FOREST, LAKE, AND RIVER 



western limit of the Straits of Belle Isle. Though 

 badly poached for some years back, there are many 

 salmon in these streams, which could be largely 

 increased in numbers, by careful guarding of the 

 rivers for a short term of years. 



Fortunate is the angler who owns the lease of a 

 Canadian salmon stream, or who can secure a few 

 days' fishing in one. His sport is that of kings. 

 His companions will almost certainly be men and 

 women of culture and refinement. His surround- 

 ings are the most beautiful that a God of Infinite 

 Beauty in all His created works has devised for 

 the terrestrial enjoyment of those of His favored 

 creatures who have eyes to see and to appreciate 

 the beauties of Nature and the benign goodness 

 of the Creator. 



Let us recall some of the glories of the scene 

 of a Canadian salmon fishing expedition, and a few 

 recollections of the stirring incidents of the sport. 

 We have ascended the river for four or five miles 

 from the village at its mouth, the novice and I, 

 each in his own canoe, with a couple of Micmac 

 Indian guides, one in the bow, the other in the 

 stern. The character of the river is so changeable 

 that birch-bark canoes are discarded by its fisher- 

 men for the stouter and more substantial craft, 

 built of wood, and known as a Gaspe canoe, from 



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