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ment of the place. Befreshing as dew to the thirsty 

 herb, as sleep to the tired, as pale ale to the thirsty 

 man, is it to find a spot in this world where men are 

 not striving furiously after money, where nature is not 

 destroyed by mills and stores, a place that neither changes 

 for better nor for worse. What effect the Intercolonial 

 will work, I do not know, but at present such a place is 

 Kestigouche charming Restigouche, where you get better 

 value for a little " chumming " and handshaking than for 

 dollars. But the traveller must not be in a hurry at 

 Kestigouche, or he will be likely to lose his temper, per- 

 haps his mind. Time is not money in this peaceful spot ; 

 he will do well to float along quietly with the tide, and 

 enjoy life. The mail driver will stop for an hour on the 

 road to have a friendly chat with the driver of your 

 " express." Remonstrance is unavailing. The ferryman 

 is perhaps lending a hand on an unmanageable raft of 

 timber, for no Restigouche man will see another Resti- 

 gouche man stuck if he can help it, and unless you can 

 ferry yourself across the river you may camp on the bank 

 till further orders. Expostulation is useless, and haste is 

 worse than useless : you may just do in Restigouche as 

 Restigouche does. It is different from the rest of the 

 continent, and suits an idler to perfection. 



In the rivers and lakes that flow into the Bay of 

 Chaleur there are at least five different species of the 

 Salmonidse. 



1. The American salmon (Salmo solar) is allowed 

 by naturalists to be identical with the European fish, 

 although its habits are slightly modified by different 

 conditions of climate, &c. In the Bay of Chaleur salmon 



