56 SALMON FISHING IN CANADA. 



of the rivers by the more weighty and more cautious salmon, 

 who is also often tempted in such circumstances to take 

 the fly. 



I remember one morning, in July 1849, the yacht Iro- 

 quois was lying in the Eiver Moisic, when, about six o'clock, 

 my friend the Major, came down from the deck, where he 

 had been performing his ablutions, and calling me a :azy 

 dog because I was still Ijdng in bed deeply engaged with a 

 book, asked me to accompany him on shore, as the tide 

 was making, and assist him in getting some fish for break- 

 fast. We started instanter, the Captain telHng us that we 

 had no time to lose as breakfast was nearly ready. In less 

 than an hour we returned, and then we turned out our 

 spoil upon the deck : the Baron and the Captain admired 

 tliem so much that they insisted on weighing them before 

 one was committed to the gridiron, and their united weight 

 was found to exceed eighty pounds. Of their exquisite 

 flavour, fresh as they were, and immediately after the 

 wholesome exercise in the invigorating air of the sea and 

 of the mountains, it is only prudent to be silent. 



Frank Forester, in his elaborate work on the fish and 

 fishing of America, quotes from Mr. Perley the following 

 remarks on this fish : — 



" It is to be understood that the whole Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence abounds with white trout, from one to seven pounds 

 in weight. They proceed up the rivers as far as the head of 



