The Trout 



and had fished through the ice ; also that the 

 trout ran up to ten pounds in weight. It 

 was to be a veritable voyage of discovery, 

 and Mr. Light was quite desirous to know 

 something of the resources and particulars 

 of the region, having leased the fishing priv- 

 ileges from the Dominion. 



Arriving at the river, I found Mr. Lacs du Rognon 

 Farnsworth who has written so entertain- 

 ingly of the French inhabitants established 

 in a pleasant camp a mile below the railroad 

 crossing. I also met Captain Seaton, presi- 

 dent of a Quebec fishing club, the lessee of 

 the Lacs du Rognon, near the railroad 

 crossing of the Batiscan. Captain Seaton 

 showed me a basket of brook trout averag- 

 ing five pounds, but to my surprise he stated 

 that they were taken with the trolling 

 spoon, as the trout of those lakes more's 

 the pity utterly refused to take the fly, 

 giving as a reason that those waters 

 abounded in myriads of chub, on which the 

 trout habitually fed. 



We embarked in the canoes and pro- Up the River 

 ceeded up the river, which we found to be 



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