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CHAPTEE X. 



SALMON-FISHINa ON THE LA HAVE RIVER, 

 NOVA SCOTIA. 



THIS river (La Have), known and recognized 

 by all strangers who have been so fortunate as 

 to have been on its waters or its banks, as 

 the Khine of America, extends 15 miles from 

 the North Atlantic to the head of the tide, as 

 it is navigable to the town of Bridgewater, 

 14 miles from the ocean. The picturesque 

 appearance of its banks, studded with farms 

 cultivated to the water's edge, and houses 

 neatly built and nicely planted with numerous 

 thriving villages at the river's side, all tend 

 to give it a most prosperous and charming 

 appearance. 



In the early settlement of the country its 

 waters teemed with salmon, shad, sea-trout, 

 and aleuwen ; so abundant were they in that 



