STREAMS OF NEWFOUNDLAND 69 



Along the Newfoundland coast salmon begin to press in toward 

 fresh water about the twentieth day of June. They follow the 

 enormous schools of that curious fish the caplin, which frequently 

 crowd into the shores in such numbers, for purposes of breeding, 

 that tons of them are often picked up dead and used for manuring 

 the soil. There are several later runs deperding altogether on the 

 state of the water. Most of the rivers being short, readily run off 

 in a dry season. Then the fish will hang about the estuaries until 

 the arrival of a freshet, which invariably impels them upstream. 



Often a pool near the tide which on the previous day contained 

 only an odd salmon or two, blackened by a long stay in the fresh 

 water, will be found to have become filled during the night with a 



GRAND FALLS, EXPLOITS RIVER. 



large school of sea-trout. These fish do not run upstream in force 

 until about the middle of July, although a few large ones come in 

 with the salmon. 



They are said to come on in larger numbers at the full of the 

 moon, when possibly higher tides enable them to pass over the 

 sand bars and rapids with greater freedom. In low water they 

 play about near the mouth of all the rivers, moving with the ebb 

 and flow of the tide. 



If any one cares for that style of fishing, he can take a boat 

 and often secure excellent sport in channels which are cut through 

 banks of sand by the racing tides. He must use a large white- 



