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only sea trout (hearnii of Rich. Frank, Journ. 706, 

 and immaculatus and hudsonicus of Storer and Giin- 

 ther). Sea trout range from Maine and the Mari- 

 time Provinces all the way up the East Atlantic 

 coast northward into Ungava Bay, and through Hud- 

 son Strait to Bay of Hope's Advance and Baffin Land. 

 But while they are so abundant in the Hudson Bay 

 proper, they are not found in James Bay, which is 

 an immense projection of the same. The rivers on 

 the west side of the Bay are not suitable for spawn- 

 ing, as they flow out of a prairie country which 

 is often swampy or marshy, besides freezing up solid 

 from the middle of October to the first of May. For 

 some reason salmon do not frequent the rivers on 

 the east side of the bay, although they flow from the 

 same watershed which throws water in the opposite 

 direction into the notable tributaries of the St. Law- 

 rence. Probably the vast accumulations of ice 

 which obstruct the approaches to Hudson Bay for 

 almost eight months of the year- are a sufficient ob- 

 stacle to the entrance of salmon there. So, also, a 

 freezing of the Hudson Bay affluents may be a cause 

 for their barrenness; to which may be added a pre- 



