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this western continent, the estuaries and courses of those waters which 

 pour into the Pacific, can boast not only the true Salmon, but many 

 fine, distinct varieties. Many years will not probably elapse, taking 

 into consideration the incessant stream of immigration which is almost 

 overflowing Northern California, and remembering the restless, enter- 

 prising energy of the Anglo-American race, before railroads, even to 

 the Pacific, across the western prairies, and through the gorges of the 

 Rocky Mountains, will open this new world to the adventurous angler, 

 and the dwellers of the Atlantic cities will make their trips to the 

 Salmon rivers of the Pacific with less trouble, and in less time, than 

 it took their sturdy Dutch forefathers to visit Albany, now reached 

 with ease in a few hours. 



For the present, however, it is needless to discourse of those west- 

 ern waters, since time must pass before any species of game will be 

 pursued for sport on the shores of the Pacific, or killed except to 

 afford subsistence to a population occupied wholly by the greedy race 

 for riches. To the fisherman, therefore, the Eastern States and the 

 north-eastern British provinces afford the only accessible Salmon fish- 

 ing ; and I should strongly urge it upon those who are enthusiastic 

 about this fine sport, not to waste time even in the Kennebec or the 

 Penobscot, but to pack up their traps at any time between May and 

 September, and set forth at once for the city of St. John? in New 

 Brunswick. 



This town, which might be styled not inaptly the paradise of Ame- 

 rican fly-fishers, may be reached with ease in a few days via Boston, 

 whence, if I am not mistaken, a stout and well-found steamer, the 

 Admiral, takes her departure every Wednesday for New Brunswick. 

 In St. John every requisite for the prosecution of the sport can be 

 obtained, every information concerning the vast waters, and every 

 facility for the procurement of guides, boats and the like will be gladly 

 furnished, and every thing that hospitality can effect will be lavishly 

 offered to the gentle angler. 



I venture here to mention the name of an enthusiastic and thorough 

 fisherman, Mr. Perley, Her Majesty's emigration officer in the city of 

 St. John, as one certain to do whatever in his power lies to forward 

 the views and promote the pleasure of any who shall visit his part of 

 the world, led by the love of the gentle science ; and I take the same 



