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striped with dusky perpendicular bands. Its fins are vermi- 

 lion ; and altogether it is a decided analogue to the English 

 river perch. It may be taken on either a fly or bait. 

 When properly cooked it is very palatable. The so-called 

 white perch, also very abundant in fresh waters, is in 

 reality a bass (Labrax pallidus), and a worthless fish. 

 The common sucker (Catostomus) will sometimes rise at 

 the fly, as also will the cat-fish, whose enormous mouth, 

 surrounded by long fleshy feelers, gives it a hideous 

 appearance. It wiU seize a trout of half its own size. 



