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though it is said to have been taken in the Tiber, between 

 the two bridges, by the ancient Romans.* 



There is said to be a variety of this fish found in the 

 St. Lawrence, which is described as wanting the regular 

 distinctive lines of the Striped Bass, and is said to assume 

 a more spotty coloring ; the spots, however, running in 

 regular lines, five above and five below the lateral line, 

 and somewhat resembling ancient church music, whence 

 it has been named by Lieutenant Colonel Smith, who has 

 done much for Canadian Icthyology, Ldbrax Notatus. 

 The Striped Bass does not, it appears, run up the St. 

 Lawrence so far as Quebec; at- least it is so stated by Dr. 

 Richardson, in his great work on Northern Zoology ; but 

 is commonly found, acccording to my friend, Mr. Pesley, 

 the accomplished fisherman and historian of those wa- 

 ters, in all the rivers of New Brunswick, which debouche 

 into the Gulf, where they afford fine sport with the large 

 scarlet Ibis fly, used for salmon-trout, with the smelt 

 as a trolling-bait, and with the clam, or a piece of lob- 

 ster the latter a bait which I have never known \ to be 

 used in our waters, though from its similarity to crab, 

 which is in great request here at some seasons, its excel- 

 lence need not be doubted. 



* Histoire dcs Poissons, cited by Richardson, Fauna Borcali Ameri- 

 cana. I should, however, entertain some doubt, if the identity of the 

 fish depends merely on the identity of the classic name, Lupus, with the 

 modern name since the Latin Lupus is equally rendered Pike, which 

 is found in those waters. 



