140 THE EEPORT UPON" No. 13 



The greater part of the month of August was taken up patrolling the lakes 

 between Jones Falls and Kingston. On Wednesday, the 24th, on our return 

 from Brewers Mills, we broke the pump of our engine, and had to get the " Mer- 

 maid " towed into Seeley's Bay for repairs. Spent the next day helping the 

 machinist repair the engine, which took all day. The following day went to West- 

 port, procured a horse and buggy and drove to the village of Burridge to prose- 

 cute a party for the shooting of an eagle, but he was not at home, so nothing was 

 accomplished. However, I was more fortunate next day when I went there again, 

 taking Overseer Clark with me ; the offender being at home, we had him up before 

 a J.P. and fined. 



The next ten days or more we visited Chaffey's Lock, Morton, Elgin, Brewer's 

 Mills, and many other places, and on Thursday, 8th September, went to Crow 

 Lake with a horse and buggy to look after duck hunters reported to be shooting 

 ducks. I hired a rowboat, and with the help of my assistant, patrolled all of this 

 lake with the rowboat for four hours. On Friday patrolled the Eideau waters to 

 Brewers Mills, going back into Dog Lake in the afternoon. Stopped at Nichol's 

 wharf in Dog Lake over night to watch for duck hunters. Was out on the lake 

 early next morning, as it was reported that there were hunters around, but I heard 

 no shooting. Left at 8 a.m. for Brewers Mills, locking through and running down 

 to the Eiver Styx at noon. Overseer Phillips, with the " Ella C," came along on 

 his way to Kingston, and we accompanied him to that place. On Sunda;y morn- 

 ing was up early, and assisted by Deputy Warden Best we left at 4 a.m. with a 

 rowboat on a patrol of the waters between Kingston and Kingston Mills. Patrolled 

 for five hours thinking to catch some one of the many duck poachers reported to 

 be operating on these waters, but we saw nothing wrong. Went through the lakes 

 on Monday and Tuesday, and on Wednesday drove to Hart Lake and remained all 

 day looking for duck hunters, but found none. The remainder of September was 

 spent as usual patrolling the different lakes looking after poachers. 



On Tuesday, October 4th, on our way homewards from the River Styx, we met 

 Overseer Phillips with the " Ella C," which was disabled by the loss of her pro- 

 peller wheel. Mr. Phillips was bound for Kingston, and as the wind was blowing 

 very hard, we undertook to tow the " Ella C " to Kingston, but after going about 

 five miles the wind blew the " Ella C." on to a mud bank, and she stuck so fast 

 the " Mermaid " could not pull her off, so we took Mr. Phillips into Kingston. 

 Next morning Mr. Phillips got Capt. Fleming to accompany us down to the 

 " Ella C,'' to pull her off the mud bank, which was soon done, and then they accom- 

 panied us to Jones Falls for the night. Next morning we took Mr. Phillips and 

 his man home to Smith's Falls, calling at Newboro and Portland on our way in 

 the interest of the fisheries. Returned home on Friday, and on Saturday drove to 

 Elgin to see some parties on fishery business. 



On Monday, October 10th, I drove to Morton post office in the forenoon, and 

 in the afternoon patrolled Sand and Opinicon Lakes to Chaffey's Lock, and re- 

 turned to Jones Falls. Next morning patrolled the Canal waters southwards 

 from Jones Falls, passing through the different lakes to Kingston. At Washburn 

 stopped and grappled up the propeller wheel lost the week before off the " Ella C," 

 which we took to Kingston and remained for the night. The following day we 

 ran to the River Styx, and did a lot of patrol work with the rowboat, and stayed 

 over night. Went out again with the rowboat in the morning, working until noon, 

 and then went back to Jones Falls. On Friday drove to Elgin on fishery business, 

 and on Saturday went to Whitefish Lake, Cranberry Lake and Seeley's Bay, and 

 back home at night. The following Monday we visited the Big Rideau Lake, re- 



