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tioable route witL. that river; and is by nature appointed the 

 great highway between Quebec and the lower proTinces." 



Riviere du Sud,— 'with its tributary the St. Nicholas,—' 

 falls into the St. Lawrence, at the town of St. Thomas. This 

 town is at the easternmost extremity of the Grand Trunk 

 Railroad, though it is to be hoped it will continue to Trois 

 Pistoles, and ultimately to New Brunswick. At about a 

 quarter of a mile from the mouth of this river is a very 

 beautiful ledge of rocks, of great length, but of no great 

 height; before reaching these, the du Sud receives the 

 waters of the St. Nicholas, itself no mean river ; at present, 

 these- falls oppose a barrier to the upward progress of the 

 fish, but on which a slide could be erected at a very small 

 expense. Between the mouth of the river and this ledge 

 of rocks, salmon were formerly taken in plenty, led, doubt- 

 less, by instinct to attempt the passage. This river would 

 become valuable in a few years merely by the erection of 

 a slide built on proper principles. 



The following incidents will show what was effected in 

 former years. W. Price, Esq., stated to me, that he would 

 leave Quebec of a morning, visit his mills on this river, 

 fish for an hour or two of an evening — kill his two, some- 

 times three salmon ; do the same thing the next morning — 

 and return to Quebec with some six or eight fish ; so far, 

 so good. Again, Charles Panet, Esquire, told me a very 

 funny story relative to this river, quite an original way of 

 fishing, and which I beg to commend to the notice of some 

 of my brother amateurs. Mr. Panet was at St. Thomas, om 

 circuit, they had nothing to eat, and asked the people of the 

 house, could they get no fish ? — ^s they had no meat. They 

 were answered, — perhaps tbey could. They sent for " le 



