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Having previously expressed the bulk of our outfit to 

 Quebec, the banker and myself started from New York in 

 marching trim, with the few articles here illustrated, to wit : 

 Water-proof satchels salmon-reel clearing ring and reel 

 scap-nets gaff trout-basket leather case containing rods 

 and a bottle of hartshorn to cure fly-bites. 



SECTION THIRD. 



DEPARTURE FOR SALMOX-FISHING. 



The noble Northern rivers that pierce the mountain chain, 

 Where leap the gleaming salmon in their watery domain, 

 Invite us to their waters, by the fir-tree shadow'd shore, 

 Their shoals, and pools, and torrents with fish-rod to explore. 



s our party consisted of four 

 gentlemen and two ladies, we 

 concluded to divide routes, 

 . three going from Quebec via 

 : Gaspe to the St. John River, 

 while the banker, his lady, 

 and myself awaited the de- 

 parture of the government 

 steamer Victoria, and, as it 

 proved, this was an unexpect- 

 ed advantage, for the steamer 



was employed by government to provision the light-houses 

 along the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the island 

 of Anticosti, to assist wrecked mariners, and accomplish the 



