182 SALMONIDJ;. 



THE WHITE EISH. 



ATTIHAWMEG. 



Cuvyiinns Al/mtt — Lesueur, Clvikk. 



This and the succeeding fish are the last two of the Salmon 

 family, and the only two of their own peculiar sub-genus 

 found within the limits of the United States and British 

 provinces, although there are several other species in the Arctic 

 regions. 



In Europe they have several equivalents which are generally 

 known as Lavarets ; of these are the well-known British species 

 the Gwyniad, the Vendace, and the Powan, of England and 

 Scotland, and the Pollan of Ireland, all closely connected, 

 and yet perfectly distinct from the analogous fish of America. 



Here, unfortunately, these fine fish have no names at all, 

 save the trivial designations or absurd misnomers given to 

 them by the first rude settlers of the regions in which they 

 are found. 



The fish of which we are now speaking is probably the most 

 delicious of all the purely fresh-water varieties ; for such to all 



