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The top of the head and back are dusky blue, with brown 

 and green reflections in particular points of view. There is a 

 single dusky spot behind the operculum. The irides, sides of 

 the head and body, are of a silvery white, with a tinge of copper- 

 colour. The dorsal and caudal fins are dusky ; the pectoral, 

 ventral, and anal fins, white. 



The flesh of the Shad is perhaps the most delicate of any 

 existing fish ; and, though it lacks the lusciousness, as well as 

 the glutinous fin, of the Turbot, it is preferred to that fish 

 by many judicious epicures, notwithstanding the drawback occa- 

 sioned by its innumerable and sharply-pointed bones. 



From personal experience and success, I can assure the fly- 

 fisher that he will find much sport in fishing for the Shad during 

 his upward run in the spring, with a powerful Trout-rod, a long 

 line, and such flies as he will procure in perfection at Conroy's, 

 in Fulton- street, New York. 



