102 FISHIXG-GEOUNDS OP NOETH AMERICA, 



abiimliiutly supplied with choice fish, while the sea,-coast is inhabited by the larger marine 

 animals already mentioned. I have been told that lliamna Lake is well stocted with the best of 

 fish. 



The following are some of the food-fiShes of Bristol Bay division: 



Pleuronectes stellatus. Ammodytes .personatus. 



Lepidopsetta bilineata. Mallotus villosus. 



Limanda aspera. Salvelinus malma. 



Hippoglossus vulgaris. Salmo purpuratus. 



PoUachius chalcogrammus. Oncorhynchus chouicha. 



Gadus morrhua. " keta. 



Tilesia gracilis. " nerka. 



Cottus polyacanthocephalus. " kisutch. 



Gymnacanthus galeatus. " gorbuscha. 



Hexagrammas asper. Clupea mirabilis. 

 " ordinatus. 



Besides these there are some species of Goregonus which have not come into the United States 

 National Museum and have not been recorded by any writer, so far as I know. 



PRIBILOFF ISLANDS. 



This group is so thoroughly absorbed in the important business of taking fur-seal that the 

 trifling occupation of fishing is, for the most part, left to the small boys, and their principal catch 

 is the skulking, rock-loving sculpiu, known to the Aleuts as kah-log. They have smooth-skinned 

 sculpins and scaled sculpins, representing the genera Cottus and Melletes, but all are kah-log. 

 Large halibut, too large to.be devoured by the roaring " lion" and the bellowing " bear," which 

 exterminate all the unwary small fry, are the only important fish that can be readily taken near 

 the shores. The bidarra is the fishing-boat, and the fishing implements are all from the United 

 States. 



Sea-lion are taken in large numbers, and are very important for the covering of bidarras. 



SAINT MATHBW AND SAINT LAWRENCE ISLANDS. 



Saint Mathew is a great resort for walrus, and it was once supposed that fur-seal might be 

 taken there in large numbers. 



Saint Lawrence Island derives a precarious subsistence from the walrus and seal that visit its 

 shores, and, according to Captain Hooper, are present all the year. Whales also supply a large 

 part of the food of its people. The walrus and the seal furnish them not only with food^.but also 

 with houses, fuel, boats, and clothing. Their catch of whalebone and walrus ivory is disposed of 

 to traders for rum, rifles, and ammunition. This island marks nearly the northern limit of the 

 codfish, which is occasionally taken there. 



KtrSKOQXJIM DIVISION. 



"We have here a population of thirty-six hundred and fifty-four, which is augmented 

 during the salmon fishing to six or seven thousand, according to Mr. Petrofif, from whose report I 

 take the bulk of the information concerning the fishes of the Kuskoquim River. In the absence 

 of collections, we know nothing definite about the species of fish, but it is reasonable to suppose 

 that they do not differ greatly from those of the Yukon, from which we have many species, as will 

 be seen from the lifft accompanying the account of that division. Salmon, trout, and whitefish are 



