July 21, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Angling Veracity. 
New York, July 7 .- —Editor Forest and Stream ' 
As a trout fisherman who thoroughly believes 
in the truthfulness of his brothers with the rod, 
I must really protest against the article of “W. 
L. Alden in New York Times” as quoted in your 
issue of this date. The article if carefully read, 
shows how a fine, upright, truth-loving lot of 
men may be maligned by a small mathematical 
error. 
The first paragraph is enough. “A careful 
statistician recently obtained from three hundred 
and sixty-two trout fishermen the weight of the 
fish caught by each one during the year, and also 
the number of fish caught. He then divided the 
whole number of fish by the whole number of 
pounds, and as a result discovered that the 
average weight of the North American trout is 
eleven pounds, ten and a quarter ounces. In this 
case it would not be right to say that the figures 
lie, but there is ground for suspicion that the 
truth has in some way suffered; and the public 
will interpret the statistics as fresh evidence 
that trout fishermen cannot tell the truth.” 
Well! Our friend “divided the whole number 
of fish by the whole number of pounds.” With¬ 
out disrespect, I should say he would have made a 
bigger success as an acrobat than as a statistician. 
The “eleven” in his answer did not represent 
the number of pounds to the fish, but rather the 
number of fish to the pound. 
Try it yourself. Ten fish weigh two pounds. 
Imitate our friend the “stat.” Divide ten by 
two. Answer is “five.” But not five pounds. It 
is five fish to the pound. 
So Mr. Alden’s 362 friends said their fish 
weighed about 3 1/5 ounces apiece. Very moder¬ 
ate, I should say. 
By the way, talking about fishing, I have just 
returned from a fishing trip in the Temagami 
region. One night a severe windstorm carried 
off our tent. We turned out with our rods, fished 
a half hour, skinned the fish, sewed the skins 
together and—no, I can’t go on. A vision of 
“W. L. Alden of the N. Y. Times” and his stat¬ 
istician prevents. They might cast discredit on 
my story. So no more to-day. 
W. J. Ehrich. 
We were out for woodcock, and as we were 
crossing the open between two covers our dogs 
surrounded a woodchuck, and encouraged by us, 
were making considerable noise, which attracted 
the attention of the old farmer and his son, and 
they left their work and came over to see the 
fun. As this was new game to the dogs, they 
were rather awkward in handling it. Fred, wish¬ 
ing to help them, aimed a vicious kick at the ro¬ 
dent, which missed its object, and striking poor 
Dan under the chin, fairly lifted him off the 
ground. When the howls and laughter had sub¬ 
sided, the farmer’s boy remarked, "That reminds 
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goll darndest woodchuck dog that you ever see. 
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day but what the woodchuck killed him.” 
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