62 THE EEPORT UPON No. 14 



Muskrats and mink are scare, also ducks and partridge. Eed deer are plenti- 

 ful and are seen even in the settled parts of the county. A few moose were seen 

 in his district last season. 



Overseer W. L. Briscoe, of Killaloe, reports that he has kept a close watch over 

 his district, in connection with the game and fish, and has found that the people 

 have observed the Game Laws much better than in previous years, as they are 

 learning the benefit derived from the protection of game. 



Fish are becoming more plentiful, and the people can go to the lakes and 

 procure what they want by trolling or with hook and line almost any time during 

 June, July and August. Pike are the chief fish caught. Some of them scale as 

 high as twenty-two pounds, while a number of them ran between thirteen and 

 sixteen pounds. 



It has only been since spearing was done away with and netting in the spring 

 when the fish are spawning was prohibited that there have been any pike. 



Partridge are not plentiful, and unless there is a close season for them they 

 will be all killed. Deer are plentiful all through the district, wherever there is 

 any cover for them. Moose are roving around this division, as there were quite a 

 number seen in the neighbourhood. 



Beaver are fairly plentiful, there being four families on Silver Ijake Creek. 

 Muskrats are rather scarce, also mink. Otter, fisher and marten are very scarce. 



Overseer D. E. Burns, of PembroJce, reports that the domestic fishermen claim 

 to 'have had a fairly good season's catch. Fish are increasing in his district. 

 There was less illegal fishing carried on than last year, the fishermen seeming to 

 realize that they must keep within the law. 



There was an abundance of partridge last year. These birds seem to be in- 

 creasing in this division. Ducks had a good season, the hunters being unable to 

 get near them on account of the water being very low in the river and Mud Lake. 

 Beaver are still plentiful. Otter, mink, and muskrats are scarce. Deer are very 

 plentiful, ' and are coming down from Algonquin Park. He had a great deal of 

 trouble in protecting the deer and beaver. 



Overseer John Devine, of Renfrew, reports that angling has been good in his 

 territory. 



Beaver are becoming quite numerous. 



He has again to report that wolves are and have been doing great damage to 

 settlers' stock in the Townships of Brougham, Lynedoch, Griffith and Matawatchan 

 in the County of Renfrew. Besides destroying settlers' stock, they are killing a 

 great number of deer, and if possible something should be done to have them 

 exterminated. 



Partridge are not so numerous as heretofore, owing in a measure to bush fires 

 and the late, cold spring. ' 



Overseer A. H. G. Wilson, of Eganville, reports that the fish in his district are 

 very fine, pike being the most numerous and largest. A very fine specimen was 

 caught in Lake Clear by trolling, which weighed twenty-one pounds. Trout' arc 

 fairly good, and there are some black bass in Lake Dore and Mink Lake. 



Partridge are as plentiful as chey were in 1913, but more difficult to shoot on 

 account of being wild. Ducks were very plentiful, but also wild. Geese are very 

 scarce, though he saw one largo flock. There are a few mink and muskrats. Deer 

 are fairly plentiful in the back country and mountains, but not sufficiently so to be 



