Identifier: withflyrodcamera00samu (find matches)
Title: With fly-rod and camera
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Samuels, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1836-1908
Subjects: Fishing Fishing
Publisher: New York, Forest and Stream Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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napolis, from which point there is arailroad to Port Mulgrave. The third steamer belongingto the International Steamship Company will carry youdirect to St. John, N. B., where you can take cars toPort Mulofrave. The all-rail route from Boston to PortMulgrave is also popular with many. * My favorite route is to take the International morn-ing boat to Portland, Me. The sail is one of the ■ mostenjoyable on the eastern coast; the steamers of this lineare large and elegant, and the whole voyage is an ever-changing delightful succession of most beautiful seaboardviews of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and a portionof-Maine. Arriving at Portland in the afternoon, I spenda few hours in that city, and in the evening take theexpress train on the Maine Central Railroad. The boatleaves Portland later in the afternoon, and arrives at St.John a little after two oclock on the afternoon of thenext day. The Maine Central and New Brunswick rail-roads, over which we pass between Portland and St. John,
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254 IVith Fly-Rod and Camera. are both well managed and equipped lines, and it is apleasure to travel over them. Arriving at St. John, the tourist may spend a dayvery enjoyably in that queer old city, but it is necessaryfor him to leave on the lo p. m. train from St. John inorder that he may connect with the steamer at Port Mul-grave, on the afternoon of the next day. The Intercol-onial Railway runs through interesting portions of NewBrunswick and Nova Scotia, and some of the views tobe had from the train in the last named Province areamong the finest in eastern America. Leaving the carsat Port Mulgrave and embarking on the steamer, we findourselves on a neat, comfortable boat, the Marion, withCapt. Geo. L. Burchell as commander. He is a eentle-man who has traveled widely, is very intelligent, and thetraveler will find his acquaintance well worth cultivating. From Port Mulgrave a good view is obtained ofthe celebrated Strait of Canso, which is the great high-way through which the fish

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