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FOREST LIFE IN AOADIE. 



RostigouL-lic siilinoii run much Ijirovr, and even i.i these 

 day.s eonniionly weigh thirty pouiulB. 



Ciiniplx'lltown, a neat litth) village at the lu^ad of the 

 tide, twenty miles from the sea, is to Ix; reached from 

 J*)Mthurst by eoach ; and here the traveller or sportsman 

 intending to ascend the Kestigoudu^ or its before-men- 

 tioned tributaries, will find a large settlement of Indians 

 uf tlu! iMiemac tribe. They all have canoes, and many 

 of them are good guides, and trustworthy. There is a 

 good store at which to purchase provisions, and a very 

 comfortable little hotel kept by a Mr. M'Leod. 



We now leave the rivers of New Brunswick : the 

 Restio-ouche beinu' the dividing line between the two 

 provinces, the rivei'S of the north shore of Chaleurs Ray 

 arc Canadian. About thirty miles from the head of the 

 bay we come to the Cascapediae, a large river running in 

 a deep chjiam through the mountains of Ronaventure. 

 It is frequented by salmon of large size, and 1 have been 

 told by Mr. R. H. Montgomery, who resides near its 

 mouth, that the average weight is betwc^en thirty and 

 forty pounds. He offered to procure me good Indians 

 and canoes for ascending to the first rapids, which are 

 some distance up the river. The whole district of Gasp^ 

 is intersected by numerous and splendid rivers, abound- 

 ing in salmon and sea trout, the latter of four i)ounds 

 to seven pounds in weight. The mountain sceneiy through 

 which they fiow is magnificent, and many of them have 

 never been thrown over with a fly rod. Amongst the 

 hiro-est may be noticed the Ronaventure, the Malbaie, and 

 the Magdeleine. 



On the south shore of the St. T.awrence, from Gaspd 

 to Quebec, there are several streams which formerly 



