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refrigerators, as are also the warehouses at the port of de- 

 livery. By this process a fresh salmon from the Bay of 

 Chaleur can be put on the table at Chicago in perfect 

 order a month after it has left its native element. As 

 fresh fish by the treaty of Washington is allowed to go free 

 to the United States, there ought to be a great deal of 

 money made in the Canadian fisheries. Even in mid- 

 winter, trout, tommy-cod, eels, and delicious smelts are 

 taken in great abundance in the Bay of Chaleur, and at 

 this season these fish can be sent frozen to the American 

 market in perfect order, without resorting to any artificial 

 process whatever. 



From Bathurst northwards to Kestigouche an excel- 

 lent road follows the shore of the Bay of Chaleur, cross- 

 ing a host of little rivers, all of more or less interest 

 to the angler ; the limpid waters of the bay in places 

 almost wash against the edge of the road. The land here 

 has been cleared, and supports a comparatively large 

 population, who seein to live in comfort on their farm 

 produce, and the fish that are literally washed to their 

 doors. For 60 miles the railway runs alongside the road. 



At the head of the bay is the beautifully situated little 

 town of Dalhousie. The surface of the country is so 

 rough and rugged that some little ingenuity must have 

 been displayed in finding a site for the town. The bay 

 here narrows to about 3 miles in width, and the harbour 

 of Dalhousie is one of the finest in the world. Two or 

 three little islands jut out from the shore, and form a 

 natural breakwater. There is great depth of water 

 9 fathoms, I am told and room for all the ships in 

 America. When the railway system is completed, there 



