DESCRIPTION (iK THK ATTIHAWM KtJ. | •>:, 



loclis ; Jiiul, 1 have littU' douht, with the frjib-ciitiii^ Trout ol' 

 the Mnrshpee ri\er in this e«)iuitr\. 



To the exeelh'iiee ot" the \N hite Fish, I eau liear perxjiial ti's- 

 timony when on the tiibh", hut 1 have nevir had an op|)ortunit\ 

 of examining it ; and I am nuU'hted for the dcvcription l)elo\v 

 to the '"Fauna Horeali-Auierieana," of thi- autlior 1 have so often 

 quoted. 



I am informed that this tish is t)ceiisionully taken \>y persons 

 engaj^ed in trolling; for tlie liake Trout, or thro\\in^' the fiv tor 

 the Bhick Bass {Gnjsfes Nir/rican^), nor ean I at all douht that 

 were Ids luihits properly observed and carelully studied hv a 

 scientific anjiler, judj^inj:; from what has been stated above in 

 relation to his food, he mi;:ht be taken with the iiook with as 

 much certainty as any other of the lake lish, unless, perhaps, 

 the IJlaek Bass, and he would assuredly show pjreat sport at the 

 end of a lonj; line, bein«; both a powerful and active fish. 



The avcra;;e weight of this tish appears to be three or four 

 pounds, but, when ven.' fat, it is often taken up to seven or eight; 

 and in particular localities it attains a much greater size, having 

 been caught in Lake Hurou of thirteen or fonrtecMi, aiul in [jake 

 N[nnito, it is said, of twenty. 



One of seven pounds, caught in Lake Huron, measured twenty- 

 seven inches in length. 



In form, the .Vttihawnicg is very deep in comparison to its 

 length ; one of the ordinary size, taken in Pine Lsland liake. 

 measuring as five to seventeen, exclusive of the eaudal fin ; but 

 when vcr}* fat, its di*pth is as one to three. 



The bo<ly is compressed, InMUg much less tiiick than de(j). 

 The head i«« narrow al)ove, with a moderateh wi(l(> frontal 



