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Salmon -Fishing. 



The range of mountains on the north shore runs within a few 

 miles of the St. Lawrence, and hence the rivers upon . that side are 

 very short and rapid, giving but few good pools, and are, as a gen- 

 eral thing, very difficult to fish. Only a few good streams are found 

 on the south shore, among which are the Rimouski, Grande Metis, 

 and Matane. Passing down the Gulf of St. Lawrence, we come to 

 the Basin of Gaspe, into which flow three admirable streams ; and 

 farther on, upon the north shore of the Bay of Chaleurs, and at its 

 western end, are some of the best, including the famous Restigouche, 



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fished yearly by Englishmen who cross the Atlantic for that express 

 purpose ; also the Cascapedia, made more noted through Mr. Daw- 

 son's charming letters from there, where, at a good ripe age, he took 

 his first salmon. The Nipisiguit on the south shore of the Bay of 

 Chaleurs and the Miramichi on the eastern coast of New Brunswick 

 are the last salmon-streams of any account until we come to Nova 

 Scotia, where there are a few upon its south-east coast below 

 Halifax. 



In Cape Breton there is a single good river, the Margarie. Here 

 and there small streams are found in other parts of New Brunswick 



