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able an extent in the waters of Lake St. John and of 

 the Mississippi, whence it has easy and unobstructed 

 access to the sea. 



The Lake St. John burbot is very tenacious of life, 

 and the sensitiveness of its barbule, or beard, is such 

 that even when the fish is apparently dead it will 

 kick violently if this appendage be disturbed. A sim- 

 ilar sensitiveness in the barbule of the cod and the 

 haddock has been noticed in Paske and Aflalo's The 

 Sea and the Hod. 



There are many other species of fish in these waters, 

 including perch and the different varieties of carp, but, 

 like the burbot, they are of little or no interest to the 

 angler. 



Trout, whitefish, dor4, pike, etc., may be had for at 

 least one hundred and fifty miles north of Lake St. 

 John ; then, for some distance before reaching the 

 Height of Land, trout and whitefish disappear for 

 a while, and we are beyond the southerly habitat of 

 the ouananiche. Here the principal fish to be had, 

 and they are very plentiful, are -pike, dore, suckers, 

 ouitouche, and perch, all of which swarm in Big and 

 Little Nekebau lakes, Obahtegooman, Ojebogoomou, 

 and adjacent waters. In the streams and lakes be- 

 yond the Height of Land, and especially in Mistassini 

 itself, as well as in Lake Wakwunitche, midway be- 

 tween the two, magnificent trout, whitefish, and dore 

 are plentiful. 



Altogether beyond the scope of the present work, 

 and worthy of a large volume to themselves, are the 

 magnificent sea-going salmon that annually repair to 

 the majority of the coastal streams of the great Labra- 



