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THE SALMON 



laws, the Acts of 1861 for England, 1862 for Scot- 

 land, 1842 for Ireland, and 1857 for the Tweed, 

 which last river has always been the subject of inde- 

 pendent legislation. From those times onwards, the 

 legislature has endeavoured to promote the welfare of 

 the salmon through the various enactments passed,by — 



1. Affording him a free and unpolluted course 

 from the sea to the spawning grounds ; 



2. Putting a check on the rapacity of individual 

 proprietors and illegal capture. 



The course pursued to attain these ends has been 

 practically the same in all the countries mentioned. 

 Below we have appended a table J of the more 

 1 England 



