THE GAME LAWS ANGLING MISHAPS SEA AND 

 BROOK TROUT. 



He who has once experienced the fascination of the woods-life 

 never escapes its enticement. In the memory nothing remains but 

 its charm. WARNER. 



Our local coterie were in council a few evenings since, 

 nominally to devise means to render such aid as was prac- 

 ticable to secure an amendment and more general enforce- 

 ment of the existing game laws of the State, but really for 

 a promiscuous confab upon the subject of angling in gene- 

 ral. The game laws were conceded to be imperfect, but less 

 so than the slip-shod way in which they were enforced. 

 Every species of fish arid game are ruthlessly pursued out 

 of season and by prohibited devices. This is true not alone 

 in regard to remote waters and ranges, but also in regard to 

 lakes and streams in populous neighborhoods. And this 

 state of things will continue until the general public shall 

 reach a more just conception of the material value of well- 

 stocked waters in all sections of the State. As a partial 

 remedy, an increase of the number of game constables was 

 suggested. The necessity for this is conceded by those in 

 authority, and if, in addition, those who appreciate the im- 

 portance of game protection shall exert their personal influ- 

 ence to secure a thorough enforcement of the law in their 

 several localities, something eif ective might be accom- 

 plished. At a few points in the State there are organized 

 associations, one of whose puiposes is to prosecute offend- 

 ers. Some of them have rendered good service, but they 

 are not generally efficient. Their members are ordinarily 

 busy men, who have no leisure to give personal attention to 

 the frequent violations of the law by the poachers and pot- 

 hunters of their neighborhoods. If these several organiza- 

 tions could or would, for a year or two, employ some one to 

 give his entire time to the detection and prosecution of 



