THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



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Then, where can tlioy be more profitably cul- 

 tivated than on Arrticosti? The numerous 

 bays around the island are, at this day, teem- 

 ing with them, and we are pleased to learn 

 that a Company from New Brunswick is to 

 take advantage of this fishery next season. — C. 



THE ENGLISH SPARROW. 



This European introduction, which at one 

 time was looked upon with so much favour, is 

 now pretty generally regarded as a pest ; care- 

 ful observations made during recent years 

 having proved conclusively that these birds 

 possess few redeeming qualities to compen- 

 sate for the great amount of damage they 

 are credited with doing. The Colony of 

 Australia appears to realize the serious dis- 

 advantages of their introduction, their in- 

 crease there has been so rapid, and their 

 depredations so marked, that they are now 

 considered an equal nuisance with the import- 

 ed rabh.it, and in that prolific land will proba- 

 bly be as difficult to get rid of. The Austra- 

 lian Government has lately offered a bounty of 

 sixpence per dozen for the heads, and two and 

 sixpence per hundred for the eggs, which will 

 probably have the effect of reducing their 

 numbers. 



Here, in Canada, our severe winters have, to 

 a certain extent, checked their increase, but 

 they are in some places already too numerous, 

 and ere many years will, no doubt, multiply 

 to such an extent that we, also, may be 

 obliged to adopt some means for their extermi- 

 nation.- — Wallace. 



NEW BRUNSWICK SALMON RIVERS. 



THE RIGHT TO FISH Von SALMON. 



A landowner, named Phair, was arrested 

 while fishing with rod and line for salmon in 

 the Miramichi river, opposite his own pro- 

 perty. The arrest was made by \V- IP Ven- 

 ning, the Inspector ot Fisheries lor New 

 Brunswick. Phair refused to give up bis 

 fishing rod, etc., to the officer, but he yielded 



when Venning presented a revolver. Phair 

 brought an action for damages for the seizure 

 of his tackle, and the suit was brought before 

 the Circuit Court of Fredericton. The attorney 

 for the Government moved for a nonsuit, on 

 two grounds; first, that the defendant was 

 acting in the capacity of a Justice of the 

 Peace, and was entitled to one month's notice 

 of action ; and second, that the plaintiil 

 illegally fishing. The judge overruled both 

 these objections, and charged in favour of the 

 plaintiff on points of law, but he disagreed on 

 the matter of damages. The jury, however, 

 decided to award $511. The Government or 

 the Chief of the Fishery Department, with the 

 consent of the Privy Council, should recognize 

 riparian rights in navigable or uunavigabk- 

 rivers w here fish occur. It will save money 

 and litigation, and the earlier this annoyance 

 is abated the better for both parties. — C. 



INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES 

 EXHIBITION. 

 The approaching Fisheries Exhibition to be 



held in Edinburgh, Scotland, next April, will 

 be open to all countries. It is under the 

 patronage of the Duke of Edinburgh and the 

 Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland. It 



will include everything connected with or as 

 an illustration of the fisheries oi the world. 

 The exhibits are to be divided into twelve 

 classes, embracing models of boats ; o( listiing- 

 hoat harbours and fishermen's houses ; nets, 

 lines, rods, artificial bait, tackle, piscicultural 

 apparatus, fish ova, and young try : slutted 

 fish and aquatic birds; paintings and easts of 

 fish models, oi fish passes and ladders; life 

 boats, fishermen's dress and equipments ; 

 specimens ot fresh, cured and canned fish ; 

 samples of preparation for preserving tish and 

 specimens of such results ; models and other 

 means ol' illustrating the life, habits and 

 social condition ot those engaged in the 

 fisheries ; treatises on the pollution of rivers 

 and the best means of remedying the evil. A 

 loan collection will be included, and the Asso- 



