THE NORT[t AMERIGAlN FISHEKIES. 13 



in the neighbourhood of flirty drains and ceme- 

 teries. 



I must not forget the American lobster, which 

 abounds in such quantities that it is a considerable 

 article of food, not only with the wealthy, but even 

 with the poor. An enormous lobster may be had at 

 from eightpence to tenpence — sometimes almost for 

 nothing. Both lobster and crab are delicious ; the 

 latter, especially at the time when it changes its cara- 

 pace, is one of the daintiest dishes possible. The 

 Americans fry them in this state, and eat them entire, 

 claws and all, and they are as tender as possible. 



The province of New Brunswick has the credit 

 of being the \nos,t fishy district in all North America. 

 Probably it is the vast variety of the sea- weeds which 

 grow upon its coasts, and of the river-plants that 

 line the beds of its fresh-water streams, that tempts 

 the scaly tribe to that country so beloved of all 

 fishermen. Here are found salmon, sturgeon, basse 

 [Perca labrax) — a fish which is much prized by 

 epicures, — caplin, shad, trout, eels, gudgeon, white- 

 bait, carp, tench, &c., with other varieties not even 

 known to Audubon or Wilson. 



Salmon-fishing, as practised by the Red Skins of 

 New Brunwick, is a delightful pastime. As soon as 

 the fish make their appearance in the waters of the 

 Nashwack, the waters of the river are ploughed 

 nightly by numerous canoes, each carrying in the 

 prow a lighted torch of pine Avood. Two Indians 



