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two good stables in the place; teams, $3 per 
day and upwards. 
From St. Andrew's, we took steamer to 
Eastport, Me., and changed for boat to St. 
John, N. Bs, but darkness coming on prevented 
our seeing much of the provincial coast. At 
St. John we were tempted to sail the seventy 
miles across the Bay of Fundy, to Annapolis, 
Digby, and visit the Evangeline district, said 
to be a delightful trip, but after spending a 
few days seeing the sights, the forty foot tide, 
‘‘the double reversible cataract,” caused by 
the ebb and flow of the tide in the St. John 
river, one of the wonders of the world, we took 
a little steamer up the St. John river to Fred- 
cricton. 
Fredericton is a very pleasant place for a 
summer sojourn, right in the midst of a good 
game and fish region; in fact, one could hardly 
escape trout bites in this province if he ex- 
posed himself in Mayor June. The fisherman 
has everything all right and good treatment; 
no trouble with the custom house, but I am in- 
formed that the gunner has to deposit the 
amount of duty on his gun; a $100 gun being 
rated sometimes at $300, and $4o to $60 deposit 
required; asenseless hardship. We left Fred- 
ericton one morning by train and reached Bos- 
ton the same evening, via Bangor. 
FRANK S. Fay. 
Fish Protection and Culture in Pennsylvania. 
Persons desiring to aid in the increase of 
edible fish in the waters of Pennsylvania, can, 
by applying to The Pennsylvania Fish Pro- 
tective Association, 1020 Arch street, Phila- 
delphia, obtain placards containing informa- 
tion as to close seasons of the different varieties 
of fish, and other information pertaining tothe 
same; also blank applications for procuring 
trout fry, free, from the Pennsylvania Fish 
Commissioners, will be supplied by the associ- 
ation upon application. 
H. O. Wixzur, President. 
M. G. SELLERs, Secretary. 

Protection in Indiana. 
Mr. G. W. Griffin,in a private letter from 
Greencastle, Ind., writes us: 
‘‘T was in Indianapolis yesterday and saw 
Mr. Butler, who, with other Indianapolis an- 
glers, were to appear yesterday afternoon be- 
fore the Committee of the House having in 
charge the bills introduced for the protection of 
fish. ‘Phere seems to be quite a waking up on 
the part of the anglers in Indiana, Illinois, 
Wisconsin and Michigan to secure some good 
protective legislation this winter. 
‘“‘In this state-they are trying to do away 
with all spearing, the running into the stream 
of the refuse from paper mills and strawboard 
factories, and making a close season from the 
first of December to the twentieth of June or 
first of July, giving the state tish commissioner 
a salary of $1,500 a year and allowing him 
$5,000 a year for expenses. 
‘““The paper mills and strawboard factories 
will make a big fight of course, and the gen- 
eral public do not seem to be educated up to 
the point to realize the importance of such 
laws.”’ 
The National Protective Association. 
The National Bird and Fish Pro- 
tective Association, organized during the Co- 
lumbian Exposition, at a convention held Sep- 
tember 21, 1893, in the Agricultural building, 
has steadily increased in membership and in- 
fluence. At the beginning, the members were 
few in number, but at the second annual meet- 
ing, held January 9 and io, in Chicago, the 
rolls gave evidence of a gratifying increase. 
Twelve state associations and clubs, with an 
aggregate of many thousand members, are re- 
corded as having joined during the past year, 
and the individual membership has increased 
to nearly three hundred. ‘The objects of the 
association, outlined in Article I of the consti- 
tution, are as follows: 
‘« This association is formed for the purpose 
of securing co-operative work among state 
sportsmen’s associations, game wardens, and 
individuals in protecting game and fish during 
the close season; to obtain harmonious legis- 
lation by and between the several states, ter- 
ritories and districts in their game laws; to 
discourage the reckless killing of any and all 
kinds of game for pleasure or for pecuniary 
profit, prevent the unnecessary destruction of 
forests and the killing of insectiverous and 
song birds; encourage a general adoption of 
the game warden system, extend the number 
of state and national parks by proper legisla- 
tion; foster the introduction and protection of 
new species of game, ascertain, defend and 
protect the rights of sportsmen, and promote 
the affiliation of all members of the fraternity 
throughout the United States.” 
Game, 
