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the saloon table d'hote, from sectional evidence, 

 must have been 12 lbs. to 14 lbs. weight. One has 

 a prejudice against large trout, except as a diversion 

 with a fishing-rod, but the quality of Lake Superior 

 fish as a comestible is beyond reproach. I have 

 never tasted anything finer. It is necessary to go 

 inland a few miles to get the best fishing. I had 

 introductions to local anglers, and reliable informa- 

 tion on the subject, but pressure of time prevented 

 me from breaking the journey. Off the mouth of 

 the rivers trolling can be had for the big fish, and 

 a few miles up the streams good fly-fishing can 

 be had. 



Sault Ste. Marie is the connecting point for the 

 Soo Pacific Line which links Canada with the 

 United States, taking in Minneapolis and the Dacotas. 

 It joins the Canadian Pacific main line again at 

 Moose Jaw. Superior is the largest of the American 

 lakes. Its dimensions may be gathered by com- 

 parison with England and Wales, which it could 

 swallow and leave a considerable margin all round. 

 From the centre, land is out of sight, and it becomes 

 a veritable sea bounded by the horizon. It is the 

 ocean prairie of America, and gives the same sense 

 of vastness as its twin sister of the great plains. 

 The steamer course lies south of Caribou Island, 

 with Montreal and Leach Islands lying north. 

 The international water-line which divides Canada 

 from the States proceeds from South Caribou to 



