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tous e"te frappe's de la ressernblance qui existe entre ce 

 poisson et le hareng, non seulement dans leurs formes, mais 

 dans les habitudes de se reunir en bandes considerables." 



This latter propensity is' frequently the cause of 

 embarrassment and annoyance to the angler, from the 

 greediness with which they seize the bait intended for 

 fish better worth taking. 



When fishing for Basse in Lake Ontario, either with 

 the fly or minnow, but especially with the latter, I have 

 been constantly engaged in taking "Lake-herrings" off my 

 hook, and replacing the bait, and when unlucky enough 

 to fall in with a shoal of these fish, it was difficult to 

 get a chance of hooking anything else. 



A Lake-herring just caught, cut into portions and 

 used as a bait, was instantly darted at by the shoal of 

 which it had a moment before formed a part. It is in 

 fact one of the best baits that can be used. These fish, 

 though good enough when freshly caught, are not much 

 esteemed, and are not preserved to any extent, the few 

 that are annually dried being chiefly for local con- 

 sumption. 



With the exception of the above-mentioned two 

 characteristics, the appearance and size of this fish are, 

 as already stated, so similar to that of the common 

 herring that it is unnecessary further to describe it. 



Though a few years ago confined to the Great Lakes 



