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NOTE TO TRIP TO NEW BRUNSWICK. 



Fish of all kinds are extremely cheap in the proTinces. Salmon, 

 near Boiestown, sell for sixty cents apiece, regardless of size, and 

 grilse for twenty. In other places salmon are five cents a pound, 

 while smoked fish are worth one dollar and twenty-five cents apiece. 

 Lobsters are a nuisance to the fisherman, from their numbers ; and 

 herring are abundant. 



The expenses of a trip for two fishermen visiting both the Mira- 

 michi and Nipisiquit, and occupying a month, were as follows : 



Fare to St. John $12 00 



State room 1 00 



To Fredericton 3 00 



Extra to Wilson's 11 00 



Stores for the Miramichl 32 34 



Men's wages 60 00 



Extra to Newcastle 17 00 



Fare to Chatham 1 40 



" Bathurst 7 00 



Stores on the 15'ipisiquit ; 29 95 



Men's wages .' 60 00 



Wagon to the Bound Bocks 4 00 



Extra on return to Chatham 14 00 



Fare to St. John 8 00 



" Boston 11 00 



Meals and other expenses 35 00 



. Delicacies 10 00 



$306 69 



CLASSIFICATION. 



Every naturalist originates a classification for himself; thani 

 HeaveiL I am only a sportsman, and shall merely refer to that of 

 Ouvier? He makes grand divisions of fish mto the bony and oarta- 

 laginous; the former being separated into spmous and soft rayed, 

 the latter into those with free or fixed gills. 



AcantJwpteryffU, fin-rays spinous, mcludmg the percidm or perch 

 famUy, which iL' the edge of thegiU-cover, or fore gm-jver or 

 both, denticulated or armed with spines ; the cheeks not maded^d 

 teeth on both jaws, the vomer and palatines. In this family are 

 comprised th&pereaor perch proper, the Mrax or salt-water bass, 



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