240 SALMON FISHING IN CANADA. 



them. The territory, through which the streams of which 

 we have been 'writing flow, is not a part of that immense 

 country granted to the Hudson's Bay Company by the 

 charter of Charles II. Its waters do not flow into Hudson's 

 Bay, but into the great St. Lawrence, and it is held by 

 lease from the Canadian government, to which it belongs, 

 in trust for the people. 



But it is time that we should say something of the 

 rivers whose names we have placed at the head of this 

 chapter ; and first of the Trinity, of which Captain Bayfield 

 thus writes : — "In Trinity Bay, where, with westerly Avinds, 

 a pilot will generally be found, is good anchorage, with 

 moderate depth of water. It is two miles wide, and nearly 

 one mile deep, with a fine sandy beach extending from its 

 south-west point to Trinity River, which is a small and 

 rapid stream, abounding with trout and salmon." I have 

 been frequently on the banks of the stream, but never 

 until the fishing season was over. From its appearance, 

 however, and the large quantities of salmon which I have 

 seen taken in it by the Hudson's Bay Company's servants, 

 I have no doubt but that good fishing would be found 

 there, particularly in the early part of the season, and in 

 the pools which are nearest to the sea. Should it ever be 

 my good fortune again to visit the Goodbout with a party 

 of four, I should gladly form one of a detachment of two 

 to be stationed for a while at the Trinity, for I have no 

 doubt but that, once the fish begin to run, there would be 



