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Bullhead, loach, ruff, bleak, and a rare fish-burbot (ji siluris), 

 are not worth consideration ; also, fresh water cray-fish, gud- 

 geon, &c. 



Qiarr Small Herring ^f the cold deep lakes of the north of 



®^^®- England ; a very delicate fish, schooling in 



the autumn, when they are netted and potted far consumption and 

 sale ; difficult to transport, the fish being A^ery tender, and their 

 spawning habits obscure. The charr, if introduced, would be of 

 great value. The fo?Uinalis has been called a charr, but he is not 

 the same fish at all. The lake charr has his seasons, and disap- 

 pears and schools again just like the herring, not being seen but in 

 his season. 



PRINCIPAL NOVA SCOTIAN FISH NOT KNOWN IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



Common Trout, Fonti- Colonel Drummond, a very acute ichthy- 

 nalis — Sea Trout, maxi- . ^ . . i ^ • f ^ 



mum weight, 6 lb. ologist, was oi opinion that this fish and 



the N. S. sea trout are the same ; that the fontinalis runs to the 



sea when able to get access to it, returning well grown, with a 



white scale. The fonthiulis in our lakes is erratic, being constantly 



on the move in schools like mackerel. 



Great Striped Bass— Would probably succeed in Loch Awe, 

 6 lb. to 50 lb. ^^^^ "^ ^Q larger British rivers, where the 



shad is found, such as Severn, Ouse or Trent ; also in rivers accessible 

 from sea, flowing through lakes into estuaries, provided access 

 be available ; they would run up Shannon, but the Queen's gaps, 

 lochs, weirs, or weir shoots are too steep ; they are a large game 

 fish, heavier than salmon. 



Gaspereaux. Do., of high economic value. 



Salmo conjinis-U^x- ^ ^^^e trout of considerable size; would 

 imum weight not known. make a good exchange Avith the British 

 lake trout. 



Grayling (so called)— ^ handsome white lake trout, not unlike 

 3 lb. a large salmon smolt fresh from sea. 



White and yellow perch, small varieties of roach (shiners), 

 suckers not included, being inconsequential. 



ENUMERATION OF SOME OF THE AMERICAN FISH NOT FOCND IN NOVA SCOTIA. 



Maskelunge, or Anieri- Similar to the British pike, and that of 



can Pike. Lake Erie, Rice Norway and the European continent.— See 

 Lake, and other Canadian Z _ ^ '■ 



waters. 10 lb. to 30 lb. notes in British list. 



