M AlUTS tiF THK MASA M ACI S||. IC).', 



Trout ot till' Aiiu-rican lakrs, or of tlu- Hriti>.li ("li.irr, to do so, 

 it limy, 1 think, hv prt'siiiiu'il that the Ma^aiiiaciish, w ht-rc he 

 exists ill hiko, is to he taken by trnlliiit; in (hi'|) water with a 

 small 'I'rout or other fish upon a hea\ ily-\\ei|^hti(l hook, with 

 s|)inuiii>; tucklo. 



It is nut (listiuetly stated, and prohalily is not aseertaiiu'd, 

 wluthir this is an anadroinous or non-nui(ratorv lisli. The 

 Clmrrs, for the most part, are found only in the deepest parts 

 of the lakes which they inhaljit, aiul rarely enter the streams 

 whieh feeil or drain these hut for the purpose of spawning, 

 when they seek out the elearest ami swiftest rivers running on 

 gravel bottoms. 



The faet, however, that the Masamacush is taken in the 

 Miiigau Kiver, a powerful body of water having direct com- 

 muuieation with the sen, would go far to prove that he is an 

 anadromous fish there, at least, visiting the sea, and returning 

 to spawn ; although it is very probabh' that like many of this 

 family, and like his own eongener, the Angmalook, he can exist 

 inditlcrently in fresh or salt water. 



I doubt not that in the Mingau and similar rivirs, he could 

 be taken with the same Irish lake-tlies, or the red ibis tly, which 

 is so mortal to the Salmon Trout. 



Like all the Charrs, he is red-lleshed, and of delicious flavour. 

 And from these facts, were it not that the Masanuieush is said 

 not to exceed eight pounds in weiglit, I should be vastly inclined 

 to suspect his identity w ith tlu- red-fleshed and brightly -coloured 

 lake-fish, which is occasionally taken in the Hamilton County 

 waters, as mciitioiied by Dr. Hethunc in his beautiful edition of 

 Walton's Angler, at page l-J^, iu a note; and as described to 



