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no doubt ; fish killed by the Indians in our pools during the night by- 

 torchlight, although I can't say we are at all annoyed by such depreda- 

 tions, very little of this sort of thing occurring. The day has been bright 

 and sunny as usual. 



July 13th. — Nice westerly wind blowing to-day, and less sun with more 

 clouds than usual. River, however, very low. "Boileau," the fishery 

 inspector, came up to see us to-day from the mouth of the river. Slept in 

 our hut during night. Fishing rather better on account of the clouds 

 to-day. I killed eleven fish with one small fly I tied on Saturday. Body 

 one half yellow, other half red, floss silk, gold tinsel ; tail, pheasant top ; 

 wings with mixed fibres of blue macaw, turkey and wood-duck. The 

 twelfth fish carried it away, along with casting-line and part of my reel 

 line down a rapid so late at night and so dark that I could hardly see. 



Score. 



C. 7, 9, 10 = 26 lbs. 

 S. 10 = 10 " 



D. 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7 = 103 " 



Total 139 lbs. 



July 14th. — Bright weather again and low water continue fatal to fish- 

 ing. Savary did not fish ; is making me up a casting-line ; — the only one 

 I had left from the fire, carried away last night. I fished little. C. killed 

 the first Grilse seen to-day — a beautiful little fish, two pounds in weight. 

 Boileau left us after dinner. 



Score. 

 C. 2, 9, 9, 22, 12, 10 = 64 lbs. 

 July 15th. — Nasty dull heavy day, with a drizzling rain occasionally ; 

 no sun. No use fishing now, unless in the forenoon and late evening. 



Score. 



C. 8, 11 = 19 lbs. 



S. 9 = 9 " • 



D. 10 = 10 " 



Total 38 lbs. 



July 16th. — Close, sultry day. Fished little, and got nothing. * * * 

 Savary found an old Indian birch canoe in the woods to-day ; he has it 

 now in camp, and intends patching it up for use. First blank day in fish. 



July 17th. — My dysentery so bad as to confine me entirely to camp to- 



