196 THE PERIBONCA AND TSCHOTAGAMA 



reported as swarming with ouananiche, which, like 

 those in Tschotagama, are all of very large size. It is 

 impossible to imagine small fish forcing their way up 

 the Peribonca against the obstacles that intervene be- 

 tween Lake St. John and these other far more north- 

 erly bodies of water, ascending the mighty falls that 

 must be encountered on the way, and evading the 

 many living sepulchres that yawn to receive them en 

 route, where are ranged the open jaws of innumerable 

 voracious pike. If they run up and down the stream 

 at all, their success in reaching their destination is in- 

 deed an illustration of the survival of the fittest. But 

 if it be true, as alleged, that they are taken in Tschota- 

 gama all the year round, then it would seem that as 

 the sea is to the Salmo solar and Lake St. John to the 

 ouananiche that are taken in its vicinity, so are lakes 

 Manouan and Tschotagama to those of the fresh-water 

 salmon that are found respectively in their waters and 

 tributaries* 



Far those who care to seduce the well-fed ouana- 

 niche and monster trout of Tschotagama with bait, 

 plenty of it may certainly be had in the shallow 

 waters near the sandy beaches; and earlier in the 

 season, upon the pebbly shores, theperla, or stone-fly 

 the " May-fly " of Scotland, the " creeper " of Ireland, 

 and the " crawler" of portions of England will doubt- 

 less be found in great abundance, as we picked up 

 under the stones of the beaches any number of the 

 dry shells of the chrysalis form. In both the larva 

 and imago state, this insect is one of the most killing 

 of baits for almost all of the species of salmonida} in 

 our inland waters. 



