74 THE SALMON FISHEK. 



le is not at liberty to catch salmon anywhere except 

 ~by favor, but trout fishing can be indulged in ad lib- 

 itum, and no doubt the privilege of trying for a sal- 

 mon or two would not be denied on occasion by the 

 lessee or river guardian. I don't think salmon can 

 now be found on the three last named routes, but 

 there are other nice fish, and the scenery is charm- 

 ing, being for the most part pastoral, and long since 

 civilized out of its wilderness characteristics. 



The northern part of Maine has somewhat similar 

 advantages for protracted and continuous canoe 

 xcutes. There being a watershed about midway of 

 the Aroostook which throws the streams northward 

 to the upper St. John and southward into the larger 

 rivers which run to tidewater on the Atlantic, one 

 can choose among several. The tributaries of the 

 Penobscot spread out like fingers to touch the feed- 

 ers of the opposite slope. From the headwaters of 

 the Mattawamkeag you can portage to the Aroostook 

 Hiver and the St. John ; from headwaters of the 

 ivest branch of the Penobscot to the Walloostook ; 

 from the Seboois into the Aroostook, from Wasata- 

 quoik into the Allegash, from the little Macliias 



