124 THE SALMON FISHER. 



There are perhaps 120 salmon rivers within the 

 Dominion of Canada, not including those of the Pa- 

 cific side, which might yield fair sport to the rod. 

 Most of these have been designated by name in my 

 list, but there are rivers on the east Atlantic lying 

 north of Belle Isle Strait, on the coast of Labrador, 

 which have never been fished with a fly. Once, as 

 long ago as 1860, I wet a few hackles in some of 

 them in the course of the season, but the results 

 were not satisfactory chiefly from lack of experi- 

 ence for the waters teemed with fish. Some of 

 these rivers are attracting the attention of anglers, 

 and they will soon be in demand, no doubt. There 

 must be a dozen in all. There are three or four on 

 Byron's Bay, and an equal number in Sandwich Bay, 

 between latitude 54 and 56. Midway between the 

 two is the great Esquimaux Bay, known also as 

 Gross Water and Ivucktok Inlet, into which empty 

 the Nor'west Eiver, the Hamilton and Tom Liscom, 

 all salmon rivers. There are two Hudson Bay posts 

 on this bay, namely, Eigolet and Nor'west rivers, and 

 the Esquimaux who reside there cure a good many 

 salmon for their own use and for the consumption of 



