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The most effective methods of fish protection, then, must in- 

 clude protection of the ova. Protect the spawn as well as the 

 immature fish, and there will be an abundant harvest of adults; 

 and the universal recognition and application of this principle 

 will greatly enhance the value of some of our most important 

 fisheries. Protecting the adults from the hand of man, instead 

 of catching them and protecting their ova from the ravages of 

 natural enemies, is a striking example of "saving at the spigot 

 and wasting at the bung." 



Mr. Nevin: I fully agree with Mr. Bower in his statements, 

 and I do not think he has made it strong enough. I do not think 

 one egg in a million that is laid naturally in Michigan in the 

 lakes, of the lake trout or whitefish or wall-eyed pike, will hatch. 

 Not one in a million, naturally. 



Mr. Stranahan: I indorse every word Mr. Bower has said 

 in his paper. 



The Chair: We will now listen to the report of the Mem- 

 orial Committee. 



Dr. Parker made the following report for the committee: 



When in the regular sequence of Nature's laws, our friends 

 pass out into the dreaded silence, having fulfilled the allotted 

 period of life, such a going out always comes to us like a seem- 

 ing disaster, for it is hard for the affections to recognize the 

 great fact of existence that it is just as much in accordance with 

 Nature's laws to die as it is to be born But when we can so far 

 philosophize we can better accept the startling fact when it is 

 brought home to us, and so in the death of these l^rothers ui ours, 

 whose memories we delight to cherish, let us remember that they 

 have passed out from among us, not through any dispensation 

 of Providence, but in strict accordance with Nature's inexorable 

 laws. But the great ethical fact of life is, not how long in years 

 we may live, but how well we may live in deeds and words that 

 bring joy and comfort and happiness into the lives of those 

 around us. 



To those of this society who have known our deceased brother, 

 Marshall McDonald, no words are necessary to tell how well he 

 fulfilled the ethical law. Kind and considerate of the feelings of 

 others, always a courteous and dignified gentleman, he not only 

 commanded respect for himself, but inspired self-respect in others. 

 While his scientific attainments in the direction of his chosen 



