392 FIFTY .YEARS' SALMON FISHING &c. 



angling season on the river. Each of them killed 

 ten fish. 



The total score was 227 fish, weighing 3,017 

 pounds, 60 of the salmon having been killed by 

 Mr. A. Dennistown, of Montreal; 52 by Mr. Allan 

 Gilmour; 40 by Mr. John Manuel, Ottawa; 28 by 

 Mr. Law; 13 by Mr. Shepherd, and after the vis- 

 itors had left, 11 by Mr. Comeau and 3 by Mr. 

 McNab. 



1877 



The fly-fishing in 1877 showed much better re- 

 turns than in the preceding year. The river was 

 only whipped from the 15th of June to the 13th 

 of July, but yielded 395 salmon, weighing 4,464 

 pounds. 



Messrs. Allan Gilmour, of Ottawa, Mr. C. F. 

 Smith, of Quebec, and Mr. J. Manuel, of Ottawa, 

 were the first three anglers on the river, the three 

 others, Rev. D. M. Gordon, Judge Henry and 

 Col. Irwin only arriving nine days before the 

 party closed the season. 



The respective scores were: Mr. Allan Gil- 

 mour, 114; Mr. C. F. Smith, 61; Mr. John Man- 

 uel, 144; Rev. Mr. Gordon, 18; Judge Henry, 

 32, and Col. Irwin, 26. 



Mr. Allan Gilmour and Mr. John Manuel each 

 killed twenty salmon in one day during the season 

 of 1877. 



