l<x:alities op salmon troit. .jOo 



SALMON TROUT FlslIIXO. 



TiiKRK is l)ut one rcfi^ion on tliis continent in wliich this 

 a(1niini))le sport can he enjoyed at all ; for, singnlar to say, the 

 Hsh is only found in those rivers of New Brunswick which flow 

 rastwardly into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Hays of Gaspe 

 and Chalenrs. 



As if to make amends, however, for the narrow limits of theii' 

 {geographical range, they ahsolutely swarm during their season, 

 in all the rivers which they freipient, traversing the sea hays in 

 enormous schulU, and running up all the rivers to the head of 

 tide-water, beyond which tliey do not ascend on these coasts. 

 Why this should be the case it is not easy to conjecture, since it 

 would appear to indicate a variation in the species from one of 

 the normal habits of the race — that, I mean, \\hi(h dictates to 

 the parent fish that they must run up into the aerated waters of 

 pure fresh rivers, in order to deposit their ova. 



It may be, though I am not prepared to state that it is, the 

 fact, that the ascent of all these rivers beyond a certain point is 

 rendered im|>os.Hiblc to the fish, by long rnpid.s, or impassable 

 cataracts, and that, perceiving the impossibility of arri\ing at 

 the place of their pro|)cr antl natural destination, the fish them- 

 selves cease to attempt it, and merely run up from the brackish 



