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another, in a pool we never before tried, just across the mouth of the little 

 river. Cloudy day. Wind easterly. 



Score. 



0. 8, 8, 10, 11 = 37 lbs. 



D. 10 " 



Total 47 lbs. 



July 28th. — Had a heavy thunderstorm during night. Lovely day. 

 fished in forenoon and evening. Rose several Salmon, but not a fish taken 

 by either Collingwood or myself. They are very shy indeed. * * * * 



July 29th. — Up early. Breakfasted and prepared for our journey. Got 

 salmon-barrels stowed in the boats, and the few remnants left us by the fire 

 a month ago. Propped our bark huts from the inside to support the roof 

 when laden with snow in the winter, closed the doors and left them as 

 secure as we could, looking forward to their being of use to us or some- 

 body else at a future day. ********* 



We here bid farewell to the explorers of the St. John ; I infer 

 at least that they were pioneers, so far as rod-fishing is concerned. I 

 regret that I am unable to give the reader the whole of their enter- 

 taining journal. On arriving at the mouth of the St. John, and 

 waiting in vain for a steamer for Quebec to pass, they chartered a 

 little craft of thirty tons, with an ignorant, boorish fellow for its mas- 

 ter. After rather a perilous vojage, groping about for four days in 

 the fog, so common in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, they reached Perce, 

 a little fishing town thirty miles south of Gaspe ; here they applied 

 to the principal merchant of the place, told their tale of disaster by 

 fire and adventures by water, and prevailed on him, though a 

 stranger, to advance them the money' they needed ; and when the 

 steamer " Lady Head" touched there on a return trip, embarked for 

 Quebec, " and went on their way rejoicing." 



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