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CHAP. II. 



IS THERE SALMON FISHING IN CANADA ? 



NY one who doubts that 

 there is salmon-fishing in 

 Canada is mistaken : there 

 is ; and the author believes 

 as good as in any other 

 part of the world, and 

 better, much better, than 

 in a great many highly 

 vaunted countries. " Then 

 where is it to be had? 

 Into what part of Canada are we to go for it ? " asks the im- 

 patient angler, if there can exist such a paradoxical animal. 

 Both questions may be answered by one reply : Take a 

 map of Canada, find out Quebec ; then run your eye east- 

 wards along the left hand or northern side of the river and 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence ; you will see many streams marked 

 there ; almost every one of them is a salmon river, and in 

 every one of them that has been fished, excellent sport 

 has been had, and heavy fish killed. 



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