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With Rod and Gun in New England 



streams, notably — Scotland, Ireland and England. The question is easily 

 answered. The early settlers in this country found that Nature had supplied 

 the rivers as bountifully with hsh as she had the land with game, and be- 

 lieving the supply to be inexhaustible, they drew upon it without stint, 

 apparently taking no thought of the future. Is it not true that the average 

 man is naturally the greatest destroyer in the animal creation, until he is 

 educated in some of the first principles of true sportsmanship ? When 

 water-power was needed to promote our industries, they built dams without 

 rishways, shutting out from their spawning grounds, salmon, shad, and all 

 anadromous fishes. This meant extermination, and the result, reviewed 

 in this age, is only what might be expected. 



Photo, by T.. R. TTow<-. 



Casting for Salmon. 



It has been said that when the boundary line was established between 

 Canada and the United States, the Canadians succeeded in having nearly 

 all the salmon rivers within their boundaries. That, to a certain extent, 

 seems to be true at this day. But the United States, we must admit, does 

 not take as good care of her salmon rivers as Canada does of those within 

 her boundaries. 



A good salmon river yields large revenue. The Tay, in Scotland, 

 brings about $100,000 annual rental for its rod and net fishing. The 

 Connecticut river is superior to the Tay, being larger, and with restocking 



