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mins, having killed Hs fifty fisli in two days' fishing. I 

 have said that a few years ago it was prolific ; would I 

 could add it is so now. Alas ! the contrary is the case. 

 A dam was built on the river, the right of way stopped^ 

 and that splendid and valuable stream ; once so abundant 

 that the waters may be said to have been ,aiive with fish^ 

 — that river in which thousands were annually taken, — 

 is utterly destroyed : and not a salmon is now to be caught 

 in the Escoumins. That river which, if in the mo- 

 ther country, would have yielded from £6jOOO to 

 £8,000 per annum, is now of no value ; when, by the 

 simple remedy of erecting a chute or slide the evil would 

 have been overcome. Let us hope' that another year may 

 not pass without the necessary slide being erected, on 

 this and on every river where dams are erected, or where 

 it may be necessary to erect them. Never let any one be 

 so blind to his own interests, as to obstruct the whole 

 course of a river, when, by an outlay of twenty dollars 

 at the most, he may preserve his fisheries, and have his 

 mill at work at the same time. 



It is a happy omen when we see the principal mill-owner 

 in Lower Canada acknowledging the evil, and aiding to 

 bring about a better state of things by advocating the erec- 

 tion of slides. I refer to Mr. Price, M. P. P., who, in the 

 last session of Parliament, introduced a Bill for the protec- 

 tion of the Salmon fisheries, wherein was a clause, compel- 

 ling the owners of mills to erect slides on the difi'erent 

 dams of the Lower Province. The Bill passed the Lower 

 House unanimously, also a first and second reading in the 

 Upper House, but from some cause, to me and to many 

 others unknown, was never brought up for a third reading, 



