442 FISHING IN AMERICAN WATERS. 



edible qualities as in size, and in saltatory powers and gamy 

 habits while playing on the angler's hook. 



The WINNINISH, of the upper waters of the Saguenay River, 

 in Canada, should by all means be introduced to the rivers 

 of Maine and New Hampshire. It is the richest game for its 

 size of any belonging to the genus Salmo, and a higher lux- 

 ury for the table than any other of the numerous salmon 

 families. 



" But, after all," to use an American phrase of emphatic 

 significance, the brook trout and salmon of our Northern wa- 

 ters are among the best fresh-water fishes in the world for 

 both the epicure and the angler. Add to these the numer- 

 ous delicacies of whitefish, cisco, black bass, and the farther 

 armies of our lakes and rivers, with the teeming millions of 

 our coasts and estuaries, and we should be satisfied if we 

 can continue our present ample store until we can conven- 

 iently add a few kinds more. 



THE SHORT SUNFISH. 



