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principally in circumference, their length sulFering little 
augmentation. The ordinary length is about 16 or 18 
inches. 
The Attihhawmegh seems to prey on insects. Its sto- 
mach, however, is generally filled with earth, mixed with a 
few slender roots of vegetables^ and some small white 
worms. It has been known, though rarel}^, to take a hook 
baited with a small piece of meat. 
Some fine Attihhawmegh were caught at the mouth of 
the Copper-Mine River, and in Bathurst's Inlet, and they 
abound in every river and lake in the country. They form 
a most delicious food, and at many parts are used as the 
sole article of diet, for years together, v/ithout producing 
satiety. It spawns in the month of October. 
We observed no diiFerence in external appearance be- 
tween the males and females. 
* COREGONUS ArTEDL 
Le Sueur, in the Journal of the Academy of Sciences, 
notices a fish under the name of Coregonus Artedi^ or Her- 
l ing Salmon, as occurring in the same lakes with Corego- 
mis alhus. The description there given is not sufficient to 
enable us absolutely to identify the one v/e are about to 
mention with his species, but, at the same time, the coinci- 
dences of character and habitat render it unadvisable for 
us to attempt to describe them as distinct. 
Our fish is known to the fur-traders by the name of 
Tullibee, a corruption of its Cree appellation, Ottonneebees. 
It bears a very strong resemblance to the Coregonus 
* Genus *SWmo, Linn.; Coregonus, AxiQdu — Subgenus Coregonus; Les 
Omhrcs, Cuvier ; Coregonus Artedi. — Le Sueur, 'Journal of the Academy of 
Sciences, Philadelphia,' vol. i. p. 23L 
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