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and others point out to me that people fish in the neighborhood of 

 their tanneries or other establishments and catch fish. Very true, fish 

 very often, or probably invaribly, do not think so much about the danger 

 to their lives as they do about getting something to eat; if they find 

 something to eat in water containing deleterious substances they will 

 go there, just as some gentlemen will stand around a barroom all day 

 long and fill themselves full of alcohol notwithstanding that such a 

 course is likely to prove injurious to their health. 



Dr. W. p. Herrick, New York City: In regard to the temporary 

 disappearance of fish where lumbering operations are carried on, it is 

 important to stop the dynamiting of streams. It is against the law, of 

 course, but at the same time they tell me it is almost impossible to 

 stop lumbermen on Sunday afternoons dynamiting streams near by. 

 That often causes disappearance of fish during operations, although 

 that may reappear afterward. 



