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be found to tlu- soutliwiirtl of this line, to justify the words of 

 so accurate and correct a writer as Dr. Richardson. 



At all events, the Minj^an River is in Canada I'ropcr, in the 

 lordship of Miniran, and is constantly visited for the purpose of 

 Salmon fishing, hy yacht ini: parties from (Quebec, scarcely u 

 year occurrinij but one or more vessels are fitted out tor this 

 wihl spot, which is nearly o|>posite to the uorthiin side of 

 thi' inhospitable, and marly if m)t absolutely uninhabitLci, 

 Island of Antiet)sti, the sport amply repayiii}; the time and 

 trouble. 



I am personally accpuiintcd with several very accomplished 

 Salmon fishers who are at home on those waters, yet by m)nc 

 of these have I ever heard any mention of this tish, and 1 am 

 well satisfied that although it must, 1 presume, have been taken 

 by them frequently, it has entirely escaped their obsenation, 

 bcinj; probably confounded either with the Salmon, or the 

 Salmon Tntut, although entirely distinct from either. It is 

 remarkable as beini; the only ("hair that is found in the 

 inhabited portions of the I'nited States or Canada, for althoiii^h 

 Ricliardson desif^nates the Common Brook Trout {Sd/inn Fon- 

 I'tnalts), as the Nrir York ('fuirr, 1 confess I am at a loss to 

 perceive any j^rounds for so specitymj; it. One ot the nuuked 

 chamcteristics of the Charr, the {greater comparative hei^^ht of 

 the dorsal tin, which will be readily observed in the cut at the 

 head of thi.H article, is entirely wanting in the Brook Trout, and 

 ulthuu^h the vomerine teeth are di»po.H<'d in a cluster in that 

 species, after the manner of the Charrs, this alone hardly 

 appears to me a sunicient reason for altering its nomenclature. 



The other varieties of Charr, the Angmalook (Salmo A'i7iV/»/,v), 



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