PREFACE. vll 



and on which his official position enables him to speak 

 with weight and authority. 



Our great works on Natural History, while too bulky 

 for the traveller, are only within reach of the few; 

 separate accounts relating to special localities, when based 

 on personal and accurate observation, are therefore 

 always of value. I have accordingly attempted to give 

 an account of the game, and fresh-water fish, of the 

 Canadas, with notices of their habitats, which, whUe 

 possessing some scientific arrangement, shall be suffi- 

 ciently free from unintelligible terms to make the work 

 available for the use of those who have no taste for the 

 systematic study of Natural History. 



Teetowie, May, 1866. 



