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and Chatte : all "with extensive and valuable salmon 

 fisheries. 



The whole of the Gaspe district is intersected by- 

 numerous and splendid rivers, the principal of which are 

 the St. Anne, the Magdalene, York, St. John's, Malbaie, 

 Grand Eiver, and the Great and Little Pabos. These 

 rivers receive many valuable tributaries, and are all 

 more or less noted for their vast quantities of fish, but 

 the fact of there being a direct steamboat communication 

 between Quebec and Gasp6 causes rather too great an 

 influx of fishermen. 



In the Bay of Chaleurs are the Grand Bonaventure, 

 the Great and Little Nouvelle, and the Great and Little 

 Cascapediac; and ascending the Restigouche — which is a 

 noble stream abounding with rapids and flowing for two 

 hundred miles through a beautiful and picturesque 

 country, — are the Matapediac, Patapediac, Mistouche, 

 and other tributaries on the Canadian side, which teem 

 with salmon. Formerly much larger fish were taken 

 than now. A few years ago a salmon was taken in this 

 district, measuring four feet eight inches in length. 

 Thirty and forty pounds was not an uncommon weight, 

 and instances have occurred of the capture of salmon 

 weighing sixty pounds. Now the average is from twelve 

 to fifteen pounds." 



Several of the tributary streams entering on the 



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