290 Fisuine in American WATERS. 
of the Mohawk by being bluish-black on the back, bluish-gray 
sides, and white belly. It is found in the Kanawha and Mi- 
ami Rivers, as also in many other streams of Ohio. 
THE WHITEFISH. 
This sucker-mouthed, succulent delicacy is to be found in 
most of the small lakes in the middle of the State of New 
York, where it forages near the springs which gush from the 
bottom, so that its meat is pure, white, juicy, and possessed 
of a most delicate flavor, The color of the back is gray, and 
the rest of the fish a clear white of most lustrous sheen. The 
great lakes from Ontario to Superior produce millions annu- 
ally, and it is supposed the fish near the north shores are su- 
perior to those on the south side of the lakes, because a great- 
er number of cold spring streams debouch in the lakes on the 
north side. The whitefish is leather-mouthed, and sometimes 
takes the spoon or spinning bait. In weight it runs from 
three to nine pounds, and there is less waste in it than in any 
other fish of its size. The engraving is a copy sketched from 
still life by Walter Bracket, Esq., a Boston artist of merit. 
Tue WHITEFISH.—Corregonus alosa or albus. 
It is eminently an economical fish, requiring no butter to 
fry it; but, of course, those persons who unite a little knowl- 
edge of hygiene with gastronomy never fry any but the 
