1^6 The Ottawa Naturalist. [November 



resort of the salmon trout ; and indeed, in this respect, I found 

 the spot all that was claimed for it. 



The Salmon Trout [Salvelinus namaycush) is an inhabitant of 

 the Great Lake region, and other bodies of fresh water. Its colour 

 is gray, with spots of a lighter gray : the dorsal and caudal fins 

 being marked with spots of a darker hue. It is, however, subject 

 to great variation, and although all the varieties bear the specific 

 name of namaycush, there is considerable reason for the popular 

 distinctions such as gray-trout, salmon-trout. Great Lake-trout, and 

 Mackinaw-trout. But structurally it has not appeared to icthy- 

 ologists that there are sufficient distinctions to warrant the separ- 

 ation of varieties into different species. As to size, individuals of 

 three feet or more long are recorded, but such fish are very excep- 

 tional, and one of about two feet or less is a large specimen. The 

 salmon trout prefers the deeper part^- of the lake : approaching the 

 shoals, in the fall of the year, for the purpose of spawning. It is 

 carnivorous, preying largely upon other fishes. 



We had not been long on Cranberry Lake before two red-deer 

 were seen. First a beautiful doe, which was standing in a bay, 

 having come down to drink; and afterwards a buck, standing con- 

 spicuous, with his imposing horns, in an open space of the forest, 

 at the margin of the lake. 



The Red Deer [Cariacus virginianus) is coloured chestnut-red 

 in the summer time, and is gray in the winter. The horns are 

 proportionately small, curved forwards, having the antlers placed 

 at the hinder edges. As in other deer, the horns are solid, not 

 hollow as in the Bovidce, and are periodically shed. The female 

 has no horns. The young, or fawn, is spotted white. 



Next morning we started from Cache Lake on a tour through 

 a part of the Park, made by alternately canoeing the lakes and 

 portaging our canoe and camping outfit over the intervening 

 stretches of forest. At Beaver Pond (where, by the way, we saw 

 a beaver dam), and Little Island Lake, we had the good fortune 

 to see an occasional porcupine three of those interesting rodents 

 in all, and separately moving about on fallen trees which over- 

 hung the water's edge. 



The Canada Porcupine or Urson {Erethizon dorsaium) belongs 

 to a family of the Rodentia which has the body, in addition to the 



