FISHES. 167 



I shall name this fish cliipea Bartonia, hi honor 

 of that great naturalist, Dr. Barton, formerly of 

 Philadelphia, and whose death is an irreparable 

 loss to the cause of science. 



Several thousand barrels of this herring are 

 salted for the use of the interior country, at $8 

 per barrel. It has expelled the salt water herring 

 from the market of the west. 



The salmo salar, or common salmon, is found 

 in Lake Ontario, and some of the secondary lakes 

 which communicate with it, but in none of the 

 waters above the Falls of Niagara. It is too well 

 known to need description. 



This fish, it is said, is caught all the year in 

 the lakes ; perhaps some of them remain without 

 ever returning to the ocean. They have never 

 been observed at Ogdensburgh. IMay the\^ not 

 be deterred by the porpoises at Quebec from 

 descending f The received opinion is, that they 

 are naturalized to the lakes, and stay all the year. 

 Trout in ponds run up into streams to spawn. 

 Fishes in lakes ascend the rivers which supply the 

 lakes, for the same purpose, and in like manner 

 they proceed from the ocean. This is probably 

 for a tw o fold object ; for the safety of their young 

 in shallow waters, and for food. The salmon of 

 I^ake Ontario go up the great Salmon river in 

 August, and return in September, In some othpr 



