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over a million and a quarter square miles of compara- 

 tively vmbroken forest for the shelter of game, it will 

 be difficult to find the world over an equally inviting 

 region for sportsmen. 



Salmon fishing, the first among fishing pleasures, is 

 comparatively hmited in extent along the Atlantic 

 coast of the United States, but extensive in Cana- 

 dian waters and in the coast streams to and beyond 

 Labrador. 



I have made a number of excursions for salmon 

 fishing to various Canadian streams, where I met with 

 particular success. From the Gulf of St. Lawrence and 

 the Bay of Chaleurs a number of prominent salmon and 

 trout streams diverge, notably the Restigouche, Meta- 

 pedia, and Saguenay, and on the Restigouche, near 

 the Metapedia settlement, is a remarkable salmon pool 

 about half a mile in extent, where in some seasons as 

 high as six thousand pounds of salmon are taken with 

 the fly. In 1879 and 1880 I passed in the season sev- 

 eral weeks there, on some days taking eight or ten 

 good fish. 



At the time I visited the section, one Frazer — a 

 huge, good-hearted, easy-going Scotchman, who owned 

 the land about the pool, and for a mile or so from it 

 above and below — carried on farming and had a con- 

 gregation of buildings, and a moderate-sized hotel 

 where he accommodated fishermen, who then were few 

 in number, charging, besides board, for the privilege of 

 fishing, five dollars per day, which included one of his 

 boats and two Indian guides. 



Frazer, although a Scotchman, was an exception to 

 many of his nationality, who are noted for their canny 

 and thrifty habits, and he foimd farming a very 



