Adventures in the Wilds of the United States And British American Provinces Vol
Adventures in the Wilds of the United States And British American Provinces Vol
Charles Lanman
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John, with the numerous beautiful tributaries which corne into t below the Great Falls, not forgetting the magnificent pool below those falls, nor Salmon river, the Tobique and the Aroostook. The scenery of this valley is, truly charming, but the man who would spend a summer therein must have a re markably long purse, for the half-civilized white people of the region have, or had a few years ago, a particular passion for imposing upon travellers, and charging them the most exorbi tant prices fo...r the simple necessaries they might need. The salmon of the St. John are numerous, but rather small, seldom weighing more than fifteen pounds. The fisheries of the Bay of Fundy, near the mouth of the St. John, constitute ah im portant interest, in a commercial point of view. The fishermen here take the salmon with drag-nets, just before high water; 328 SALMON FISHING. the nets are about sixty fathoms long, and require three or four boats to manage them. The fish, at one time, were all purchased at this particular pofnt, by one man, at the rate of eighty cents a-piece, large and small, during the entire season.
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