42 THE EEPORT UPON No. 14 



Oveseer William Pepper, of Lanark, reports that the Mississippi liiver and 

 tributary streams are fast becoming well stocked with pickerel. Bass do not seem 

 to decrease in quantity or size, but pike are not nearly so plentiful as they have 

 been in the past. 



Ducks, partridge and other game birds seem to be plentiful, although the 

 number taken last year was not so large as formerly. 



Deer appear to be about as numerous as in past years. In spite of the number 

 killed by hunters, the supply seems to remain about the same. 



Overseer Burke, of Perth, reports that bass, pickerel and pike are plentiful 

 in the Tay River. Bass fishing was very good in Otty Lake last season. 



Partridge have not been so thick for years, and ducks are very plentiful. He 

 is of the opinion that there should be a regulation prohibiting persons from going 

 to grounds frequented by ducks to shoot blackbirds before the season opens. This 

 gives the Overseer a great deal of trouble, and the ducks are frightened away and 

 do not return. Muskrat and mink are plentiful, also deer. 



Overseer J. H. Phillips, of Smith's Falls, reports that fishing on the Rideau 

 this summer was good. Early in the season salmon fishing was good, and late 

 in the summer bass fishing was excellent. He thinks it would be a good thing if 

 a limit were put on the number of salmon caught each day by one person. 



Though there were not many tourists from the United States last season, the 

 Rideau was crowded by residents of the Province. 



Black ducks were very plentiful. Wood ducks are becoming rarer. Partridge 

 are plentiful this year. 



Overseer Fred. Stanzel, of Carleton Place, reports that fishing was fairly 

 good; rough fish, hass and pickerel being quite plentiful. 



Ducks were not so plentiful last season as the former one. Partridge have 

 increased wonderfully, judging from the number which have been shot during 

 the open season. 



Muskrats are about the same as previous years. Mink still remain very 

 scarce. 



Overseer Hugh Wilson, of Elphin, reports that deer are becoming more 

 numerous each year. 



Partridge are not so plentiful as last year, and ducks are ve,ry scarce. 



Leeds County. 



Overseer W. J. Birch, of Delta, reports that the past season in his locality 

 was an ideal one as far as the weather and fishing were concerned, both being 

 excellent, but there were not so many tourists and pleasure-seekers as usual, pos- 

 :5ibly on account of the war. 



Ducks were not quite so plentiful, but partridge had increased wonderfully. 



He would recommend a gun license and a trapper's license, even if the fee 

 were small. 



Muskrats are numerous, but there are no mink. Black squirrels are plentiful. 

 and he would advise that the open season commence one month earlier. 



Overseer Gordon Clark, of Westport, reports that the fishing during 1914 was 

 fairly good. He sold more permits than usual. The laws were well observed. 



