TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 11 



The Game Fish of North America 17 



SALMON ID^E, OR THE SALMON FAMILY . . . . .34 



The True Salmon 54 



The Brook Trout . . . 86 



The Greatest Lake Trout 104 



The Siskawitz . 112 



The Like Trout 116 



The Salmon Trout 120 



The Masamacush 126 



Back's Grayling 131 



The American Smelt 136 



The Capelin 139 



The White-Fish 141 



The Otsego Bass .. . .145 



ESOCID^E, OR THE PlKE FAMILY . . . . . . . 149 



The Mascalonge 151 



The Great Northern Pickerel > 154 



The Common Pickerel 157 



The Long Island Pickerel 161 



CYPRINID^E, OR THE CARP FAMILY 164 



The Common Carp ......... 164 



The American Roach . . . . . . . . .170 



The New York Shiner . . 172 



The American Bream 174 



Minnows ........... 176 



CLUPIDJE, OR THE HERRING FAMILY 178 



The Herring ...... * ... 180 



The Shad : 180 



SlLURIDvE, OR THE CAT-FlSH FAIMLY 182 



The Cat-Fish . . . . . . . ... .182 



AKGUILLID-E, OR THE EEL FAMILY . . . . . . . 185 



The Eel 185 



PERCIDJE, OR THE PEARCH FAMILY 187 



The American Yellow Pearch . . . . . ' . .187 



The Striped Sea-Bass 189 



The Yellow Pike Pearch 192 



