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boats, &c. ; nor can a simple fisherman afford to 

 spend weeks or days of fine weather in taking 

 soundings and making systematic series of experi- 

 ments ; and hence it is, as I said before, our best 

 fishing banks have been found out by chance. 



In short, our fisheries, by careful attention on the 

 part of Government and by a very moderate outlay 

 of public money, might be made the source of food 

 and employment for thousands and tens of thousands 

 more of our suffering population than are at present 

 supported by them. The seas which surround our 

 coasts contain an inexhaustible supply of wholesome 

 and nutritious food, and nothing is required to ren- 

 der it largely available to all but a more efficient, 

 systematic, and well-regulated mode of procuring 

 it. 



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