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day, and will probably take the place of nearly all the other 
Kinds of navigation. 
fisheries, the kinds, quantity and value of fish ; the mode of 
taking and curing them—an account of the different species 
of fish in the streams, ponds, and lakes. 
When the first settlement was made in the country, fish 
were found in the greatest abundance in all the streams; but 
since so many boats are employed on the rivers, the fish have 
become scarce and more difficult to take. 
The kinds which are usually caught, are yellow and black 
catfish, white perch, spotted perch, pike, trout, buffaloe, 
suckers ; two kinds of sturgeon, one with a broad flat. nose, 
usually called shovel-nose sturgeon; eels; a fish called her- 
ring, but much larger than any of that species which I have 
seen, and only taken in nets; garfish, chubs, sunfish, and 
minnies. 
The greater quantity caught in this neighbourhood, are ta- 
ken in the spring months, by setting a line, called a “ trot 
line,” where the water is tolerably still and deep: this line is 
usually from forty to sixty yards in length, the middle sup- 
ported by buoys, and the two ends kept at the bottom by 
stones; to this line are attached a large number of hooks, 
baited with crayfish or minnies. It is usually visited mornin; 
and evening, or oftener if necessary, the fish taken off, 
and the baits renewed. In this manner they sometimes take 
catfish, weighing nearly 100 pounds. 
In the summer months, when the water is low, seines are 
used, with which considerable quantities are taken; amongst 
them we sometimes find pike, weighing 30 or 40 pounds. 
Another mode of taking fish, is by the spear, or “ gigg.” 
This is usually done in the night by the assistance of torch- 
light. "The fish, a'tracted by the light, comes to the surface 
of the water, and falls an easy victim to the expert spearman. 
But they are not in sufficient abundance to become an article 
of export, or even tu supply our own demands; many bar- 
rels of salt fish being annually brought from the lakes and sea 
coast, and sold in this market. 
Wild animals, serpents, tortoises, and other amphibious ant- 
mals; quadrupeds, insects, or the bones of the animal called 
the mammoth, or of any other unknown animal. 
The wild animals of this county are of those kinds common 
