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206 Scotland, Social, and Domestic.
trident, called a leister or waster. With these instruments
they struck the salmon, which made unavailing efforts to
escape from their pursuers. This system of salmon-
hunting has long been superseded by the less revolting
methods of fishing with the rod and net. The con-
stitution of fishery boards, by the Act of 1862, has
largely conduced towards the protection of rivers and
estuaries, and must ultimately result in improving the
value of the fisheries.

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