DESCRIPTION OK THE ATTIHAWMEG. 187 



sixteen ; ventral, eleven ; anal, fifteen ; caudal, nineteen and 

 seven-sevenths. The adipose fin is rather large, and situated 

 opposite the termination of the anal. The caudal is forked and 

 spreads widely. 



It is, in short, a very beautiful fish, and no less useful than it 

 is beautiful and delicious, affording the principal subsistence to 

 several Indian hordes, and being the main reliance of many of 

 the fur posts for eight or nine months of the year, the supply of 

 other articles of diet being scanty and casual. 



I shall rejoice to learn hereafter that it may turn out, as I 

 more than suspect it may, as great a source of pleasure to the 

 angler, as it is of profit to the fur-trader and the voyageur. 



