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where the pools are numerous and accessible, where 

 grisle are seldom encountered, and where the 

 scenery is as magnificent as the fishing is superb. 

 A few of these rivers are within easy reach of 

 steamboat, railroad and telegraph communication. 

 Others (and many of the best of them) are so far 

 from these conveniences that business men, who 

 do not care to put themselves wholly beyond the 

 reach of their correspondents, seldom visit them. 



Several of both these classes of rivers were 

 available to our party the present season, and it 

 was not until late in May that it was finally deter- 

 mined to revisit the Cascapedia the scene of our 

 last year's exploits, and, taking it all in all, one of 

 the very best rivers on the continent. While it is 

 as true of angling as of every thing else, that 

 " variety 's the very spice of life," we were all glad 

 when this conclusion was reached ; for we had such 

 pleasant recollections of this river of its grand 

 pools, its monster salmon and its magnificent 

 scenery that the thought of change was never 

 agreeable. 



We proceeded to our destination over the same 

 route as last year >via Boston, Portland, Ban- 

 gor, St. John and Shediac by rail, and thence some 

 three Imndred miles by steamboat. The route is 

 a very pleasant one, but neither shorter nor pleas- 

 anter than by way of Quebec, from whence a fine 



