S E A - T R U T FISHING. 653 



Ottawa Hotel in this city, a New Englander, and well known as a popular 

 hotel-keeper. It may probably be at times uncomfortably crowded. 



" The way really to enjoy a Sea-trouting holiday on the Saguenay is to 

 hire a pilot-boat at Tadousac, with a canoe and two men, carrying with 

 you tents, kitchen, and grub. The steamer will tow the boat up to the 

 last of the bluffs (or say to Cape Trinity), and the party will then coast 

 down from point to point, or from one fishing-station to the next; climbing 

 mountains, exploring small rivers, gathering specimens, and fishing, just 

 as fancy dictates. Six or eight days Ajrould thus pass very pleasantly. 

 The boatmen all know the fishing-grounds. Some of them are (in descend- 

 ing order) : — 



" 1. Eternity-Cove. 2. St. Jean Bay. 3. Little Saguenay River. 4. River 

 Cacard. 5. St. Louis Isle. 6. St. Marguerite River. 7. Grosse Roche. 

 8. St. Etienne Bay. 9. Passe Pierre Islets. 



" According to my experience, those numbered 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, are ordi- 

 nary ; those numbered 3, 6, 7, 8, good. I take the names from Bayfield's 

 Chart of the Saguenay River." * * * * * 



" The next Sea-Trout fishing station is at the River Bergeronue ; the 

 next at Sault au Canchon (an excellent station). Various others of less 

 value along the coast. Then there are any number of capital stations 

 between Trinity River and Bay of Islands, and then again at Mingan. 

 Towards the end of August and in September these fish ascend most of 

 the smaller rivers in these neighborhoods, and are caught of much larger 

 size in the fresh water than in the sea, while in June and July they are 

 in the salt water only (or at least chiefly)." 



In addition to these streams is the Laval, about sixty miles below 

 Tadousac. " Barnwell," in his book '' The Game Fish of the North," 

 gives an interesting description of this river; from which it appears 

 that a great drawback to the pleasure of the trip was the abundance 

 of the fish and the ease with which they were taken. 



