. L'American natural history ; une base de connaissances utiles de les animaux supérieurs de l'Amérique du Nord. L'histoire naturelle. 406 OEDERS DE POISSONS-FONTAINE ET SALMOJN liens qui ont fait de la ouananiche célèbre. Cette espèce d'ours saumon atlantique et la ouananiche si proche ressemblance qui c'est encore une question ouverte de savoir si les trois espèces ne devraient pas être fusionnés en un {Salmo salar). En tout état de cause, une photo de la saumon Sebago pourrait facilement, sous d'autres noms, pour ne devoir en représentant les deux autres ! Le Tarpon' est l'un des très rares grands poissons pour lesquels il est bon d'appliquer le w

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. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 406 OEDERS OF FISHES—TROUT AND SALMOJN ties that have made the ouananiche famous. This species bears to Atlantic salmon and the ouananiche so close a resemblance that it is yet an open question whether the three species should not be merged into one {Salmo salar). At all events, a picture of the Sebago Salmon might easily, under other names, be made to do duty in representing the other two! The Tarpon' is one of the very few large fishes to which it is proper to apply the word viagnificent. Either in the water or out, or hanging upon the wall of a dining-room, it is as its pet name implies, a Silver King, entitled to royal honors. Its enormous scales, its back of Its flesh is excellent, and will always hold its place in the markets of the South. In cruising around the coast of Florida, you first see the Tarpon breaking water, back in air, Uke an undulating porpoise. You may see fifty of them, and sail and fish for days before you catch one; but one big Silver King pays for a long journey, and ten days of cruising. Twenty-fi^'e years ago, no one attempted to catch a 100-pound Tarpon with rod, reel and line of light weight. To-day, angling for this grand creature has become an estabhshed recreation, and on the Florida coast is regularly pursued as such at Fort Jlyers, Punta Rassa, Boca Grande. Drawn by J. Carter Be.^rd, THE TARPON. royal blue and sides of burnished silver proclaim it at a glance, and in the presence of such external splendor we cease to care whether its flesh is savory or not. How the Romans would have doted upon this fish, had they but lived within its realm! To-day it is beloved of every American sports- man who can get in touch with it, first because of its imposing personahty, and next because of the difficulty in catching it with hook and line. It is taken by rod-and-reel fishing in lagoons, and also by trolling in "the

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