| Show trap T TI 4 av JU fresh water ipe es r porpoise catching in the river and gulf of st Is being successfully prosecuted by mr campbell Caa mcnab ic the well known trapper and hunter mr dir maccal has lias guided many wany influential fluent ial hunting parties to success suc cogs not the least of NA aich have come cove to canada from europe in search of big game ills success in porpoise catching has not been exceeded by anyone engaged in the same line in the st laurence lanrence pt least these amphibious animals are strown to be destructive to fish life und and naturalists consider that c barrel of fish per day Is a R very low estimate C of what one of them will u the destruction of the posts Is therefore in the public interest and it has often urged that a fair bounty should be paid for their capture the tho trouble hitherto Lit herto has been to find anything strong enough to retain the porpoises when they have been secured within an inclosure mr macnab has overcome this di difficulty in a very ingenious manner InS the very minute ear of the porpoise is an extremely delicate organization and so sn sen to any ration ii in tho the avator that it 1011 not attempt to pase it with the aid aia of this knowledge abich is the result of many years of close study of the animal mr macnab has succeeded in arranging a very simple device dovice for securing the porpoises aich have been driven over a shoal at high tide and for pro venting their return nith the falling udo tide in this tills manner ho be pacts to decero many thousands of the animals in a season the device was tried the other day at the mouth of the portneuf Port neuf river rive r below the nay here mr macnab has leased the shoal from the provincial government for a terra term of years some sixty nine porpoises bein thus lf cured porpoises salmon S a 1 man for some follow distance up their rivers and the number which they destroy 1 said to be very large telegraph Quebec |
