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can honestly say, however, that I never en- 

 joyed a hunting trip more, and only wish I could 

 look forward to another visit to the island, when 

 with my present experiences I could, I think, 

 make better arrangements to avoid loss of 

 time in reaching the hunting grounds. 



The game laws of Newfoundland are suffici- 

 ently liberal. A licence of $50 (£10) gives the 

 visitor the right to shoot three caribou stags. 

 The true sportsman should be content with 

 this limit and will carefully pick his heads. 



The Newfoundlander, whether white man 

 or Indian, is not charged the $50. The Indian 

 certainly shoots what he wants and is not 

 particular about a close time. Accustomed 

 as he has been from time immemorial to range 

 the island and shoot for food and clothing, it 

 is difficult to get him to understand the prin- 

 ciple underlying game laws, and to accept a 

 game limit to which he has never been accus- 

 tomed and the necessity for which he does not 

 understand. 



When the fishing laws come to be considered 

 there seems to me great room for improvement. 

 The Newfoundland Government prides itself 

 on all the rivers being open to every one. For 

 the first time, in 1910, a fishing licence of $10 

 was imposed on the visitor, and this gave him 

 the right to fish any river in the island. The 



