1(32 SALMONID.E. 



THE MASAMACUSH. 



ARCTIC CHARR.— HOOD'S CHARR. 



Salmo Zfoorf/i— Richardson. 



Masamacush. Arctic Churr. 



This beautiful fish is given on the authority of Dr. Richardson, 

 by whom it appears to have been first described, although 

 discovered by Lieutenant Hood, in Pine Island Lake, lati- 

 tude 5i°. 



It is not a little remarkable tliat this fish should have so long 

 remained unknown, as it is stated by its describer "to be 

 common in every lake and river from Canada to the northern 

 extremity of the continent." Whether this includes the great 

 lakes above the Falls of Niagara, it is not stated, although the 

 language would authorise that interpretation ; no distinct 

 mention is made of it, however, as having been taken south of 

 the Mingan River, which empties into the estuary of St. Lawrence 

 somewhere about the latitude of 50°; all the other specimens 

 described being taken in Winter Lake, or in the waters of 

 Boothia Felix ; it is scarcely possible, however, but that it must 



