the road, and this should be done also daring the 

 spawning season ; for the scows are nearly as broad 

 as the stream, and the water being shallow, they 

 must necessarily scrape on the bars as they are 

 hauled along, destroying the spawn and disturbing 

 the fish. If this matter is brought before the gov- 

 ernment, it will without doubt remedy the evil and 

 be willing to protect the breeding-ground of our 

 lordly salmon. The Cascapedia Club and the few 

 lodges along the river are doing everything they 

 possibly can, but I do not believe they will be suc- 

 cessful in increasing the number of salmon unless 

 the lumbermen help in their preservation. If what 

 I have seen this season continues, I am afraid the 

 beautiful Cascapedia will become, like its sister, the 

 " Little River," only a sweet remembrance. 



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