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This region of country is much frequented by artists, and 

 some fine pictures of real and supposed scenes in the Adiron- 

 dacks have been painted. On my return home, I had the 

 agreeable company, for the greater part of the way, of our 

 young sculptor friend Q. W. and his wife. They had gone 

 in from Crown Point, and came down Long Lake and the 

 Raquette to Stony Brook, and then by way of the Saranacs to 

 Martin's, loitering on the way, the trip occupying about ten 

 days. 



Joe. Are there any other fish of the Salmon family in the 

 Adirondacks besides Lake and Brook Trout ? 



Nes. There is a species of Goregonus, or Whitefish, in the 

 Saranacs, similar to those known as Lake Herring in the larger 

 lakes. I did not see any of them, but was told that their 

 average size is not over eight inches, which is even smaller 

 than the Laverett and Grwynaid taken in the lakes of Scot- 

 land. They do not rise at a fly, however, or take a bait. 

 "When we made the short portage on the stream connecting 

 the Lower Saranac with Eound Lake, my guide pointed out 

 an eddy below the rapid, where, he said, he has taken five or 

 six barrels of them in a few days, with a "lift- net," when 

 they collect there to spawn, which is in ISTovember. They 

 are sent to market frozen, and are highly esteemed for their 

 delicate flavor. I have never heard of these fish being taken 

 in the lakes of Hamilton County, or in those that connect 

 with the Raquette. 



Nob. I thought all the fish of the Salmon family would 

 take a bait or rise at a fly. 



Nes. By no means ; you confound the family Salmonidae 

 with the genus Salmo. The Salmon is the type of the family 

 as well as the genus. All that belong to the genus Salmo 

 are voracious fish ; but the genus known as Ooregonus, which 



