1 6 A NATUKAL1ST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 



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 lakes, 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. 



