SUMMARY AND cowtuæons.
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capture, while, it may be, he is in a position to see daily what
is landed in a large or in a small shing—centre from both
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the near and the distant grounds. A close observer of nature,
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he. weaves no theories, and is not incautious in deduction. "
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The welfare of the sheries as a whole is his aim, and the
inuences which act on those _en—gaged nancially in them
haiœ'political or” other connections with them, are ‘
known to him.
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He considers not only. the shes which haunt the various
areas,_as made known by the different methods of shing, but
is likewiSe familiar with the whole contents of the wat—ef, —Ï
from the innumemb1e oating eggs and swarms of young f00d+
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shes to microscopic plants, all of which as a rule are unknown
to those who frequent an area simply to capture as many
able shes as possible.
He also is cogni“sant of the history“
of the subject, and that complaints very similar in
toi: ,j_
those of to-day were made hundreds of years ago, withOut being
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followed by the disasters to the food—shes so frequently"
reitemted.
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Besides the foregoing “practical” qualications, the sc1ent1c
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observer Comes to his task with a precise knowledge of the life—
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histories of the_importantf00àshes He _knoWs, for instance,—"
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that the young c0d as a rule seeks the inshore waters
ab0ut an inch in length, remains near the tidal margin tbrx‘f
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some time, and as it gets larger and Older seeks the offshore
;
grounds 1.
That the haddook, on. the contrary, in its
stages is a deep—water sh, and only comes to
msh01e
Waters When 5 or 6 inches in length; — e1sfam]æW1ththe
:
our10us cycle in the life-histœÿ0£t6p131063ndthetmb0Ë
“arebÿ—ànd4bÿ
be foundattheüdalmægmthefŒmereay
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111 “the Season and in—
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capture, while, it may be, he is in a position to see daily what
is landed in a large or in a small shing—centre from both
,
;
the near and the distant grounds. A close observer of nature,
*
he. weaves no theories, and is not incautious in deduction. "
._
The welfare of the sheries as a whole is his aim, and the
inuences which act on those _en—gaged nancially in them
haiœ'political or” other connections with them, are ‘
known to him.
'
_
'
.
-
’
'
He considers not only. the shes which haunt the various
areas,_as made known by the different methods of shing, but
is likewiSe familiar with the whole contents of the wat—ef, —Ï
from the innumemb1e oating eggs and swarms of young f00d+
‘
'
shes to microscopic plants, all of which as a rule are unknown
to those who frequent an area simply to capture as many
able shes as possible.
He also is cogni“sant of the history“
of the subject, and that complaints very similar in
toi: ,j_
those of to-day were made hundreds of years ago, withOut being
’
followed by the disasters to the food—shes so frequently"
reitemted.
-—
-
"
’
-
Besides the foregoing “practical” qualications, the sc1ent1c
-
observer Comes to his task with a precise knowledge of the life—
'
histories of the_importantf00àshes He _knoWs, for instance,—"
»
that the young c0d as a rule seeks the inshore waters
ab0ut an inch in length, remains near the tidal margin tbrx‘f
—
some time, and as it gets larger and Older seeks the offshore
;
grounds 1.
That the haddook, on. the contrary, in its
stages is a deep—water sh, and only comes to
msh01e
Waters When 5 or 6 inches in length; — e1sfam]æW1ththe
:
our10us cycle in the life-histœÿ0£t6p131063ndthetmb0Ë
“arebÿ—ànd4bÿ
be foundattheüdalmægmthefŒmereay
_
111 “the Season and in—