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Though similar lists might be multiplied to almost 

 any extent, the above are sufficient to illustrate the nature 

 of the sport, and with these practical results before one, 

 it is only necessary to add that equally good fishing is to 

 be had in many of the rivers before mentioned, and in 

 some of them even better; though much injury has been 

 caused in several instances by Yankees, who have been in 

 the habit of coming, as I am informed, regularly each 

 season, and setting their nets by force in preserved -and 

 protected waters. In other waters equal injury has 

 been done by the Indians, whose inveterate habit of 

 leistering does incalculable mischief; far more fish being 

 driven away by the blood-stained water than are mangled 

 by the cruel spear. No amount of supervision will 

 effectually prevent this practice, so long as these poachers 

 continue to find a ready sale for their fish among the 

 small traders in the remote districts. 



The rivers on the southern shore cannot be better 

 described than in Mr. Nettle's* own words. 



" Approaching the eastern shores and rivers of the 

 county of Rimouski, are the following rivers : the 

 Rimouski, which is formed by the confluence of two 

 tributaries, and is a river of considerable size ; the 

 Great and Little Metis, the Tartigo, Blanche, Matane, 



* Nettle's " Fisheries of the St. Lawrence.' 



