EELS. SHOOTING. 105 



but simply wet with the wash and spray of an adjoining 

 rapid, which, I presume, the eels considered too strong 

 for them. At the outlet of the Grand Lake near the St. 

 John river in the month of October I have seen the eels 

 so plentiful that two men bobbing nearly filled a canoe 

 with them in a couple of hours. Some day or other, 

 when fish shall have become scarcer than they are at 

 present, people will begin to find out the value of the eel. 



There is good shooting to be had in New Brunswick by 

 a man who knows where to go for it and when to go for 

 it. Among the Milicete Indians who live on the St. John 

 river there are some good guides none better than old 

 " Gabe." Moose were very plentiful in New Brunswick 

 some fifteen years ago, but have been shamefully 

 slaughtered for the sake of their hides. There are still 

 some of these fine animals left on the New Brunswick 

 side of the St. John river, and in that district of country 

 drained by the Nepisiguit. Cariboo are plentiful enough 

 all through the centre of the province, from the Bay of 

 Chaleur down to the Grand Lake. This is a district 

 generally of spruce woods interspersed with barrens, old 

 burnt woods, and patches of hard woods near the banks of 

 rivers. There are also a few beavers in this district. 

 Deer are found in the country bordering on the Bay of 

 Fundy between the St. John river and the State of Maine. 

 Bears are plentiful, but rarely met with by the sportsman. 

 The fur-bearing animals, except otters, musquash, and 

 loup-cervier, are scarce. 



In some of the settled districts there is fair snipe and 

 cock shooting. The latter part of September and October 

 is the season for these birds. Here, again, a man who 



