. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. â "J 321 DEVELOr.^IENT OF THE SALMON. 11 1^-* fi«M 111^ ? it r' It NJ. IS lion kinds of Salmon traps is so trcmcnclous, that not one tithe of the normal number are now found in tlieni. The inf,'enuity which has been exhibited in the invention of these " infernal machines," as the fixed nets have been justly ternicd, and the amount of labour which hiis licen expeniUul in tlicir maiiufaeturc, are worthy of a better cause; for in their ar
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. â "J 321 DEVELOr.^IENT OF THE SALMON. 11 1^-* fi«M 111^ ? it r' It NJ. IS lion kinds of Salmon traps is so trcmcnclous, that not one tithe of the normal number are now found in tlieni. The inf,'enuity which has been exhibited in the invention of these " infernal machines," as the fixed nets have been justly ternicd, and the amount of labour which hiis licen expeniUul in tlicir maiiufaeturc, are worthy of a better cause; for in their arran<;-ement the habits of the fish have been carefully studiiul, and, in their manufacture, its ca])abilities have been foreseen. The evil has, of late yeiirs, arisen to so (,'reat a height, that the Salmon would soon have been extirpated from our rivers, had not the luition wisely interfered to prevent the loss of so much national wealtli, and yiven the iish a fair chance of re-establishinj;- itself in its former ])lenty. The shortsijfhted persons who ])lant all these obstructions forget that by this wholesale destnietion of the Salmon they are acting against their own interests, and that if they destroy the ill-condiiioned and young fish, as well as the adult healthy Salmon, they condemn themselves to the ])rol)ability of eating bad Iish for the present, and the certainty of total deprivation i' the future. The fact, howc'ver, seems to be, that each petty proprietor of a fishery is jealous of the neighbours above and below him, and indiscriminately slaughters all fish that he can capture in his own waters, simply that they may not pass into those of his neighbour. The preservation of this noble fish is truly a subject of national importance, and it i to be hoped that, by judicious legislation and active of the law, the Salmoi may no longer be the rich man's luxury, but again Jiold its legitimate ])lace as the ])oor man's chea]i subsistence. That
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