

192 The Ottawa Naturalist. [January 



Gulf Stream and the former getting the wash or outside eddy of 

 the Sargossa Sea, could not fail to materially add to icthyo- 

 logical research. 



Turtles, though not attaining the large proportions of those 

 in more southern waters are taken of a fair marketable size, and 

 always meet with a ready sale. They are kept in shallow wells 

 or tanks close adjoining tidewater, so that the market may never 

 be glutted with them. The " Green " and the " Hawksbill " are 

 the two commonest species, although occasionally a rare visitant 

 from further south is taken. 



On a calm day it is not an uncommon sight to observe the 

 skimming flight, if such it can be called, of the graceful little 

 " Flying Fish," whose silvery sides flash in the sunlight like 

 polished metal, but when a shoal of them is followed and 

 attacked by great unsightly grupers (weighing from 12 to 18 

 pounds), beneath whose thick red lips lies a row cf malicious 

 looKing teeth, there is an activity manifested that excites an in- 

 tense interest in the scene. Hundreds of flashing sparklets of 

 silver flying or skimming hither and thither in all directions, 

 with the swirl caused by their pursuers affords a scene better 

 witnessed than described. I have sat b\' the hour on the rocks 

 frowning along the North Shore on a perfectly calm day watch- 

 ing such a scene, to which the alternaie emerald and opaline 

 tints of the water add an enchantment, til! the eye never wearies 

 of the spectacle. 



Life under the waters is remarkably active and brilliant 

 along those shores, with coral, sea-fans, sea-rods, sea anemones 

 of all kinds and hues, and large masses of " brain-coral " teeming 

 with life. Castle Harbour and Harrington Sound are the most 

 favourable places for observation. Sea-weeds also of every hue, 

 black, green, red, bronze, pink, yellow, sway gently back and 

 forth, or in the deeper water silently grow in these veritable sea 

 gardens. 



The Pearl Oyster and Scallop are abundant, and several 

 species of Cytherea or " clams " are available for the table. 



