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Notes on certain pots lt the State of Ohio. «3% 
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kinds of navigation 
Fisheries, the kinds, quantity mad value ea Jish ; the - of 
taking and curing them—an account of the di iPerent vps 
of fishin the streams, ponds, and lakes. 
* When the first settlement was made in ih conntey; ish. 
were found in the greatest abundance in all the streams; but 
since somany boats are employed on the rivers, the fish ‘have 
— scarce and more difficult to take. 
which are usually caught, are yellow and. blac 
: hite peri spotted perch, pike, trout, buffaloe, 
0 kinds of sturgeon, one with a broad flat nose, 
_The greater quantity cane in this neighbourhood, are ta- 
spine called. a * trot 
line,” where the water is tolerably still and deep: this uCe 4 
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baited with chy 8 or minnies. It is usually visited morning 
and evening, or oftener if necessary, the fish taken o 
and the baits renewed. In this = nner they sometimes take 
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the | rT mon hs, when ie water is low, seines are 
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them. times: find pike, pci 30° or 40 pr 
Another ‘kone at taking sh, 6 
This is usually done in the maine se assistance of torch- 
Nig The fish, attracted by the light, comes to the surface 
of “the water, and falls an easy victim to the expert spearman 
But they are not in sufficient abundance to ae an article 
export, or even tu supply our own dem many bar- 
els of salt fish being annually brought from he sin al and sea 
coast, and sold in this market. 
Wi ild animals, serpents, tortoises, and other amphibious ani- 
mals; quadrupeds, insects, or the bones of the animal called 
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-. the mammoth, or of any Other unknown anima 
The wild animals of this county are of those kinds common 
