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and need not leave that spot to better your chances, for there you mav 

 hook and kill Salmon usque ad nauseam. Although few persons would be 

 disposed to go any further in search of sport, there remain the Kegashka, 

 Musquarro, Washeecootai, Olomanosheebo, Etamamu, Mecattina, and 

 Esquimaux Rivers, within distances varying from twenty to one hundred 

 miles below the Natashquan. These all are streams of considerable 

 size, and would doubtless prove worthy of trial. The chances of finding 

 Salmon in the rivers of the Island of Anticosti are favorable. Trout 

 certainly are abundant. Salmon River is the nearest to the north coast ; 

 and Jupiter, Shallop, and Otter Rivers on the west and south parts of the 

 island, can be reached either from Mingan or from Gasp6. The Gasp6 

 Rivers afford excellent sport for Salmon and Trout. Those emptying into 

 the Bay of Chaleurs, such as the Matapediac, the two Cascapediacs and 

 the Bonaventure, are noble streams and enjoy a repute for first-rate fishing. 

 The only ones we know of on the southern coast below the Metis, are the 

 Matanne, Ste. Anne, Mont Louis and Magdalen. Their qualities as 

 regards fly-fishing are, however, practically unknown. We would recom- 

 mend you to place more reliance on the tried rivers by the Labrador 

 coast. 



About nearly all the localities named above, Sea Trout can also be 

 caught from June to September. In July and August they are in high 

 condition, of extreme beauty, model symmetry, exquisite flavor, and 

 extraordinarily strong and active. 



SALMON-FISHING ON THE ST. JOHN, 0. E. 



The following extracts are taken from the journal of a party who 

 visited the River St. John, Canada East, in the year 1863. 



TRIP TO THE RIVER ST. JOHN, IN THE YEAR 1863* 

 June 3d. — Left Montreal at 7 o'clock, p. m., on board the river steamer 

 " Montreal," arriving at Quebec at 6 a. m., next day. Remained in Que- 

 bec till Saturday the 6th. 

 June 6th. — Embarked on board the steamer " Napoleon III." for con- 



* The reader must not confound this with the River St. John, in New Brunswick. 

 This opens with the Gulf of St. Lawrence, opposite Anticosti; distance below 

 Quebec, about 470 miles. 



