THE ANGLER'S SOUVENIR. 



(Salmo Amethystinus,) weighing one hundred and 

 forty pounds, has never yet been captured by a 

 native angler, red man, or Yankee ; and if ever 

 he be captured, it is a native of the British Isles, 

 skilled in all the mysteries of the art who can 

 neatly spin a minnow or troll, as well as lightly 

 throw a fly who will achieve the glorious deed. 



SIMPSON. You are romancing now, when you 

 talk of a trout weighing one hundred and forty 

 pounds. 



FISHER. I am not. A gigantic species of trout, 

 said to attain that weight, from Lake Huron, is 

 actually described by Dr. Mitchell, a distinguished 

 American naturalist ; and the specific name, Ame- 

 thystinus, has been applied to it from the purplish 

 tinge of its teeth. For my own part, I have no 

 doubt of the fact ; and should have no objection 

 to make one of a party to proceed to Lake Huron, 

 for the purpose of endeavouring to capture one of 

 those Leviathans ; that is, provided the expenses 

 were defrayed by Government or by public sub- 

 scription. And even should the expedition fail in 

 its object, Captain Parry did not reach the North 

 Pole, nor Captain Ross discover the North- West 

 Passage, yet would the public derive immense 

 gratification from a circumstantial report of oir 

 sayings and doings ; for 



" Quarter-day would see us back, 

 "With each a volume in his pack." 



There are also trouts weighing from twenty to sixty 



