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ate any complained of a little sickness at the stomach after eating tliein. 

 After trying myself I sent a half dozen or more to friends in the vil- 

 lage, and every one who ate them said it had the same taste to them as 

 above. I must say I think it the most inferior fish I ever ate. I tried 

 hard to see if I could not overcome some of my bad opinions of the fish, 

 as I bad gone to the expense of fitting up a nice pond especially for 

 them, but facts are stubborn things. I am now stocking my pond with 

 black bass in order that they may eat up the young carp, as I think 

 them worthless for anything else. — Copeland 1). Epes, Nottoway C. H., 

 Va. 



V. — THE ONLY UNCOMPLIMENTARY REPORTS ASIDE FROM THOSE 

 KNOWN TO BE DUE TO EATING CARP IN THE WRONG SEASON. 



195. Rather indifferent. — Have eaten several fried and considered 

 them rather indifferent. — Robert M. Stabler, Spencerville, Md. 



196. Nothing extra. — I ate two of them ; I thought them nothing 

 extra. — J. L. Woolfolk, Madisonville, Ky. 



107. Opinions differ. — Have eaten a number of them; most of per- 

 sons pronounce them hue, others differ. — W. VV. Tunis & Bro., Tunis 

 Mills, Md. 



IDS. Could not tell. — We have fried and eaten two of the fish 

 that we found in the grass with some hook holes through their mouths. 

 Thieves had dropped them. We could not tell much about the qual- 

 ity. — John B. Brown, Nashville, Ohio. 



109. Unfavorable. — Opinion not in favor of carp. — John Collins, 

 BernardsviUe, N. J. 



200. Very poor. — I have. They were fried in hogs' lard. Their 

 edible quantities were very poor. — Josiah Perry, Covington, Ga. 



201. Does not like them at all. — We have eaten them several 

 times, always fried in butter or lard, after being rolled in meal. I do 

 not like them at all. — Oscar Reid, Ferguson, Mo. 



202. Unfit to ea.t. — Have eaten one and pronounced it decidedly 

 unfit for table use. — R. Payne, Georgetown, Ky., 



203. Worthless for eating. — Yes, have eaten a few, baked, fried, 

 and broiled. Their edible qualities are not good. I was very much 

 disappointed in them. They are worthless for eating. I think it very 

 likely that the muddy bottom of the pond causes the fish to be so indif- 

 ferent for eating. — E. F. Raworth, Viclcsburg, Miss. 



204. Tough and unfit to eat. — Our country is getting pretty thor- 

 oughly stocked with German carp, and there is hardly a paper in the 

 land but teems with praises of their wonderful growth, loveliness, adapt- 

 ability to the shallow ponds, &c, all of which we most unqualifiedly 

 indorse; but how seldom do we hear one word as to their eating quali- 

 ties. Although our esteemed senator from this district, who introduced 

 them here three years ago, tells us they sell "side by side" with the 

 best fish in the Washington, D. C, market, still that does not keep other 



