264 FISHES I HAVE KNOWN 



in their seas. Inland, tiie Red River Indians at 

 certain seasons live entirely on the salmon that 

 choke their streams, and the equally abundant 

 white fish. 



All down the coasts of North-west America fish 

 abound, and north of Columbia immense shoals of 

 eulachan (or candle-fish) ascend every river. They 

 are a species of smelt, a foot long, and so fat that 

 with a wick passed ■ through them they can be 

 burnt like rush-lights, and are used as food and as 

 a bait for larger fish. 



Off California, amongst many useful food-fishes, 

 tunas, black bass, yellow-tails, and great tarpons, 

 afford capital sport, though the flesh of the first and 

 the last is not, as a rule, " hankered after." 



From the steaming isthmuses of Panama down 

 to chilly Patagonia, there is a superabundance of 

 excellent cheap fish, while the poor Fuegian women 

 keep their families by gathering mussels and clams, 

 and by catching the mullets that swarm amongst 

 the giant kelp. 



In the Argentine and Uraguayan rivers there 

 are plenty of fish, which would be more appreciated 

 if beef and mutton were not so cheap there. 



The eastern shores of the United States are 

 famous for extensive fishing industries, both salt 

 and fresh ; while Canada, Newfoundland, and New 



