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SALMONID.K. 



THE MASAMACUSH. 



ARCTIC CHARR.— HOOD'S CHARR. 



Salmo Hoodii — Richardson. 



Masamacush. Arctic Chatr. 



This beautiful fisli is given on the authority of Dr. Richardson, 

 by whom it appears to have been first described, although 

 discovered by Lieutenant Hood, in Pine Island Lake, lati- 

 tude 51°. 



It is not a little remarkable that this fish should have so long 



remained unknown, as it is stated by its describer ''to be 



common in every lake and river from Canada to the northern 



extremity of the continent." Whether this includes the great 



lakes above the Falls of Niagara, it is not stated, although the 



language would authorise that interpretation; no distinct 



mention is made of it, however, as having been taken south of 



the Mingan River, which empties into the estuary of St. Lawrence 



somewhere about the latitude of 50°; all the other specimens 



described being taken in Winter Lake, or in the waters of 



Boothia Felix ; it is scarcely possible, however, but that it must 



