184 FISHERIES OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 



vultures around their prey, while we look on with shameful 

 indifference. Are we then too rich or too indolent to appre- 

 ciate our natural advantages?" 



(In subsequent reports, an effort will be made to deal 

 more fully with the history of the fisheries of the Province of 

 Quebec from the middle of the last century which has 

 necessarily, been but lightly touched upon in the preceding 

 pages and also to describe and to trace the history of the 

 principal salmon rivers and other important inland waters of 

 the Province. E. T. D. C.) 



