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^om Mrs. Peasley's, and aboutthe same distance from Knowlton village, is Coon's 

 Pond, a beautiful little body of water near the tog of Bolton Mountain, and con- 

 tains a rare variety of the Salmo fontinalis^ known there as the " forked tailed 

 speckled trout." They are a slim formed, silver-colored trout, with the usual 

 red spots on their sides, and will average half a pound each. They take the fly 

 well, and are a remarkably gamy little fish, and give as much play as ordinary 

 trout of three times their size. 



Gnspfi County-^ 



The York River, a fine salmon and trout stream, is reached via New Rich- 

 mond. The Little Cascapedia River is an excellent stream for salmon and trout 

 fishing with moose in the vicinity. Reached via Inter-colonial Railroad to DaU 

 housic, and thence by sail-boat across the bay, or via steamer from New Carlisle. 

 Hotel accommodations. Take guides and canoes, and camping equipments, and 

 go up the river thirty miles to the region of the Cnick Chick mountains. In the 

 Grand River are salmon and grilse. 



The Magdalen Islands — 



The Maofdalen Group of islands are situated fifty miles from Prince Edward 

 Island, at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. These islands are thirteen 

 in number, and extend in a north-easterly range of fifty miles. Summer excur- 

 sionists visit the islands for the rare sport of white sea trout fishing, great num- 

 bers of this fish being found in the vicinity. The route is via steamer from Pictou 

 fare $3. The inhabitants live in very^ primitive style, and the accommodations are 

 humble, but the visitor will meet with hospitality wherever he may go, and if 

 content to forego many modern conveniences, will be sure of an enjoyable trip. 

 Amherst, Grindstone and Entry, are the principal islands of the group. The Bird 

 Isles are famous brooding grounds of gannets, puffins, guillemots, kittewakes and 

 razor-billed clucks. 



The Magog district— 



The " Magog *' District lies directly north of the States of Vermont and New 

 Hampshire, and west of Somerset County in Maine. It is a primitive wilderness 

 in many parts. Its principal rivers are the Yamaska,St. Francis, Nicolet, Becan- 

 cour and Chaudiere, on the latter of which are the picturesque falls of the same 

 name. The largest lakes are Memphremagog, Massawippi, Aylmer, St. Francis 

 and Megantic : but throughout the region are found numberless small lakes, and 

 from the hillsides, countless streams gush down to swell the volume ot the larger 

 rivers. The scenery is romantic and beautiful in the extreme, and the mountain 

 air peculiarly bracing. 



The region is accessible by way of the Grand Trunk Railroad from Portland, 

 Sherbrooke being the most convenient point ot departure on this line, by way ot 

 the Connecticut and Passumpsic River Railroad, from Boston, either disembark- 

 ing at Newport or going on to Waterloo, and by Hudson River and Lake Cham- 

 plain to St. John's, and thence to Waterloo. Steamer Lady of the Lake conveys 

 the tourist from Newport to Magog ; which latter is a good centre of operations 

 There is a fair hotel at Sherbrooke, the Magog House ; rate $1.50 per day. At 

 Magog there is also a fair hotel whose price is about $1 per day, and the same is 

 charged at Waterloo for fair accommodation. A horse and buggy may be hired 

 for about $1.50 per day. There are many good streams within a radius of sixteen 

 miles from Waterloo, though the fish are apt to be small. At Coon's Pond, twelve 

 miles, there is splendid trouting, the fish averaging about half a pound. At Lake 

 Oxford, twelve miles, they are taken weighing over three pounds ; at Jerome 

 Lake, six miles, there is excellent bass fishing, and some heavy fish are taken, 

 while in the lake at the village you may troll for pike with good success. Mr. E. 

 B. Hodge, or any member of the " Fishing Club," will afford all the information 

 to sportsmen that lies in their power. From Magog;, it is four miles to Lake Ox- 

 ford. There are several small lakes and streams in the vicinity affording good 

 sport. . In I,ake Memphremagog are lake trout, or " lunge " as they are called. 

 From Sherbrooke, a drive of^ about fourteen miles takea you to the Brompton 

 Seriesi ot lakes where are to l>e found trout and bass, but as boats are difficult to 

 procure on these lakes, the tourist had better make previous arrangem^ nts. Ten 

 miles brings you to Lake Massawippi where there are lake trout, and .his lake 

 can be reached by a drive of five miles from Magog, There are also small 

 streams within a few miles where good trout fishing may be had, and the proprie- 

 tors of the hotels here, as elsewhere, will afford all possible information. 



