254 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF SALMON FISHING. 



Commander Ross did at Boothia Felix on the 26th of 

 July, 1831. 



Keep Close time strictly ; kill no spawning fish ; 

 tamper not with foul ones of any sort ; preserve the 

 fry ; send the black fishers to Iceland ; but catch as 

 many salmon as you can, recte si possis (meaning- with 

 a rod), si non, quocunque moclo, — that is, with a net 

 or leister, and so forth. 



