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are passed, the principal of which is Caledonia. At Greenfield, at the 

 outlet of Ponhook lake, is good salmon and trout fishing, and below the 

 village, on the Port Medway river, many fine fish are killed every year. 



Everywhere along the line of road that has been described, moose are 

 found, with an occasional caribou in the wilderness a few miles away, and 

 with the employment of expert guides, the sportsman may reasonably 

 count on success. 



From Greenfield the tourist may, by an easy stage, proceed to Bridge- 

 water, on the Nova Scotia Central railway, which connects with the 

 Dominion Atlantic railway at Middletown ; or, if he prefers, he can continue 

 with the post road to beautiful Mahone Bay and Chester ; or, he may go 

 to Lunenburg, in the vicinity of which place he will find good trout and 

 salmon fishing in the La Have river. On the road north from Chester 

 there are several fine streams in which trout and salmon are taken. The 

 best of these are Gold, East, Ingram and Indian rivers. They are all very 

 accessible, and grand sport is often found on them. 



The Indian river was, until within a few years, a famous salmon stream, 

 but the erection of a large steam saw-mill at its mouth has injured it con- 

 siderably. There are scores of lakes throughout the localities that have 

 been described ; in fact, the whole Province is dotted over by hundreds of 

 them, and the wonder is often expressed that there can be so many in a 

 country that has no great mountain system. In nearly all these lakes 

 trout are to be found, and the angler has only to make his choice of water 

 where he may cast his flies. 



In many of these lakes the salmon pass the summer, but they refuse 

 the fly, no matter how temptingly it may be offered them. The writer has 

 seen great numbers of them in a small lake on the Indian river, but 

 although they were constantly leaping around his boat — even almost into 

 it — they refused every lure that was thrown to them. 



From Indian river, at the head of Margaret's bay, to Halifax, the road 

 passes through a very picturesque country, but it is not particularly inter- 

 esting to the sportsman, there being no hunting worth mentioning, and 

 only a few localities where trout may be obtained. North of Halifax, at 

 Musquodoboit, there is good sea-trout fishing, and in the streams in the 

 neighborhood, spotted trout are found in considerable numbers. 



Further east there is good salmon fishing at Sherbrooke, on the St. 

 Mary's river, and everywhere within a radius of ten miles from the town 

 the fishing is among the finest in Nova Scotia. Sherbrooke may be 

 reached by a long stage ride from Halifax, or by a shorter one from Anti- 

 gonish, on the Intercolonial railway. It is a region rarely visited by 

 American sportsmen, but it offers inducements that are well worth atten- 

 tion. 



A favorite route between Boston and Halifax is by the line of steam- 



