SEA TROUT. 59 



Gaspi, at Bathurst on the Bay de Ohaleurs, whicli is near 

 Nipisiquit, the best river of New Brunswick, at several 

 places along the route, and finally at Shediac, whence 

 there is a communication with St. John or Halifax. 

 The steamer running at the time this is written is the 

 Arabian, and leaves Quebec every alternate Monday. 

 The Nipisiqiiit is within a few miles of Bathurst, where 

 there is good- accommodation, "and boatmen can be 

 obtained without difficulty, or the fisherman may con- 

 tinue his travels to Dalhousie, at the mouth of the Eesti- 

 gouche, and try either that or the Matapediae. Another 

 mode of reaching the fishing grounds, is to go to St. 

 John, and thence, by steamboat to Fredericton, and 

 cross over by land to the Miramichi, at Boiestown, where 

 there is excellent trout and fair salmon fishing. A list 

 of the distances from Quebec, together with further 

 instructions, is given under the head of salmon fishing, 

 as the rivers we have mentioned are properly salmon 

 rivers. 



The sea trout fishing is so fine, that many persons 

 prefer it to taking the larger salmon, and can be indulged 

 in almost anywhere along the shores of New Brunswick, 

 Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, Newfoundland 

 and Lower Canada ; and were it not for the heavy fogs, 

 the Bay of St. Lawrence would be a favorite resort of 

 our adventurous yachtsmen. The Galway line of ocean 

 steamers now touches at Newfoundland, whose waters 

 abound with the finest fish. 



The sea trout ascend to the head-waters of the Mira- 

 michi quite early, so that there are none of large size 

 to be caught in the lower section by the middle of 



