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nets in the vicinity of Giants Tomb. The following week was spent in 

 patrolling among the islands and in the vicinity of Nottawasaga, Vanvlack, 

 Uollingwood, Meaford and Owen Sound. At the latter place we took on 

 coal, and had our big boat repaired. 



We left Owen Sound on Monday morning, patrolling as far as Meaford, 

 and on Tuesday and Wednesday visited the Christian and Hope Islands, 

 Giants Tomb, Maxwell, Go-home, Copper Head, Sans Souci and Campbells 

 Rock. At the latter place we captured two large trap nets, which we 

 burnt. The search was continued without success until Monday, the 8th 

 August, when we found five trap nets at Bad River. The remainder of 

 the week was devoted to patrolling along the north shore, running down to 

 Wiarton on Saturday. The following week we were occupied in searching 

 along the south shore, and up as far as Minnecognashene, and found five 

 trap nets near Giants Tomb, three on Thursday and the other two on Fri- 

 day. On Saturday we towed a disabled boat to Penetang. We ran to 

 Midland on Monday, and took on seven tons of hard coal, and on Tuesday 

 made some buoys to replace those dragged away by rafts, off Alexander Is- 

 land. On Thursday we captured another trap net near Waubuno Island, 

 which we burnt in the presence of a number of tourists. On the following 

 Monday we found three trap nets in the Freddy Channel, and three more 

 at the limestone islands on Tuesday. The remainder of the week was spent 

 patrolling among the islands. We arrived at Penetang on Saturday even- 

 ing. 



Monday, 5th September, being Labor Day, we remained in Penetang, 

 and Tuesday was occupied by fixing and cleaning up the boat. The follow- 

 ing day we went to Midland and took on six tons of coal, and the balance 

 of the week was spent searching for nets among the islands. The following 

 two weeks were spent among the islands on the north shore searching for 

 illegal nets. We found one near the McCoy Islands on 13th September. 

 We experienced some rough weather, and on the 21st September we had 

 a fall of snow. 



On Monday, the 26th September, we succeeded in capturing two trap 

 nets at the Bustards. We then proceeded to search at Key River, and be- 

 tween there and Killarney. The fishing was light, and several of the sta- 

 tions were closing up. Thursday, Friday and Saturday were too rough to 

 do any work, so we went to Little Current and remained there until Monday, 

 •3rd October. We left at 8 a.m. through the Badgley Channel and Rattle- 

 snake Harbor. On Tuesday we reached Tobermory, and Wednesday Lion's 

 Head. The fishermen were complaining about the bad weather, and con- 

 sequent scarcity of fish. The rest of the week was occupied visiting Cape 

 Croker, Barrow and Sidney Bays, Whitecloud Island and Cape Commodore. 

 We arrived at Owen Sound on Saturday afternoon, where we remained, ow- 

 ing to a heavy gale, until Thursday morning, when we left for Victoria 

 Harbor. We succeeded in capturing three trap nets at the latter place. 



The following two weeks were spent patrolling the Xorth Channel 

 among the islands. The weather was bad, and snowing for several days. 

 We managed, however, to capture one trap net and one seine in the Voyager 

 Channel on the 28th October. On Saturday we visited Bad River and also 

 French River, and chased several boats. Monday, 31st October, was too 

 rough to leave port, so we gave the hull of our boat a good scrubbing. On 

 Tuesday both boats went out to look for nets, one to Grondine Point, and 

 the other to Bad River. They reported that the Indians had all left, and 

 that the herring were very plentiful at Bad River. The remainder of the 

 week was spent principally in painting and fixing up the boat, as it was too 

 rough to put to sea. 



