ADVERTISEMENT. 



In offering this Work to the pubUc, I have Httle to say, 

 as its character speaks for itself, but to indicate the sources 

 of the information which it contains, and to give credit to 

 those who by their works, letters, or conversation have 

 aided me in its execution. 



And firstly, I must express my sincere gratitude to my 

 friend, Professor Agassiz, who kindly afforded me every 

 assistance in his power, with free access to his fine library 

 and unrivalled collection of fishes, from which most of 

 my drawings are taken. To my friend Mr. Perley of 

 St. John's, I am indebted for much valuable and interesting 

 information in regard to the Fish and Fisheries of New 

 Brunswick and Nova Scotia ; and to Mr. Deblois of Port- 

 land, for a communication respecting the Great Trout of 

 Sebago Lake in Maine, which was probably a distinct 

 variety, though the fact cannot be easily now ascertained, 

 the noble fish being, alas ! extinct. 



