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striction ; and if it were possible to kill them all the 

 race would become extinct ; but it is upon this Suisse 

 breeding ground that the greatest injury is inflicted, 

 by destroying the parent fish whilst in the act of re- 

 producing their species in thousands. 



Having very briefly and inadequately stated the 

 position of this magnificent salmon river, the Rhine, 

 I may take the liberty of suggesting a mode of culti- 

 vating and improving it. Thus : 



1st. No salmon should be caught above Basle ex- 

 cept in the months of May, June, and July ; and the 

 fish should be protected from injury by water bailiffs 

 during the remaining nine months. 



2nd. That salmon ladders should be constructed on 

 one side of the falls at Schaffhauseri, thereby to ena- 

 ble the fish to ascend to the Lake Constance and its 

 tributaries, which would increase the extent of the 

 breeding ground enormously. 



3rd. That the fish should be protected from injury 

 in the breeding streams, and that none should be de- 

 stroyed above these falls. 



This may be said to be a national undertaking, and 

 it would be no mean object for any nation to accom- 

 plish, considering that the height of this fall is only 

 similar to that which has been overcome by the indi- 

 vidual exertions of one gentleman (Mr. Cooper, at 

 Ballisodare) over a waterfall of about 60 feet, the falls 

 at Schaifhausen being from 45 feet to 60 feet in 

 height. 



The Suisse might object to breed fish for the Dutch 

 to kill ; well, the Dutch might agree to pay to the 

 Suisse a fourth part of the value of any quantity of 

 salmon they might kill beyond their present produce, 

 and their objection would be fairly met, and both 

 parties would have conferred a mutual benefit upon 

 each other, and the public would have derived a vastly 

 increased quantity of valuable and nutritious food 

 without sustaining any loss. 



