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would be possible to reduce the classification of 

 trout and salmon to far fewer species, but we must 

 take things as we find them, and in the treatment 

 of the subject I acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. 

 Star Jordan's valuable work on " Food and Game 

 Fish." Also Mr. E. Thompson Seton's recent work 

 on "Life Histories of Northern Animals," which I 

 have compared with Indian information and my own 

 knowledge of big game. In referring to an older 

 and not less valuable work, " The Big Game of 

 North America," published by Messrs. Sampson, 

 Low, Marston & Co., I have found there is little 

 change of view on this subject. 



I have consulted Francis Parkman's comprehen- 

 sive work on the Jesuits and North American 

 Indians, and Sir J. G. Bourinot for Canadian 

 general history. 



J. A. 



