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on the St. John, down whose broad, deep stream, how- 

 ever, we paddled at the rate of fifty miles a day. 



The scenery on this line of water-communication with 

 the St. John is grander, but not so wild as on the former 

 route, which I recommend as possessing many advan- 

 tages, particularly in the way of sport. 



Mais revenons d nos saumons — to describe the capa- 

 bilities of the Nepisiguit to afford sport to the salmon- 

 fisher, and direct the visitor. The ascent of salmon 

 in this river is restricted to twenty-one miles of water 

 by an insuperable barrier — the Grand Falls ; but from 

 the head of the tide, two miles above the town, to this 

 point, are a succession of beautiful pools with every 

 variety of water, so stocked with fish, and with such 

 picturesque surrounding scenery, that the eye of the 

 sportsman who may happily combine the love of nature 

 with the lust of sport drinks in constant and ever- 

 varying delight as he is introduced to these bewitching 

 spots. And now of the pools seriatim. 



Two miles above Bathurst we come to the " Eough 

 Waters," where there is good fishing. No camp is 

 needed here ; for it is so near the accommodation of a 

 comfortable hotel, that I question whether any one would 

 care to experiment, except for novelty. It is a pretty 

 spot, and the dark water here and there breaks into pure 

 white foam as it passes over a ledge which crosses the 

 channel from the steep red sandstone cliffs opposite. A 

 short distance above are the " Eound Eocks," with little 

 falls and intervening pools, where the river begins to 

 show its true character ; and here, as at the last-men- 

 tioned spot, a good day's fishing may be obtained from 

 the town. But one is now-a-days liable to interference, 



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