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settlements, are now preserved, the fishing being let 

 to Anglers' Clubs or private individuals; but for those 

 who can go far enough to seek it there must be plenty 

 of good fishing still free in the immense territory of 

 Labrador and in the rivers running into James's, and 

 Hudson's Bay; also on the Pacific coasts of the great 

 North West but mosquitoes are terrible in these regions. 



America is also renowned for its white, or sea-trout 

 fishing. When there is a run of these fish, the best 

 places are at the sea, near the mouths of rivers, 

 and on the edges of sand flats at half tide; but these 

 trout ascend many miles up the rivers at certain seasons, 

 exactly as the salmon do. Admirable sport may also 

 be had in tide rips and other narrow passages in salt 

 water where the current runs strongly. 



Then there is the great inland lake-trout, which is to 

 all intents and purposes a fresh- water salmon. The 

 fishing for these trout at Sault St. Marie, the outfall 

 of Lake Superior, and at the Island of Mackinaw, has 

 long been celebrated. At Mackinaw these gigantic 

 trout are often taken in considerable numbers in the 

 deep waters of the lake, the water being so marvel- 

 lously clear, that up to fifty feet in depth the movements 

 of fish can be distinctly seen at the bottom, and Mr. 

 Lanman states that the Mackinaw trout has been taken up 

 to four feet in length and fifty to sixty pounds in weight. * 



Gigantic trout are also taken, as large as salmon, in 

 the rivers and lakes of Finland and Swedish Lapland, and 

 Siberia contains many fine rivers which so far as rumour 

 can be trusted, seem likely to be some of the great 

 fishing waters of the future. 



* Adventures in the Wilds of North America, by Charles Lanman, 

 1854, p. 253. 



