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or below him on the water would in all probability capture 

 it. As a general rule, the tenant has no care for future years ; 

 he has no personal interest in stocking the upper waters with 

 breeding fish. He is forced by the competition of his rivals to 

 do all he can in the way of slaughter ; and were there not a legal 

 pause of so many hours in the course of the week, and a close- 

 time of so many days in the year, it is questionable if a score 



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of fish would make their way past the engines devoted to their 

 capture. A watcher can stand on the bridge of Perth, and at 

 certain seasons can signal or count every fish that passes in 

 the water below him, and every fish passing can be caught by 

 those on the look-out ; and I have seen the same watch kept 

 on the Bliine,* and on other salmon rivers. The accompany- 



: ' The Rhine is an excellent salmon stream and yields a large num- 

 ber of fish. The five fishing stations at Rotterdam are very productive, 



