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Monday, August 1st, patrolled the waters of Caineron Lake, Gull Kiver and Rose- 

 dale Canal, tlienee to Balsam Lake, also all the bays and Coboconk Kiver, and as 

 far as the Kirkfield lift lock. On Tuesday, August 2nd, patrolled the waters from 

 lift lock to Beaverton, around T'hora Island and Hawkestone, thence to Strawberry 

 Island, and from there to Orillia. On Wednesday, August 3rd, patrolled the 

 waters from Orillia to Orillia jSTarrows, from there to Strawberry Island, thenoe 

 to Jackson's Point and Roach's Point, and back to Jackson's Point. On August 

 4ith and 5th, laid at Jackson's Point owing to high wind. On Saturday, August 

 6th, patrolled the waters from Jackson's Point to Big Bay Point, thence to Barrie, 

 and from there to Hawkestone, and on to Beaverton, where we spent Sunday. On 

 Monday, August Sth, patrolled the waters fiom Beaverton to Port Boulster, then 

 took skiff and rowed the Black River as far as LeBars. • We took eight hundred 

 feet of salmon net belonging to LeBars and Welsh. Returned to steamer and 

 pati'olled the waters of Lake Simcce, aiound Georgina and Thora Island-, and 

 returned to Bta\ertou. 



On Tuesday. AuG^ust 9th, patrolled the waters from Beaveiton to Roach's 

 Point, thence to Bradford and back to Roach's Point. On Wednesday, August 

 lObh, patrolled the waters from Roach's Point to Fox Island, thence to Jackson's 

 Point and around Georgina Duclos Point, and on to Beaverton. On Thursday, 

 August 1 1th, patrolled the waters from Beaveiton to Strawberry Island, thence +o 

 Orillia and back to Orchard and Strawberry Island. On Friday, August 12th, 

 patrolled the waters from Strawberry Island to Beaverton, after leaving the island 

 our condenser l)roke; we then took out rubber valves and ran high pressure to 

 Beaverton, where on Saturday we made some repairs. On Sunday, August 14th, 

 laid at Beaverton. On Monday, August 15th, patrolled the waters from Beaver- 

 ton lo Port Boulster, thence to GeoTgina and Thora Island, and to Inspector 

 Thompson's, and lock five, and drove to Buchan, and on enquiry was informed 

 that a party was shooting ducfe. Returned to steamer and came to Kirkfield lift 

 lock. On Tuesday, August 16th, patrolled the waters from lift lock to Balsam 

 Lake, and all around the Lake into Coboconk and Rosed ale, from there to Cameron 

 Lake, thence up the Gull River to the Old Lock and back to Fenelon Falls, and on 

 the way searched their huts for guns but found none. On Wednesday, August 

 17th, patroWed the waters from Fenelon Falls to Sturgeon Point, thence to Landy 

 Point, Bobcaygeon and back to McClaren's Bay. Took skiff and rowed to Goose 

 Lake in search of duck hunters, but found none, but at the mouth of Lindsay 

 found Chief Isaac Johnson, of Scugog Indians, who had a lunge that only meas- 

 ured twenty inches. 



On Thursday, August 18th, patrolled the waters from Lindsay to Scugog 

 Lake, thence to Port Perry, arriving there at 1 p.m. Took on coal, and left Port 

 at 3 p.m., arriving at Lindsay at 7.30 p.m.; also called at Port Hoover. On 

 Friday, August 19th, patrolled the waters from Lindsay to Ball Point, thence to 

 Sturgeon and Sandy Point, Score Rock and back to Emily Creek. Took skiff and 

 rowed to Emily Lake, came back by steamer, and ran to McConnell's Island for 

 the night. Got a net two hundred feet long in Emily Creek; also saw several large 

 flocks of black ducks which seemed quite wild, as though they had been disturbed. 

 On Saturday, August 20th, patrolled the waters from McConnell's Island to Bob- 

 caygeon, thence to Emily Creek, and Sturgeon Point, and on to Lindsay for coal, 

 where we spent Sunday. On Monday, August 22nd, patrolled the waters from 

 Lindsay to Port Hoover, thence to Port Perry, at which place I had a conversation 

 with Inspector George Hood, of Scugog Island. The fishing in this lake is fine, 



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