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credit of being placed the very first of their four- 

 footed benefactors. 



We have now endeavoured to state the past and 

 present state of our salmon rivers ; what they were 

 under good laws, and what they are under bad ones ; 

 how they were formerly cared for, and how now 

 they are neglected ; also the spawning, hatching, 

 rearing, migrations, and growth : and hope that all 

 these things will be taken into due consideration 

 and acted on, and that some one more capable than 

 I am will supply the deficiencies which inability has 

 omitted. 



