. Salmon-fishing in Canada, by a resident;. Salmon-fishing. 211 CHAP. XI. SHELDEAKE. GOODBOtJT. MATANE. 71 N several occasions, where it has been my good for- tune to make excursions in the gulf of St. Law- 5i;-:ffa rencB; I have fearfully ex- perienced the great un- certainty of being able to calculate \ipon arriving at any particular point within any given time. I left my party at the Mingan in the year 1852 at about 11 o'clock on a Sunday morning, and dined in my own house in Quebec on the following Thursday, whilst my companions, who followed me, took thirteen days to traverse the


. Salmon-fishing in Canada, by a resident;. Salmon-fishing. 211 CHAP. XI. SHELDEAKE. GOODBOtJT. MATANE. 71 N several occasions, where it has been my good for- tune to make excursions in the gulf of St. Law- 5i;-:ffa rencB; I have fearfully ex- perienced the great un- certainty of being able to calculate \ipon arriving at any particular point within any given time. I left my party at the Mingan in the year 1852 at about 11 o'clock on a Sunday morning, and dined in my own house in Quebec on the following Thursday, whilst my companions, who followed me, took thirteen days to traverse the same distance. In 1853 we rattled down to the Mingan harbour in four days, and when after our season's fishing we had to retrace our steps, we took twelve long, calm sunshiny days to accomplish the journey. It was on this occasion, I believe, that the followdng P 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Adamson, William Agar, 1800-1866?; Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803-1885. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts


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