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his name in America, speaks of that river as swarm- 

 ing with salmon ; but where are they now ? Gone, 

 never to return, unless repopulated by artificial means ; 

 in fact, expelled by dams and sawdust, and such like 

 accompaniments of the human race. As with the 

 Hudson, so it would be everywhere, if preventive 

 measures were not adopted to stop these abuses, so 

 glaring and unjustifiable, that every well- thinking 

 man can scarce fail to anathematise the short-sighted 

 policy that has formerly marked the advance of civili- 

 sation. But it is not only fish in America ; game has 

 also thus ruthlessly been dealt with, till forests and 

 farms cease to re-echo the musical, plaintive notes of 

 the partridge, or the sonorous, drumming call of the 

 ruffed grouse. For our part, the most picturesque 

 walk, the most delightful rural drive, if not graced 

 with the presence or note of the feathered warblers, 

 the cooing of the dove, or the flight of birds, loses 

 half its fascinations, half its enchantments, and conse- 

 quently half the pleasures it would otherwise afford. 



Supposing that you have passed a few days at 

 Upton, and enjoyed, with that relish which is so 

 natural to a sportsman, the manifold pleasures of a 

 country excursion, we should advise your now leaving 

 civilisation and revelling in the solitude of the pathless 

 wood, where man seldom intrudes and nature remains 



