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one each. Thunder storm in the evening. Net put across 

 the river by the Hudson's Bay Company, confound them ! 

 Weather cloudy. River low. Fish increasing, but not 

 plentiful. Flies, slate-coloured and gray bodies, red 

 hackle, turkey feather wing. 



"June 2lst. Killed afoul fish. D slew a sixteen 



pounder in gallant style. Weather still very hot and 

 bright. 



" June 22nd. S killed three fish in the stream 



above the fall. S y killed one. Weather hot and 



bright. High spring tide in the morning. Went with 



D to the upper pool, which we found high and 



salmonless. In the evening fished from shore, but had no 

 luck. 



" June 23rd. Lost a big fish a short distance below the 



falls. S killed four above the fall during the day. 



Weather cloudy but calm, and the salmon difficult to move. 

 In the evening tried for the first time the green drakes, 



and found an admirer. S y and D bagged no end 



of sea-trout at the post. Ordered the schooner to Matane 

 to make inquiries about the fishing there. Preparations 

 being made for netting the upper pool, it is high time we 

 should be off out of this. Salmon, from all accounts, a 

 complete failure this year. Sorry I cannot say as much 

 for the flies, to which the Egyptian plague must have been 

 a trifle. 



" June 24;th. Last night the Indian whom we had hired 



