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distance inland from the west shore of the Saguenay. 

 They are often found also in the country drained by the 

 upper waters of the St. Maurice. But they are most 

 abundant in the Mattawa district, and in the territory 

 watered by the Upper Ottawa and Gatineau rivers. 



The Provincial Legislature of Quebec, at its session 

 of 1895, adopted a law in virtue of which the Com- 

 missioner of Crown Lands is authorized to lease the 

 right of hunting game upon public lands in this prov- 

 ince, for terms of ten years, at the rate of one dollar 

 per square mile per year. This opportunity is likely 

 to be taken advantage of very largely by fishing clubs 

 now in the enjoyment of the fishing leases of large 

 tracts of country in the Canadian environment of the 

 ouananlche. 



