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the fishing camp, to see a handsome Indian youth bring 

 up his canoe to the shallow landing-place in a graceful 

 sweep, without the slightest concussion, and, lightly 

 stepping out, draw her head up into the bushes, is to 

 recall a just image of a Hiawatha. 



" Then once more Cheemaun he patted, 

 To his birch canoe said ' Onward ! ' 

 And it stirred in all its fibres, 

 And with one great bound of triumph 

 Leaped across the water-lilies, 

 Leaped through tangled flags and rushes, 

 And upon the beach beyond them 

 Dry-shod landed Hiawatha." 



As it may be inferred that every sportsman who visits 

 the woodlands or streams of Acadie would wish to be 

 acquainted with the existing local regulations for the 

 protection of game and fish, a summary of the laws 

 framed for this purj^ose is here introduced. 



In Nova Scotia, with regard to fish, it is enacted that, — 



" Any person taking salmon in fresh water westward 

 of Hahfax Harbour between the 31st day of July and 

 the 1st of March, or in fresh water eastward of Halifax 

 Harbour between the 15th day of August and the 1st of 

 March, is liable to a penalty of forty dollars." 



" Bag nets shall not be used in any river or harbour 

 nor within a mile from the mouth of any river under a 

 penalty of forty dollars." 



" No nets shall be set or allowed to remain set be- 

 tween an hour before sunset on Saturday, and an hour 

 after sunrise on Monday, under a penalty of forty 

 dollars." 



" Any person spearing salmon or sweeping with a net 

 therefor in fresh water is liable to a penalty of forty 

 dollars." 



