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proprietor of the Eussell House, Quebec, on lease to the 

 year 1883, at a yearly rent of $555. The lessee has 

 furnished cottages on the river, which he lets to anglers 

 at $50 per week up to the 10th of August, and at $35 

 per week from that date up to the close of the season. 

 The right of angling is attached to the cottage, canoe-men 

 and food being extras. Salmon average about 16 Ibs. on 

 the St. Marguarite, and as many as 300 fish are taken in 

 the season. The sea-trout fishing is also capital. The 

 St. Jean, Little Saguenay, A Mars, Sault-au-cochin, and 

 Laval are a group of excellent streams, which are all 

 leased by one gentleman up to the year 1888 for $450 per 

 annum. The Bersimites is a lovely river, but it is given 

 up to the Indians for spearing. The Portneuf is also a 

 good river, but I do not know the terms on which it is 

 let. 



The Godbout is leased up to the year 1882, at a yearly 

 rent of $300 ; great numbers of fish are killed in this 

 stream, sometimes 500 in one month, but the size is 

 small, viz. about 12 Ibs. The Moisie, another famous river, 

 is leased at the same rent up to 1881. The fish are much 

 larger on this river, and average about 20 Ibs. I am told. 

 The St. John's is another excellent stream, and fish large. 

 I do not know the terms on which it is let. The Mingau 

 is leased up to 1878 at an annual rent of $520. It is a 

 famous river. So is the Eomaine, which is, leased up to 

 the same date for $500. The Natasquan is perhaps one of 

 the very best rivers in Canada. The only drawback to this 

 and to many other splendid streams on the Labrador coast 

 is the difficulty of getting at them. A Government 

 steamer makes two trips down the coast in the summer, 



