3-074-663 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The International Fisheries Exhibition: the Canadian Court, 1883. 'There are now but few days remaining of this instructive and interesting exhibition, which has occupied a large share of attention during the past six months. The Canadian Court, shown in one of our Illustrations this week, in connection with that of the United States of America, presents an immense field of observation, but we have already noticed in detail some of the fisheries and other marine industries of the Western Continent. The central trophy, or conspicuous group, in the middle of this view, is formed of different kinds of seals which are captured on the seacoasts of Canada, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Labrador; while the figure of a man in a boat, suspended from the side wall, appears to be aiming his rifle at one of them. Another figure is that of a man with a spear or harpoon, about to strike a salmon. The singular object hanging from the roof overhead is a life-size model, from nature, of an enormous "squid" or cuttlefish, 25 ft. in length, and the model of a white whale is seen farther on. The contents of the cases are well worthy of inspection'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.