TUBBER TURNER. 347 



number for Sundays and holidays, and the 

 product will amount to thousands and tens 

 of thousands." 



" Upon my word it is quite true," said 

 the Squire : " one really does not think 

 that, when we have a fry of Jenkins, we are 

 consuming a whole salmon at every mouthful ; 

 but it is so. The wonder is how, with the 

 strict laws that are made for salmon rivers, 

 such a wholesale destruction can possibly 

 go on." 



" What is the use of strict laws which you 

 can never put into execution?" said the Cap- 

 tain. H I should like to see you try to do it, so 

 as to interfere with vested rights ; and to catch 

 young salmon wholesale is the vested right 

 of these boys." 



"But suppose the law does not permit it?" 

 said the Squire. 



"There is a law here superior to the law 

 of the land." 



" You mean public opinion ?" said the 

 Squire. 



" No, I do not — I mean the law of the 

 bullet. But, after all, I question very much 

 whether the laws of the land would interfere : 

 it is inconceivable what ignorance of natural 



