The Land of the Winanishe 



uncertain and variable characteristics in the 

 Salmonida, are affected by locality; and the 

 habits of a fish are adapted, if possible, to 

 surroundings. The real problem in each 

 case of" land-locking " is how it happened, 

 which cannot be discussed here. 



In the Saguenay there is no reason why 

 the fish should not go to the sea ; in fact, 

 they do descend to the tideway in large 

 numbers every spring with the heavy floods, 

 but whether they remount is as yet unde- 

 termined. The falls and heavy rapids may 

 be insuperable even for their activity and 

 strength, but we are inclined to think they 

 return to spawn in the Decharge. Stray 

 individuals have been caught in the Sague- 

 nay Rivers, at Tadoussac, and even in the 

 St. Lawrence above the Saguenay ; but they 

 are the exception which proves the rule 

 that the winanishe is peculiar to Lake St. 

 John and its streams.* In the lake itself 

 they are abundant in spring. When the 

 high water begins to fall they approach 

 the shores, and are taken in great numbers 

 at the mouths of the rivers. In June the 

 great body of the fish seem to descend into 



* This statement must be now modified. In 1889 Mr. Creigh- 

 ton observed them in the Musquarro and other Labrador streams, 

 and more recently it has been found to be pretty generally distrib^ 

 uted through that peninsula, especially in streams which empty con- 

 siderable lake areas. They have been found even in the Hamilton 

 River, above the Grand Falls. L. M. Y. 



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