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ami of tlu' ^s|l()^t that it atVords. • Winaiii>lii' '" is iln' urtli<)i;Ta|iliy I'ln- 

 ))ii)\H'(l bv one <)1' the earliest students ami closest ohsiM'vers ot' tlu^ tisli — 

 Mr. .1. <i. A. ( 'i'eiu;litoii — t liroiiu'lioiit liis ai'liele in ^frilnifr'^ Miiijiiziin' 

 for May. ISS'.l. while •• wananishe ' is that whieh the same author adopts, 

 not only in the title of his nionou;ra|)ii in Shield's Aiiicrirdii d'ciinc /V^Ao. 

 but generally t hroiigliout thai ean-fnlly prepared jtaper. In OntiiKj for 

 Auii'Ust. 1S!M). .Mr. (ii'o. Ii. Alosle writes • wininish.' and the s|)ellini;' 

 •■ winmtuitdie" is 'hat ado])ted in Loveli's (1 iizcffcr nf liritish Norfh. 

 Ainvr'nut. 3lr. , ■ .'s .MaeUenzie of the old Northwest Company visited 

 "The Kiuii's Posts" of the Sai;'uenay and the Laltrador coast in ISOS. 

 ami in the joui'nal of his canoe jaunt whi(di has ln'en printed by the linn. 

 L. H. .Masson. he spt-aUs of a tish resemblinii' salmon, a foot and a half 

 lonn'. found in Lake St. John, and called l>y tn* I idians •■ winanis.'" .Mr. 

 0. JI. Farnham. in tlu' course of his adnnrable story of the Canadian 

 voi/(i(/ciirs in Iliir/icr's Mdijiizint' for ^[arch. 1S8S. employs the name 

 •• wainioniche. ' The Manjuis of Lome has invented ■• onaniidie." — if his 

 printer does him no injustice. This spt'llinn' iippears at pai;H' SS ot 

 (.'((iHii/iiin FIrfiiris. )iublished by the Relii^'ious Tract Society. Both Mr. 

 W. II. II. .Murray and Mr. .1. M. riemoim — the fornu-r in his desei'lptim 

 of the Jjake St. John region ((Quebec edition. ISSS) ami the latter in his 

 JL'stnricit/ iinil Sjiiirfiiiij JS^ntct; on ^,>(/(7y(r (edition of !SS!») — employ the 

 form •• wananish." So does .Mr. .\rtiiur Uuies in his work on the 

 SanMienay. The Mn^-lish in-oinuuMation <d this orth(\i>'raphy resoiiible.s 

 somewhat closely that id' the Imlian nanu' of the tish but not so lu-arly 

 us does the spelliui;' already u;iven i'rom Mw Crein'hton's article in Jmrri- 

 C((ii (t'liine Fishes. A still closer approaidi to the pro|ier sound is found 

 in the Kn<^lish [ironnnciation of • w annanishe ' \vhi(di ap[iears upon the 

 ])ermits to tish in his private watei's in hi (jriimle i/('c/i(ir(/c liy ^Fi'. W. A. 

 Grirtiths. one of the earliest Kn^'lish-speakin;.;- fre(|uenti'rs of these watei's. 

 Kit Clarke ha.s adopted the name • wininnisb.'" which is to be found both 

 in T/w, I^rdi'ticdl A>n//cr and in 'W/icrc f/ic Trout Hidi'. as wt'll as in the 

 many cliarmin<i- contrilnitions of their author to the columns of con- 

 tein])orarv periodical literature. •• AVannanish '" apjieared alx 'i' the 

 signatuiv of yVv. S. Webber in Forest awl Streom on .Marcdi ITIh. IS'.t-l. 

 "Wenanishe" is found in a reimrt of a Ji'overnmunt ex))loratory survey 

 of the Sai^'uenay. prepari'd by Mr. Xixon of the (Kit h Reii'iuient. about 

 tlie year 182!t. and 15ou(dietti'. in his Topixiraphlccfl DictioiKiry of Canada 

 calls tlu' tish •• awenanish." declaring; tiiat •• the awenanish is said to be 

 the most delicious fresji water tish in the world." I'on'crs. in his Stada- 

 riitni Drpie.tif. follows the spidling of Houchette. In his Sportsmatis 

 (^r^/^efto'/' Mr. Chai'les Ifalb ck yives us "ouiniunish." and in the Canadian 

 Sportsman, of July 11th. lS!tO. I find ••ouinini(die." while exactly a week 

 later the .same ] taper s]»ells it "owaninacdi.' (Quebec ilealers in the tish 

 have employed t lie names Mjuenaueshe " and -ouinenish." One of the 



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