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readily caught in the winter-time with the 

 hook, is so much prized on that account by 

 the natives, as to receive from them the 

 name of eithinyoo-cannooshoeoo, or Indian 

 fish. The common trout, or nammcecous, 

 grows here to an enormous size, being caught 

 in particular lakes, weighing upwards of 

 sixty pounds ; thirty pounds is no uncommon 

 size at Beaver Lake, from whence Cumber- 

 land House is supplied. The Hioden clo- 

 dalis, oweepeetcheesees, or gold-eye, is a 

 beautiful small fish, which resembles the 

 trout in its habits. 



One of the largest fish is the mathemegh, 

 cat-fish, or barbue. It belongs to the genus 

 silurus. It is rare, but is highly prized as 

 food. 



The sturgeon (accipenser ruthenus) is 

 also taken in the Saskatchawan, and lakes 

 communicating with it, and furnishes an 

 excellent, but rather rich article of food. 



