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Under many local names this beautiful little Cyprinus is 

 found in every swift-running stream with a gravelly bottom, and 

 in the shallows of every pond or lakelet throughout the country. 

 They are generally known as Killy-fish, and are an excellent 

 bait for fish of almost every kind that prey on other fish. 



As live bait for Pike, Perch, or Cat-fish, they are not to be 

 equalled ; and in spinning or trolling they are excellent for the 

 noble Striped Bass, the Pike, the Salmon, the Lake Trout in all 

 its varieties, and for the Brook Trout — especially those which 

 are found in the tide creeks, where they are less willing than in 

 other waters to take the fly. A more particular description of 

 so common and well-known a fish would take up space need- 

 lessly, which is more required for other parts of my subject; and 

 the species are, I was almost about to say, innumerable. Three 

 of the commoner varieties, and those most useful as bait, are 

 represented above. 



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