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Show 106 ~en'i~ and Vla·J•ke's E:.t'j1Cdition 1. The wlmle is sometimes Jmt·sucd, harpooned anll tahen by the Indians, although it is mueh mot·c rrcqucnHy killed by running foul of tho rocks in violent st01•ms. and thrown on shore by the action of the wind and tide. In cithct· r.asc, the Indians preserve and cat the blu hbc1' and oil; the bone they cal'cfulJy extract antl expose to sal<·. 2. rrhc porpoise is common on this coast, aml as far UJI t11c river as the water is bracki h. rl'hc Indians somctilnes gig them, and always eat their flesh when thry can procure it. s. The skait is also common in OlC salt water: we saw several of t1lCm which had l,erished, and were thrown on shore by the 1ide. 4. 'fhc flounder is also well lmown here, and we have often seen tl1em left on tho beach after ~he clcpa.t·tul'C or the tide. 'rhe Indians cat this fish, and think it vm·y fine. 'I'hese several species of iish arc the same with those on tbe Atlantic coast. 5. 'l'he common salmon and t•cd cltar :u·c the inhabitants of both the sea and rivers; the fot·mct· arc usually tlJe largest, and weigh ft·om five to 6 l'tccn pouucls: ~hey c:xtcncl themselves into all the rivers and liU le creeks on this sitlc of tho continent, and to them the nativrs arc much indebted f'ot· thci1• subsistence: tllC body of the fi~h is ft·om two and au half to tht·ce feet long, and pt'O}lOrtionably broad: it is covcrc~ with imiwicatctl scales, ol' a moderate si:~.c, and giJlf;: the eye is large, aml the il'is of a siJvct•y colour: the pupa js ulack, the rostl·um or uosc extends beyond the under jaw, aud both jaws arc armed with a single series of long tccih, " •hich at·c subulatc all(l inficctcd llca.r the cxit·cmilics or the jaws, where they arc also more closely aJ'I'angcd: thr.y have some sharp teeth of smalle1~ size, and some sharp points placed on the tongue, which is thick and Heslty: the fins of the back ~u·e two; the iirst is I•laecd ncm·ct· the head than the \entral Jins, and has several l'ays: the second is placed far back, ncar the tail, and has 11{) rays. rrhc flesh of this Up the JJlissom·'i. 197 fish is, when in orclcr, of a deep flesh-coloured red, and every shade ft•om that to an orangu yellow: when very mcagt~c it is almost whit.c: the roes ot' this fish arc in high estimation among the nativ«.•s, who ds·y them in t.hc sun, and l)rcscrvc them for a great lenglh of time: they arc ol' the size of a sma11 pea, nt•at·ly transtmrcnt, and of a reddish yellow cast; Uwy resemble Yet·y much, at a liUlc distance, our common gaa·dcn curr·ants, but arc more yellow. Both the fins and belly of this fish al'c sometimes t•ed, I>~u·ticularly the male: the r d char arc rathel' bt•oatlcr, in JWOportion to their length, than t.hc common salmon: the scales arc also imbl'icatcd, but ratbel' larger; the rostt·um exceeds the under jaw more, and the teeth are neither so large or so numerous as those of the salmon: some of them arc almost cntil·ely red on the belly ancl sides; others a1·c much .more white than the salmon, ant\ none or them at•e variegated whh the dal'li.. spots which mark tltc l)Ody of the other: thcit• Llcsh, roes, and every other pat·ticular, with regard to the form, is that of the salmon. G. Of the salmon (J·out, we observe two species, differing only in col om·; they arc seldom more than two fcctin length~ and narrow in pt·opol'tion to the it· length, much more so than the salmon or red char. rrhc jaws at·e ncal'ly of the same length, and arc furnished with a single series of small subulate straight teeth, not so long nor as hu·ge a.s those of the salmon. The mouth is wide, Hnd the tongue is also fua·nished ·with some teeth: the tins at·e placed much like those of the salmon. At the gl'eat(ltlls we !(lUnd this lish of a siJvcr·y whito colout· on the belly and sides, and a bluish lightlH'own on tho back and head; the second species is of a daJ'I.L colour on its hack, and its sides and belly at·e yellow, with transverse stt·ipcs or dat·k brown; sometimes a little red is intermixed with these colours on the bdJy and sides towards the head. 'fhe eye, flesh, and roe, arc like those dcsct·ibcd of the sa.lmon: the white species f(lund below the fall s, were in excellent OT'drr, When thr . ~tlmon WC't'f.' rutirdy out o(' .'Cason nnd |