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very little distance north of the churches i in That village, : 
-ina mile or two below joins the Hockanum. . The p 
of the stream in which I have found them most abundi 
ina deep ravine ‘directly north of the west end of the villagi 
"The rocks which form the ravine are chiefly sandstone. From 
these issue numerous springs, whose waters unite with the - 
„and render it extremely cold. I have found the fish 
ther parts of the stream, but only very small ones, and 
ere of rit mr In the ravine, however, 
summer’s p they are abundant, and it E 4 3 that J 
m ‘a all my specimens at different times. . They lie in the 
places w vhere the water issues directly from the rocks, and ar ; 
most commonly concealed under the stones, which cover the 
bottom of the stream.. When the stones are removed, so as to 
expose them to the sight, they swim off with tolerable rapidity — 
a foot or two, and drop on the bottom again, lying often with 
the body a little bent, as if ready for an instant start. They 
at, however by any means quick i in their motions, or pai: 
- ticul timid, and may be taken by means of a 
FS but Tittle trouble. Their food appears to con 
nute insects ; that. they ever eat small fish is, 
hese The only M species found in that ] pa 
stream, so fat as | have observed, are Salmo fontinalis, , Michi 
Catostomus Bostoniensis, Le Sueur; a uciscus atronasis i 
Mitch. ; ; the last being much more abundant than the othe! 
The spawning time of the Cottus is “apparent | in Ma 
and April, being earlier than it is in the Bear. > 
p “‘tioned’by Dr. Richardson, 3 which, however, i is "only a 26 
the difference of latitude we might expect. I have never see 
any specimens quite so large | s the one described by him- — , 
- These few facts comprise of any importance that I havé 
ob erved, as to the species, A end with them I close my : mans 
on Bof Cottus mti as incluia among the Fishes of Amenit 
