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ing town from the landing. The same steamer and its 
associate, the Lady Head, run to Dalhousie, at the 
mouth of the Hestigouche, or a stage for that place 
leaves Bathurst three times a week. The Lady Head 
does not stop at Bathurst, on account of her draught of 
water. 
On the Nipisiquit it is customary to have a camp- 
keeper or cook for the party, and two canoemen to each 
angler ; they furnish the canoe and receive one dollar a 
day each. The following are good men : John, Peter 
and Bruno Chamberlain ; John makes a good fly, but is 
sulky and willful ; Bruno is lazy ; ^ed Yeno and David 
Buchet, both of whom are excellent and willing, and 
Fabian Bodereau, who is a fair cook. To save your men 
some heavy work, where you do not intend to fish the 
Rough "Waters, you drive with your stores to the Eound 
Eocks, the Pabineau Falls, or, if you please, even to the 
Grand Falls, but the latter par.t of the road is bad. 
The only fishing on the Miramichi is above Boiestown, 
and to reach it you leave St. John in the night or day 
boat for Fredericton, arriving there in eight hours at an 
expense of one dollar and a half. The night boat runs 
three times a week. Tlie best house in Fredericton is 
the Barker House, kept by Mr. Fairweather, and in this 
city you must get your supplies for the woods. The 
stage leaves every Tuesday and Friday for Boiestown, 
nominally at ten a.m., and reaches that collection of huts 
nominally at six p.m. The fare is two dollars and a half, 
and the ordinary charge for an extra is ten dollars, but 
remember the stage proprietor is Kelley. The best 
tavern in Boiestown is kept by Avery, but about five 
