28 SALMOjS' fishing IN CANADA. 



dififerent holes and pools formed by the eddies of this 

 beautiful stream. Immediately under the bank of Dery s 

 garden is a recess, worn deep in the rocky bank and shaded 

 by the overhanging precipice, called the " Trou noir. 

 This pool is close by the bridge, from whence the fish in 

 it may be distinctly seen, but not so easily hooked. 



A little lower down, on the opposite side, the rock slopes 

 to within about nine feet of the water, and there forms a 

 slippery ledge, standing upon which fish may be hooked in 

 the quiet eddy below; and there must all the skill and 

 energy of the fisherman be put forth, for from this eddy 

 rushes a raging torrent, through which it requires the 

 hand of an artist and tlie activity of a gladiator to guide a 

 salmon to the " Petit Rets," another small pool, where he 

 will only rest for a moment, and then pursue his way to 

 the most famous spot in the river, whicli is called " THopital," 

 where the salmon are supposed to congregate to be cured 

 of any wounds and bruises wliich they may have had 

 inflicted upon them in the passage from the ocean. For 

 half a mile below this, there is at times most excellent 

 fishing in several beautiful pools, the locality of which 

 will be best understood by reference to a map. The 

 best of them, which is ^\ithout a P'rench patronjmiic, I 

 have called the " Head of the Fall," and is immediately 

 above a sloping rock running Cjuite across the stream, 

 where the water makes a " chute," or rather runs rapidly 

 down a long and steep inclined plane. This pool is only 



