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by the natives is purely a Iraveller's tale. In any case the fish is 

 only obtained in some of the coast rivers, and therefore to the 

 majority of interior indians it is unknown. Let me assure the 

 readers of this short article that the time-honoured custom of 

 a fire of wood on the floors of their abodes was the usual way of 

 obtaining- light and that now most of them use coal-oil lamps. 



J. R. Anderson. 

 Victoria, B. C. 



October loth, 1901. 



Note. — Mr. Anderson's statement regarding the use of the 

 candle-fish may be true enough to-day when the labour of the 

 west coast indians is utilized by the whites, and they are able to 

 indulge in such luxuries as parafin candles and coal-oil lamps, but 

 there can be no doubt that formerly the Oolachan was frequently 

 used by these indians for lighting purposes. Writing in 1866 of 

 this fish Lord says, in " The Naturalist in British Columbia," : 

 "It is next to impossible to broil or fry them, for they melt com- 

 pletely into oil. Some idea of their marvellous fatness may be 

 gleaned from the fact that the natives use them as lamps for light- 

 ing their lodges. The fish, when dried, has a piece of rush-pith or 

 a strip from the inner bark of the cypress-tree drawn through it, 

 a long, round needle made of hardwood being used tor the pur- 

 pose; it is then lighted and burns steadily until consumed. I have 

 read comfortably by its light ; the candlestick, literally a stick for 

 the candle, consists of wood split at one end, with the fish inserted 

 in the cleft." 



Editor. 





NOTE ON SOME ERRATA IN THE REVIEW OF DR. 

 WHITEAVES' LIST OF EASTERN CANADIAN 

 INVERTEBRATES. 

 A number of errors, some very apparent others less so, ap- 

 peared in the review of Dr. Whiteaves' Catalogue on pp. 165-172 

 of the October number of The Ottawa Naturalist. Circum- 

 stances, which it is not necessary to detail, necessitated a very 

 urried reading of the first proof, and absence from Ottawa pre- 

 vented a careful and thorough correction of the final proof, hence 



