THE CANADIAN 8POET8MAN AND NATDBALI81. 





game protection in an American ami Canadian 

 view; harmonizing the Game Laws of the 

 Provinces; correct nomenclature of the Game 

 animals and other kindred subjects. Ameri- 

 can sportsmen have a greater interest accord- 

 ing to numbers and position, in taking part 

 in a Congress of this nature than we have, 

 besides there is something congenial in a meet- 

 ing of true sportsmen ; All have the same 

 objects in view. We at least protect the bulk 

 ot woodcock and snipe bred in the north, 

 more for the benefit of our neighbouring 

 sportsmen than our own. We do the same 

 with geese and ducks, classed as game occurr- 

 ing on the waters of both countries. — C. 



THE ST. FRANCIS SALMON. 



The Sherbrooke Examiner of 4th ultimo, 

 made a charge against Mr. W. C. Willis, a 

 Fishery Overseer, for granting permits to take 

 salmon from the tributaries of the St. Francis 

 River with "fly and minnow." An annony- 

 mous writer in the Montreal Star of 12th ult. 

 reiterates it cum grano salts, under the sig. of 

 " One who has caught Salmon with a rod.'' 

 The Star knows this salmon-rod sport ; he is 

 doubtless known to the Fish and Game Pro- 

 tection Club of Sherbrooke, and we trust they 

 will look further into the matter. We now 

 see that " W. C. W." takes the Star's sport 

 by the nose, telling him that he is lying 

 in every particular, notably regarding the 

 catching of salmon with " dip-nets " at 

 Brompton, or with the fly or minnow near the 

 latter place. The Overseer says: — "I have 

 consulted several old sportsmen, who assert 

 most emphatically that they never heard i>t' 

 or saw a salmon which was caught (in the St. 

 Francis) in the manner spoken of by your 

 correspondent. It would be interesting to lie 

 informed of the time and place of this extra- 

 ordinary catch. The Fisheries Department, 

 as a great favor, granted fifteen days to catch 

 a few salmon, by the only means they can be 

 taken, in that river, at which this person 

 grumbles, while he fails to notice the thou- 

 sands that are yearly taken in rivers of the 

 lower St. Lawrence by nets and pounds, ol 



which we in tl 



-" I a taste. '1 ■ ■ 

 St. French) 

 of July, thence th< 

 River to the spawn i 



township of Ditton. During thi ir paasag 

 they seem to refuse all rood ■. the 

 Dating fly ha- been tin- 

 all in vain, not a " 

 the burnished Bides of tl 

 are plainly risible beneath 

 Taking a truthful view ot' Mr. W 

 iiM'iit — v'.c. — that salmon 



Francis "annually about the middle "I duly, 

 when they refuse all food ; even the I 

 fascinating fly," i- a peculiarity in the hist 

 of Salmo salar unknown to as. We bav< 

 knowledge of this river as far as Brom] 

 but it is however evident that no pooh 

 interrupt the fish to the latter place. Mr. 

 Willis says that they •• pass up the Salmon 

 River to the Bpawning-grounds Bituated : 

 Township of Ditton,''* but we have no | 

 that a "rise" can be had even in this ri 

 If it is true, we now -ay to the Fishery 

 Department, place a guardian on the u] 

 waters of this river. Here, we hav< 

 overseer stating that salmon go up th< 3 

 Francis (we suppose) without res (inn- 



ing on to inland waters called the Salmon 

 River, on the upper sources in which the fish 

 spawn. This locality is the place wo wish to 

 see guarded. The cool mountain tributai 

 the woodlands surrounding these Bpawning- 

 grounds should be protected. Takin_ 

 Willis' statement that no salmon were caught 

 on the St. Francis by By or minnow, during 

 the last-thirty years, we BUggest that no net- 

 ting be allowed on any portion of the r 

 for three i/cars at hast. Bj 30 doing, good 

 results will follow, and salmon will become 

 abundant in these rivers, and they may l*> 

 tempted to make their way to waters further 

 inland. We say protect the Ditton Township 

 spawning-grounds, facilitate for 



salmon endeavouring to mount the Si. 1 

 rence above Quebec, and there will be no 



