. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. AnnoMINAL MALACOITERYGII. 141 ::.. !S '. , ;-.,!' THE WHITE-FISH. ATTIHAWMEG. Coregonus Alhus; Le Sueur, Cuvier. This and the succeeding fish are the last two of the Salmon family, and the only two of their own peculiar sub-genus found within the limits of the United States and British Provinci-', although there are several other specie's in the Arctic regions. » * In Europe they have
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. AnnoMINAL MALACOITERYGII. 141 ::.. !S '. , ;-.,!' THE WHITE-FISH. ATTIHAWMEG. Coregonus Alhus; Le Sueur, Cuvier. This and the succeeding fish are the last two of the Salmon family, and the only two of their own peculiar sub-genus found within the limits of the United States and British Provinci-', although there are several other specie's in the Arctic regions. » * In Europe they have several equivalents which are generally known as Lavarets; of these are the well-known British species, the Gwyniad, the Vcndace, and the Powan, of England and Scotland, and the Pollan of Ireland, all closely connected, and yet perfectly distinct from the analogous fish of America. Here, unfortunately, these fine fish have no names at all, save the trivial designations or absurd misnomers given to them by the first rude settlers of the regions in which they are found. The fish of which we are now speaking is probably the most deli- cious of all the purely fresh-water varieties—for such to all intents and purposes it is, as a table fish, for it is not found within the limits of civilization, except in the lakes above the Falls of Niagara, which preplude the possibility of communication with the sea. It is, how- %\ Rf \ . i- i^n r,t: f' A\. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : Stringer & Townsend
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