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iPor the more ready reference to localities, it will te 

 desirable to divide the shores of the St. Lawrence into 

 districts, I would therefore invite attention to the places 

 ties that lie between the easternmost point of the north 

 shore, Ance au Sablon, and the Eiver Sagueliay, 



And now having entered the Gulf, let us wander awhile 

 amid the bays and estuaries of this noble river j Let us 

 view the royal doMain, the homestead of the Salmoil 

 and the Salmon Trout, which nature has so bountifally 

 provided for them. Let us ascend the dashing and foam-" 

 ing torrent ; let us view the fish in their preparation for 

 the birth of their progeny, and see the ova, in countless 

 thousands, deposited in its sandy bedj 



Eeader^ bear with me while I enumei-ate the rivers 

 within this locality ; while I show what in fonaer years 

 has been done, and what may be done ; so that Our rivers 

 may yet swarm with countless myriads of the noble fish. 

 Deem me not visionary in my computation, do not come 

 to a hasty conclusion ; but pause and reflect, make your 

 own observations, examine for yourself, study the best 

 authorities, and you will find that I have based my calcu- 

 lations on a much lower scale than any who have written 

 on the subject, from Jacobi and Goldstein of the last cen^ 

 tury, to Shaw, Kamsbottora, Ephemera, and others of the 

 present period ; and should conviction be forced on yottr 

 minds, you are bound to use every influence you may 

 possess, to bring about a better state of things than at 

 present exists; seeing that it is a question that aflfects both 

 the social and commercial interests of the community. In 

 it is involved the utter destruction or the preservation 

 of an element of food which a kind Providence has ge- 



