SMALL FISHING 97 



There are numerous varieties that are spoken and written 

 of as trout or sea trout, but commercially the best known in 

 America, where it regularly appears in the market, goes by the 

 name of weak fish. 



Another fish is the Crevalli or " cavally " {Caranx hippos), 

 which is distributed throughout the West Indies, and is found 

 on many coasts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. jjj^ 

 In Goode's work its sporting' characteristics are Crevalli. 

 very happily hit off in the following lines by Isaac McLellan, 

 printed at the head of the chapter : 



Swift speed crevalle over that watery plain, 

 Swift over Indian river's broad expanse. 

 Swift where the ripples boil with finny hosts, 



Bright glittering they glance ; 

 And when the angler's spoon is over them cast, 

 How fierce, how vigorous the fight for life. 

 Now in the deeps they plunge, now leap in air, 



Till ends the unequal strife. 



The cavally belongs to the horse-mackerels. Another 

 fish of the same family is the silver moon -fish {Argyriosus 

 vomer). 



I have never been in strange waters where I have not 



found a fish species called Jew-fish, and, roughly speaking, I 



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