U A HITS AND MM NTS. 1 S-i 



iiitt'uts imil pur|)oscs it is, hm h tjible li^ll, Inr il is uol t'uuiul 

 within thf limits of civilisaitioii, except in tlie hikes above the 

 Falls of Niajjara, which preclude the |»t)ssil)ility of coniinuiiica- 

 tioii with the sea. It is, ImwrMr, toiiiid in the ( 'oppcniiiiie, tlu- 

 Mackenzie, ami otlu-r ii\eis uhith tall into the .\retic Sea, and 

 can " prohahlv live indiiri-ientiy," as |)r. Kiihardson observes, 

 " on fresh or salt water, like sr\iral species of Trntta and 

 Curct/oiii, that occasioualiy w.uuk-r to the sea, althoni^h they are 

 not strictly ainidronious." 



It is clai'.netl by the inhabitants of that portion of the State 

 of New York that the finest White Fish of tlu- whole western 

 country are taken in ('hatan(|ue Lake, a snndl mountain tarn 

 situated some hundretl feet above Lake Kric, and formin-j; one of 

 the sources of the Allejihany River. I doubt not the superiority 

 of the C'hataucjue Lake White Fish to the same species taken in 

 the shallow, muildy, and turbulent waters of Lake Krii- ; but 1 

 entirely disbelieve in its beinj; able to sustain comparison with 

 that of the clear, di-ep, and eoKl waters of Lake Huron, \> here 

 it is found of the greatest size, and in, as I understand, the 

 ;;reatcst jHirfectiou. 



" It is," .says Richardson, " a ri<h, fat fish, yet instead of pro- 

 duciu}; satiety, it becomes daily more aj^reeable to the palate ; 

 anil I know from expericnci', that, thou{?h deprive*! of bread ami 

 vegetables, one may live wholly upon this lish for nu)nths, or 

 even years, witliout tiring." 



" In Octoljcr," observes the same author, " tlie Attihawmcg" 

 — this is its appellntion among the Cree ludians, and it were 

 most desirable that in the absence of any correct Knglish nomen- 

 clature the aboriginal names could be adopted- tpiits tin 



