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been told of the gentlemen who paid for angling there last year which are 

 the opposite of facts. * * * I do not blame Mr. Whitcher 



for his desire to protect the Salmon-fisheries of Canada, but I feel that we 

 have been unjustly censured. 



I might here add that gentlemen visiting the Natashquan will do well 

 to take with them a Spencer repeating rifle, to keep off the seals from the 

 lower pools ; this will not only afford good sport, but be effectual in keep- 

 ing the seals from destroying all possible angling in the vicinity of the 

 first fall. Yours faithfully, 



C. K. FlSKE. 



Thaddeus Norris, Esq., 



Philadelphia. 



This river has been leased for this and several succeeding summers 

 by R. H. Powell, Esq., of Philadelphia. 



THE NIPISSIGUIT. 



After having made special mention of the Salmon-fishing in some 

 of the fine rivers of Canada, it would be inconsistent not to give 

 some account of the sport which this stream has afforded, and may still 

 continue to give, if properly protected from net and spear. I have 

 already described the river itself, and manner of reaching it, in this 

 volume. 



To all who have fished it, this is the beau ideal of a Salmon river ; 

 and it is probable that more fish have been killed on it with the rod, 

 than on any other stream in the British Provinces. From all ac- 

 counts the first fishing on it was by Messrs. De Blois, Gilmore, and 

 other anglers of the province, when, about seventeen years back, Mr. 

 Haggerty, of New York, visited it, and introduced Captain Cooper, a 

 retired British officer, who for many years, and as long as he lived, 

 came every year from England to spend his summer at the Grand 

 Falls, keeping his knowledge of the capacities of the river as much 

 as possible a secret from other British anglers. This party was soon 

 joined by Messrs. Emmet and Lilly of New York, the latter having 

 the reputation amongst the canoemen of being the most expert and 



