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ESOCID^ . . . . . , . . . . 217 



The Mascalonge ....... 220 



The Great Northerx Pickerel . . . . . . 224 



The Common Pickerel ...... 227 



The Long Island Pickerel . . . . . . 23-3 



ANGUILLIDjE ........ 237 



The Eel . . . . . . . . 237 



PERCIDjE ......... 239 



The American Yellow Perch . . . . . . 239 



The Striped Sea Bass . . . . . .242 



The Yellow Pike Perch . . . , . . 246 

 The Black Bass of THE St. Lawrence . . . .249 



The Growler . . . . . , . . 253 



The Rock Bass . . . . . . .255 



The Common Pond Fish . . . . . . 257 



The Lake Sheep's-Head ...... 259 



The Malasheganat . . . . . . . 261 



SHOAL-WATER FLSHES . . . . . . .263 



PERCID^ . . . . . . . . . 264 



The Sea Bass . . . . . . .264 



SCIENIDj^ . . . . . . . . . 266 



The Lafayette ....... 266 



The Weak Fish . . . . . ... 268 



The King Fish ....... 270 



The Silvery Corvina . . . . . . . 272 



The Branded Corvina . . . . . .273 



The Big Drum, and the Banded Drum . . . . 275 



SPARID^ ......... 277 



The Sheep's-Head . . . . . . . 277 



The Big Porgee ....... 280 



SCOMBRID./E . . . . . . . . . 282 



The Blue Fish ....... 282 



LABRID^ . . . . . . . . . 285 



The Tautog ........ 285 



DEEP-SEA FISHING . . . . . . . . 287 



GADIDjE ......... 288 



The Cod . . . . . . . . . 288 



The American Haddock ...... 290 



The American Whiting . . . . . . . 291 



