Its length is about two feet, its gullet is capacious, and it preys upon fish large enough to distend its body to nearly twice its proper size.

It is never eaten, not even by the dogs unless through necessity, but its liver and roe are considered as delicacies.
The pike is also plentiful, and being readily caught in the winter-time with the hook, is so much prized on that account by the natives, as to receive from them the name of _eithinyoo-cannooshoeoo_, or Indian fish.

The common trout, or _nammoecous_, grows here to an enormous size, being caught in particular lakes, weighing upwards of sixty pounds; thirty pounds is no uncommon size at Beaver Lake, from whence Cumberland House is supplied.

The Hioden clodalis, _oweepeetcheesees_, or gold-eye is a beautiful small fish, which resembles the trout, in its habits.
One of the largest fish is the _mathemegh_, catfish, or _barbue_.

It belongs to the genus _silurus_.