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landlocked salmon. This is the inland 

 salmon that is found in many lake streams 

 from Maine to Labrador, if the streams 

 contain smelts. Ichthyologists find the 

 landlocked salmon anatomically much like 

 the salmon that goes to the sea, but 

 the ouananiche are content to remain 

 with the food supply that is in sight 

 in fresh water ; just as certain people who 

 might be important in the city prefer to 

 remain small in the village, because they 

 are satisfied with the opportunities in 

 sight, though anatomically they are the 

 same folks. It is principally a question of 

 size of opportunity. 



In the Saguenay we find the same mon- 

 strous pike and the same pike-perch and 

 whitefish as in the Nepigon, but the 

 trout are absent. There are plenty of 

 trout in the tributary streams which are 

 not inhabited by the ouananiche, but the 

 two fish rather avoid each other because 

 they are such close rivals. Both are mag- 

 nificent, but they cannot see it in each 

 other. 



The guides of the Nepigon are for the 



