1915] The Ottawa Naturalist. 77 



BOOK NOTICE. 



The Dominion Parks Branch of the Department of Interior, 

 Ottawa, has recently issued three publications which are note- 

 worthy on account of the attractive form in which they are 

 printed, and the interesting matter they contain. They are: 

 "Classified Guide to Fish and Their Habitat, Rocky Mountains 

 Park"; "The Nakimu Caves"; and "Glaciers of the Rockies 

 and Sel kirks." 



The Fish Guide is written for the sportsman and naturalist 

 rather than the scientist. It is a compilatiou of first-hand in- 

 formation for anglers by one who has fished in all the principal 

 waters of the park. It takes up each locality, describes the best 

 means of reaching it, the different varieties of fish which can be 

 secured, and the best bait to use. The game fish of the Rockies 

 include five species of trout, one of which — the Lake Minnowanka 

 trout — has been known to run as high as 50 pounds. The Gray- 

 ling, the Dolly Vardeti, and the Cut Throat trout are found in 

 many of the lakes and streams of the park, and a fish hatchery 

 has recently been established at Banff for the purpose of re- 

 stocking those which have become depleted. 



The second pamphlet gives an interesting account of the 

 formation, character and discovery of the famous Nakimu Caves 

 near Glacier, B.C. These interesting natural curiosities are 

 supposed to be about 40,000 years old, and consist of a series 

 of underground chambers, some of them fifty feet high and more 

 than two hundred feet long, hollowed out partly by erosion and 

 partly by volcanic action, and opening into each other at dif- 

 ferent levels. The walls of the caves are covered with strange 

 florescent limestone formation, and they reverberate to the roar 

 of underground torrents. The different chambers have been 

 given names suggestive of their character: "The Pit," "The 

 Marble Way," "The Ballroom," "The Art Gallery," "The Judg- 

 ment Hall," "The White Grotto," "The Bridal Chamber," etc., 

 and when they are lit with electricity, and proper guards and 

 handrails have been placed on the stairs and platforms, they 

 should be among the most interesting sights in the Rockies for 

 tourists. 



"Glaciers of the Rockies and Selkirks" is by Dr. A. P. Cole- 

 man, Professor of Geology in the University of Toronto, and 

 bears on the cover an attractive reproduction in color of a sketch 

 of Mt. Ball, one of the picturesque peaks near the Divide. Dr. 

 Coleman is a scientist with the imagination of a poet, and he has, 

 written the story of the formation and work of the Canadian 

 glaciers with all his well known literary charm. The pamphlet 



