SALMON-RIVERS OF BRITISH PROVINCES. 385 



Ten days' Salmon-fishing on the coast of Labrador, in June and July, 1858, 



by J. M. S. 



Average weight of Salmon . . . 21} Ibs. 

 " Grilse .... 5} " 



The angler who accomplished this great feat says, in a letter 

 accompanying the above account : 



" The particular river in which I killed my large Salmon 

 last year was the ' Moisie,' a very large stream which empties 

 itself into the St. Lawrence four leagues below Seven Islands, 

 fifteen leagues west of Anticosti, and one hundred and forty 

 leagues below Quebec. It can only be reached by chartering 

 a schooner from Quebec, or by taking passage in the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company's boat, which leaves early in May. 



" There are a great many excellent rivers on this coast, 

 both above and below the Moisie, such as the Bersimis, 

 Goodbout,Mingan, Eomaine, Natashquan, Little Natashquan, 

 Magnoime and others, all of which are full of Salmon ; some 

 of which have never been fished with the fly. 



" The Moisie has always been considered the best Salmon- 



* This is the largest Salmon ever killed on this coast with a rod. 



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