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destroy same," but the person so doing must make the 

 matter public according to a certain prescribed form. 

 Again, "Any person discovered at night with a spear or a 

 torch, shall be considered in the act of spearing salmon," 

 of course unless he can prove to the contrary. And again, 

 " Every net, trap, or machine for catching fish must have 

 attached to it the name of owner legibly written." 



There is good trouting in Cape Breton, both sea trout 

 and brook trout ; the latter abound in all the rivers 

 and lakes as in Nova Scotia. Sea trout run in Mar- 

 garee, Chetecamp, St. Annes, Black Eiver, River Inha- 

 bitants, Bedeque, Middle Kiver, and many others; they 

 pursue the smelt into the mouths of the rivers in the 

 month of May, but do not ascend till July. The unin- 

 itiated are apt to confound the brook trout (S. Fontinalis) 

 with the sea trout (S. Canadensis). In many Canadian 

 rivers the brook trout descend to the tideways probably 

 for food, and there acquire a bright silvery hue, which 

 is supposed to be one of the characteristics of the sea 

 trout. 



The gaspereau, sometimes called the " alewife " from an 

 Indian word aloof (a fish), (Alosa tyrannus), is a member 

 of the Clupeidse which frequents the Nova Scotian, Cape 

 Breton, and New Brunswick rivers in great numbers, 

 but which I have not seen in any other waters of the 

 Dominion. The catch of these fish in the two provinces 

 amounts to 50,000 barrels a year, and they form a very 

 welcome addition to the means of the farmers who live 

 along the banks of the rivers they frequent. I heard of 

 one farmer on the Margaree whose catch in one year 

 amounted to 50Z. worth. The expense connected with 



