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France should open our Southern ports. He would also have us punished 

 in other -waj^s for our national sins. In short, he would " make Rome 

 howl." He has travelled on cotton-purchasing tours through the Southern 

 States ; been out on the Plains ; was once British Consul at St. Paul's, 

 Minnesota; and knows General McClellan — " Flagellat mundi," as Tom 

 Maguire said to the Pope. 



Monday, July 13th. — The Manchester man has assumed the apportion- 

 ment of the pools amongst the three rods, and has retained the best, at this 

 low stage of water, for himself, i. e., Rock Pool and Cooper's Point — the 

 same that he fished on Saturday. Rintoul has the Falls and Camp Pools ; 

 I, the Unlucky. Started, after breakfast, and killed one fish at the Unlucky, 

 and then went down to Chain of Rocks — the station below ; fished all the 

 pools there, not a rise. Stopped at the basin on my return, and with my 

 light trout-rod slaughtered about four dozen Sea Trout, and gave it up in 

 disgust. My conscience was troubled, although Peter said he would salt 

 them down to take home. In the afternoon killed another fish at the 

 Unlucky. These are all I hooked to-day — weight 9^ and 11 lbs. 



July 14th. — I have Rock Pool and Cooper's Point to-day ; wind blowing 

 hard up stream. After breakfast, hooked a good fish, casting from the 

 canoe opposite Cooper's Point — a desperate fellow. I got on shore, and after 

 fighting him for three-quarters of an hour down the left bank, gaffed him 

 two hundred yards below. Killed two more at Rock Pool and lost one, 

 from my line getting jammed on the reel. Rested the pools until late in 

 the afternoon, and then hooked a stubborn jumping fish, who carried me 

 down to the head of the Basin, when Peter gaffed him and found him 

 hooked on the outside of the mouth — weight of the four fish, 17, 9J, 10, 

 12J. Just as John predicted, my sport to-day is not relished by the Man- 

 chester man. He has rather abruptly requested me to move my camp back 

 to Chain of Rocks, which I declined to do. He said the time of R. and 

 himself was limited, and that he wanted the fishing, as long as they 

 stayed, for themselves. I told him the camping-ground was free to all who 

 travelled up and down the river ; and as I intended going up to see the Falls 

 again, and this was a delightful spot, and Chain of Rocks hot and 

 uncomfortable, I would remain a few days longer ; but the least intimation 

 that I should not fish any more would induce me to lay up my rod. 



July 15th. — Visited the Falls and the Basin, gathered strawberries, tied 

 half a dozen flies for Rintoul, who was poorly provided. As the Man- 

 chester man had put a veto on my fishing, I had some sport in observing 

 him. My conclusion is, that Francis, his canoeman, does most of the 



