FIFTY YEARS' SALMON FISHING Ac. 393 

 1878 



There were several guests on the river this sea- 

 son, including the Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, 

 then Prime Minister of the Dominion. Mr. Mac- 

 kenzie made but a short stay upon the river. He 

 killed two fish on the 20th June and three on the 

 21st. 



Rev. Mr. Gordon fished during the last five 

 days of the angling season. 



Mr. Law, Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Smith left 

 early in the season. 



Mr. John Manuel was the only angler to fish 

 throughout the season on the river, namely, from 

 the llth of June to the 3rd of July, having to his 

 score the handsome total for so short a season of 

 120 fish. 



The total angling catch was 239 salmon, 

 weighing 2,811 Ibs. 



1879 



No less than eight rods whipped the Godbout 

 for salmon in 1879, for a longer or shorter pe- 

 riod, namely, Mr. Allan Gilmour, Ottawa; Mr. 

 Charles Hallock, New York; Mr. Robert Muir, 

 London, England; Mr. C. F. Smith, Quebec; Mr. 

 John Manuel, Ottawa; Mr. Fulton, Toronto; Mr. 

 G. Denholm, Montreal, and Judge Taschereau, 

 Ottawa. The last mentioned fished after the 

 others had left the river, and in the six days pre- 



