THE GOODBOUT RIVER. 201 



" Riviere du Loup. 



July 31st, 1847. 



(( My dear Bishop, 



" In the first place I must thank you for your kind 

 attention in writing and forwarding the papers, which we 

 were hungry for, when we arrived, I can assure you, which 

 happy event took place last evening, when we were fairly 

 tired out ; but this morning we feel ourselves as fresh as 

 ever, and ready to start again. I will now give you a sort of 

 precis of our proceedings, which, as far as sport is con- 

 cerned, have been satisfactory. 



" 1st. We left this place on the 14th of June, and sailed 

 direct for the Groodbout, where we arrived on the evening 

 of the third day, having had light baffling winds. We 

 found that the fish had commenced running on the 7th, 

 that is that Francois the Maitre de Peche killed his 

 first salmon in the nets on the 7th ; last year he killed his 

 first fish on the 1st of June. He informed us that the fish 

 had not yet reached our old pool, en haut, as he had men 

 on the look out, having let the fishing to two men from 

 Eimouski. We therefore fished the large pool below the 

 first rapid, where the portage commences, and killed 

 several very fine salmon, 11, 12J, 13lbs. weight, my own 



flies red ones telling handsomely. Mr. C went to 



the upper pool and fished it all day, only killing one 

 salmon. 



" The musquitoes and black-flies at the lower pool were 



