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the "round whitefish," because it is not deeper than 

 broad, but as it has a square body Richardson called 

 it Coregonus quadrilaterale , and other fellows have 

 changed the generic name. The fish is well worthy of 

 cultivation for food in the Adirondacks and is propa- 

 gated there. The following is from my monograph 

 on "Adirondack Fishes," 1882 : "This fish is one of 

 several species generally called 'whitefish,' the type of 

 which is the large fish of that name found in the Great. 

 Lakes. I took them in Big Moose, the Fulton chain 

 and Clear Pond (near Meacham Lake). They are a 

 handsome fish and most excellent for the table. They 

 do not take the hook, and are usually captured in the 

 fall while running up the brooks to spawn, when they 

 are taken in great numbers by traps made of stakes, 

 and are salted for winter use by those living in the 

 woods. They are classed in the same family with the 

 salmon and the trouts, although they have no teeth 

 and have large, loose scales. The presence of the 

 small adipose second dorsal fin and other commoa 

 characters seem sufficient to place the genera Core- 

 Zonus, Argyrosoiiiits and Prosopiuni, the whitefishes 

 and so-called lake herrings; Osiuenis, the smelts, and 

 Thymallus, the graylings, in the family Salmotiidce." 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



SMELT (Osnierus mordax). 



Here is a fish worthy the attention of every State 

 Fish Commission which has lakes fed bv streams. 



