FIFTY YEARS' SALMON FISHING Ac. 387 



Gilmour, of Quebec, left on the 8th of July. 

 The other members of the party fished up to the 

 9th of July inclusive. 



Mr. Allan Gilmour had three days of ten fish 

 each and one of twelve, in 1871, while Mr. Law's 

 best days gave him 19, 12 and 11 fish respectively. 



Mr.. D. Gilmour had scores of 13, 12, 11 and 

 10 for his best four days of the season, but by far 

 the best daily scores were those of Mr. A. T. Pat- 

 terson, who only commenced fishing on the 6th of 

 July and killed 22 salmon on the 7th, 18 on the 

 12th and 20 on the 14th. 



1872 



Mr. Allan Gilmour, of Ottawa; Mr. D. Law, 

 of Montreal; Mr. D. B. Meigs, of Jersey City, 

 and Captain Dick, of Toronto, fished the God- 

 bout in 1872, but from the 20th of June to the 

 9th July only. Captain Dick only fished for the 

 last two days, getting 16 salmon, and Mr. Meigs 

 was only on the river about ten days. His total 

 was 34 fish, of which 12 were the result of one 

 day's fishing. 



Mr. Law's score was 99 fish and Mr. Gilmour's 

 68. 



The total was a score of 217 salmon weighing 

 2,346 pounds. 



The biggest individual scores for a day's fish- 

 ing this season were 14, 12, 12, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 

 10 and 10. 



