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CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Prologue XI 



The Yellow Perch..... i 



The Pike Perches n 



The Striped Bass 22 



The White Bass and the Yellow Bass 32 



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 



S7iappers and Red Mouths 73 



The Sheepshead ^Z 



The Scuppaug and the Fair Maid 92 



The Red Drum loi 



The Squeteague no 



The King and Queen Fishes 123 



Spots, Croakers and Roncadors 129 



Sea Drum and Lake Drum 136 



Cobia, Moonfish and Flasher 1 44 



The Bluefish 157 



The Mackerel and its Allies 163 



The Spanish Mackerel and the Ceroes 184 



The Pompanoes 198 



Bonitoes and Tunnies 206 



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