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garet, Moisie, St. John, Mingan, Natashquan, and Esqui- 

 maux. Salmon ascend all these rivers, and take the fly 

 readily. Whether they will rise in the rivers of the 

 north-eastern coast, past the straits of Belle-Isle, remains 

 to be proved. It has been affirmed that they will not 

 do so in the Labrador rivers of high northern latitude, 

 thus evincing the same peculiarity which has been 

 observed on the part of the true sea salmon of Siberian 

 rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean. I have heard, 

 however, that they will rise at a piece of red cloth 

 trailed on a hook over the water from the stern of 

 a boat. 



In conclusion, the salmon rivers of the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, though they ofier no extraordinary sport, 

 possess the charms of wild and often noble scenery ; life 

 in the woods, in a summer camp, will agreeably sur- 

 prise those who hold back for fear of hard work, and the 

 discomforts of " roughing it." Any point, excepting the 

 extremes of Labrador, may be reached with ease from 

 either Quebec or Halifax ; whilst the economy which 

 may be practised by a party of two or three, will be found 

 to be within the means of most sportsmen. At the ter- 

 mination of the fishing season a few weeks may be spent 

 in tourising through the Canadas or the States ; and in 

 the month of September the glowing forests of Nova 

 Scotia or New Brunswick may be traversed in search of 

 moose, cariboo, or bear. Between the Ottawa and the 

 great lakes there is excellent duck-shooting, and the woods 

 abound in deer (Cervus Virginianus), whilst the vast ex- 

 panses of wilderness in Newfoundland teem with cariboo, 

 ptarmigan, and wild fowl ; the former so abundant as 

 sometimes to tempt the sportsman (?) to kill more than 



