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Natural History

Of reptiles we have also a due proportion, especially of frogs: the rattle snake is the only poisonous species.

Among the fish afforded by our lakes and rivers are whitefish, salmon, sturgeon, perch, bass, suckers, herring, pickerel or Muskellonge, trout, catfish, sheepshead, and lawyers, and many others, nearly all valuable as articles of food for man. They are caught in large quantities, and some are exported. The inhabitants at [of] the north, where game is scarce, and where agriculture has not yet been introduced, live almost exclusively upon fish, which are caught in vast quantities at the mouth of the rivers. The excellent qualities of these fish for the table are too well known to need description here.

[Tetrao umbelleatus]

* Tetrao Canadensis, Linn. Spotted Grouse- [Bonaparte Am. Orn. 3 p 49]
" phasianellus, Linn. Sharp-tailed Grouse [Bonaparte Am. Orn 3 p 38]
" saliceti, Temim (Talbus Gmel.) Willow Grouse ;- or White Partridge.

+ The Pheasant and Prairie Hen (T. umbellus & T. cupido)

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