MASCALLONGfi. 167 



his great country, and especially its great cataract, was 

 somewhat taken aback by being told his land produced 

 no volcanoes, nothing to equal Vesuvius or Etna, but 

 who, after thinking a moment, replied : "That was true 

 those were big fires, but he guessed Niagara had water 

 enough to put them all out." So I think our mascallonge 

 could eat up the biggest pike Europe can produce ; and 

 it will be a pity if, when our country is as old as Europe, 

 we cannot tell as extensive stories.* 



* The finer qualities of carp, the " leather " and " mirror "carp, have been intro 

 duced into America by Mr. Spencer F. Baird, the scientific and enterprising Com- 

 missioner of Fisheries of the United States, and have proved a success. 



