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fast. It consisted of coffee, trout fish-balls, broiled 

 bam, rice and wheat crepes (pancakes) with butter and 

 maple sugar. My guide is an excellent cook and our 

 stores abundant and of good quality. We purchased 

 them in Quebec at a cost of $73.59 in gold. A tub of 

 butter, barrel of bread, and sack of coarse salt, to pre- 

 serve the trout, were purchased at Tadousac, and cost 

 $11.34 in gold. 



5 P. m. — I have just come in from my first day's 

 fishing. Began at 10 A. m., quit at 4 p. M. I fished 

 below and Macdonough above the camp. 



M. killed 15 fish, weight 26 lbs., 4 oz. 



F. " 25" " 31 lbs., 4 oz. =57 lbs., 8 oz. 



Aug. 11th. — . . . Dinner is a great institution 

 with us. Next to catching a trout of three pounds or 

 over it is the event of the day. Ours of this evening 

 was as follows : 



Soup: bean with extract of beef. 



Fish : boiled trout. 



Vegetables : potatoes and boiled onions. 



Pastry: rice cakes and maple sugar. 



Dessert : crackers, cheese, and orange marmalade. 



Wines: claret and sherry. 



Tea : English breakfast. 



Our canoes are beauties. They are eighteen feet long, 

 three feet three inches wide in the centre, and fifteen 

 inches in depth. With two men in they draw but 

 three or four inches of water. 



