops, and the Vanilus the 
first schooner prize. The Volante won the third class prize 
for keel sloops, and the Wanderer tho prize for centreboard 
sloops. 
Quincy Regatta. — The Quincy Yacht Club held nn in- 
teresting rcgalta on Hie 5th instant, in which seventeen 
yachts participated. The course, which was triangular, 
was about eight miles long and entirely within the limits of 
Quincy Bay. The following is a summary: — 
FIRST 
C1.A&5. 
Actual 
Yacht nnd Ma«1cr . , 
Start. 
Arrival, 
Suiting. 
it 
M. 
II M. S. 
II. 
Xt 
s. 
Fiona, F. II. Baker 
12 
50 
2 ->5 fit) 
1 
55 
50 
Florence, L Faxon 
12 
60 
3 no 40 
2 
III 
40 
Emily, 
.12 
50 
• 51 £l0 
2 
01 
50 
frKCOND CLA*9. 
H. 
M. 
S. 
H. M. X 
II. 
M. 
H. 
Mnislo, J n. Slade 
Wild Fire, H. A. Keith 
.... 1 
a) 
30 
3 17 50 
2 
11 
20 
I 
03 
30 
3 20 12 
2 
16 
12 
Secret A. Brinnev 
...1 
03 
30 
Not taken 
Fairy queen, Chubbuck 
1 
03 
30 
Not tuken. 
Tumn 
Cl, A 
t$»8. 
Rockett, B. Bass — 
t 
in 
30 
3 05 45 
1 
40 
15 
Lillie, \V. H Adams 
. . i 
lli 
30 
3 13 13 
1 
56 
43 
Lily. K. W Marsh 
t 
HI 
30 
a is oo 
2 
III 
80 
Edith. It. Newcomb 
. ...i 
16 
.30 
Jennie, Peter Turner 
t 
16 
30 
3 HU 30 
i 
53 
no 
Here We Are, G. S. Buckley 
i 
111 
30 
8 20 22 
2 
01 
52 
I<ouisa. L. Parrott 
i 
•6 
30 
3 15 00 
i 
58 
30 
Red Lion, Geo. Morton. . . . 
i 
16 
30 
Capsized. 
rouiiTii 
; ci- 
ASS. 
Ligbtfoot. A. Packard 
i 
21 
00 
3 88 80 
i 
14 
80 
Annie, Chas, S. Pierce 
t 
21 
00 
Disabled. 
TnE Beaufort Regatta. — The Summer regatta of the 
Beaufort Yacht Club was sailed on the 7lh instant. The 
race was open to all boats, hut was participated in by none 
except the Beaufort yachts. It was intended that the yacht 
Julia, of Newborn, should enter, but she arrived too late, 
having been detained by head winds. The distance from 
Newborn to Beaufort by railroad is only thirty six miles, 
while by water, by way of the Neuse River, Pimlico and 
Cove sounds it is about 125. 
The judges of the ruce were Messrs. Englelmrd, Dill and 
West, who. having announced the rules governing, time 
allowance, etc., at 10:48 A. M. gave them a send off, the 
following boats stnrting: North State, Cissic Davis, Rosa 
Bell, Sunny Side, Sunny South, Ruth Ilall, Oak City and 
Atlantic. 
The course sailed was from a stake boat opposite the At- 
lantic hotel, thence out post the point of town marsh, fol- 
lowing the ship channel out past the inlet, around a stake 
boat, thence up Cove Sound and mound a stake boat an- 
chored near Sheps Stakes, and back to the starting point; 
distance, ten miles. 
The Sunny Side won the race by seven minutes; time, 
lh. 55m., which, considering tho fact that part of the way 
back was a dead beat to windward, was very fair time. 
The Oak City came in second, followed by life Sunny 
South, Rosa Bell, North Stale and Cissic Davis in the order 
named; the Ruth Hall and Atlantic liuviug been ruled out 
for not properly turning the stake boats. 
I think the ciass of boats used nnd sailed in tliis race can 
beat anything of their length afloat. They are clinker 
built, very sharp forward, and carry mainsail, with sprit, 
jib, and gaff. The jib works inboard, no stay, but hooks 
in an eye in the bow of Hie boat. These boals are gener- 
ally about twenty-three feet long, and £rom six and a half 
to seven feet beam, ant^i to«caflp the roughest weather. 
For trolling for bhicflslWicy beat The world. One of these 
boats, with four or five lines, will catch from four to six 
hundred blucflfch in an afternoon. Three gentlemen, beside 
myself, caught in Hie Sunny Side 40J inonedav; they filled 
over five barrels. Can Barnegut beat that. ‘ W. 
Newborn, N. C - , July 0 th, 1875. 
Regatta at Savannah. — The good citizens of Savan- 
nah held a regatta at Isle of Hope on the 5lli instant, in 
which no less Ilian twenty boats participated. The sloop 
Georgie, owned by I). Kemps wns the winner in the first 
class, the Hattie Hull, owned by L. T. Turner in the second 
class, and Mr. Kemp’s Maggie took the prize in the third 
cks-. A rowing race also look place, which was won by 
the well-known Vernon crew in the boat Sappho; time, 
5:08; distance, one mile. 
—We have received Hie programme for the Isles of Shoals 
regatta, to be held on Friday, the 23d and 24th instants. 
1 lie yachts are to he divided into two classes, as follows:— 
First Class — For sloops and schooners measuring forty 
feet and upwards. For schooners, a first and second prize. 
For sloops, a first nnd second prize. 
Second (J osh — For centreboards nnd keel sloops, and 
schooners, measuring twenty three feet und less than forty 
feet. For centreboard sloops, a first and second prize. 
For keel sloop-, a first ana second prize. For schooners, a 
first and second prize. 
'I he course for the first class will be from Star Island ten 
miles to stakeboat, about south southwest; then ten miles 
due east to slakebout ; then ten miles to judges’ boat, leav- 
ing all stake boats on the port. Tho course for the second 
class will be the same as first class, except in location of 
stake boals, which will be only half the distance each way. 
All entries arc lief, nnd may lie made up In i ■ i i/ 1 1 1 o’clock 
on the evening preceding the race at "Tito Oceanic," or to 
D. R. Rockford, 20 India street, Boston until twelve M., 
July 22d. 
(in the second day a grand sweepstakes for a mammoth 
punch howl, valued at $300, will be sailed; ten or more to 
start ; first in to win. 
Bleaching Yachts Sails — A friend forwards us a 
recipe for whitening ynchls sails, which )>c tlijnks prefer 
