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Kestigouclie salmon run much larger, and even in thes 

 days commonly weigh thirty pounds. 



Campbelltown, a neat little village at the head of the 

 tide, twenty miles from the sea, is to be reached from 

 Bathurst by coach ; and here the traveller or sportsman 

 intending to ascend the Eestigouche or its before-men- 

 tioned tributaries, will find a large settlement of Indians 

 of the Micmac tribe. They all have canoes, and many 

 of them are good guides, and trustworthy. There is a 

 good store at which to purchase provisions, and a very 

 comfortable little hotel kept by a Mr. M'Leod. 



We now leave the rivers of New Brunswick : the 

 Eestigouche being the dividing line between the two 

 provinces, the rivers of the north shore of Chaleurs Bay 

 are Canadian. About thirty miles from the head of the 

 bay we come to the Cascapediac, a large river running in 

 a deep chasm through the mountains of Bonaventure. 

 It is frequented by salmon of large size, and I have been 

 told by Mr. E. H. Montgomery, who resides near its 

 mouth, that the average weight is between thirty and 

 forty pounds. He offered to procure me good Indians 

 and canoes for ascending to the first rapids, which are 

 some distance up the river. The whole district of Gaspe 

 is intersected by numerous and splendid rivers, abound- 

 ing in salmon and sea trout, the latter of four pounds 

 to seven pounds in weight. The mountain scenery through 

 which they flow is magnificent, and many of them have 

 never been thrown over with a fly rod. Amongst the 

 largest may be noticed the Bonaventure, the Malbaie, and 

 the Magdeleine. 



On the south shore of the St. Lawrence, from Gasp^ 

 to Quebec, thei^e are several streams which formerly 



