Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

Residents of Boston and vicinity have been excited by the operations of a man who has been killing fish at Quincy Point, Mass., by the explosion of nitro-glycerine. Large numbers of sea-bass have of late appeared off the Glades, and in the waters around Quincy Point, and it was upon these that the man made his wonderful experiments. His first attempt was with a small bottle of nitro-glycerine, the explosion of which, under the water, brought to the surface only three or four dead bass. A second trial, with an extra charge of the explosive compound in a can, proved a little more destructive, all the fish within a circle of about forty yards being shocked by the terrible concussion, and immediately rising to the surface in great numbers. About one hundred were found to have been killed, and were captured and sold. Many of the bass were quite large, one weighing forty pounds, while one was but slightly shocked-being beyond the area affected by the explosion-made his escape, and was judged to weigh seventy pounds. It was estimated that the death of nearly two hundred bass resulted from this experiment, as many which were not instantly killed or captured with gaffs were so seriously affected by the shock as to perish. A careful inspection of the fish killed showed, in every instance, that the sound or air bladder was filled with blood. The fisherman has been warned against a repetition of this experiment, which is punishable by fines.