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CHAPTER VL 



THE CARP FAMILY — CYPRINID^. 



Remarks on the CYPRiNiDiE. 



The Sucker. Catostomus communis. 



Buffalo Fish. Catostomus bubalus. — Buffalo Fish as an article of diet. 



The Chub or Fallfish. Leucosorrms rhotheus. — Errors of American 

 writers in regard to the size of the Chub. — Chub an annoyance to 

 fly-fishers. — Chub-fishing on the Brandywine. — Umbrella invented by 

 a Chub Fisherman. 



Roach, and Roach-fishing. 



This family furnislies but few species that may be called 

 game fish. The more ambitious angler who has access to 

 Trout-streams or waters where Bass and Pike are found, 

 seldom fishes for them in this country. As food they are not 

 esteemed, and in warm weather are scarcely edible. 



There are pleasing associations, however, connected with 

 some of the fish of this family. To many an angler they 

 have furnished the means of a rudimentary knowledge of the 

 gentle art, while the pursuit of them along the streams that 

 flow through green meadows, has likely fostered a love of 

 quiet pastoral scenery ; and if, in after years, he reads the 

 lines attributed by Walton to " Jo Davors, Esq.," quoted on 

 the preceding leaf, he will more thoroughly appreciate the 

 character of our simple-hearted, though strong-headed Father 



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