52 The Atlantic Salmon 



The vast, practically unexplored region north 

 of the Strait of Belle Isle, extending up to Davis 

 Strait and to the west, including a thousand 

 miles of shore line of Hudson Bay, is undoubt- 

 edly full of salmon rivers where a fly has never 

 been cast. I have heard vague rumors of the 

 enormous quantities of salmon in the rivers just 

 north of the Strait of Belle Isle, the Hamilton 

 being especially spoken of. At the present ratio 

 of destruction those wanting salmon fishing are 

 quite likely to have to look as far as these remote 

 regions for it in the next twenty-five years, but 

 now the lack of means of transportation makes it 

 out of the question for any to attempt going far- 

 ther than the Natashquan, except by means of 

 a good sea-going yacht, or one of the fishing 

 schooners built for the dangerous navigation of 

 the north shore. 



