SALMON KIVERS. 



627 



I think that, by writing to Mr. Whitcher, you could get a river, very 

 probably for a single season ; but it would probably be further from Que- 

 bec than the Moisie. You should allow for an absence of eight weeks, 

 as in the above arrangement, I have left you to some chance arrangement 

 with a fishing vessel, for your passage up. 



You ought on your first trip to have at least a week in Quebec, before 

 starting for your river, to give you time to engage your men — a most 

 annoying process, wherever French Canadians are concerned — and to 

 have your provisions packed. You ought to start from Quebec about the 

 1st of June. 



Very truly your friend, 



Moses B. Williams. 



Weights of Salmon killed by three Rods in the Moisie, in 1862 and 1863, by 

 the Messrs. Bacon and Mr. Williams, of Boston. 



1862. 1863. 



The 10 largest Salmon average 32 1-10 



pounds each. 

 The 20 largest average 29 2-5 lbs. each. 

 The whole number average 164 lbs. each. 



Average weight 15 1-7 pounds each. 



