78 EXAMPLES OF CULTIVATED RIVERS. 



ble and secret works of nature, as Tillotson says, 

 ' ' the inscrutable perfections of the works of God." 



I congratulate the French Government in having 

 passed a law to prohibit the import and export of 

 salmon and trout in the close season, from the 20th 

 October to the 1st February, as this will materially 

 support the fishery laws of Great Britain ; and also 

 in having passed a general law for the protection of 

 the salmon and trout rivers in France by prohibiting 

 fishing from the 20th October to the 1st February, 

 and that no fish shall be caught in rivers whose width 

 shall not exceed about 20 feet, as they are considered 

 to be spawning beds, and below which width fish 

 shall not be caught except with certain implements 

 under strict regulations, and that ladders are to be 

 provided by the State to enable the fish to pass up to 

 their spawning ground. 



