The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-03-24
Fish Culture No. 4.

rish culture No. 4.
Let US now take rapid survey of the
accomplished results in our sister conf.d-
Grafton the Dominion of Canada.
The Canadian fisheries were originally
under the exclusive direction and control
ofthe Hudson's Bay Company by direct
lease from the British Crown, and unde,
its smanagementtheys steadily deteriorated
Another illustrate . the old fable, Kill.
ing the goose for tn, purpose # getting
all the eggs at once. anu leaving none for
reproduction. Its lease having expired
in the year 1860, the crown re entered into
possession OF the fisheries, and Grown
Commissioner was appointed to take
charge of them, to make all n. ccssary
Investigations, to recommend necessary
legislation, and to enforce the new stat
utes; all this in the interest of the pco.
pie of Canada. The change was inauyu
rated none too soon, as Investigation
showed that their most valuable fish, the
Salmon, was extinct iu many of their
finest rivers, and in Others was rapidly
disappearing. Only in the wilds of Lab
rador, localities far removed from ciyili
zatlon was it still to be found in ANYTHING
like is natural degree OF abundance and
here too, the destroyer WAS commencing
to ply his trade.
In order to give the reader clear idea
OF the great Canadian Wilderness and of
Its 5rawling torrents, We will introducc
mere an extract from the pen of Hon.
Robert B. Rooseveldt of New York. q
writer possessing great vigor and merit.
Uunfortunately for the rising generation.
ms books on this subject are now out of
print. y.
For many hundred miles, helow Que
bee, The majestic st. Lawrence rolls it,:
transparent waters in steady surge
oward the ocean. Forward and back
ward heavcs the mighty tide, piling up
he waters "islte'n n and twenty feet; but
the steady current keeps on it's course
toward the gulf. Into this wonderful
-tream that can only be ikened to an ann
OF the sea, at every few m1les deLouch, 9
rom the granite hills a river, m ,re or less
extensive and more or less rocky and tur-
'u'ent These rivers rise on the mountai n
Ups cold and clear, and thunder down
'Ver I'll 8 a; rapids, tir ugh chasms and
gor%es split in the eternal rock, till they
leap, tumble or crawl into that outlet Of
th"usend lakes, the highway of the
Cana.;as.
ihese streams the salmon and trout
ascend, tn re to disport themselves. thne
to make love. prepare their nests, ard
prp tuate their species The water is cool
u ming fion The tigid regions of tn.
north or supplied l'y icy springs, and the
o"tt I'm OILERS every variety oi spawning u
brds. There Is the stony pol Tor the
salmon, the pebbly one for the trout, and
never do the two spawn, and rarely eveI
ne, In the same. The pool where the
salmon lie is deep and rapid, with bot
t m conposed of dark Iimcstoncs aver.
ing about the siz.. Of u ban,am's egg.
While the trout hide in sluggish pon,
and often one worn away By the water
and followed from clay bank. 1t is o.
tradition. but one by ns means well
substantiate tn IT trout never e.t toung
cannon, nor salmon young trout. As
tr"ut are ore fond of their own species
than any other de'icacy, it is not proba
ie they would be fa<tidious about swal-
owing ricr, juicy little salmon.
The country through which thes
streams run is very peculiar; rough hills
II granite rise aim st perpendicular
from the edge of rhe water, many hundred
and sometimes many thousand feet.
Their sides are bare and bleak, and il
adorned at oil with verdure, it is with
stunted pine and spruce, that only half
hides the white rock brneath. The
strerEls wind in tor'uous course among
craVs, slowly gaii high elevation.
The bare, uni roftable mills xtend back
ir m tn" north shore of the ST. Lawrence
rs iar as the io0t of man has pen"trated.
ana only 1T long intervals by the shore Of
tie larger fiv'rs where fnrty centuries of