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for a lazy angler. Here the river suddenly narrows and 

 precipitates itself over a ledge into a smooth rock-bound 

 basin, in which the water bubbles and eddies. All round the 

 rocks are as steep as walls, except one immense flat fellow, 

 nearly level with the water, on which the angler stands. 

 The fish lie in one spot, close to where the water shoots 

 out of the basin, and can be covered with a very short 

 line. When a fish is hooked little persuasion is necessary 

 to get him out of the basin, where he must be handled 

 with judgment in a thundering rapid to prevent the line 

 from fouling on a rock in the centre. This danger 

 avoided, it is all plain sailing. The fish is bound to go 

 down, and the angler follows him along a little path high 

 up in the rocks to the landing place. When the river is 

 in right order in the early part of the season, viz. about 

 July 1, there is room on the flat rock for two rods, " one 

 down, t'other come on." There are many other excellent 

 casts on the Nepisiguit. At the rough waters, close to 

 the mouth, there are 3 or 4 miles of beautiful pcfols, which 

 afford excellent sport in the first of the season, and are 

 within a few minutes' drive of the town of Bathurst. 

 Season for Nepisiguit, from June 20 to' August. 



In several rivers that flow into the Bay of Chaleur, 

 notably in the Kestigouche and Metapedia, trout have 

 greatly diminished in numbers during the last half-dozen 

 years. Before that trout were really worth nothing, 

 anglers were few and far between, and the Salmo trutta 

 and Salmo fontinalis had a good time of it. The con- 

 struction of the Intercolonial Eailroad brought thousands 

 6f people into the country, many of whom liked to catch 



