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stout cord wound round the wrist, and so hauling in the 

 fish by main strength : an uninteresting and unsportsman- 

 like business of two or three minutes. 



Masq' allonge inhabit chiefly the " Great Lakes," pro- 

 perly so called; but abound in the Upper St. Lawrence, 

 especially in the quiet and less frequented channels of 

 the Thousand Isles, in Rice Lake and Clear Lake 

 north-west of Kingston, in the Ottawa, Gatineau, and 

 in many other waters. 



The common Carp (Cyprinus carpis) is found in 

 most of the lakes and rivers throughout Canada. The 

 Chub (Cyprinus cephalus) is common, as is also the 

 Bream (Abramis versicolor), which I have killed on the 

 Niagara River and creeks, with the worm, a bait they 

 take readily. The Dace (Leuciscus argentatus), which, 

 in common with one or two other fish, as already men- 

 tioned, goes by the name of the " Shiner," and the Roach 

 (Leuciscus rutilus\ are also abundant, all the above differ- 

 ing very slightly, if at all, from those of. Britain. 



Unimportant, and generally despised as these minor 

 fish are in Canada, where there are so many far superior 

 ones, some of my old comrades who may read these pages 

 will recal the amusement, rather than sport, that they 

 afforded us on various perch-fishing expeditions. How, 

 when our horses were unsaddled and picketed, and a fire 

 lighted at the water's edge, we commenced to pull out 



