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3d. Is the water in its normal condition clear or col- 

 ored? 



4th. What is about the average width of the stream at 

 your fishing ? 



5th. Do you give the right to the entire stream, or but 

 to one side? 



6th. How may your fishing be best reached from Mont- 

 real (or Quebec, or St. John, N. B., as the case may 

 require)? 



7th. Are black-flies, gnats, and mosquitoes an annoyance 

 during (state time of proposed fishing), and to what ex- 

 tent? 



8th. What are the living accommodations camp, farm- 

 house, hotel, or tent ? If at farm-house, or hotel, what is 

 the usual daily charge ? 



9th. How many attendants will each rod require ? 



10th. Where can they be obtained ? 



llth. What wages will they require ? 



12th. Can you place me in communication with good 

 men familiar with your water ? 



13th. Must we take our own supplies, or any portion of 

 them, except drink and smoke, with us ? 



14th. If we must take any portion of our supplies with 

 us, where would you advise us to procure them ? 



15th. What flies, and of what size, would you recom- 

 mend us to be provided with for the time we propose to 

 fish? 



16th. Give weight of the largest fish usually taken with 

 the fly on your water ? 



17th. Under fairly favorable conditions, what should be 

 the average catch a week for an industrious and tolerably 

 skilled rod in that portion of the season during which we 

 desire to fish ? 



