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which discolour its waters. On the other branch salmon 

 ascend to the falls, which are near the Shick Shock moun- 

 tains. Poling a canoe up this river is heavy work ; it is 

 in fact one hard push all the way up. The angler who 

 meditates a long stay up the river is obliged to take 

 two canoes, one for himself and the other for his traps. 

 Salmon average 23 Ibs., and every season mighty monsters 

 of the deep are hooked by anglers. Fortunately, owing 

 to the colour of the water, somewhat coarser tackle can 

 be used than in most other rivers. The Cascapedia is 

 leased up to the year 1878 for $600 per annum. There 

 is occasionally a vacancy for a rod on it for $100. 



Just opposite Dalhousie two beautiful little rivers run 

 into the bay, viz. the Nouvelle and the Escuminac. 

 There is no artificial obstruction on either of these 

 streams, and yet salmon do not ascend them. The reason 

 of this, in my opinion, is that both of them empty their 

 waters into the bay over flat, muddy bars, which are 

 grown over with sea grass. In both these streams there 

 are a peculiarly large and fine run of sea trout. These 

 trout are quite different in colour and in shape from the 

 sea trout that are taken in the other Bay of Chaleur 

 waters. I regret that I am not learned enough in fishes 

 to give their peculiar ichthyological marks. Their aver- 

 age weight is larger, their colour darker, their flesh 

 firmer, and their habits different from those of other sea 

 trout that I have met with. In their habits, the places 

 they choose to rest in, and the way they rise at the fly, 

 and play when hooked, they exactly resemble salmon. In 

 fact, trout fishing with light tackle in Escuminac is 

 salmon fishing in miniature. They average about 3 or 



