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THE LABRADOR PENINSULA. 



CHAP. XXVIII. 



kinds of goods — for rusty pork and moulded biscuits. The 

 wrong to the public of suffering the richest and finest fish in 

 Canadian waters — the precious capital of our rivers — to be 

 thus traded in when almost valueless, and under circumstances 

 that admit only of unscrupulous fishermen and dishonest traders 

 deriving some mean benefits thereby, is obvious. These dealers 

 adroitly scarify the ugly portions, disguise their ill-conditioned 

 bargain by dry-salting or hot pickle, and, concealing the un- 

 wholesome fish at the bottom of the tubs, or dispersing them 

 among other sound pieces, thus pawn them off upon the public. 

 Costing little at prime, the sale is a ready one below average 

 market price. If consumers were but once to see a few specimens 

 of unseasonable salmon struck by the spear, they would remem- 

 ber the loathsome sight, and, rather than venture the chances 

 of again eating such deleterious food, would eschew salmon 

 altogether.* 



The following table shows the distribution of the area 

 of land set apart and appropriated, under the statute 14 

 and 15 Victoria, for the benefit of the Indian tribes within 

 the limits of the King's Posts, in the Saugenay county : — 



Report of W. S. Whitcher, Esq. 



