192 SALMONIDiE. 



preted, is '^ the Otsego Lavaret." And now, why should not 

 the stupid blunder of Bass be consigned to the oblivion which 

 it deserves, and the true appellation be applied to the fish, an 

 appellation which assigns to this the last, not least, of the 

 American Salmonida, a local habitation and a name ? 



