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vere naturally ignorant. The scientific name and characteristics of 

 this fish are well established, as Coregonus Otsego, the English of 

 which, being interpreted, is " the Otsego Lavaret." And now, why 

 should not the stupid blunder of Bass be consigned to the oblivion 

 which it deserves, and the true appellation be applied to the fish — an 

 appellation which_ assigns to this, the last, not least, of the American 

 Salmonidw, a local habitation and a name?. 



At the last moment, I quote from a very clever writer under the 

 signature of the " Naturalist," from the Spirit of the Times, confirma- 

 tory of my opinion with regard to the taking of this class of fishes with 

 the fly : 



"Besides the Salmon and Spotted Trout, the Coregonus Albus, or 

 White Fish, is abundant in the Chateaugay lakes. In the latter part 

 of June and early part of July they take the artificial fly freely ; in 

 winter, they may be often taken through the ice with the worm. I 

 myself caught one of three pounds' weight, with a worm, while fishing 

 off the rocky shore, (the shores of both lakes are mostly rocky,) for the 

 Speckled Trout." 



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