CHAPTER n. 



" Prevention is better .tbaji cure.'" 



Let US tate a brief glance of the Salmon Fislieries of the 

 Mother Country. 



In former years, Salmon was so abundant that its usual 

 price was from one penny to two pence per lb. 



In, the indentures of Apprentices, a clause was some- 

 times inserted to the effect, that they should not be 

 compelled to ^t Salmon oftener than twice a week. 

 Alas ! the change. Seldom can either master or man get 

 a nibble, much less a bite ! The vile practice of fishing 

 at all seasons and by all appliances, has driven the ivoble, 

 tho' dogged fish irom the shores, and the result has been, 

 the destruction of a greater portion of the fisheries, and 

 a rise in the price of Salmon, of at least one thousatid 

 per cent. 



What shall we do ? Protect the fisheries ! Effect a cure, 

 when the disease could have been prevented. The Legisla- 

 ture enact laws, (but do not enforce them), and that at the 

 eleventh hour. The evil has been consummated, the fish 



