4-8 PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 



line. But what may be deemed " needful " depends 

 entirely upon the tastes and appetites of the pros- 

 pective consumers. One gentleman whom we met 

 took, with himself and two guides, in a single 

 canoe, all that he considered " needful " for a thirty 

 days' sojourn, while another loaded two canoes, 

 besides the one he occupied himself, with what he 

 thought " needful " for a fortnight's excursion. I 

 can only say to whoever may be anxious on this 

 point, as was kindly said to our party, that it is 

 well to " live low on the river." If, however, the 

 advice shall be as remorselessly disregarded by any 

 of my readers who may be contemplating a trip, as 

 it was by our commissary, I may regret it but I 

 shall not be surprised. 



In reaching any of the rivers on the Bay of Cha- 

 leur, or in that immediate neighborhood, the most 

 direct route is by rail to St. John and Shediac and 

 by steamboat to Dalhousie ; but the journey can be 

 pleasantly and almost as expeditiously made by 

 steamer from Quebec. We chose the former route, 

 and it was high-noon of the sixth day after we left 

 New York before we pitched our tents and pre- 

 pared for service. Next year, however, there will 

 be an all-rail route most of the way, if not quite 

 through to Dalhousie which, by the line of travel, 

 is full three hundred miles from St. John. 



[Now, April, 1876, there is an all-rail route to 



