e great pike (Esox nobilior), and it is to all intents and
purposes possessed of the general characteristics of the Esocidae
family. Our old friend E. lucius occurs in Ontario waters, and the
Indians call it kenosha. The French having, in old days, rendered this
kinonge, we can easily understand why the name, as adopted by Ontario,
was given. While, however, the pike proper is common to both sides of
the Atlantic, the 'lunge is confined to the basin of the St. Lawrence.

My angling friends in the club at Toronto could lay before me a
bewildering choice of places where I should have a fair chance of that
one 'lunge and one bass with which I professed I would be content. But
to do them justice it would require a week of time, and much travel by
night and day. After contriving and scheming I discovered that three
days would be the utmost I could spare for fishing, and on the advice
of friends, Lake Scugog, at Port Perry, was decided upon as a tolerable
ground, not more than forty miles from the city. We were set down on
the permanent way of the Grand Trunk line about nine o'clock, and were
met by a couple of local gentlemen, anglers good and true, who had been
advised of our approach, who had kindly come down to guide our
footsteps aright, and who welcomed us in the true spirit of sportsmen.
First came breakfast in the hotel opposite, or to be exact, first came
inquiries of the boatman and all and sundry as to possibilities of
sport. The lake was most fair to look upon from the veranda, the water
curled by a nice breeze, the sun shining over it, and the abundant
woods of an island about two miles from our landing-place.

But the fish had not been biting well for a week. It was
incomprehensible, but true, that the boats had never returned so empty
of fish as latterly. One shrewd boatman, who fell to our lot for the
day, said that the Indians, of whom the small remnant of a tame tribe
lived as agriculturists on the island, had a tradition that in August
and part of September the 'lunge shed their teeth, and that during this
period they never take the bait, or feed in any shape or form. What
fish did Scugog contain? Well, there were shiners, suckers, eels----
Oh! sporting fish! Ah, well, there were no trout, but there were
'lunge, perch, and any number of green, or large-mouthed, bass. This
was Ben's information, elicited by cross-examination as we sat on the
veranda before unpacking our effects.

As to what he