VI PEEFACE. 



facilities exist in many other places for the establishment 

 of permanent curing establishments, by which an annual 

 saving of more than a quarter of a million sterling would 

 be secured at the outset, with the prospect of an indefinite 

 increase. Local establishments for the supply of salt, 

 food, and all the requirements of a vast fishing trade, are 

 particularly demanded on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. 



The British American Fisheries will eventually acquire 

 a wholly unlooked-for importance by direct trade with 

 the Southern States for cured fish, upon the return of 

 peace, and with the great valley of the Mississippi for 

 fresh salt-water fish conveyed in ice. The connection of 

 the present terminus of the Grand Trunk Eailway of 

 Canada at Kiviere de Loup with the Bay of Chaleurs 

 would bring the rich briny treasures of the Gulf within 

 easy reach of the cities of the Western States. 



As a nursery for seamen the great North American 

 Fisheries have no equal, and the day will yet arrive when 

 the hitherto desolate shores of Labrador, north, east, and 

 west, will possess a resident population capable of con- 

 tributing largely to the comfort and prosperity of more 

 favoured countries. 



TORONTO : May 1863. 



