It is about sixty mile? in length. Bouchette saysit " was 

 formerly the' terror and often the grave of travellers. 

 It abounds with fish, especially salmon." It was, and still 

 is, the favorite resort of the amateurs of Quebec, Mon- 

 treal, and elsewhere. Dery's bridge is the principal 

 point of attraction for the fly-fishers. It is about ten or 

 twelve miles from the mouth of the river. Here the fish 

 congregate together in shoals ; — I had better say, — did 

 congregate, for, alas, but fe* are taken now. There are 

 some splendid runs for fish from the mouth of the river 

 tip to Dery's. Salmon-fishing here commences about 

 the middle of June. First the large fish make their 

 appearance ; later in the season the grilse begin to run 

 up. Spearing at one end of the river and netting at the 

 other, have been the means of destroying this magnificent 

 fishery. 



At the bridge there is a perpendicular fall of about ten 

 feet, iu a very narrow gorge ; at the bottom of which there 

 is formed a pool. Here the fish congregate, and many 

 are their eiforts to ascend. They could manage to get up, 

 but here Dery scoops them up with a net, and takes them 

 alive to a pond of running water. They remain there, till 

 enough are taken to be sent to market. 



Persons wonder how it is that there are so few fish 

 taken now. My only wonder is that they have lasted so 

 long, and that there are any yet to be taken. Here was 

 truly the golden goose, but the gander Dery killed it. 

 Had he only spared ten or twenty fish every year and 

 sent them swimming in the upper waters above the 

 bridge, the river would always have swarmed with fish. 



