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deceptive bait with its perfidious hook. Providence, who has so
severely tried us this year, has given a proof of His pity in the
unusual take of pike at Lake Winnipeg and Manitobah. The
large kind make an excellent dish when there is seasoning to
relieve its flavor, and to modify a peculiar taste, and even odor,
probably unknown elsewhere, but unmistakable here. Carp-like,
Pike are sought after only when all other supplies fail. There are
pike in all our lakes, and in some of them magnificent fish. I have
weighed some of thirty pounds, and I believe I have seen larger
ones. Pike swallow very large fish without doing them the least
damage. I have often seen as many as two White Fish in the
stomachs of pike, and these, together, did not weigh less than five
or six pounds. The numerous sharp teeth of the pike inflict a
severe wound, not only when the animal bites, but when by
accident, and after they have been detached, one pricks oneself.
III.  The family of Siluroideś supplies us with only one species :
The Mathemeg—Silurus (Pimelodus) Borealis.
Our brill (barbue) or Cat-fish is little likely to gain favor by
its appearance ; some Indians call it " Ugly fish," but it is rich,
plump and well-flavored. An ordinary Cat-fish weighs from five
to twelve pounds. It is much sought after by those who are
familiar with its good qualities. Like all of the same family this
fish is devoid of scales. Its broad, flat, and nearly square head
has earned for it the name cat, as its eight beard appendages
(barbes) have procured it the name barbue. The Cat-fish is not
found, I believe, to the north of the Saskatchewan. It swims in
the lakes near Red River, and the affluents of that stream, and also
in some of the tributaries of Lake Winnipeg. The Cat-fish (or
Land Cod) is caught with set Unes.
IV.  The Salmonoideś is by far the most important family we
have.    It includes the foUowing species :
The Common Salmon—Salrno Salar.
Ross's Arctic Salmon—Salmo Rossii.
The Copper-mine River Salmon—Salmo Hearnii.
The Long-finned Char—Salmo Alipes.
The Angmalook—Salmo Nitidus.
The Masamacush—Salmo Hoodii.