Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-15
LOOKING AFTER THE GAME.
Seth Green's Trip to FlOrida-The Pro-
posed New Game Law.
Ne1o York Times 18Th.

At the monthly meeting of the New
York Association for the Protection of
Game, which was held last evening at
Plnards, East Fifteenth street. the Hon.
Benjamin l.. LudingtOn, Vice President.
presiding, an interesting letter from Nr.
Seth Green, superintendent of the State
Fishery Commission, was read by the
Secretary, Mr.. Thomas n. Cuthbert. MIR.
Green reports his recent arrival at his
home Rochesterl from Florida. He
writes: 81 left the Hon. Robert
b. Roosevelt in good health in his Yacht.
the Heartsease, anchored in the st, Johns
river at Georgetown, The day | left. the
mercury stood SO degrees in the shade and
the water Y degrees. Jumped off the
yacht and had swim. Ny business
called me home, and | left Mr., Roosevelt
to stay month or six weeks longer. We
had some very good shooting at Currituck
Sound and in all the sounds down to
Beaufort, n. G.. We saw great many
swans and Canada geese in Currituck
Sound and good many brant at Hatteras.
We did not shoot as much as we would if
we had not been going so far, and expect
ed to find shooting all the way down: but
we found scarcely any game from Beau
Tort, N. o., to as far as 140 miles uD the
st. Johns river. The st, Johns is a
good COW pasture, but not much ofa place
Tor game, The cows stand in the water
and feed on the water plants the whole
length. Fish and oysters are plenty from
Currituck Sound to the st. Johns. When
the tide is out beds of raccoon oysters are
exposed, and cast net win often take
more mullet than can be drawn to land.
The shores are frequented by curlew and
lampkins. a bird of the plOVer kind. but of
great weight and siZe.'' In relation to
shad, Mr.. Green says that they ascend the
st. johns river above Palatka and little
is known about their spawning grounds.
although he believed they were in the
neighborhood of Palatka, The fishing
season begins in December and closes
about March, and the law prohibits fish.
ing during the 4S hours beginning on
saturday night. Trolling for Oswego
bass-called trout by the natives-With
the spoon and fly, furnishes, he saws. ex-
cellent sport. The other varieties of fish
are bream-our black gi1ls-and catfish.
After paying high compliment TO the
New York Association for the Protection
of Game, for its vigorous and efficient work
In preserving the fish and game of the
State, Mr.. Green says: Everything is
in prosperous condition at the New York
State Hatchery at Caledonia. and we
shall have large supply of salmon trout.
brook trout, California trout, black OsWe-
go and rock bass, bull-heads, yellow perch
and wall-eyed pike for distribution fo All
who apply for fish to stock the public
waters of this State.2
Ex-State Senator Alfred Waestaff. who
had been before the committee Of the Leg.
islature on amendments to the game laws.
read the new game law introduced by
Assemblymap YOwpsend, of Utica. which
does not differ materially from the law
now IN force except that it prevents the
sno0tlng OF bay snipe, ployef, and shore
birds during the months ofApril. Nav and
June; provides for the preservation of
beavers, gives bounty of 80 cents each
for the killing of hawks, and allows scien-
tine societies to kill birds at any time.
under certain restrictions, for the pur,
pose OF studying their habits. The new bin
also provides that the game laws should
be literally construed by the courts,
that the shooting of woodcock begin ON /.
September l instead of August / as at
present, but makes no change in the law
IN relation to the shooting of quail. On
motion at br. John W. Greene. a resolu-
ton was adopted fully approving the pro-
posed law, and urging the members ef'the
legislative committee to endeayor TO
secure its passage wish the amendments
suggested by the association. The resoIu-
ton ADDS that the association approves of
the law as to the time of killing deer. bnf
prefers that the sale of YeaisOn be ner-
mltted until January /. At the close of
the meeting the members partOok of the
customary banquet, served up by Pinard.