48 The Atlantic Salmon 



which a gentleman was taking home, the weights 

 being from forty-two to forty-five pounds. Occa- 

 sionally the angler has to go out to sea in his 

 canoe in following fish hooked in this river. 



The St. Anne de Monts is another good river 

 of the north shore, where the fish run large. The 

 Grand and Dartmouth and others in the Gaspe 

 district are good, and the fish are of fair average 

 size with some large ones. The Godbout on the 

 St. Lawrence is a remarkable river. It was owned 

 by the late Allan Gilmour of Ottawa, and is now 

 the property of Mr. Manuel. I have before me 

 the score of fish taken from 1859 to 1894. A 

 catch of fifteen to twenty salmon to one rod in a 

 day is not at all unusual. Mr. Gilmour took 

 forty-six on July 10, 1865, and Comeau (I think 

 the guardian) took on 



