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this lake, gave the fish so very high a character 

 that I induced him to try and send over some of 

 the ova. He endeavoured to do so, and obtained 

 nearly 50,000 ova — but unfortunately placed them 

 in some zinc trays which were of rather impure 

 metal, and the whole of the ova died, as we con- 

 cluded poisoned, before he could send it away.^ No 

 doubt if the plan of packing it in wet moss and ice 

 had been adopted, we shotdd have succeeded in 

 getting it safely over. 



There are many other American fish recommended 

 strongly by various authorities as useful for our 

 waters. I have already alluded to the Black Bass 

 in treating of rivers. This fish is also suitable for 

 lakes, where it might be really useful, and there 

 could not be much difficulty in obtaining it. 



The great Maskinong^ rather resembles the pike 

 in appearance. It inhabits the large lakes in Western 

 Canada chiefly. This fish has been known to reach 

 701bs. and even 8 Gibs, in weight. That which I 

 have said concerning the voracity of the black bass, 



^ My friend came to thia conclusion, because after a few days a 

 white powder exuded from the zinc and lay thickly over the inner 

 surface, and wherever this was the ova died. It so happened, 

 however, that some half-dozen pellets rested upon a cork which 

 stopped a hole in the zinc, and these alone did not die. A curious 

 and very confirmatory ciroumstamoe of the opinion he expressed. 



