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him, just as you would a white-fish. He is 

 vastly superior to the white-fish in the smoked 

 state, and when fried, with bacon accompani- 

 ment, he divides the homage of the palate 

 with the aristocratic brook-trout and the flaky 

 black bass. 



It is true, of course, that the first necessity 

 for a dish of fried " bull-head " is the " bull- 

 head." And you cannot go out carelessly 

 and amateurishly and drag out the " bull- 

 head " from his lair without any knowledge 

 of his haunts and his peculiarities. He be- 

 longs to a very exclusive, though humble, 

 species of fish, and if you do not understand 

 his habits and humor, and his little eccentrici- 

 ties, he will have none of you, nor you of him. 

 With his large and engulfing mouth, his pig- 

 gish little black eyes, the three sharp horns, 

 one in the centre of his shoulders and one at 

 each side of his fore-shoulders, he is not a 

 'beauty from a piscatorial stand-point. His 

 oily mustachios, similar to those of an Alge- 

 rine pirate, do not add anything to his looks. 



Neither is he a lover of the sunny side of 

 nature. The sweep of sunlight over the wa- 

 ter he shuns. The mud and the contents 



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