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into the torrent and broke off, to the great grief of my gon and 

 heir, who was watching the proceedings from the high bank of 

 the garden opposite, attended by his mamma. However, after 

 dinner the young gentleman was gratified by witnessing the 

 veritable capture of a fish. 



" It began to rain in the evening and continued raining heavily 

 all night : next morning the river had risen much, and was still 

 rising very fast. By mid-day the water approached the reser- 

 voir, which then contained about sixty live fish ; and soon after, 

 as the stream began to trickle over its rocky margin, and threa- 

 tened to liberate these unfortunate prisoners, they were all 

 scooped out, put to death, and sent off to the Quebec market, 

 to furnish the citizens with a good Friday dinner. 



" For two days the Jacques Cartier tumbled and raged very 

 grandly in its rocky channel, and we had no fishing ; but on the 

 third the water began to fall, and I recommenced my sport after 

 breakfast, with success — killing five salmon in about two hours. 

 In the evening I caught three more ; and then, after changing 

 my wet clothes, indulged in the luxury of a genuine Havanah, 

 seated on the airy and pleasant bridge — 



" Revenons d nos saumons." There is a hole some considerable 

 distance below the chute, of difficult approach, in which I caught 

 the first salmon, and several afterwards ; all of large size. This 

 place has been hitherto anonymous, but, by the custom of the 

 angling fraternity, I have a right to give it a name : it is there- 

 fore, with the permission of my brethren, to be henceforward 

 designated the Remoux aux gros saumons. To reach this hole it 

 is necessary to wade along an oblique ridge of sloping and 

 slippery sandstone, polished into a glassy surface by the strong 

 current ; which at one or two places can scarcely be stemmed, 

 and when there is much water in the river the attempt to cross 

 would be useless. One morning before breakfast, having put 

 my shoes in my pockets, I proceeded along this nervous path, 

 clinging to the smooth rock with my wet woollen stockings, and 

 using my toes like a Hindoo or native Australian. The gaff- 



