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about three hundred and fifty tierces of fish on 

 shore; all the casks and all the houses were full, 

 by reason of so much old fish; all the salt was 

 expended, and most of the nets were taken up. 

 Fish were still in prodigious plenty; a new 

 salmon-house of ninety feet by twenty was built, 

 and all the rinds were brought to this place. Only 

 ten nets were put out at first, and in a few days 

 the fish were in such abundance that the people 

 were obliged to take four of them up again; and 

 when they had taken up some of those yester- 

 day, having neither salt or casks to cure more 

 fish, they were killing thirty-five tierces, or seven 

 hundred and fifty fish a day, and might have 

 killed more, with more nets. Six hundred 

 and fifty-five fish were killed to-day. Clear fine 

 weather. 



[Cartwright gives '^ A Diary of the Salmon- 

 Fishery " by which it may be seen that 12,396 

 salmon were caught between June 23 and July 20 

 inclusive. Only 36 were taken in June, but 

 the numbers rapidly increased and on July 6th, 

 the largest number, namely, 1,305 salmon were 

 caught.] 



The fish were about fifteen pounds weight each, 

 upon an average, and filled three hundred and 

 ninety tierces of forty-two gallons. Had I not 

 been visited by the privateer last year, I should 

 have kept my nets out during the whole of the 

 season; and, from the length of time that I after- 

 wards found the salmon continvied to run up the 

 river, am confident I should have killed upwards 



