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is on the whole by far the best defence against 

 flies, they are likely to suffer more than almost 

 any sport will repay. 



The Esquimaux River in the Strait of Belle 

 Isle is, judging from such few reports on it as I 

 have heard, probably the greatest known salmon 

 river. It is very large and long, without heavy 

 falls to prevent the salmon from ascending to its 

 upper waters. The fish are in vast numbers and 

 of large size perhaps not so large as those of 

 the Grand Romaine or Cascapedia, but well up 

 in that class. This river has been leased by Mr. 

 J. J. Hill, who also has the St. John, and informs 

 me that in 1900 the catch at the one stand of 

 nets at the mouth of the Esquimaux was fifty- 

 one thousand salmon. The St. John, in 1900, 

 fished for an average of about eight days by six 

 rods, yielded two hundred and thirty-six salmon, 

 nearly thirty a day biggest fish twenty-eight 

 pounds, average 133^-. This year, 1901, owing 

 to the party reaching the river rather late, the 

 fishing was not so good, though a catch of about 

 eighty thousand pounds was reported to have 

 been made by the nets at the mouth. On the 

 Godbout in 1901 three rods took in twelve days 

 two hundred and seventeen salmon. 



