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THE NATURALIST AND COLLECTOR 
almost to pass the belief of an Eastern 
man. Running" in size from eig"ht 
ounces to two pounds, they have an 
appetite for flies and a love of liberty 
when hooked and a vig"or of muscle to 
back their desires that, combined, keep 
the fisherman in such a state of mental 
and physical activity as may rarely be 
experienced elsewhere. The best 
trail up the valley lies up the Eastern 
side. It wends along" over grassy, roll¬ 
ing" meadows that are everywhere # 
dotted over with groves, large and 
small, of cottonwood and spruce trees. 
The tourist’s eye feasts on the beauties 
of the vast natural park as he drives 
over the vast rolling grass lands, but 
the sportsman’s eye turns vdth an ea¬ 
ger light on the herds of antelopes that 
are seen on every hand. From a con¬ 
venient ridge in August aud September, 
when a view of the herds at their best 
may be had, thousands of antelopes 
may be seen at one glance. In but one 
other valley—the upper part of the 
Wind river—are.as many of the beauti¬ 
ful animals found. 
On every hand one sees on the moun¬ 
tain sides trails that are like cow 
paths, deep and broad—trails that the 
herds of elk follow in their wanderings 
—and if one will follow these trails he 
will see them end on a point of rock 
that projects from the mountain side 
or hangs over some lofty prebipice, 
giving a commanding view of the re¬ 
gion for miles around. To these look¬ 
outs the lordly stag goes to view tne 
scenery. The tourist who stands on 
one may even see an elk, with his ant¬ 
lers high in air, standing on another, 
just out of rifle range. Never was 
this game stalked in a more magnifi¬ 
cent region. To the elk may be added 
the moose, and if a tourist has along'ing 
to get a bear, it may be gratified here, 
and that too, without much trouble. 
Mountain sheep are seen occasionally, 
but not a large percentage of even 
skilled hunters will add one of these to 
his trophies. Of the smaller game, as 
the birds, there is enough, and when 
one tires of wild meat, beef may 
be had from the settlers. In short 
with the tourist with sporting blood, 
it is an ideal region. 
Fishes of the Colorado. 
T HE Colorado basin is one of the 
largest in the United States, 
draining not less than 225,000 
square miles, yet according to a paper 
prepared for the U. S, Fish Commiss¬ 
ion by Messers Everman and Rutler, 
it contains but thirty-two species of 
eighteen genera. These belong to the 
following five families: Catosmidae, or 
suckers, eight species; Cyprinidas, or 
minnows, nineteen; Salmonidse, or 
trout and whitefiish, two; Poeciliidee, or 
top minnows, two; and Cottidae, or 
blobs, one. All but seven of the 
species are thus far known only from 
this pasin. In comparison, it is 
stated that eighty different species are 
known from the basin of the Rio 
Grande, 140 from that of the Missouri, 
and 130 from the Wabash basin. 
Sapphires of small size but great 
brilliance have been found in North 
Carolina. 
I NDIA, according to Mr. S. E. Peal, 
has a stridulating spider whose 
sound—like the pouring of shot 
upon a plate—can be heard ten or 
twelve yards; ants that produce sounds 
by rasping the horny tip of the last 
abdominal segment against dry leaves 
or twigs; and a butterfly which pro¬ 
duces a series of taps with its wings. 
M. S. Vaillard has found tetanus 
antitoxin to confer complete immun¬ 
ity for four to six weeks, but it does 
not arrest the established disease. 
