Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-11
SALMON IN THE PENOBSC0T.
Rare Sport of the Fishermen Close by
 Bangor.

Rare Sport of the Fishermen Close by Bangor.
 From the Bangor (Me.) Commerciall The whole town has gone wild over sal mon fishing, and no wonder, for it is para disc for sportsmen where they go mile or so from city residences and catch the ''king of fish" on the fly. Years ago it was an unknown thing for Penobscot salmon to rise to fly, but last year they were taken in that manner and now they are biting eagerly. MT. F. w. Aver is the most enthusiastic an gler in this city, and he has been meeting with great success of late in landing the big strong and game Penobscot salmon. At the principal fishing grounds, which begin at a point three hundred feet below the water works dam, on Friday evening he captured twenty four pounder. Landing a salmon on the fly so early in the season surprised the local anglers and ever since there has been g steady procession to the waterworks Sat urday morning Dr. Simmons, William Mon roe and MT. Aver were fishing again and they landed one apiece, weighing sixteen, eighteen and twenty pounds each respectively. Sun day Jack Guthrie, while fishing for perch, hooked nineteen -pounder and landed him with the assistance of William Little. This morning MT. Aver took three more salmon which aggregated ffty-one pounds in weight, all on the fly from the shore, and they were on exhibition to-day at Kidder's market. This afternoon Messrs. B. B. Thatcher, Lester Dwinel Peavey, E. M. Stil- well, F. w. Aver, A. H. Babcock, William Monroe, Edward Stetson and numerous oth- CTS gathered mp their traps and started for the wateTworks in quest of the splendid fish, and great results are expected. A large party of Bostonians and New Workers are cornincy down t0 RanpOr AS Onick AS they can get here to try their luck.
 There has been a lively trade in rods, reels, lines and flies to-day and the dealers happy. To catch the lively Penobscot sal mon on the fly person wants a good bam- boo rod, about three hundred feet of oiled silk line, big reel to hold the line and one of those gaudy contrivances of colored feath- CTS covering hook, known as the sEfy''-so, because the fish takes it for waterlogged fly or some other insect. The early evening is the best time, and then may be seen lots of boats anchored off in the quick water just below the dam on the Brewer side, where the fish are most easily intercepted on their way up the river by the seductive baits. Usually it is hard job to land a salmon-that is to get him into boat or to the shore. It is pay out, pay outl and the reel flies around rapid ly until the captive is far astern. Then be- gins the play and, if the gear is all right and the fisherman skilled, after much hard work the fish is taken. It is what may be termed rare sport. The Penobscot is the great salmon river of this country, and there IS probably not any more sport on the beauti- full streams of Ireland, which the unwelcome English aristocra"y have appropriated to their own use. Anybody who wants a sal mon dinner can get it for forty to fifty cents pound, and soon they will be much cheap CT.
 The Hairy Covering of the Gorilla.
 
 The hairy coat of the gorilla consists of long, thick, straight or stiffiy curved bristles, and also of shorter, thinner and curled woolly hair. On the crown of the head the hair is somewhat stiff, from twelve to twen- ty millimeters in length, and it becomes erect under the influence of anger. While the sides and fore part of the chin are only clothed with short, stiff hairs, they grow thickly OH the back part of the chin like beard or forelock. The hairs which turn outward from the sides of the face and on the neck are thirty or more millimeters in length. On the shoulders the hair is from one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty millimeters long, hanging down on the upper arms and the back. In the middle of the upper arm the hair is from fifty to sey- enty millimeters long, growing downward as far as the bend of the elbow. At this point it generally begins to grow in an upward oi- rection. On the back of the forearm it again grows downward. In the middle of the forearm, on its inner side, a parting of the hairs takes place, one portion goes in front of the radius, while the other portion turns behind the ulna. On the back of the wrist tuft of curved hair turns upward; a middle tuft goes directly back and the lower tuft, also curved, turns outward. On the back of tine hand the hairs turn toward the fingers. On the breast and belly the hairs are shorter and grow more sparssly. On the breast their direction is, as a rule, upward and outward. On the belly they converge from the ribs toward the center and the na- vel. On the thighs the hairs are about one hundred and sixty millimeters long and here, as on the lower part of the leg, they tend while on the back of the foot they grow toward the toes. On the back, shoul- | ders and on the thigh and leg the bristles are slightly curved. This quality increases the general impression of shagginess and feeci- 1 ness which is produced by the hairy coat of these creatures. The wooily hair does not 1 grow very thick and is not much matted