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39. BOLEOSOMA NIGRUM (Raflnesque). 

 JOHNNY DARTER. 



Forty-two specimens, 1^ to 2| inches long, from Rat Portage, 

 August 3; three, H to 1| inches long, from the mouth of Rainy River, 

 August 8; and one, 1| inches long, from White Oak Lake at Deer 

 River, August 21. 



40. LOTA MACULOSA (Le Sneur). 

 LING; LAWYER; EEL POUT. 



One of the most abundant fishes in Lake of the Woods and one of 

 the most useless. It is very destructive to other fishes, particularly 

 whitefish, of which it will take examples of its own size or even larger. 



Although there is no market for the ling and it is regarded as worth- 

 less at Lake of the Woods, it is in truth a very good food fish, and if 

 ought to be jjossible to develop a market for it. 



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