November, 1878.
THE WEST SHORE.
and periodical that are regularly inued and cir
culated: Moniteur Ottoman, founded io 1831,
and published in French, Turkish and Armenian ;
1'reut 'dOrient, founded in 1864 ; Gauttt Medi
eolt ; Courier de ConitantinopU ; lHjmdtl Ilara
rfu, chronicle of newa ; Journal d Ctmtantinoph,
a paper of wide foreign eimnlitlon Cowmen i
Cumtantinople ; four Italian papers, one Greek,
one Armenian, and one Illyrian.
Concerning the social, political, Intellectual and
moral condition of the people of this strauge and
wonderful city, and many other things that should
be noticed by a popular tourist, a olosely written
Tolume would not suffice. But we hare already
exceeded our alloted limits, and a few words must
oloM this long and doubtless tedious letter.
The accompanying illustration is taken from a
most favorable locality, and represents the appear
ance of the city quite as truthfully as Atlantic or
l'acillo coast cities are represented by a similar
style of illustrations. Should our stay here be
sufficiently prolonged, we shall endearor to give
our readers another chapter on some of the more
modern phases of this city. Till then adiau.
ORIENT.
HOW TO FISH FOR TROUT.
Always, if possible, fish down a
stream. There are many reasons for
this, among others the following: In
fishing up stream the bait is eontinu
ally coming home to one's feet after
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If the brook is large enough and
even in very small ones if practicable,
n is always best to wade in the bed of
the stream, as by this means one can
keep the bait in the water for lone dis
tances without making a cast, wh'ch,
in mo localities I am spcakintr of.
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pping the stream. Again, in fishing
ip stream, it is impossible to keep the
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ure are thus greatly decreased; while
n fishing down stream, one can not
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y motion of the arm conduct it in any
itcr Direction sink it toward the hot-
om, draw it up stream to the right or
eft to tempt the hidden trout, the mo
ion of the running water uimmi the bait
mg one complete contro of it hv the
lightest motion of the arm. To lc
uecessful in this sport, first give up all
lea ot using artificial Hies; there is
null no chance to cast them, and
erv few fish will list' to llii'iii in. I
ien only, usually, at early morn or sun-
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m oK nKiii out very snort lointctl
ic, not over twelve feet in length,
ith fine delicate running gear and
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uged ujxn silk-worm gut, of any
akc that one prefers, there being
great diversity of opinion on this mat
ter among fishermen. The Limerick
hook has nearly gone out of date, and
how it was endured so long is a mys
tery. The Kirby and Aberdeen have
taken its place, hit no lead upon OUi
line at any time; it kills the artistic and
natural motion of your bait. Uat, as
the most killing bait yet discovered,
angle-worms; and these may he much
improved by being kept a few days
upon clean moss in an uncovered,
large-mouthed bottle, that they may
scour themselves. In baiting, do not
pay the slightest attention to whether
the point of your hook is covered or
not; it is of small consetjuence, or rather
it is more deadly and oetter not to be
covered than otherwise. The trout
docs not nibble, he darts; he takes, as
a rule, the bait at once, or leaves it
severely alone. You will find no more
taking bait the year round than angle
worms, although grasshoppers at cer
tain seasons are very killing. In bait
ing, take a worm by the middle and
pierce the hook through a small jxr
lion, say, half an inch; then put on an
other in the same way, at the same
time. If the fish are very small, half a
worm treated in this manner will do;
but a trout has a large month, and a
large bait no doubt attracts. The
dangling ends of the worms placed as
above Upon the hook have a peculiar
and natural motion of their own in the
water, which a hungry trout is utterly
unable to resist; while one may, on the
other hand, cover the whole hook and
part ot the gut with a worm stiffly
strung on without motion, and the same
trout will let it he carried past him by
the current without winking.
There is a great science in baiting,
and it chiefly rests sin the skill of hav
ing the worms lively, and with the ex
tremities left dangling. The bait is
often carried over a little fall into a
smooth deep pool; allow it to sink, and
all the while it is doing so these four
ends of the two worms are moving
about in the clear water in a much too
enticing way for any chance trout to
resist. When you have a bite do not
pull at all, but strike your fish, as it is
called; this is done by a motion of the
wrist, sharp, short, abrupt ; not a jerk
a motion which is commenced sharply,
but ends almost instantly ami abruptly.
I can liken it only to a quick move
ment of the hand in bringing a foil, in
fencing, from tierrt to carle. It is done
by bringing the finger nails, which arc
downward, holding the rod, suddenly
to the left and upward, moving the cud
of the pole upward and to the left one
or two feet. Having struck thus, you
will, in most cases, have captured your
fish. He in no hurry to land him; that
is a simpler thing to do; you can do it
at your leisure, stepping back to a sure
foundation, should you lie in an uncom
fortable position in teaching to make
the cast, or make any other disition
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that you desire before raising your fish
gently from the water, thence to your
reel. The great mistake often made
by those who do not understand this
sport is to full the moment thov have
bite; me result usually is to see the
trout wind himself around about some
limb overhead, or if he failed to be
hooked, which is often the case in pull
ing, to sec the bait and hook in the
same position, causing a loss of time,
patience, and too often temper,
especially when you feel confident that
there are other trout in the pool ahead,
and become aware of the fact that you
have got to make a splash and dash and
complete exposure of yourself to get at
your dangling line, so that you may
fish in vain in the same pool after
ward. Kememlier that trout are very
shy, Mid Once having disturbed them, it
is useless to fish again,
1 in mt ii
The tide Hats at 1'uget Sound pro
duce enormous crop. An item of cor
respondents from that section gives the
following results of the threshing of
this year's crops:
Except where the salt water over
flowed during the high tides of last
winter, the oat crop will average 70
bushels to the acre. Mr, Horace Ilrcw
ster this year maintains his reputation
as chief of the S winomish farmers. In
some of his land his oats threshed from
81 to 1 jo bushels to the acre high fig
ures, but correct. He had 500 acres
under oats ami his receipts were a triMc
over 464OOO bushels. This, in cornice
lion with the J.,ooo bushels raised by
his sons on their 300 acres, will make a
totality of 7o,xjo bushels on 800 acres,
equalling an average of 81 bushels to
the acre. Mr. Samuel Calhoun will
average 75 bushels to his immense acre
age, while Mr. Sullivan and K. C.
White will do fully as well.
The Cinnabar mines, situated about
eight miles east of Oakland, Douglas
county, Oregon, have been recently
purchased by the New Idria Mining
Company, and work is being pushed
rapidly ahead. Two new furnaces
have been purchased which will lie
ready for use in three or four months.
The mine at present has one furnace,
capable of retorting y or 600 jxiunds
of ore Dt day, from which, on an aver
age, forty dollar worth of quicksilver
i realized. The new furnaces will
have a capacity which will enable thi in
to retort about three tons of ore per
day.
The GaielU at Colfax has been pre
scntcd with eight onions weighing eight
pound, and a turnip of ih,, pound,
measuring jj feet 1 inches in circurn-ference.