402 FIFTY YEARS' SALMON FISHING &c. 



mill, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and J. B. 

 Paterson, Montreal. 



Their combined catch was 234 salmon, weigh- 

 ing 2,857 pounds. 



Mr. Manuel's catch was 117, Mr. Kingsmill's 

 51, and Mr. Paterson's 66. No more than 14 fish 

 were killed on the river this year in a single day, 

 and the largest individual salmon was one of 28 

 pounds, killed by Mr. Paterson. 



Mr. Kingsmill's largest was 24, and Mr. Man- 

 uel killed three of 23 pounds each. 



1892 



The season of 1892 was rather an off one. 



Mr. John Manuel fished from June 17th to 

 July 15th and only killed 68 fish, having four 

 blank days. His two best days yielded but 8 and 

 7 fish respectively to his well-handled rod. His 

 fish were large, however, the weights of the best 

 having been 27, 26, 23, 23, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 22, 

 21, and six of 20 pounds. 



Mr. Patterson's best fish weighed 30, 26, 24, 

 24, 23, 22, 21, 20 and 20. 



Mr. W. H. Blake, of Toronto, only fished from 

 the 27th of June, and got 35 salmon. 



Mr. Z. A. Lash, of Toronto, fished from the 

 28th of June and killed 25 fish. 



