449 Fisuinc ry AMERICAN WATERS. 
edible qualities as in size, and in saltatory powers and gamy 
habits while playing on the angler’s hook. 
The Wrxninisu, of the upper waters of the Saguenay River, 
in Canada, should by all means be introduced to the rivers 
of Maine and New Hampshire. It is the richest game for its 
size of any belonging to the genus Salmo, and a higher lux- 
ury for the table than any other of the numerous salmon 
families, 
“But, after all,” to use an American phrase of emphatic 
significance, the brook trout and salmon of our Northern wa- 
ters are among the best fresh-water fishes in the world for 
both the epicure and the angler. Add to these the numer- 
ous delicacies of whitefish, cisco, black bass, and the farther 
armies of our lakes and rivers, with the teeming millions of 
our coasts and estuaries, and we should be satisfied if we 
can continue our present ample store until we can conven- 
iently add a few kinds more. s 
THE SHOKT SUNFISH, 
