58 SEA TROUT. 
A steamboat ascends the Saguenay twice a week, and 
be can either take it at Quebec or join it at Kiviere dii 
Loup, and by this means enjoy a trip through the bold 
scenery of that celebrated river, and can either return to 
Kiviere du Loup, or take a pilot boat at L'Anse a I'Eau. 
There is a generous-hearted Englishman living at L'Anse 
a I'Ean, but he has been compelled to refuse admission to 
all strangers, as any infraction of that rule would have 
led to his being overrun. 
Many of the streams of Lower Canada are leased to 
private individuals, and there are few good accessible 
salmon streams open to the public, but the sea trout fish- 
ing along the St. Lawrence and at the mouths of most 
of the streams is free to all. In Nova Scotia and 'New 
Brunswick, and at Prince Edward's Island, there is as 
yet no restriction, and both salmon and trout are the 
property of him who can catch them, l^owhere, how- 
ever, can any salmon fishing or good trout fishing be 
had except by camping out. Canadian canoemen can 
be obtained, if not required to furnish canoes, for sixty 
cents a day, although the Indians, who are far superior, 
command over a dollar, and where the angler is unac- 
quainted with the water he is to fish, he had better take 
the latter. They are, however, willful and exacting, 
and sometimes stubborn and troublesome, while the 
former are the best-natured fellows in the Avorld, full of 
fun, song and frolic, but often too fond of the liquor 
case. 
The best river of Lower Canada is the Mingan, but if 
it is not already leased it soon will be. It can be reached 
by steamer that leaves Quebec semi-weekly, stopping at 
