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it will pay to visit. Seven miles from Gould, toward Starnowaj^ is JMountain 

 Brook number three. Some three miles down the brook, is a bog or stretch of 

 dead water, of considerable size. The stream from the road down to the bog. has 

 lately been cleared out by lumbermen to run down thick logs, so there would be 

 but little trouble in floating a boat down to the dead water. Accommodations for 

 teams may be found at one of the farmhouses before entering the wood. Another 

 small river passed before reaching Starnoway has a few trout. At Starnoway 

 there is but one hotel— Leonard's, which is fourteen miles from the lake. Four 

 miles from Starnoway, toward the lake, is a small creek with an old mill on it. 

 Here will be found good trouting. Lake Megantic is estimated to be about four- 

 teen miles long, and from two to three miles broad. It contains both lake and 

 speckled trout,' black bass, and many other varieties offish. Very large trout are 

 caught at the first rapids of the Chaudiere River, at the outlet of the lake. Good 



f rouse shooting, and deer to be had three miles from the landing, at John Boston's, 

 'rom the Chaudiere go up the lake to iVIyers' and try a small lake back of the 

 church ; then go up to the head of the Megantic, up Spider River to Spider Lake, 

 which is seven miles long ; then fish Arnold River, and tramp three miles over to 

 Trout Pond ; also visit Egg Pond, east of the Megantic. The Megantic and 

 suburbs will keep you quite busy for a couple of weeks. When you return to 

 Starnoway, you can visit another small trout lake, some six miles distant ; then go 

 to Lampton, at Lake St. Francis, twelve miles from Starnoway, where you will 

 have trolling for mascalonge, and in a small river that runs into the west side of 

 the lake, you will get trout. You can now return to Sherbrooke by water, pass- 

 ing through Lake Aylmer, or return to Starnoway, and drive to Lake Aylmer, 

 twelve miles ; there hire a boy to take your team to Briere's, at Lake Weedon, 

 eight miles by road and four by water, while you go down with your boat. In 

 the bend of the river, near a mud lake and among the rocks, you can get some 

 fine black bass and hog or pike perch. From Briere's you have a drive of nine- 

 teen miles to Lathrop's Hotel, at Dudswell Corners. There is some good brook 

 fishing near Lathrop's, and you should visit a small lake in the eastern part of the 

 township of Stoke, some eight miles from the hotel. This lake is lull of fine trout. 

 For the largest fish, take off your fly and use live minnows ; try the deep water 

 near the outlet, and see how quick you can fill your basket. From the Corners to 

 Sherbrooke is twenty-one miles, and each of the small streams that you pass 

 between those places have trout in them. Theophile Beauchamp, whose post 

 office address is at St. Hyppolite de Richemy P. O., Province of Quebec, is a 

 good general guide for this district. 



The Bog-. This is the centre of a fine moose and trout country ; lying along the 

 base of the Megantic Mountain, five miles from Scotston. It is a long stretch of 

 dead water on Otter Brook — a stream that empties into the Salmon some three 

 miles above the falls. If you make but an hour's stay at Pinkham's, you could 

 reach the bog for dinner, which you will take a mile above the landing, at the 

 Old Dead Pine, where you will find a little rivulet of good water, which comes 

 down sparkling and cold from the mountains. Your camp should be three miles 

 up the stream, at the mouth of Mountain Brook. There are plenty of trout in the 

 bog, and some of them will tip the beam at full three pounds. You will find them 

 the most beautiful at the head of the deep pools, where the lily pads nearly cover 

 the water ; at the mouth of the brook, near camp, you may e.xpect some big fel- 

 lows. The sources of both streams are a couple of small lakes a few miles above 

 your camp, and should you visit them, you will undoubtedly have fine sport, and 

 find the trout there numerous and unsophisticated. When you tire of that camp, 

 return to the landing and send the guide for your team, to haul your boat and 

 traps via Scotston to the river, while you fish down the brook to its mouth, a dis- 

 tance of three miles. After you reach the river go up to the left shore for a short 

 distance, and you will find a spruce bark camp, where you vk-ill await your guide ; 

 then proceed up the river about three miles and camp at Cold Spring, Archie's 

 (the Indian), old camp, at the foot of the lower still water. The still waters of the 

 salmon are, together, nine miles in length, with a portage of about half a mile 

 between them. The lower still waters afford the most trout, and are the favorite 

 haunts of deer and moose. A few yards below and opposite the camp, is the 

 mouth of Mountain Brook number two. This stream takes its rise from springs 

 in a large basin on the west side of the mountain ; back a mile from the river are 

 a series of falls, where early in the season large trout may be caught. Above the 

 upper still water you come to the settlement of Dilton and Pope's gold mines. 

 On the Dilton branch and the headwaters of the Salmon you will find good sport. 

 After you have fished these waters to your satisfaction, and desire a change, 

 return to Scotston and start to Lake Megantic. 



