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 actu- 

 ally described by Dr. Mitchell, a distinguished Ame- 

 rican naturalist; and the specific name, Amethystinus, 

 has "been appli ed 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 en- 

 deavouring to capture one of those Leviathans ; that 

 is, provided the expenses were defrayedby government 

 or by public subscription. And even should the expe- 

 dition fail in its object Captain Parry did not reach 

 the North Pole, nor Captain Boss discover the North 

 West Passage yet would the public derive immense 

 gratification from a circumstantial report of our say- 

 ings 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 

 pounds in Lake Michigan ; and some of the weight 

 of ninety pounds are said to have been taken in 

 the straits of Michilimackinack a name well worthy 



