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Spawn besides those above mentioned. 

 Observers, observe for yourselves ! 



4th. Human Poachers. — At the time of 

 spavming, the salmon or trout — usually as 

 wild as a fox — becomes as tame as a barn- 

 door fowl, and any little boy walking by 

 the side of the stream can kill them with 

 a stick, — become the easy prey of the 

 poachers, and millions of their eggs are 

 destroyed which would otherwise have been 

 deposited. Tons weight are at this time 

 captured and sent to Paris ; why they do 

 not kill the people who eat them there I 

 know not. Anyhow, these fish are poi- 

 sonous to Englishmen. Mr. Ashworth's 

 head bailiff knows this from practical ex- 

 perience. He once ate a portion of one, 

 and in consequence was made so ill that 



