Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 . ^ ^ v\ V No. VI.] NOTICES OF THE FISHES. 711 worms. It has been known, though rarely, to take a hook baited with a small pieceof meat. The structure of its stomach displays in an eminent degree that peculiarthickness of coats which has been observed in many fish of this genus. We caught some fine attihhawmegh at the mouth of the Copper-Mine River, andin Bathursts Inlet, and it abounds in every river and lake in the country. It formsa most delicious food, and at many posts it is the sole article of diet f
Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 . ^ ^ v\ V No. VI.] NOTICES OF THE FISHES. 711 worms. It has been known, though rarely, to take a hook baited with a small pieceof meat. The structure of its stomach displays in an eminent degree that peculiarthickness of coats which has been observed in many fish of this genus. We caught some fine attihhawmegh at the mouth of the Copper-Mine River, andin Bathursts Inlet, and it abounds in every river and lake in the country. It formsa most delicious food, and at many posts it is the sole article of diet for yearstogether, without producing satiety. It spawns in the month of October. Coregonm Artedi ? tin. Coregonas. AHedi. Les Ombres, Cat-. Rg-. Artedi, or Herring Salmon, Le Sueur, Jour, of Acad, of Sciences, Philiulelph. Vol. i, p. 231. This fish bears so strong a resemblance to a lean individual of the precedingspecies, that it requires the eye of an experienced fisherman to detect the differenceon a cursory view. It is, however, smaller in all its parts, and
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