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nerously sent to our shores, and -whicli "should be 

 within reach of every inhabitant of Canada." It is a 

 question for the political economist, for the legislator. 

 It behooves them to guard with a jealous eye every 

 action that may tend to the injury of the whole commu- 

 nity, whether caused by the evil practices of our own 

 people who disregard the rights of others, or by aliens 

 or foreigners, who with net, spear, and torch, destroy our 

 fisheries, and illegally encroach on our bays and rivers, 

 after having destroyed their own fisheries within their 

 own territories. I have no desire to be too severe in my 

 remarks ; but every right-thinking person, be he Cana- 

 dian or a resident of the States, must admit that such 

 illegal acts must be prevented at all hazards. We will 

 welcome all parties who come on a fair fishing tour, or 

 as purchasers ; but as destroyers, we tell them, keep on 

 your own side of the line. 



CHAPTER VII. 



SALMON FISHERIES OP THE ST. LAWRENCE AND 

 TRIBUTARIES. 



ANCE AU SABLON TO THE SAG0ENAT. 



Between these two points, lie the principal fishing 

 stations of the Hudson's Bay Company. 



Of the interior of the country, but little is known that 

 can be depended upon, the territory is as it were locked 

 up, the feet of few white men have trod its surface, the 

 Indians, (the Montagnards) and a few of the Hudson's 



