. The sea coast resorts of eastern Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton . far as the Grand Falls. At the Rough Water, threemiles from Bathurst, they are particularly plenty, but good pools maybe found all along the river; caribou and bears abound in the forest 6o INTERNATIONAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. and plains through which we have come from Newcastle to are plenty in all parts of the country, and fly across the pathof the traveller on every highway. The country is wild enough to suitall purposes of sport; you can drop a line in any stream an
. The sea coast resorts of eastern Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton . far as the Grand Falls. At the Rough Water, threemiles from Bathurst, they are particularly plenty, but good pools maybe found all along the river; caribou and bears abound in the forest 6o INTERNATIONAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. and plains through which we have come from Newcastle to are plenty in all parts of the country, and fly across the pathof the traveller on every highway. The country is wild enough to suitall purposes of sport; you can drop a line in any stream and somethingwill rise to it, while skill with the rifle will bring proud trophies fromthese forest retreats. Guides are easily obtained in all this immensepreserve, and are reliable men, who add much to the pleasure of theouting, relieving the sportsman of all care of the camp and equipage, aswell as pointing out to their patron the favorite haunts of game. Muchthe same aspect of country is presented from Bathurst northward, except-ing that in all the distance one obtains amphibious glances of the sea as. the rails skirt the shore of the great Baie Des Chaleurs. This far northerninlet from the Gulf of St. Lawrence is ninety miles long, from fifteen totwenty miles broad, and bears neither rock nor hindrance to the safepassage of the largest ships. It presents a famous yachting course, andis renowned for its salt water fishing; all of the numerous rivers whichflow into the bay are good fishing streams; sea trout abound in theestuaries and brook trout in the waters above The Restigouche andMetapedia. But it is at the head of this bay, the Baie Des Chaleurs,that the grand culmination of salmon streams is reached in the Resti-gouche and Metapedia, names which are graven deep upon the heartsof all true anglers. Here huge forty-pound salmon lurk to test the SEA COAST RESORTS. 61 sportsmans skill. It was a Restigouche salmon which tipped the scaleat fifty-four pounds, and numbers have b
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