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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 anglei''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 entu*e district. Its general features are 

 mountainous, and similar to those of the other tvv^o 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 Elvers in Pictou county, 

 are accessible from Pictou, the railway terminus; the east 

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

 stream, running through Guysboro into Pictou, afford fine 

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

 in Halifax county, are also good, though hitherto interfered 

 with by lumbering operations. These are all 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 



