Quis, nisi z<idisset,pisces 

 sub undas nature crederet. 

 Linn.eus. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Prologue xl 



The Yellow Perch J 



The Pike Perches « 



The Striped Bass 22 



The White Bass' and the Yellow Bass 3 2 



The White Perch 35 



The Sea Basses 39 



The Groupers and the Jew Fish 47 



The Black Basses ■ 54 



The Sun Fishes and their Allies 64 



Snappers and Fed Mouths 73 



The Sheepshead 83 



The Scuppaug and the Fair Maid 9 2 



The Red Drum 101 



The Squctcaguc no 



The King and Queen Fishes I2 3 



Spots, Croakers and Foil ca dors I2 9 



Sea Drum and Lake Drum *3" 



Cobia, Moonfish and Flasher 1 44 



The Bluefish 15 7 



The Mackerel and its Allies 163 



The Spanish Mackerel and the Ceroes 184 



The Pompanoes T 98 



Boniloes and Tunnies , 2 °6 



