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terribly ; he has no musquito-net ; he is a man of full habit, and drinks 

 the best brandy, which does not help the matter ; says he can't stand it, 

 as he is a good deal " out of sorts." 



There is a great profusion of whortleberries here. One can strip them 

 off by the handful ; little sprigs shooting out of the crevices of the rocks 

 are full of them. They are so plenty in this part of the country, so says 

 John, that they are sometimes sold at Bathurst at ten cents a gallon. 

 Of raspberries there is a superabundance. I never saw them finer, or of 

 such delicious flavor. These wild fruits are good to counteract the strin- 

 gent effects of fresh Salmon. Bill of fare : before breakfast, raspberries ; 

 breakfast, kippered Salmon, tea (brown sugar), hard crackers, raspber- 

 ries ; lunch, whortleberries, raspberries ; dinner, boiled Salmon, Grilse 

 baked under the ashes, pork and beans, raspberries ; supper, Salmon 

 steaks, tea, bread and butter, raspberries. 



August 10th. — Held Brand to his promise to fish Falls Pool again to-day. 

 He, his son, and Jim, may thrash it to their hearts' content. Very hot. 

 The river has fallen a great deal since Saturday, and the fish all 

 disappear by noon, and seek the cool water in the depths of the 

 " Basin." We can see the bottom of nearly all of the pools now and 

 count the fish in them. Killed to-day four fish, 8, 11^, 16, 12. 



^M^Ms^ 11th. — Brand could not stand the musquitoes any longer: he 

 has put off to Bathurst. I wish him a speedy voyage and a pleasant one. 

 I hope the sun may not melt him, for it is almost as hot here at noonday 

 as I have felt it in New Orleans, though at night it takes two good 

 blankets to keep a man warm. Killed four Salmon and a Grilse before 

 9 A.M., weights 13, 10, 9^, 11. Tied flies nearly all day, dark "Nichol- 

 sons", hooks No. 9. 



August 12th. — Up at daybreak ; lit my pipe at the camp-fire, and killed 

 a brace of good fish at the Kock before I knocked the ashes out ; then one 

 at Cooper's Point, 12, IO5, 15. As usual, I found the fish jumping high 

 above the water this morning — perhaps to inhale the cool air ; there are 

 none to be seen after 10 a. m. ; all gone down to spend the remainder of 

 the day and the night in the Basin. There is no use fishing after 8 o'clock. 

 I have six Salmon lying in the spring, or rather in the little pool in the 

 branch close to our camp — a pretty sight — their broad silvery sides 

 gleaming through the water. I am keeping them to treat the Governor, 

 who is expected to-day ; he comes up the Tobique, making the portage 

 of four miles into the lake at the head of this river. He intends to 

 stop here to fish for Salm'on, which, of course, are not found above the 



