CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTER VI. 



Section Page 



I. Trolling among the Thousand Islands 274 



II. The Maskinonge , 277 



III. The Black Bass, 280 ; the Oswego Bass, 282 ; the Black Bass of 



the South, 284 ; the Spotted Bass or Speckled Hen, 285 ; Rock 

 Bass of the Lakes 285 



IV. The Sunfish, 286 ; the Perch, 287 ; the Glass-eyed or Wall-eyed 



Pike, 288 ; the Whitefish, 290 ; the Lake Herring, 291 ; the Cis- 

 co or Ciscoquette, 292 ; the Shiner 294 



V. Bait-can and Baits,' 294 ; Spinning-baits, 295 ; Hackett's Spinning- 

 tackle, 296 ; Haskell's Trolling-bait, 297 ; the Propelling Min- 

 now, 298 ; Buel's Patent Feather Troll, 299 ; Spinning Tackle 

 for Live Baits, 299 ; Spoon Victuals for Long-snouts, 302 ; Troll- 

 ing Weather and Baits, 303; Fish-hooks, 304; Salmon -flies, 

 306 ; Fly-dressing, 308 ; Mounting Salmon-hooks, 310 ; the Pon- 

 derating Sinker 310 



PART III. 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Lake Fisheries 315 



CHAPTER II. 



COAST FISHES AND FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



I. The Mackerel 319 



II. The Shad 324 



III. The Mossbunker or Menhaden, 326 ; Menhaden for Bait Frozen 



Herrings 328 



IV. The Codfish Catching and Curing it 328 



CHAPTER III. 

 Whale Fishing, 332 ; the Striped Red Mullet 338 



CHAPTER IV. 



Salt-water Fisheries, 339 ; the Chesapeake Bay Fishery, 342 ; Findon 



Haddocks, 342 ; Preserving Food-fishes Fresh 343 



PART IV. 



ANCIENT AND MODERN FISH-CULTURE. 



CHAPTER I. 



The Art among the Ancients 347 



