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In either case, as the owner does not 

 profit in a pecuniary sense from grant- 

 ing the privilege, it is manifest that 

 the beneficiary accepts the boon on the 

 understanding that it is to be used in 

 pleasure only, not for sordid gain. Every 

 large town has a ready market for brown 

 trout ; this is known to have greatly en- 

 couraged improper methods of fishing on 

 streams open to the public. The traffic 

 must cease if the fisheries are to be 

 redeemed. Obviously it is open to the 

 owner of a stream, whether a private 

 person or the Crown, to say to the 

 public, " Yes, I will allow you to fish, for 

 the pleasure of the pastime; but I will 

 not allow you to fish with intention to 

 make a pecuniary profit." A concession 

 of privilege involving property is not 

 analogous to a concession of political 

 power. It is not accompanied by the 

 implicit sanction of a larger claim. 



