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in the Jacques Cartier river, weighing seventeen pounds; but 

 this fish was not in good condition, and had lost mucli of liis 

 loeauty. 



The Salmo Salmidus, or Parr, is to be met witii in some of the 

 streams in this Province. I found a few last summer in the 

 Jacques Cartier. This pretty little fish is often confounded 

 with the salmon fry ; but it is now ascertained to be a distinct 

 species, never gi'owing to more than six or eight inches in 

 length. 



The number of men and amount of capital employed in the 

 sahnon fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland are now so gi'eat, 

 that they have become collectively an object of national impor- 

 tance only second to the Cod Fishery. The right of fishing certain 

 rivers is leased for large sums. The fishery on the Erne at 

 Ballyshannon, lets from 2500/. to 3000Z. a-year, with a profit to 

 the lessee of from 1400/. to 1600/. Coleraine, I believe, is of 

 nearly equal value. Many of the Scotch rivers also yield large 

 rents ; but the fisheries of the Tweed far exceed in value any 

 other British or Irish river, having been let a few years ago 

 for 15,700/. per anumn. The produce of the salmon sent to 

 London, was at the same time, estimated at 54,000 pounds, but 

 the necessary expenses are very great. Seventy boats and 300 

 fishermen are employed during the season at Berwick, on the 

 English side of the river alone. 



The consumption of salmon in London and the other large 

 towns of the British Islands, as well as in the houses of tlie 

 higher and wealthier classes in the country, has become of late 

 years enormous, and the vast sums expended on this dear and 

 luxurious article could only be afibrded by the immense wealth 

 of England. To answer this great demand, new means of de- 

 struction were devised. Nets were made of such dimensions as to 

 embrace the whole circle of the mouth of a .salmon river, and the 

 capture of the fish was highly stimulated evei-j'where, and mider- 



