220 FISH HATCHING. 



distributed to every part of this our own 

 favoured laud ; this may be done at a 

 comparatively small expense. 



The subject of our fisheries is now begin- 

 ning to assume considerable importance in 

 the national mind. Parliament has found out 

 that it is necessary to interfere . to prevent 

 the wholesale slaughter of the salmon which 

 is going on.* They wisely foresaw the conse- 

 quences of the suicidal fishing that every- 

 where prevailed, and determined to deal 

 with the evil with a strong hand, and to 

 make a magna charta for the inhabitants 

 of our streams. This they have done, and 

 the consequences of protection have already 

 begun to show good results. This is an 



* See note in Appendix. 



