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dor peninsula. These seldom, or never, ascend to the 

 home of the purely fresh-water salmon, and are not, 

 therefore, included in this description of the Cana- 

 dian environment of the ouananiche. 



GAME 



Briefest mention may be made of some of the sport 

 that is to be had by lovers of the gun and the rifle in 

 the land of the ouananiche. Partridges are plentiful 

 in many localities between Quebec and Lake St. John, 

 and also in most of the woods between Lake St. John 

 and Lake Mistassini. They may only be killed be- 

 tween the 15th of September and the 1st of February. 

 Snipe are plentiful in many of the marshy localities of 

 this north country, the close season for them being 

 from the 1st of February to the 1st of September. 

 Ducks of various kinds, particularly black ducks, teal, 

 and sheldrake are very common on all the waters in 

 the Lake St. John district. They may be killed from 

 the 1st of September to the 15th of April. 



While there is no legal excuse for the sportsman 

 to have a gun with him during the summer season, 

 it is always useful in making a long trip into the 

 woods to have a rifle near at hand. A bear may 

 be met at any time. Only upon the approach of 

 winter, however, is his skin of any value, though his 

 flesh is at all times considered a luxury. A bear may 

 often be found swimming across a large body of 

 water. Often in the latter part of the summer a 

 number of these animals are found in a brute a por- 

 tion of forest that has been swept by fire where 



