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way up the river for 1,000 miles. The silver salmon 

 begins to arrive in March or early in April, and lasts 

 till the end of June. Their weight is from four 

 to twenty-five pounds, but they have been caught 

 weighing over seventy. The second kind are caught 

 from June to August, and are considered the finest. 

 Their average size is only five or six pounds. The 

 third, coming in August, average seven pounds, and 

 are an excellent fish. The noan or humpback salmon 

 comes every second year, lasting from August till 

 winter, weighing from six to fourteen pounds. The 

 hookbill arrives in September and remains till winter, 

 weighing from twelve to fifteen and even forty-five 

 pounds. Salmon is sold at Victoria at five cents a 

 pound, and there appears to be no limit to the 

 supply. 



However, one thing I must not forget to mention is 

 that, although the trout of British Columbia, Oregon, 

 and California rise freely to the fly, the salmon of the 

 Pacific do not, a circumstance to be regretted by all 

 lovers of the lithesome rod. 



Halifax reader, have you ever been in Halifax ? 

 Many places are less to be admired and less agreeable to 

 live in, although I have heard sailors quote the say- 

 ing, in Old England, " deliver us from Hell, Hull, and 

 Halifax." Why this condemnation I know not. For 

 my part, I have been in many towns less pleasant ; 

 the inhabitants are hospitable and genial, the society 

 is good, and the ladies have no small pretensions to 

 being considered beautiful. Having spent a couple of 

 weeks lounging about Halifax with nothing to do, at 

 length I decided to go in search of adventure, and, if 

 possible, get a few clays' salmon fishing. 



