TFTK CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 





have some consideration for Professor Hind's 

 investigations regarding the noble fish, and 

 when lie wrote of the migration of Salmon, 

 depend on it, lie was not far astray. Hi 



knowledge ol Natural History cannot be ] h- 



poohed by any penny-liner. We also can 

 vouch for the fact that sea-trout and brook- 

 trout cnlcr the upper waters of all Salmon 

 rivers, lor two purposes, (as they are parasites 

 on their own genera), to destroy the eggs and 

 fry of Salmo salar. The Salmon fry allowed 

 In escape from the hatcheries in New Bruns- 

 wick, have been devoured by trout imme- 

 diately after being deposited by the officer. 

 "P. L." a correspondent to the St. John 

 Telegraph, makes this statement, and we can 

 corroborate it. The system of netting the pools 

 to supply the hatcheries with ova is destruction 

 to the parent fish, as we find that it takes 500 

 females to supply ova for the first start of a 

 single hatchery, and we are informed that 

 there are four hatcheries at present operated in 

 the Lower Provinces. Then, taking these at 

 500 each hatchery, it is requisite that 2,000 

 female fish are annually destroyed in the 

 spring in order to keep these officials going ; 

 and besides, it is necessary that a certain num- 

 ber of males should be obtained to fertilize the 

 ova. What a destruction of fish? which if al- 

 lowed to pass up to their natural spawning- 

 grounds, would in the true course of nature, 

 produce more genuine Salmon than all the 

 hatcheries in the Dominion. What cruelty ? 

 What waste? Now we have proof of what we 

 say 1 We wish this business ended 1 ! Are 

 there no scientific men in Parliament? Can- 

 not, someone stand up for the rights of truth ; 

 [f not, then farewell to our Salmon fisheries : 

 farewell to the Salmon hatcheries ; and fare- 

 well to the Fishery Department. — C. 



SPORT AND SPORTSMEN. 

 What is "sport," and who are " sportsmen ? " 

 appears to be peculiarly defined by European 

 and American writers. There is a vast differ- 

 ence between play and pastime for a consider- 



ation, and diversion, or | 



pleasure a man acquin when he i 



from hie every day duf 



woods, prairies or marshes in search of .'••oik-. 



A sportsman is a man of activity, fond ol 



hunting and fishing, willing to pay freely for 



his privileges. He disdains unlawful act* 



always has an eye on the pot-hunter. 



gambler is not his companion; hie 



are always gentlemen. Such a man is a true 



sportsman — a loverof legitimate sport. What 



then constitutes '•'-port?" ft consists' vir- 

 tually iii the relief ol man from business con- 

 finement, thai recreation maybe obtained 

 with rod and gun, in the \\ Is, on tin- lakes 



oralong the river banks. " -p.,rt "is what we 

 call fair play between " man and beast ; " and 

 the man who stands by this motto will never 

 feel ashamed of his position. It is said that 

 Fox and Otter hunting constitutes " sport," 

 and we have nothing to say against it, because 

 they show fair play, and the chase does nol 

 arise from mercenary motives. Nothing ol 

 this nature has so far appeared among the 

 Fox-hunters of Canada, and as regards the 

 Otter its venation is not carried out here as in 

 Scotland. It occurs to US that the word 

 "sport" is not properly rendered. It is said 

 to be " a diversion, pastime, jest, game or 

 jingle," and if is evident that on the strength 

 ol'tbis broad definition, editors of American 

 sporting papers allow their columns to be filled 

 with pastimes under the beads of horse and 

 boat-racing, cock-fighting and other gambling 

 jingles, games, jests, pastimes or divers 

 none of which have a tendency to elevate man- 

 kind. We are not anxious to make the 

 acquaintance of men who will publish and 

 circulate this kind of literature; our aim 

 is to serve a far higher type oi' mankind. 

 We appreciate athletic sports — it is a 

 grand idea ol the young men of Canada to 

 emulate the strong Roman — the youths who 

 will perform on the cross-bar without the 

 •' bar," will eventually come out without a 

 scar. The pastime of a young man devoting 



