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on a salmon river would not be tedious. But, as 

 you regard your own comfort and the comfort of 

 others, do not assume that, because your friend 

 finds his highest pleasure in the practice of the 

 gentle art, you also must needs be happy in its 

 pursuit. 



To give variety to our trip we took carriages 

 from New Richmond for a thirty-mile ride along 

 the borders of the Bay of Chaleur ; and we en- 

 joyed it greatly. Almost the whole distance is a 

 continuous village, and nearly all the houses are 

 the abodes of men who make a precarious living 

 by catching and curing codfish for the markets of 

 the world. For more than a hundred and fifty 

 years this has been the chief occupation of all the 

 residents of this coast. The result is extreme pov- 

 erty and contentment. The men of to-day live 

 and labor as their fathers had done through many 

 generations. This, however, can be said for them 

 they are the most polite people on the continent. 

 Meet whom you would, man or boy, on foot or 

 borne along in his rickety cart or jaunty calash, 

 no matter, you were sure of a graceful greeting. 

 During our ride of thirty miles, in no single 

 instance was this act of courtesy forgotten. It 

 was a custom I had met nowhere else in all my 

 wanderings. 



Taking the steamboat at Paspebiac, we had a 



