TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Introductory Remarks 

 The Game Fish of North America 

 Salmomd-e, or the Salmon- Family 

 The True Salmon . 

 The Brook Trout 

 The Greatest Lake Trout 

 The Siskawitz 

 The Lke Trout 

 The Salmon Trout 

 The Masamacush 

 Back's Grayling 

 Tho Americ;m Smelt 

 The Capelin 

 The White-Fish 

 The Otsego Bass 



ES0CID.E, OR THE PlKE FaMILY . 



The Mascalonge . 

 The Great Northern Pickerel . 

 The Common Pickerel . 

 The Long Island Pickerel 

 Cyprinid-e, or the Carp Family 

 The Conmion Carp . 

 The American Roach . 

 The New York Shiner 

 The American Bream . 

 Minnows . . . • • 

 The Herring 



CLUPID.E, OR THE HeRRING FaMILY 



The Shad 



SlLURID-E, Oa THE CaT-FiSH FaIMLY 



The Cat-Fish 

 Anguillid^, or THE Eel Family 

 The Eel .... 



PERCIDiE, OR THE PeARCH FaMILY 



The American Yellow Pearch 

 The Striped Sea-Bass 

 The Yellow Pike Pearch 



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