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wants for his breakfast or supper, but he cannot sell 

 or give them away; and if he be much of a salmon 

 angler, he will care little for trout, anyhow. The 

 principal rivers of Nova Scotia lie in the southwest- 

 ern counties, and are the Jordan, Liverpool, Port 

 Medway, Le Have, Gold, East and Middle rivers. 

 July -is late for these rivers, as the season opens 

 usually in February. In the middle part of the 

 Province are Indian River, Tangier, and Middle 

 River, in Halifax County. The St. Mary's is in 

 Guysboro, east of Halifax. All of these have been, 

 or are, fair salmon rivers. On the Basin of Minas, 

 Bay of Fundy side, are several fair streams. This is 

 the Cobequid District, famous for its moose as well 

 as its fishing. The season for salmon begins here in 

 June. On the north shore is River Phillip, famous 

 since the settlement of the Province for its great 

 trout, and now used by the Government for propa- 

 gating salmon. Farther east, nearly at the land's 

 end in Cape Breton, is that famous salmon stream, 

 the Margarie. There are no salmon on Prince Ed- 

 ward's Island. In Newfoundland are the River of 

 Exploits, the Humber, Gander, Castor, and half a 



