120 AMERICAN GAME. 
though it is said to have been taken in the Tiber, between 
the two bridges, by the ancient Romans.* 
There is said to be a variety of this fish found in the 
St. Lawrence, which is described as wanting the regular 
distinctive lines of the Striped Bass, and is said to assume 
amore spotty coloring; the spots, however, running in 
regular lines, five above and five below the lateral line, 
and somewhat resembling ancient church music, whence 
it has been named by Lieutenant Colonel Smith, who has 
done much for Canadian Icthyology, Zabrax Notatus. 
The Striped Bass does not, it appears, run up the St. 
Lawrence so far as Quebec; at least it is so stated by Dr. 
Richardson, in his great work on Northern Zoology ; but 
is commonly found, acccording to my friend, Mr. Pesley, 
the accomplished fisherman and historian of those wa- 
ters, in all the rivers of New Brunswick, which debouche 
into the Gulf, where they afford fine sport with the large 
scarlet Ibis fly, used for salmon-trout, with the smelt 
as a trolling-bait, and with the clam, or a piece of lob- 
ster—the latter a bait which I have never known to be 
used in our waters, though from its similarity to crab, 
which is in great request here at some seasons, its excel- 
lence need not be doubted. 
* Histoire des Poissons, cited by Richardson, Faunu Borcali Ameri- 
cana. Ishould, however, entertain some doubt, if the identity of the 
fish depends merely on the identity of the classic name, Lupus, with the 
modern name—since the Latin Lupus is equally rendered Pike, which 
is found in those waters. _ 
