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chor on the shady side of a floral islet, in a narrow, rapid chan- 
nel, where they cast the flies for black bass. Thus passes the 
day, on waters where the air is laden with perfume trom wild 
roses and honeysuckles, and where the music of birds chimes 
in with the running waters as the trollers alternate between 
light and shade, now gliding alone in gorgeous sunlight, and 
anon tracing narrow channels, shaded by tall forest trees, 
where wild ducks and other winged game are rendered al- 
most tame by the contiguity of civilization and the frequent 
sight of gay and jolly fishing-parties. 
SECTION SECOND. 
THE MASKINONGE. 
Where’er Ontario’s waters chafe 
The rocky bluffs that crown its shore, 
And where Canadian banks are green, 
And crystal tributaries pour, 
The savage maskinongé doth roam 
The tyrant of the watery plain, 
No rebel to dispute his claim, 
No rival in his great domain. 
The maskinongé is the most beautiful specimen of the pike 
family. The tribe is confined to the range of large lakes and 
rivers of our Northern boundary, and to most of the lakes 
and rivers in the vast northwestern wilderness extending to 
the frigid zone. The Ojibwa name of this fish is “ icshanon- 
ja, 
ony, the “ habitans” named it masque-longue, signifying long 
” meaning “long-snout.” When Canada was a French col- 
visage. Isubmit that the Ojibwa was entitled by priority to 
the right of naming the fish; but as the Dominion of Canada 
has named it again, and in all legal enactments there in ref- 
erence to it the name of the fish is written “maskinongé,” I 
willingly accept the modification instead of either the Indian 
or the French name. 
Thus much in explanation of naming a fish which has puz- 
zled most ichthyologists and anglers, so that they have been 
uncertain and dubious on the point. The uname is Masxr- 
NONGE. 
