“EARLY” AND “LATE” SALMON RIVERS. 179 
“BHARLY” & “LATE” SALMON RIVERS 
AND CLOSE SEASONS. 
THE regulation of the fence months for salmon- 
fisheries has long been a difficult one to adjust in 
such a manner as to give general satisfaction, and it 
still continues to be a vexed question. Too many ot 
those engaged in fishing seek to obtain what they 
conceive will be best suited to their individual in- 
terests, and do not consider the subject upon broad 
principles as affecting the general welfare. You find 
very frequently men whose knowledge of the habits 
of the salmon is so contracted that they are incapable 
of arriving at any sound conclusions, either with 
regard to the interests of the country at large or their 
own, and yet who are dogmatic to the last degree in 
giving their opinions ; you find others who may have 
extended their observations somewhat further, yet 
have not learned enough to escape the dangers which 
a “little knowledge” proverbially entails ; and again, 
a third class there are who assume a knowledge 
whichis not their own, but borrowed—gathered up in 
scraps from others, and consequently superficial and 
