114 AMERICAN FISHES. 



the Mackinaw Salmon or Naniaycusli ; it is in all respects a clumsier 

 and coarser fish. Its flesh is moreover of a paler buff, of a less fii-m 

 toxtui"e, and of very inferior quality upon the table. 



Its habits and haunts are almost identical with those of the other 

 species, like which it is not migratory or anadromous, never entering 

 the rivers either for the purpose of spawning or in pursuit of food • 

 although it approaches tlie shores, and visits the gravelly shallows of 

 the lakes in autumn, in order to deposit its ova. 



It is taken by the French inhabitants and by the Indian hunters 

 with the torch and spear, occasionally with the sean, and also with the 

 long line in deep water. It also strikes readily at a piece of glittering 

 tin, or mother of pgarl, made to revolve and glance quickly through 

 the water. 



There is no doubt but that with good spinning tackle, baited with 

 minnow, shiners, or the parr of the Brook Trout, which would proba- 

 bly prove the most killing of the three, or with the deadly spoon, the 

 Siskawitz might be angled for with great success, and would afford 

 good sport, as it is a strong and powerful fish, growing to twenty-five 

 jjounds or upwards, although its usual weight does not exceed fifteen 

 or sixteen pounds. 



Neither this fish, however, nor the Namayeush, nor, so far as ] 

 know, any other of the non-migratory Lake Trout, strikes with the 

 same fierceness and avidity, springing out of the water to take the 

 bait, and leaping far and frequently above the surface when hooked, 

 as the Sea Salmon, the Salmon Trout, or any of the anadromous 

 species of this highly interesting family. The motion of the great 

 lakers is for the most part confined to a heavy lumbering rush in pur- 

 suit of the bait, and to a strong dead pull when endeavoring to escape 

 after being struck. They will bore down desperately at first into the 

 deep water, but do not fight with the swift energy or resort to the 

 cunning artifices, of the Sn//no Sn/ar. Strong tackle, an eighteen- 

 foot rod, and a steady hand, will not fail to secure them, even with 

 far le.ss skill than is required to take a three-pounder Brook Trout 

 in a quick-running river. 



I may add here, in continuation of the remarks made above, undei 

 the head of true Salmon, in reference to the young fry of all this 

 faniilv, that Professor Agassiz has discovered the pinks, both of this 



