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island of “ Simpson’s group,” and remarked that “ at this particular island it 
will take a bait readily, but [he] never heard of its doing so in any other part 
of the lake, although large numbers are caught in the nets.” He thought 
that “there is some peculiarity in the water which may account for this, as 
even in the dead of winter there is generally an open hole in the ice, and, 
in passing the Inconnu Fishery, one must keep right ashore to avoid the 
treacherous spot.” 
The very closely related Nelma (Stenodus nelma) is “a fish highly esteemed 
and much employed in Russia,” and is the subject of an important fishery. 
