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dried, also on Monday and Tuesday. As there had been nothing done 

 towards repairing the "I'll See" there was little patrolling done for the rest 

 of the month. I got an occasional chance to go among the islands, but 

 found nothing irregular. 



On Thursday, the 1st August, went to Point au Baril on the steamer 

 ■'Lee" with a number of tourists who were going on a fishing trip. I asked 

 them to show their permits, and found they were 14 short, so they bought 

 them from me. For a week or ten days we went between Parry Sound and 

 Penetang on the steamers' "Lee" and "City of Toronto, '^' waiting while the 

 Department was trying to get a boat. On Monday. August 19th; we left 

 Penetang, with the steamer "Mary L.," calling at Minnecog on our way 

 to Muskoka Landing for the night. On Tuesday the wind was too strong 

 for us to go up the shore, so we spent the day patrolling among the islands. 

 On Wednesday we left Muskoka Landing, and called at the Iron City Club, 

 where we were told the fishing was not as good as other years, and that the 

 law was well observed. We then went to Moon River, where we took on 

 some wood. We tied up at Wassoon Island for the night, and next day 

 called at Copperhead, Spider Bay, Sans Soucie, and then on to Parry Sound, 

 where we had to tie up, on account of the strong wind. On our way we saw 

 nothing irregular. On Friday we left Parry Sound and went by Shebeshe- 

 kong to the Ojibway Hotel in the Point au Baril Channel. 



The guests were nearly all gone. At Hang Dog we found two men who 

 had caught 52 bass in one day. We took them back to Point au Baril, 

 where they paid their fine of |20 each. It being too late in the day to go 

 my further, we remained at Point au Baril over night, and as the weather 

 was too rough to go out, we were compelled to stay for three days. We 

 went into Sturgeon Bay and cut some fuel, as we were getting short. 



On Tuesday August 27th we went by Hang Dog and Bayfield to Byng 

 Inlet, where we took on wood, and saw Mr. Knight,. :sjho said, that there 

 was nothing doing there in the way of fishing. We then went as far as 

 Key River, where we stopped for the night. Next day we visited the Bus- 

 tards, where we found the fishermen taking out their nets and getting ready 

 to leave. Their nets were ruined by the bark off saw logs. We next called 

 at Killarney, and then at Little Current where we took on wood and sup- 

 plies, and left, with Mr. Oliver on board, for Kagawong for the night. The 

 fishermen there said they had had better fishing than for some years. From 

 there with^'n the next few days we went to Gore Bay, Meldrum Bay, Cock- 

 burn Island, Kitchener Island, Rickett's Harbor, Duck Island, Providence 

 Bay, South Bay, Rattlesnake Harbor, Squaw Island, Centre Island, and 

 back to Little Current, where we took on wood, and remained over Sunday. 



On Monday, September 9th, we left Little Current with Mr. Oliver on 

 board, and went to Killarney, where there were complaints about some par- 

 ties not lifting their pound nets for three weeks, but found there was no 

 truth in these complaints. Next day Mr. Oliver returned to Little Cur- 

 rent, and on our way down we called at Black Point. We patrolled for a few 

 days around Byng Inlet, Point au Baril, Shawanaga, Oak Islands, Mink 

 Islands, Copperhead and Muskoka Mills, and on Saturday the 14th arrived 

 at Penetang. On Monday received a telegram from Mr. Holden to come 

 to Parry Sound, so we put on wood and left that evening, took Mr. Holden 

 on board next day and went to Byng Inlet, next day to French River, and 

 thence to Killarney, where we had to remain all day on account of the 

 weather. It was too rought to go to Squaw Island, where Mr. Holden 

 wished to go and see the fishermen. It was still too rough on Friday^ 

 so in the afternoon we left for Little Current and had a very rough trip. 



