16 A NATURKALIST [IN 7HE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 3 
FISH: 
There are a number of brooks on the islands which are 
filled with trout, but none of them very large. I believe the 
largest that I heard of being taken weighed about a pound 
and a half. There are also several small Jakes, which the 
inhabitants claim contain large fish. 
INSECTS, 
Nearly all of the islands are infested with fleas and other 
small insects, which renders it very uncomfortable to camp 
in the open air. Mosquitoes do not appear to be very 
plenty, as we were troubled but little by them, and what few 
there were seemed to have a great respect for tobacco smoke; 
so by a judicious use of that narcotic we were enabled to 
enjoy many pleasant moonlight evenings in comparative 
comfort. 
