012 FOREST AND STREAM. pumps and piping for this part of the exhibit will be con- , the trail by Sunday Pond—and climbing windfalls after structed of hard and soft rubber, wood and glass. Two dark is not pleasant traveling, I cast upon its waters flies pumps will be made in duplicate, to provide against acci- of every size, shape and color, from tiny midge to large dents, though I but one will be used at a time. Every and gaudy bass fly, and when these failed I descended to Angling Talks. By George Dawson. Frice 50 cents, Fly- f ft'ort will be made to provide for possible contin- anv I bait, the abused angle worm, wood grub, a strip of fish, Rods and Fly-Tackle. By H. P. Wells. Price gency in this respect. $2.60. Fly- It is expected that the building the fin of a trout, and live bait from a two-inch shiner to Fishing and Fly-Making for Ti'Otd, J. Keene. will be completed By H. a year before the opening of the exhi- a half-pound chub. Many a handsome trout did I get, Price $1.50. Amencan Angler's Book. bition, thus affording By Thad. Norris. ample time for deliberately and but not one glimpse of the old patriarch of the pool until Price $5.50. methodically establishing satisfactory conditions, and for the last day of our stay, the transfer of the plant and animal life, so that when I was making my farewell visit to the stone dam alone, the exposition opens TSE FULL TEXTS of the game fish laws of all the States, there will be one of the most won- and was idly casting a fly upon its waters, and was just derful displays of the kind Territories and British Provinces are given in the Booh of ever presented to mortal eye, ready to reel up and leave, when, throwing my fly in the "Among the fresh-water the Qame Laws. species of large size that will rapids near the dam, it was taken by a 8ma"ll quarter- be displayed will be the Atlantic and Pacific salmon, the pound trout and I commenced to reel him in. But he mascalonge, the lake trout, the sturgeon, the spoon-bill was a gamy little fellow and was darting THE U. S. FISH COMMISSION EXHIBIT. here and catfish, the great Mississippi catfish, the long and short- there as quick as a flash; and the thought struck me, nosed gar. the MUCH interesting work is now being done in Wash- alligator gar, etc. Smaller species will why not try him for a bait? But no, I will never be include all ington by the several Qovernrjient departments in the species of trout, the whiteflsh and other guilty of piercing the sides or lips of a lordly trout lake fishes, the basses, preparing the great collective displa,y of the IJ. S. Govern- carp, buffalo and other Cyprinidse, and using him for bait; but as this is my last cast, and I catfishes, sunfishes, eels, ment for the World's Columbian Exposition. Captain J. etc. can see that you are lightly hooked in the lip, for the "Of the W. Collins, the representative of the TJ. S. Fish Commie- larger salt-water fishes there will be repre- gaudy wings of the Parmachenee-belle can be plainly sented sharks, sion, in charge of the preparation of the exhibit of that dogfish, skates, rays, torpedoes, the goose- seen, you may take one run down through the pool, and bureau, informs us that his exhibit will be the most com- fish, striped bass, drums, grunts, sheepshead, porgies, if you do not get away I will gently release you and you tautog, flounders, plete historical representation of the fisheries ever put bluefish, equeteague or weakfish and shall go free. I drew the line from the reel to give him others, before the world, although it will be the first of its kind many all the play he wanted; and down to the center of the displayed to the American public. "Smaller species will be represented by sculpins, sea- pool he went, and there he stopned for a few playful robins, As boats and vessels were the basis from which the toad-fish, sea- ravens, puffers or swell-fish, mullet, darts this way and then that. Then he started again blennies, fisheries were developed, Captain Collins has undertaken gobies, sticklebacks, pipe-fish, sea-horses, as well down the pool, until I had all the line from the spool and as to show these in a historical series, beginning with the many Mexican, South American, Asiatic and European thought it about time to reel him in. But I could not varieties. fishing shallop of "ye olden time," and showing the suc- There will also be Octopi, commonly known as start the reel, and still he went, I involuntarily struck devil-fishes, cessive steps to the type in use at the present time, which and possibly cuttle-fishes, but these latter are and raised the tip, and for an instant a big fin showed difficult will be represented by a model of beauty and grace, as to transport in good condition when living. The above the water and I knew I was fast again to the old same may be produced by Edward Burgess in his fishing vessel, the said of the jellyfishes, but attempts will be patriarch of the waters. What a predicament. There I to Fredonia. made exhibit them at Chicago, with some hope of suc- stood on a rock at the head of the pool with one of Already ten lull-rigged models have been prepared, cess. OP the lower forms of life, generally, there will be Chubb's little 4oz, "Kaymond" rods in my hand, not a representatives these including an authentic representation of the old- of the mollusks, anemones, starfishes, sea- single turn of the line upon the spool of my reel, and urchins, time Marblehead fishing schooner, the Pinkie, a type of holothurians or sea-cucumbers, corals, etc. I40ft. away, hook' d with a No, 8 Sproat, was the giant "There will vessel used during the 'oOs, another during the '60a, and be a wonderful showing in the aquaria of trout of the Magalloway. There was one thing to do. algai, or sea others during the 708, and the pioneer of the new deep- weeds. The exquisite foliage and wonder- and I gave him the butt. Whether the little rod was too ful coloring draft fishing vessels, the Fish Commission schooner of these plants cannot be described, but must much for him or he concluded he had gone that way far be left Grampus, to the imagination. It may be stated, however, enough I do not know, but he turned and started for the that the One of the interesting features of the di-^play will be a colors range through the various shades of yel- head of the pool diagonally from me, and I had time to low-brown, green, series of the food and economic fishes of North America, red and purple, some species display- get a goodly lot of line on the reel; and then I took a ing including the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific, the most exquisitely beautiful hues. The fresh good long breath. It is useless for me to attempt to des- waters will also and the Great Lakes and interior river fishes. The work be represented by natural growths of the cribe the battle that followed. How long it lasted I do great of making new moulds and casts of fishes is being done variety of their plant life. The magnificent filies not know; but it was down the center, forward and back, of our by Mr. Sherman F, Denton, who uses a certain glue ponds will be seen from their other aspect. We cross over and all hands round and repeat, until at last are familiar compound for the casts. The secret of this compound is with them in the ponds of our beautiful he lay upon his side and w.as drawn' across the landing parks; known only to himself, and produces a product that can- but to see them from beneath the water, with the net, and I had barely strength to lift him from the water. not be readily broken like plaster of Paris, This feature fishes dispersed among them, as never before displayed or What a big one he was. Four, five pounds; yes, we will is of peculiar importance, since considerable difiiculty even attempted, will be one of the novel and interesting call bim a six-pounder; as handsome in foim and as has already been experienced in transporting casts made features of the Exposition, brilliant in coloring as a half-pound trout. And why of plaster of Paris, because of their liability to break. "Outside of the Fisheries Building will be a series of should he not be, this cannibal of the waters, who would Already about 133 casts have been prepared, as well as ponds illustrating methods of pond culture and the possi- refuse every kind of bait or fly and would have naught bilities in ?apier mache casts of larger species, such as sharks, etc. the practical and ornamental use of aquatic but his own beautiful spotted tribe, his relatives or per- wo most interesting fishes were received at the exhibit and semi-aquatic plants; the question of having in these haps his own children. But you have had your last one, not long ago, being additions to the fish fauna of the ponds an exhibition of manatees, seals, sea lions, etc., you old rascal, and the other trout can now swim in United States.