THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 





Ontario for rents, license fees, fines and conn's- 

 cations amounted to $6,465, and in Quebec, 

 7,121. In the Montreal Division the number oi 

 fishing boats used was 1 ,152, valued at $6,655. 

 number of gill nets used was 1,032 and of 

 seines 348. Quantities of lish caught during 

 last season were as follows: 137,062 eels, 195 

 lbs. sturgeon, 230,400 lbs. trout, 3,100 dozen 

 whitensh, 10,000 tommycod, 3,600 mas- 

 kinonge, 1,050 barrels bass, 973 barrels pick- 

 erel, 075 bbls. pike, 15,305 bbls. mixed lish. 



ANTICOSTI. 



This island, situated in the River and (lull' 

 of St. Lawrence, about 400 miles below Quebec, 

 is not frequently visited by sportsmen, for a 

 good reason, that there are but few localities on 

 it where sport can be easily obtained by rod or 

 gun. Many persons are led to believe that 

 there are good salmon Burface-ffshing on Anti- 

 costi, because the Fishery Department adver- 

 tises the leasing of its rivers every season. We 

 have been two summers on the island, visiting 

 the west and east ends of it. Certainly there are 

 some very handsome and luscious salmon taken 

 in nets which are placed in the bays, but as 

 regards good fly-fishing for salmon, if is ques- 

 tionable, as the rivers are generally too .-hallow. 

 However, the pools contain excellent Sea and 

 Brook Trout. A few salmon enter the Salmon 

 River on the North-east, side ; the Jupiter on 

 the South side,and Chaloup also on the South- 

 side. There is another river called River a la 

 Loutre, a stream entering the sea about twenty 

 miles west of S. W. Point, which is said to be 

 frequented by salmon and trout; but the other 

 rivers are not deep enough to allow salmon to 

 enter, and are not worth advertising; in fact 

 we question if the Department had a legal 

 right to do so. The tides are an obstacle to the 

 above rivers being ever good for salmon ; the 

 fish can scarely get time to enter them. In 

 some of the bays, although the river ina\ be 

 deep enough near the estuary, the tide is no 

 sooner at its height, than it returns towards its 

 base. There is a difference in the tidal time 

 between the West and East portions ot the 



island, and Ibis, with tie- tact that th( 



estuary feed, may account for salmon I 

 found around it. 



THE APPROACHING JTACHT BA< E. 



The failure of lie' Canadian built yacht, 

 "Countess of Dufferin " to obtain tin 

 Cup, has not discouraged the Ontario ya 

 men from making another effort, Tin- Bay of 

 Quinte Yacht Club has challenged the 

 York Yacht Club, the holders of the "Ame 



Cup. The Canadians are now buildmg a - 



yacht at Belleville, Ont, to be named the 

 " Atlanta," which will enter the contest. We 

 are also informed thai another yacht is I 

 constructed at Cobourg, by Mr. Cuthbert, the 

 celebrated yacht builder of Ontario. It is in- 

 tended that she will compete {\,v ti • 

 Cup, which the Americans brought a< 

 from England, some years ago. The rul< 

 the New York Yacht Club are peculiar and 

 stringent, inasmuch as the prize can only 

 be obtained by sailing on three success 

 and the holders of the Cup claim the privilege 

 of sailing many different yachts in the race. 

 Therefore the Canadian yachts will have to 

 contend against the whole fleet of the New York 

 Yacht Club. Of course, if we challenge our 

 neighbors, it is with the knowledge that the 

 rules of the American Club are to be complied 

 with on our part, and if one of our \ easels gain 

 a victory under the circumstances, it will be 

 another feather in the Canadian's cap. The flag 

 officers of the X. Y. Yacht Club are dubious as 

 to the sailing qualities of the" Atlanta," aud the 

 only vessel that can make a fair show against 

 her, (the " Arrow ") does not belong to a mem- 

 ber of the Club. The owner v\' the latter 

 yacht, Mr. Ross Winans is abroad, and there- 

 fore the vessel cannot be entered, as he must 

 obtain club membership first. However, to 

 make up for the " Arrow," said to be the fast- 

 est in America, Mr. David Kirby, the builder 

 ot* the latter, oilers to construct a vessel with 

 finer lines, which in his opinion, can beat the 



