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some places it is cstceiut-d u j^reat ilelicuoy. All tlic Cat-tish an- 

 greedy biters, and will take nlinost any animal substance as a 

 bait. After beinj; hookeil, however, although they are powerful 

 lish, and pull hard for a while, it is y(>t a dead lu:; entirely: 

 unlike the livi-ly and tierce nsistanee of the Trouts and 

 Perches; and they afl'oid in truth very little real sport ti) the 

 angler. 



Seven species of this \U\\ ari- (jnotiil by M. Lc Sueur as 

 belonging to Lakes Erie, Ontario, ami their tributary waters, 

 besides many other varieties in the soutlicrn and western waters, 

 where it grows to a yet more enormous size. 



There is, however, so little diUcrencc either in the appearance 

 or habits of this filthy, niuddoving and hideous fish, that the 

 description of one species must serve for all. 



The cut at the head of this article represents the great Cat- 

 tish, or Huron Piinclode. 



The {Si/iirus Glunis), Sly Silurus, or Sheat-fisli, is tlu- largest 

 fresh-water tish of Europe, growing, it is said, to six feet in 

 length, and attaining to three huiulred weight. 



Dr. Smith includes this species of Si/un/.s in the tishes of 

 Massachusetts, and l)r. I'lint attributes it to tlu; Ohio and 

 Mississippi, both evidently confounding it «ith the \ari(jus 

 indigenous Pimclodcs, which it greatly resembles. It ditfcrs 

 from the American Pimclodcs in having the anal tin extremely 

 long, extending almost the whole distance from the extremity 

 of the ventral to the ••ritrin of the caudal fin. 



