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and eaten. They were, considered as "good"; not so good as bass or 

 mountain trout, but better than perch or catfish. — Matthew A. Mil- 

 ler, Richmond, Va. 



151. Not equal to teout or shad. — Yes, I had some prepared 

 as fish generally are. My opinion is that they are the fish for the peo. 

 pie, but not so good as the trout or shad. — C. M. Coe, Atlanta, Ga. 



155. Not equal to trout. — I have eaten carp from another's 

 pond. I liked them pretty well — not so well as trout. They were 

 fried. — Pemberton Wood, Union Bridge, Md. 



156. Not equal to trout or perch. — I commenced in 1882, and 

 have been eating on them ever since. I am getting old and could not wait 

 any longer. We fry and stew them. They are very good, either way — 

 not equal to the trout or perch. — M. S. Finch, sr., Wortham, Tex. 



157. Next to trout and perch. — Good ; only surpassed by our 

 native trout and perch. — E. L. McGehee, Woodville, Miss. 



158. Better than sunfish or trout. — Fried, and better than 

 the sunfish. I prefer them to the mountain trout from my pond near 

 by or to my eastern trout bred here. — Addison Baker, Denver City, 

 Colo. 



159. Better than red-horse — not equal to bream. — One 

 only — of the scaly variety. It was fried and pronounced fine — not equal 

 to the bream, but better than red-horse, which it resembles. — S. W. 

 Bookhart, M. D., Blythewood, 8. C. 



160. Equal to shad, red-horse, black bass, or suckers. — 

 They are equal to the shad, red-horse, black bass, white sucker, and 

 other fish we get here. — Abel A. Wright, Griffin, Ga. 



161. Equal to any native fishes. — Yes, Iried. They are equal 

 to any of our native fishes. — H. I. Irly, Eufaula, Ala. 



162. Equal to black bass. — I think they are as good as black 

 bass. — Wm. Downey, New Market, Md. 



163. Better than black bass, rock or mackerel — equal to 

 shad. — We have, fried. We consider them equal to shad, superior to 

 black bass, rock or mackerel, and we wish for nothing better. They 

 are the fish for the million. — Edwin H. Beynolds, Rising Sun, Md. 



161. Equal to bass or perch — superior to lake fish. — The first 

 one was caught about September 1, which we did not expect to be extra 

 on account of the warm weather, but to our surprise it was excellent, and 

 by one guest who is used to eating fish caught fresh from Lake Mich- 

 gan and from different streams of this State, it was pronounced equal 

 to the creek bass or perch, as it is sometimes called, which is considered 

 the best fish we have, even superior to lake fish. We all thought it far 

 better than catfish or suckers. It was not oily or coarse, as some papers 

 have stated. Three persons besides our own family of four grown per- 

 sons partook of it and all liked it. The other fish was caught in October 

 after the weather became cooler, and four people, all different from the 

 first party, besides our family, ate of it, the same opinion being expressed 



