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the trout, and all of whom were glad to get them to eat. 

 So troiit have been greatly thinned, to the undoubted 

 advantage of the salmon fishery. 



The Miramichi, a very fine river, is divided into two 

 branches, the north-west and the south-west. The former 

 is, I believe, still in the market ; it is offered on a five 

 years' lease, at $200. It is not a first-class salmon river. 

 The south-west branch is leased up to the year 1882, at a 

 rent of $50 per annum. This is, I venture to say, one of the 

 nicest streams to fish in the world, but with one drawback, 

 viz. that the best pools are nearly 100 miles from the sea, 

 and consequently salmon have a perilously long journey, 

 and, the Miramichi being a settled river, many enemies 

 to elude. In no river that I have ever seen do salmon 

 rise more freely at the fly. There are over 30 miles of 

 beautiful fishing water on this stream. Salmon average 

 about 12 Ibs. Grilse fishing is first rate, and both salmon 

 and grilse fishing are improving, owing to regulations 

 being better enforced. The season is from June 20 to 

 August* 



On the north shore of the St. Lawrence there are some 

 good rivers within easy distance of Quebec ; among them 

 are the Jacques Cartier, St. Anne du Nord, a very good 

 stream, rivers Murray and Du Gouffre, both very fair. I 

 am not aware of the terms on which these rivers are let, 

 but some of them are open to the casual angler by pay- 

 ment. The Burgaroo is a stream free to anglers stopping 

 at the Tadousac Hotel. Near the mouth of the magnifi- 

 cent Saguenay, to which comfortable steamers run three 

 times a week from Quebec, is one of the best rivers in 

 Canada, viz. the St. Marguarite. It is rented by the 



