Salmon-fishing in Canada, by a resident [W.A. Adamson] ed. by sir J.E. Alexander |
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Page ix
... Lower Canada will receive and occupy the wanderer ; Canada west has many modes of employing him , its resources are being so rapidly developed by steam and rail . The dark forests of New Brunswick , laced with bright rivers , were not ...
... Lower Canada will receive and occupy the wanderer ; Canada west has many modes of employing him , its resources are being so rapidly developed by steam and rail . The dark forests of New Brunswick , laced with bright rivers , were not ...
Page xii
... Lower St. Lawrence , whilst enthusiastic fishermen from England find it well worth their while to go all the way to the American maritime provinces to " make camp , " and cast their lines over the clear waters of the rivers which empty ...
... Lower St. Lawrence , whilst enthusiastic fishermen from England find it well worth their while to go all the way to the American maritime provinces to " make camp , " and cast their lines over the clear waters of the rivers which empty ...
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... lower end of the gorge cut in the rock by the force of the water below the bridge , their troubles are only beginning , for there they meet a torrent of such magnitude and power as no fish can possibly surmount unless when the water is ...
... lower end of the gorge cut in the rock by the force of the water below the bridge , their troubles are only beginning , for there they meet a torrent of such magnitude and power as no fish can possibly surmount unless when the water is ...
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... lower into its depths a ladder about five and twenty feet long , which , being held in its perilous position by his wife , he clung to with one hand , while with the other armed with a long - handled - polenet , he mercilessly scooped ...
... lower into its depths a ladder about five and twenty feet long , which , being held in its perilous position by his wife , he clung to with one hand , while with the other armed with a long - handled - polenet , he mercilessly scooped ...
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... lower down , on the opposite side , the rock slopes to within about nine feet of the water , and there forms a slippery ledge , standing upon which fish may be hooked in the quiet eddy below ; and there must all the skill and energy of ...
... lower down , on the opposite side , the rock slopes to within about nine feet of the water , and there forms a slippery ledge , standing upon which fish may be hooked in the quiet eddy below ; and there must all the skill and energy of ...
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