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only from placid pool to impetuous rapid, and from 

 impinging crag to sloping shore, but each rapid has: 

 its constantly varying moods and features, and each 

 separate landscape some striking point of view. In 

 a dark, retreating cleft of a great cliff on the opposite 

 side is a large mass of clinging ice, which it will still 

 take weeks of the July sun to melt; and oh! how 

 refreshing it is, when we are hot and moist with our 

 long tramp, to turn and gaze thereon. With a 

 yearning look, we hasten on to the next way-side 

 basin to refresh our parched palates. 



Another princely salmon preserve of entirely dif- 

 ferent characteristics is that of Dr. J. H. Baxter, U. 

 S. A., which is located on the Restigouche River, in 

 New Brunswick, a half mile or so below the waters 

 of the Restigouche Club. 



Let me compare the two : 



Mr. Gilmour's establishment is an oasis of luxury 

 in a desert of wilderness, far beyond the reach of or- 

 dinary intercourse of men, and is isolated by cli- 

 matic rigors for eight months of the year. Its chief 

 charm consists in its unkempt and savage grandeur. 

 Here are rocks projecting, precipices overhanging,. 



