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by a wolf. It would appear singular that these magnifi- 

 cent Newfoundland bucks, which will attain the weiirht 

 of five or even six hundred j^ounds, witli ponderous 

 antlers, should fly from the wolf, considering the tremen- 

 dous power of a blow from their hoofs. The specimen 

 last mentioned weighed 428 pounds after being cleaned. 



With regard to the sport which may be expected by 

 the angler on this island, it may be briefly stated that 

 every lake abounds with the ordinary trout of Eastern 

 America — S. fontinalis : sea-trout ascend all the rivers 

 in July in astonishing abundance, taking anything in the 

 shape of l)ait or fly readily and indiscriminately, Salmon 

 fishing, however, appears to be uncertain ; and a general 

 belief obtains that, on the larger rivers of the north-east 

 coast, they are shy of taking the fly. I am, however, 

 informed by my friend Mr. Gisborue,* to whom I am 

 indebted for much information on the sports of New- 

 foundland, and who has hunted and explored the country 

 in every direction, that Gander Bay Eiver, an important 

 stream affbrdinor excellent canoeinoj on its course to its 

 large parent lake in the interior, and flowing into the 

 southern end of Notre Dame Bay, is believed by him to 

 be as fine a river for salmon-fishing as any in North 

 America. 



* Frederic Newton Gisborne, to whose skill as an electrician, and thr 

 energy which he displayed in exploring and completing a line of telegraph 

 across the wild southern interior of Newfoundland, from the east coast to 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and further uniting that island with the continent 

 by a submarine cable, testimony has Ijeen borne not only by the conmiunity 

 of Newfoundland, but by the inhabitants of all the British North American 

 provinces bordering on the Atlantic. Whatever praise may be accorded to 

 another great name in completing and successfully carrying out the gigantic 

 scheme which followed — the connexion of the two hemispheres by the 

 Atlantic cable — Mr. Gisborne is rightly accredited in British North America 

 with being its original projector. Palmam qui meruit ferat. 



