﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  INTERIOR 
  WATERS. 
  

  

  493 
  

  

  THE 
  FISHERY 
  PRODUCTS. 
  

  

  The 
  weight 
  of 
  products 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  inland 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  in 
  1804, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  certain 
  articles 
  whose 
  weij;lit 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  i>rac- 
  

   ticable 
  to 
  state, 
  was 
  or),4ir),0()0 
  pounds. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  this 
  yield 
  to 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  was 
  $1,791,000. 
  A 
  very 
  lar.ii^e 
  proportion 
  of 
  this 
  catch 
  was 
  in 
  

   the 
  basin 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Kiver 
  and 
  its 
  numerous 
  tributaries. 
  These 
  

   waters 
  yield, 
  as 
  their 
  ])rincipal 
  products, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  fishes 
  that 
  are 
  not 
  

   conspicuous 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  other 
  waters 
  — 
  namely, 
  buffalo- 
  fish 
  and 
  

   other 
  suckers, 
  fresh- 
  water 
  drum 
  or 
  sheepshead, 
  paddle-fish, 
  catfish, 
  and 
  

   crappy. 
  

  

  