SEA TROUT. 59 
Gaspi, at Batliurst on the Bay de Clialeurs, whicli is near 
Nipisiquit, the best river of 'New Brunswick, at several 
places along the route, and finally at Shediac, whence 
there is a communication with St. John or Halifax. 
The steamer running at the time this is written is the 
Arabian, and leaves Quebec every alternate Monday. 
The Nipisiquit is withiu a few miles of Bathurst, where 
there is good accommodation, and boatmen can be 
obtained without difficulty, or the fisherman may con- 
tinue his travels to Dalhousie, at the mouth of the Resti- 
gouche, and try either that or the Matapediac. Another 
mode of reaching the fishing grounds, is to go to St. 
John, and thence by steamboat to Fredericton, and 
cross over by land to the Miramichi, at Boiestown, where 
there is excellent trout and fair salmon fishing. A list 
of the distances from Quebec, together with further 
instructions, is given under the head of salmon fishing, 
as the rivers we have mentioned are properly salmon 
rivers. 
The sea trout fishing is so fine, that many persons 
prefer it to taking the larger salmon, and can be indulged 
in almost anywhere along the shores of ]^ew Brunswick, 
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, Newfoundland 
and Lower Canada ; and were it not for the heavy fogs, 
the Bay of St. Lawrence would be a favorite resort of 
our adventurous yachtsmen. The Galway line of ocean 
steamers now touches at Newfoundland, whose waters 
abound with the finest fish. 
The sea trout ascend to the head-waters of the Mira- 
michi quite early, so that there are none of large size 
to be caught in the lower section by the middle of 
