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in the same river in 1879, when in fifty-three days 

 from June 9 to August 15, 640 fish were caught. 



Mr. Ellis got 269, weighing 6,7i4lb. ; over 30 lb., 

 fifty-three. 



Mr. Iveson got 2 1 6, weighing 5,483 lb. ; over 30 lb., 

 forty-eight. 



Captain Percy got 137, weighing 3,451 lb. : over 

 30 lb., twenty-seven. 



The best day was lime 18, when Mr. Ellis caught 

 seventeen fish, weighing 465 lb., of which the individual 

 weights were as follows : 38 lb., 36 lb., 36 lb., 32 lb., 

 32 lb., 32 lb., 32 lb., 3 L lb., 30 lb., 24 lb., 24 lb., 22 lb., 

 22 lb., 21 lb., 21 lb., 20 lb., 20 lb., and on July u he 

 caught seventeen, weighing 415 lb. 



Lord Kilcoursie, who was on the staff of Lord 

 Stanley of Preston (now Lord Derby), when Governor- 

 General in 1891 and 1892, has very kindly supplied 

 me with the following graphic account of the scenery 

 and method of fishing. 



From the mouth of the Cascapedia. in the Bay 

 of ( 'haleurs, for a distance of about twelve miles, the 

 fishing has been for many years in the hands of an 

 American syndicate, and it is only from that point 

 upwards, for about thirty-five to forty miles, that the 

 Governor-General has the fishing rights. The 

 scenery is simply magnificent, for. although on the 



