THE SECOND VOLUME. Xlll 



CHAPTER XXXY.— continued. 



tlie Extension of the Gulf Fisheries — Use of Ice — Ice Wealth of 

 the North — The Ice Trade — Ice and fresh Fish throughout the 

 Union — Leasing of Canadian Salmon Rivers — Necessity for rapid 

 Commiinication with the Salmon Rivers, &c. — Salmon-fishing on 

 the Moisie — On the Godbout — Aggregate Value of the British 

 American Fisheries — Exports from the Provinces — The Canadian 

 Fisheries — Injuries and Insolence of some American Fishermen — 

 Artificial Oyster Beds — Great Value of the Oyster Trade in the 

 United States — Oyster Beds in France — Inactivity of the French 

 Canadians with respect to the Fisheries — Canadian Bounties — 

 Suggestions for Encouragement to the Canadian Fisheries page 215 



Appendix : — 



I. — Distances (Shore, not Sailing) from Quebec to Blanc Sablon, 



the Eastern Boundary of Canada . . . .251 



II. — Reflections in 1857 on the Future of British America, by 

 the Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, after visiting 

 the Coast of Labrador and Parts of Canada . . .252 



III._The Indians of the Youcon, by the Rev. W. W. Kirkby . 254 



IV. — The Esquimaux of Anderson's River .... 257 



V. — Census of the Population of Mackenzie's River District, 

 June 1, 1858, from the Report of James Anderson, Esq., 

 Chief Factor 200 



VI. — Indian Races to the North of the Cree Himting-Groimds 2G1 



VII. — The Moravian Missions in Labrador, by Brother L. T. 



Reichel 2C,2 



VIII. — Statistics of the North Shore of the River and Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence, from Port Ncuf to L'Anse aux Blancs 

 Sablons, 540 Miles of Sea-shore, in 1861, within the 

 Boundaries of Canada . . . . . .207 



Index ........... 269 



