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ing town from the landing. The same steamer and its 

 associate, the Lady Head, run to Dalhonsie, at the 

 mouth of the Eestigouche, or a stage for that place 

 leaves Eathurst three times a week. The Lady Head 

 does not stop at Eathurst, on account of her draught of 

 water. 



On the Nipisiquit it is customary to have a camp- 

 keeper or cook for the party, and two canoemen to each 

 angler ; they furnish the canoe and repeive one dollar a 

 day each. The following are good men : John, Peter 

 and Bruno Chamberlain ; John makes a good fly, but is 

 sulky and willful ; Eruno is lazy ; Ned Yeno and David 

 Euchet, both of whom are excellent and willing, and 

 Fabian Eodereau, who is a fair cook. To save your men 

 some heavy work, where you do not intend to fish the 

 Rough "Waters, you drive with your stores to the Eound 

 Eocks,. the Pabineau Falls, or, if you please, even to the 

 Grand Falls, but the latter part of the road is bad. 



The only fishing on the Miramichi is above Eoiestown, 

 and to reach it you leave St. John in the night or day 

 boat for Fredericton, arriving there in eight hours at an 

 expense of one dollar and a half. The night boat runs 

 three times a week. The best house in Fredericton is 

 the Earker House, kept by Mr. Fairweather, and in this 

 city you must get your supplies for the woods. The 

 s*age leaves every Tuesday and Friday for Eoiestown, 

 nominally at ten a.m., and reaches that collection of huts 

 nominally at six p.m. The fare is two dollars and a half, 

 and the ordinary charge for an extra is ten dollars, but 

 remember the stage proprietor is Kelley. The best 

 tavern in Eoiestown is kept by Avery, but about five 



