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48 wick are the Restigouche, the Upsalquitch, Tobique, Nepisiguit and Miramichi. The best water of the royal Restigouche is on lease to a salmon club with an American membership, whose clubhouse is near the station at Matapedia, Quebec, just over the New Brunswick border. Fish taken from the Restigouche weigh from 9 to 54 pounds. Until 1881, New Brunswick lands were sold to include half of any river which might traverse or border them, measuring from shore to centre. Since then, the Government has reserved the rivers when selling land, and now leases desirable pools. Only natives can buy fishing privileges outright. A lease of moderately "good water" may be secured for $200 to $250 a season. The fishing rights of the Restigouche and its tributaries are worth several hundred thousand dollars, single salmon pools having been sold for $30,000 each. A plutocrat disciple of the humble Izaak may spend three or four thousand dollars on a summer's fishing trip, including water lease, outfit, camp equipment, guides, canoes and provisions. A Restigouche guide receives $5 a day. But the usual charge for salmon "guiding" is $2 to $4 a day and this sometimes includes boat-hire. Among the Nova Scotia streams where the salmon lurks are the Nictaux near Middleton, the Salmon River in Digby County, the Tusket and