€3 THE EEPOET UPON No. 13 



benelicial, especially for the black duck. Bluebills at the present time are quite 

 numerous and very fat. Plover and snipe shooting was good, particularly golden 

 wing plover, and there are a few around yet. Judging by the muskrat houses this 

 fall, muskrats will be very plentiful. He never saw so many before. The water is 

 unusually low, which might be the cause. 



Overseer J . R. Wight, of Newboro, reports that during last winter he had prac- 

 tically no trouble with the holders of hoop net licenses. Their nets are fast ridding 

 the lake of bullheads, lings, sunfisih and other coarse grades. These are all known 

 to be the natural enemies of the spawn and young of all game fish. The ling, bull- 

 heads and eels finish at night what the others leave by daylight. 



The bass fishing was the best in years. The hotels, island cottages, boarding 

 houses and tents were full all summer. One party came from Atlanta, Georgia, 

 U.S.A., in a private car and stayed on the C. N. Ey. siding for nearly three weeks. 

 Every day they landed a bass weighing five pounds or over. 



Guides report an abundance of this year's hatch of bass around the shores. 

 These are the natural product of the parent bass in the lakes. Some very large 

 salmon trout were caught this year in Devil, Buck and Big Clear Lakes near here. 

 The largest was caught in Buck Lake in August, weighing 30 lbs. At this writing 

 they are in shallow water on spawning beds, and are being caught without mercy. 

 It is a great pity the law is not changed making the close season in October. If 

 not this most eagerly sought for game fish will soon be extinct in these lakes. The 

 sale on the open market should also be stopped at once, as they are being caught 

 and sold the year round. This is not allowed in the case of bass, which are much 

 more productive, and which attend their young for some time after being hatched. 



The guides helped him in keeping down illegal fishing, and refused to take out 

 parties who are non-residents before they buy their permits. 



The islands in the lake are fast feeing built upon by Americans, who are 

 attracted by the bracing atmosphere and excellent fishing. Newboro is on the 

 height of land between Kingston and Ottawa. It is nearly 200 feet above Kingston 

 and 300 above Ottawa. This is the reason they have no black flies and scarcely any 

 mosquitoes. 



Partridges are very plentiful, being caused by the recent closed season as well 

 as the scarcity of red foxes, their common enemy. The partridges burrow in the 

 snow during the very cold weather and are a ready prey to the fox. 



Duck, snipe and plover are not so plentiful as last year. He attributes this 

 to the cold spring, causing the eggs to chill before hatching. 



Of the fur-bearing animals mink and fox are nearly extinct. Muskrat, skunk, 

 raccoon, weasel are still very plentiful, and their fur are a source of livelihood for 

 a number of residents. 



Newboro is getting a wide reputation as a raw fur centre; one dealer alone 

 handles over one hundred thousand dollars worth annually. 



Eesidents of all classes profit by the tourist traffic, and all are in sympathy 

 with the strict enforcement of the law, which he endeavors to do without fear or 

 favor. 



Overseer A. TI, G. Wilson, of Eganville, reports that the fish in such lakes as 

 Lake Clear and Parrow Lake in the Townships of Grattan and Sebastopol are 

 mostly pike and black bass. There is a generous amount of grey trout that can be 

 caught with a net in October, but cannot be taken with a hook and line by any one 

 trying that sport at any time. But they never seem to leave Lake Clear, as the 



