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foetus of fix inches in length having been extracted, at the fame time that a 
young one has been feen (as is their cuftom) mounted on the back of another. 
Sturgeons of a fmall fize are found in the rivers, not far from the fea. They ap- 
pear to me to be of the fame fpecies with the Engli/b. Sturgeons are found in great 
plenty in the lakes far inland, and from the weight of fix to forty pounds. I fuf- 
pect thefe to be the fame with the Sturgeons of the great lakes of Canada, which, 
Iam told, are fmooth, or free from tubercles; and probably the Acipenfer Hu/o 
of Linnzus, and Hanfen of the Germans, a fith of the Danube and Wolga. 
The Lophius Pifcatorius, or Common Angler, Br. Zool. iii. N° 51, appears to- 
wards the furface only in windy weather ; for which reafon it is called by the 
natives Thutina-meg, or the Vind- fi/h. 
The Gadus Lota, or Burbot, Br. Zool. ii. N° 86, is common in the rivers, and 
is caught with hooks after nine o’clock at night. It is called here Marthy ; grows 
to the weight of eight pounds; is fo voracious as to feed even on the tyrant Pike; 
will devour dead Deer, or any carrion, and even {wallow ftones to fill its fto- 
mach: one of a pound weight has been taken out of a fifh of this fpecies. It 
{pawns about February 8th, and is unhappily moft prolific. Mr. Hutchins count- 
ed, ina fingle fifh, 671,248 ovaria. 
Allied to this is the Mathemeg of the natives, the Land Cod of the Englifh, a 
fifh abundant in the northernly lakes ; it grows to the length of three feet, and 
the weight of twelve pounds: has three beards on the lower jaw; the middlemoft 
the longeft : the back is brownifh: the belly grey. 
The Perca Fluviatilis, or common Perch, Br. Zool. iii. N° 124, is found in 
the rivers, but not in plenty ; and fometimes grows to the weight of eight pounds. 
The Gaflerofteus aculeatus, or three-{pined Stickleback, Br. Zool. iii. N° 129, is 
found here in great numbers. 
Salmo Salar, or the common Salmon, Br. Zool. iii. N° 143, is taken in plenty from 
Fune to Augu/t, in nets placed along the fea-fhores, and falted for ufe. Very few 
are caught to the fouth of Churchill river. 
The Namaycufh, is a {pecies of Trout, with the head, back, dorfal fin, and tail 
of adark blue: the fides dufky, marked with white and reddifh fpots : the belly 
filvery: the flefh white, and very delicate. It is caught with the hook in lakes 
far inland; and fometimes of the weight of thirty pounds. A Trutta lacuftris 
generis, p. 1012. Wil. Icth. 198? 
Salmo Alpinus, or Char, Br. Zool. iii. N° 149, is common in the frefh waters, 
and weighs from two to fix pounds. 
The Salmo Lavaretus, or Gwiniad, Br. Zool. iii. N° 152, is found here in vaft 
abundance ; and grows to a fize far fuperior to thofe of Europe. There is 4 lefler 
bba2 kind, 
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