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On the extreme south, the rivers that empty into Placen- 

 tia and Little Bays. 



Fortune Bay, on the south, receives several good fishing 

 rivers that head in inland lakes. 



St. George's Bay, on the" southwest, receives several rivers 

 that flow from interior lakes. 



Into the Bay of Islands, on the west, three rivers empty. 

 One of them, the Humber, has "been explored for one hun- 

 dred and fourteen miles. It runs northwest, and heads in a 

 large lake. It is asserted by those who have tested it, that 

 its salmon will not rise to a fly ; but 'there are enormous 

 trout (not sea-trout, Salmo trutta), weighing often twelve 

 pounds, which take the fly greedily, and can be caught in 

 great numbers. 



Castor's Eiver flows into St. John's Bay on the northwest, 

 and is a capital salmon stream. 



The interior of Newfoundland is diversified with lakes, 

 a few mountains, marshes, and plains filled with rocks and 

 termed " barrens." These afford good ptarmigan and cari- 

 boo shooting. There are two varieties of the cariboo. The 

 ptarmigan is the ruffed-grouse of the States, but in New- 

 foundland and Labrador changes its plumage with the re- 

 curring seasons, being nearly a pure white in winter and a 

 reddish-brown in summer, with gradations for spring and 

 autumn. 



The angling season of Labrador is restricted to about 

 seven weeks, beginning July 1st and ending August 20th. 

 In Newfoundland it is a little longer. Pilots for the coast 

 can be obtained at St. John, Harbor Grace, or anywhere 

 along shore, for that matter. 



