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and rivers is, I venture to think, a greater crime. 

 The mines are only a department in the wide range 

 of industries, and will be played out sooner or later, 

 but the great waterways occupy a unique position, and 

 their resources, once destroyed, can never be replaced. 

 The depleted rivers of the adjoining States, I think, 

 clearly teach that lesson. Knowledge of the art of 

 angling is not beyond the capacity of any youth or 

 maiden of average intelligence. Let them acquire it. 

 Rules that make it compulsory in the case of the 

 young aspirant will bring higher rewards in the end, in 

 the mastery of a fresh accomplishment. By the prac- 

 tice of the art the over-wrought mind will gain zest, 

 and life's task will be faced with new hope and in- 

 spiration. This section of the playground of the north- 

 western continent, to fulfil its purpose, naturally must 

 be placed on the same footing with lacrosse, baseball, 

 cricket and golf, with rules of honour equally binding, 

 the observance of which must be safeguarded by all 

 right-minded inhabitants and visitors. 



