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earlier in the season, and therefore will be the first 

 sport obtained. 



Betake yourself to Quebec, which is best reached 

 direct from the Clyde. Eight or nine days' steaming, 

 in all probability, will terminate your voyage, and 

 place you on shore under the frowning batteries of 

 the ancient citadel. This should be made for a time 

 the base of your operations. There arc many keen 

 sportsmen among the citizens of the " Gibraltar of 

 the West," and better than all, they are the very 

 essence of hospitality. At the Russell House in the 

 old town, the proprietor — who managed matters there 

 in my day— was a genial host and good fisherman, 

 always willing to give a helping hand to advance the 

 pleasures of the angler. Many of this hotel's patrons 

 were ardent wielders of the rod, and very important 

 information could be obtained from them. I re- 

 member well a sanctuvi in this caravansary, over 

 some '' hot and strong," obtaining a perfect mine of 

 useful hints about my future proceedings. Such a 

 haunt doubtless exists now, and the freemasonry of 

 the gentle craft will, without doubt, open the portals 

 that would be closed to the omnmm gatherum of 

 every-day life. 



Get acquainted also with some of the Hudson Bay 

 Company's people, as a rule a thorough good sort, 

 who are as conversant with every lake and river, 

 mountain range and stretch of barren land as a 

 Cockney is with the suburbs of London. Of course, 

 if you can obtain introductions to some of the impor- 

 tant citizens — especially those engaged in the lumber 

 trade — matters will be much simplified, but with 

 letters or without them, if you follow the instructions 

 about to be given, you cannot fail to obtain any 

 amount of the finest sport. 



Those rivers in the immediate vicinity of Quebec, 

 such as the Montmorency and Lorette, give a wide 

 berth to, for although they hold some splendid trout, 



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