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Trout, atlbrd tlieir principal subsistence to the Esquimaux, and 

 to the iulvcnturous I'lir-traders, whose posts arc dotted down, 

 hundrcils of liaj^ucs apart, throuj;hout those inhospitable 

 countries. 



A^ain, throuj^hout the whole of that hut;e territory lately 

 won at the sword'^ i)()int, hy the Saxou ciicrj^y of vouii^ 

 America, from tlu> degenerate children of old Spain, throuj^h- 

 out the Mritish possessions, ami even in those far northern 

 shores \\hiih the Russian hohls upon this western continent, 

 the estuaries and courses of those waters which pour into the 

 Paeitic can boast not oidy the- true Sahnon, but many fine, 

 distinct varieties. Many years will not probably elapse, taking 

 into consideration the incessant stream of immigration which is 

 almost overflowing Northern California, and remendjcring the 

 restless, enterprising energy of the Anglo-American race, before 

 railroads, even to the Pacific, across the western prairie.«», and 

 through the gorges of the Rocky .Mountains, will open this new 

 world to the adventurous angler, and the dwellers of the 

 Atlantic cities \\ill make thiir trips to the Salmon rivers of the 

 Pacific with less trouble, and in less time, than it took their 

 sturdy Hutch forefathers to visit .\ll)any, now reached with ease 

 in a few hours. 



For the present, however, it is needless to discourse of these 

 western waters, since time must pass before any species of ganie 

 will be pursm-d for sport on the shores of the I'acifir, or killed 

 except to alford subsistence to a population occupied wholly 

 in the greedy race for riches. To tlic fisherman, therefore, tin* 

 Eastern States and the north-ea.-^tern British provinces alTord 

 the only accc*sil)le Salmon fishing ; and I should strongly urge 



