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ooze and seaweed ; and a high conical island which consti- 

 tutes the chief feature of the landscape is transformed into a 

 bold promontory, connected with the mainland by a huge 

 ridge of brick-red clay. These are peculiarities of the Bay 

 of Fundy throughout its length. Its coast-dwellers assuredly 

 cannot complain of monotony, when the landscape is so com- 

 pletely metamorphosed twice in every twenty-four hours. 



The second district to which the angler's attention is in- 

 vited, I designate as the Middle district, for lack of a better 

 term. It includes nearly all. of Halifax county, and parts of 

 the counties of Guysboro and Pictou. Too much cannot be 

 said in praise of this entire district. Its general features are 

 mountainous, and similar to those of the other two districts 

 specially spoken of. There are innumerable streams, into 

 which salmon have been running the past two years, over 

 unobstructed passes and artificial fish- ways, in number that 

 cause both rod and net fishermen to leap for joy. So many 

 have not been seen for decades; and the quantity netted 

 in the estuaries demonstrates that the system of protecting 

 fish on their breeding-beds is telling in favor of the coast- 

 fishing. John, Middle, and East Eivers in Pictou county, 

 are accessible from Pictou, the railway terminus; the east 

 and west branches of St. Mary's Eiver, as well as the main 

 stream, running through Guysboro into Pictou, afford fine 

 salmon-fishing ; and the North, Middle, and Tangier Kivers 

 in Halifax county, are also good, though hitherto interfered 

 with by lumbering operations. These are ah 1 reached by 

 vessel or stage-road from Halifax, at distances ranging from 

 forty to sixty miles from the city. They are not much 

 visited by anglers. Indeed, I might say the same of nearly 

 all the rivers of Nova Scotia, with the exception of those in 

 the vicinity of Halifax. I have never yet met an angler 

 from the United States on any Nova Scotia stream, and I 

 never yet counted a dozen rods, all qualities and degrees in- 

 cluded (officers, ordinary white folks, and Indians), on any 

 given stream in any one season. If the cause be ignorance 



