LIFE AND SPORT ON THE NORTH SHORE OF THE LOWER ST. LAWRENCE AND GULF: containing chapters on salmon fishing, trapping, the folk-lore of the Montagnais Indians and tales of adventure on the fringe of the Labrador Peninsula. By Napoleon A. Comeau.

(1909) 1923 2nd edition. 8vo (152 x 227mm). Pp440. B/w photograph plates, map, vignette illustrations. Plain library binding - blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"Not the least charm of Mr Comeau's volume lies in the fact that it is a sane and instructive recital of fifty years' work for humanity and science in one of the least known but most interesting sections of Northern Canada". Chapters include: Early life; My return from school; 'Unaccountables' and other shots; Shooting accidents; Appointed Guardian of Godbout; I commence trapping; Trapping lynx; Beaver; Marten and other small mammals; Pennant's Marten, or Fisher; Bear stories; Poachers; A true ghost story; Seals and seal shooting on the St. Lawrence; An old-time caribou hunt; A tragedy on the North Shore; On angling; The salmon and its migrations; Lost in the wilderness; The death of Robitaille; Major Hy. Scott and how he lost his cane; Across the St. Lawrence; Our return journey; Shoulder blade reading; Duck shooting; Goose shooting; A little swan shoot; Grouse and other land birds; Some easy ways of getting birds; An Indian's opinion of Sir Edmund Head; The Great Horned Owl; Three Golden Eagles; A short and easy wolf hunt; Easy wolf hunt in Wyoming; Charles Moreau; Dr. W.H. Drummond; Mail service; What is a sea trout?; A lucky cast; Salmon rivers; Salmon records on our best rivers; Salmon records on the St. John; Salmon records on the Moisie; Salmon records on Trout River; Fifty years' salmon on the Godbout; Bird list.