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certainly if the Irish fishermen, or indeed those of any 

 country, came to realise that they must depend largely on 

 their own energy and perseverance, it would be much better 

 both for them and for the community in which they lived. 

 The vote of thanks having been carried unanimously, 

 Mr. BloOMFIELD, in reply, said he was much obliged for 

 the kind way in which the proposition had been made by his 

 friend Mr. Blake, whose extreme kindness had shown that 

 it was not necessary for Irishmen to be of the same 

 opinion in politics in order to be appreciated by those who 

 like themselves had the Irish interests at heart. There 

 were only two points on which to touch with reference to the 

 discussion which had taken place. Mr. Hornsby put it 

 forward that they were to look entirely to the English and 

 Scotch boats if they were to fish the whole coast of Ireland. 

 He must say he demurred to that proposition. He believed 

 it was possible for the same men, who it was proposed should 

 go on board those boats, to show the English and Scotch 

 what they were to do, and where they were to find the fish, if 

 they got the opportunity to take the boat in hand and fish 

 on their own account. It was because they had not the 

 opportunities which were given elsewhere that they did not 

 do so, and he must answer Mr. Earll's remark in the same 

 way. As Mr. Blake had so properly observed there were 

 no harbours of refuge along miles of coast, and if boats of 

 English and Scotch owners could not come on that account 

 it was utterly impossible for the poot Irish to engage in 

 fishing there. They had heard from Mr. Earll how the 

 inland fisheries had been developed in America, and it 

 was only fair to ask why the Government should not be 

 called upon to do something in the same way for Ireland. 

 The United States had spent a large sum of money in 

 bringing carp from Germany for the purpose of stocking 



