, 1870-02-20
FISH MIGRATION.
Appearance OF StrnnKc Members OF
the Elnny Tribe in New Fo1K Lakes.

The appearance OF a new and strange n,a II
Lakes On'arto, Seneca, snd o'her inland oodes Of
Ester, naa been more taan oncs Ie5erFsd e. 70 II
10 the Pablc- 1t resembles The sbad OF the A.
laEt'c coast And t1ve.s more clntc!y tnAa any
o.her that We see. -, the didefenee u, however,
There slsh Hrpeared II The HateTa o. Mehtern
New York two or three years 6!nce, aud they were
ten s1ual:-so ANAL tlat they coa.d aca.cel! oe
tsksn IN the Leth atd telnea IN use. II "a evident
that these we're immigrants, al yonns-a de'ach-
nj Mt OF Young America IN the rnnT tribe who
hid lefl the fatneriaud or ec1-a1d had gone into
n1u better food aad incur lesa h1zar Of being de-
voured by the monsters OF the ocean, who are
supposed 10 uae sa1dtnea and other 1usll frg. ID
4 leaI os two II the cord. freah Na:g1 Of the
1al es improved their ccadIroa Eas!ty. They grew
n1ey. and LAST yesr they could no: escape the
aeta plcntupIy With other n.n. with Which the
t1hermsu had Better acllan:ancs. These
e,ra1zers were little bony. 70: more 50 than tue
snich makes a great di6erence wiIh people 4no
iscl inclined TO De auoboy 10 au ePicurlan way.
S;e1eca Lake aoounds in these rsa. They are
TO easlnate their runoers would be useless
tax with d hope to make M approximation 10
stat they realis arc. The la'eeat OF these csa
It a;Ied ;neT xro stn. TheTe il every inaic1s:ou
ttat 1hla nsh viii be hereafter ABUNDANT in The
.akea. The Inquiry Iatarasly arose AZ 70 tae
GeuesA scEt tample Of thess nan to Professor
ASf2sIz, supposed to b. bette. posted al to p.c
.o1iAl Datttls than aay othes man lie pro
ao1Lced the 1sh a 1scsh water a1eElfe, but dl'
aot, We eel1erc. attempt 10 account lGr ~ recau
appearance IN tnc laSes Various theories Rest
Advanced BY those who knew nothing Of The mat
se:. The prevailing nctIou autouR,th- m1ze intel
tiEeEt WHO thought on The matter, WAS that sh
rin bad cou G into the tAkes from tie .Auaht
| BY way Of the St lawrence, THIS h.llef u uo'
| tole5nh.y well established, as the Rsme nBh na
| eeea fond In Atlantic waters. evidently m Oh
| resident tne1c+
Seth Gtecu, who u up 10 Eucn matters, had gtrel
| some attention 10 this AtIange nsh. and do not
We ocllere, exactly conc.de With Agass!z aa 70 II
| ch1tAc1et. I he other d21. white on visit
| chesapeake Lay, he dIEcoyefad tnt1 strange nsE
or Others Of the same family, IN great abundance
| TheJ were sold In the Baltimore market under tn
name Gf bftm shad and mud ahna. Ia Norfolk TIE
I arc lnowu ~ Slzzafd shAo, 30 6sJied because {
tnsir having nuteulrCs stomach peculiar 10 fowl
| and Which Ia not common 10 osh, II Il L. ever loun
In any other than this variety. Nj. Geeen, by cal,
| IN, cIauiuat!ou. became satlAred tAAt The bill
| sEad o. gzzard thsd OF the Chesapeake are OF
and the Ba1e w!th the strange Dish In or I0k
I Cnsll better "a found our people may adopt or
! Of three names Gtren them In baltimore or No
foik, fer ihe4e Est, which haEe hitherto been nAtl
less II IL rot un!lkely that the Gsn Of tnls laul
| may be fouad IN tho Atlantic bays, far north
the Cnesap pc axe, from orc OF which they may hA,
| gone Up the 81. LaNrence- They probably ma
their way from Lake Ontario talo Seneca LAKE.
l WAY OF the canals and rivers, which form cha
l rQ1f ffnn1 fhA ~ Rhehe1fkr FhfAH.