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The land-locked salmon average about two pounds and a 

 half in weight, and ard* taken from early spring, when the ice 

 breaks up, until late in the autumn. They are perhaps 

 more numerous in the spring than during the summer and 

 autumn, but their average size is less, and they are more 

 scattered about the stream ; neither are they so strong or so 

 active. At this season they seldom exceed a pound in weight. 

 Nevertheless, many anglers prefer the early fishing, on 

 account of the immunity from black flies, which swarm here 

 in the months of June and July to that extent that angling 

 becomes a penance and a misery. In the autumn the small 

 fish appear to have attained a uniform size of about two 

 pounds, while frequent capture is made of those weighing 

 from two and a half to three pounds, and occasionally of a 

 four-pounder. The most killing flies are the yellow May- 

 fly, the silver-gray, with black head, the orange-brown 

 hackle, with black head and gray wing, and the yellow May- 

 fly, with turkey wing, all dressed on No. hooks. These flies 

 can be obtained from Andrew Gierke, Maiden Lane, New 

 York, and from Dingee Scribner, St. John, N. B. 



The angler who has taken the Intercolonial steamer from 

 Boston via Portland, will find the river steamboat " Queen " 

 awaiting his arrival in Ejistport, to convey him to Calais. 

 Boats of this line leave Boston for St. John twice a week, on 

 Monday and Thursday, at 8 o'clock, a.m., until July ; after 

 which there are three boats a week until October. From 

 Calais there is a two hours' ride by rail to Princeton, be- 

 fore mentioned, where, if the angler be accustomed to a 

 Itirch canoe, he should secure one for his fishing-cruise. 

 There is a village of Passamaquoddy Indians at Point 

 Pleasant, near by, where he can make his selection of 

 guide and conveyance. These Indians are a tan-colored 

 satire upon the aboriginal red man. They have adopted 

 enough of the white man's habits and small vices to readily 

 pass for white men. They are much addicted to the use of 

 '•fire water," though there are a few sober ones among them. 



