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RECREATION 



of July will likely see the last of them for this 

 year. So far it has been a great season, individual 

 fishermen having cleared one thousand dollars. The 

 salmon do not remain long in the bay, but hasten 

 to the spawning grounds on the upper waters of 

 the St. John River. Some are caught in the 

 harbor, some others in the lower reaches of the 

 St. John River, but on all the upper portion resi- 

 dents along the banks take only enough for their 

 own needs. The fish caught in the bay are brought 

 to St. John, N. B., every day in carrier boats and 

 delivered to the merchants, James Paterson and 

 Andrew Malcolm on the South Wharf and Robert- 

 son at Reed's Point. The fish are not bought by 

 the pound, but rather by the price. The dealers 

 long ago discovered that the average weight for 

 the season is twelve and a half pounds per fish, 

 and they buy the whole catch at this rate, the price 

 at present being 10 cents per pound. A little more 

 is paid at the first and last of the season. The 

 salmon for shipment are packed in' square boxes 

 about nine or ten inches deep. The fish are care- 

 fully laid side by side, and cracked ice is packed 

 all about them until the box is filled. These boxes 

 are shipped in cold storage cars. There is a steady 

 demand for salmon. Many go to Boston and New 

 York, provincial and Upper Canadian points receive 

 a fair proportion, and the demand for the local 

 market is generally strong. The season in salmon 

 has so far been a good one, and if the next few 

 weeks are as usual, the fishermen and dealers will 

 be well satisfied. After the salmon the market will 

 be bare, as there is no other fish to come. 1 he 

 boats will be out for haddock, and later there may 

 be a few fall shad, but for fully two months there 

 will be little variety on the market. 



One cannot help feeling grieved that so 

 many good salmon should be taken by the 

 nets. When a single fisherman can secure 

 10,000 pounds weight of salmon they must be 

 fairly abundant ; but it does not seem likely, 

 from what we know of the St. John River, 

 that the upper waters of the Tobique can be 

 getting any too many salmon. 



Fifteen years ago salmon fishing on the St. 

 John River did not amount to much, but ow- 

 ing to the protection afforded by the salmon 

 clubs and by the enforcement of the laws 

 protecting the spawning fish, salmon have in- 

 creased marvelously, and to-day men who 

 had no share whatever in bringing about this 

 happy state of affairs are reaping a reward 

 altogether out of proportion to their deserts. 



Market fishermen all over the world al- 

 ways bitterly oppose any limitations as to ■ 

 nets and open seasons, yet when sportsmen, 

 by vigorous action have so awakened public 

 sentiment that protective action has been 

 taken, the netsmen are first to receive' the 

 benefit. 



We should like to see the New Brunswick 

 government do something to curtail this 

 heavy slaughter at the mouth of the St. John. 

 They might offend the market men, but they 

 would earn the undying gratitude of men 

 who spend their sapre time and their spare 

 cash within the province. 



of ignorance regarding the disposition of 

 garbage and refuse as well as relating to 

 pure water supply, and it is a real pleasure 

 to get hold of a practical book like "The 

 Sanitation of a Country House," which is the 

 name of a complete little volume written by 

 Dr. Harvey B. Bashore. He dwells on the 

 hygienic and sanitary ways for disposal of 

 waste, the water supply, and lastly but not at 

 all least, Dr. Bashore gives many points to 

 the "Summer Camp," in the hygienic line. 

 He disposes with mosquitoes, the fishy taste 

 in the drinking water, and waste from the 

 camp in equally effective ways. 



In Dr. Bashore's own words he says : "We 

 are apt to think everything in the woods is 

 so fresh from the Hand of the Maker that 

 sanitary care is unnecessary; every spring 

 and every brook seems to be pure and un- 

 defiled. If we could only drop into the 'for- 

 est primeval' such would indeed be the case; 

 but the fact is that where you go some one 

 else has been before." 



If everyone who contemplates camping 

 would read and follow the instructions of this 

 volume, we are sure that their general health 

 would be benefited. Also anyone building 

 a house in the country, away from .the city 

 sewage or water supply would find many 

 points for the home and safety of the fam- 

 ily's health. John Wiley & Sons: Price, $i. 

 Scientific Publishing Co., 43 and 45 East 19th 

 street, New York City. 



PRACTICAL SANITATION. 



Even in the well-regulated, neatly kept 

 camps there seems to be a -distressing amount 



THE RETURN TO FREEDOM. 

 By LLOYD ROBERTS. 



We leave the office hours, 



And the hanging weight of care; 



And the joy of life is ours, 



When we taste the open air, — 



Where the wide winds cross the mountains, 



And the crimson maples flare. 



Beyond the doors of Man, 

 With a rifle and a guide, — 

 To the life that we began, 

 When the little world was wide, — 

 We return to primal freedom, 

 As we cross the great divide. 



Then strike the trails with day, 

 When the mist is curling white;' 

 And follow on our way 

 Till the fading of the light ; 

 And we roll into our blankets 

 On the threshold of the night. 



