94 OBSERVATIONS ON A SALMON RIVER 



sisted by Sir Hector Langevin, a prominent 

 Quebecker and an influential member of Sir 

 John Macdonald's ministry. Through Sir 

 Hector I put forward the suggestion that 

 if the river, which had been a free gift to 

 my predecessor, was to be let, I should like 

 to be considered as a possible tenant for it. 

 The negotiations proceeded favourably, and 

 as the result I obtained a lease of the river ; 

 all but the lower and least interesting pools, 

 at a very moderate rent. 



A few words as to the geography of the 

 country through which the Grand Casca- 

 pedia flows. It enters the Baie des Chaleurs 

 about half-way between the head and the 

 mouth of the bay, and is called the " Grand " 

 Cascapedia, to distinguish it from a smaller 

 and much inferior river — the " little " Cas- 

 capedia — which immediately adjoins it. 

 As it nears the sea at New Richmond it 

 traverses a sparsely inhabited region occu- 

 pied by farmers who have settled on the 

 alluvial land. Many of these have suc- 

 ceeded in acquiring, with their farms, the 



