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him 23, 21, 20 and 18. Three of his fish weighed 

 26, 25 and 23 pounds respectively. 



Mr. Dykes killed 75 salmon, his best day giving 

 him ten fish. 



Mr. D. Law only fished a portion of the season 

 and scored 46 salmon. 



Mr. J. Law had 46 fish to his credit, his best 

 days having been 24 on the 9th July, weighing 

 234 pounds, 12 on the 16th, weighing 96 pounds, 

 13 on the 2nd, weighing 156 pounds, 11 on June 

 9th, and ten each on two other days. 



1867 



In 1867 the Godbout was fished by a party con- 

 sisting of Mr. Allan Gilmour, Dr. Adamson, 

 James Law and Mr. Gilmour, Jr. 



The scores of these gentlemen, in the order in 

 which their names have been mentioned, were 

 165, 89, 123 and 50 salmon respectively, making a 

 total of 427 fish, weighing 4,667 pounds. 



Several very excellent days' fishing were had 

 during this season. On July 1st, the date of the 

 birth of the Dominion of Canada, Mr. A. Gil- 

 mour killed 13 fish weighing 146 pounds, and Dr. 

 Adamson an equal number weighing 129 pounds. 

 On the llth July, Mr. A. Gilmour 's score was 26 

 fish; on the 6th, 21, while another day's sport 

 brought him 11 fish, and 10 was his score on three 

 other occasions. The 11 fish killed by him on the 

 2nd of July included two of 23 pounds each and 



