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but I think it might with justice be graduated, 

 fixing one sum, say 50 dollars, for Vancouver 

 Island, where only wapiti, an occasional bear 

 and deer are found, and imposing the higher 

 licence for the Mainland, to include moose, 

 mountain sheep, goat, caribou and grizzly bear. 



One would have thought that in the city 

 of Vancouver, the centre of a great angling 

 country, every requirement of the fisherman 

 would have been found. The contrary was 

 the case. 



Fortunately I had brought my own fishing- 

 tackle, for in the best sporting shop in the town 

 I could not obtain a suitable spare fishing-line. 



Rods, reels, lines, flies and baits were in- 

 ferior in workmanship as compared to what one 

 is accustomed at home. 



I therefore strongly recommend any fisher- 

 man to bring all his tackle from home. In 

 the case of rods, reels and lines, New York 

 may have better, as I shall show when I come 

 to discuss the question of tackle later on. 



From the manager of the Bank of Montreal, 

 to whom I had a letter of introduction, I met 

 with great courtesy financially as well as 

 socially, and I became free of the excellent 

 Vancouver Club, so charmingly situated, and 

 only regretted that my short stay prevented 

 my availing myself more of its hospitality. 



