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Fresh-Water Moby Dick 



design by Charles Harper 



WIDELY snubbed by anglers, but just as widely caught and 

 eaten, the smooth-skinned, whiskered, but delectable cat- 

 fish inhabits practically all of the United States east of the 

 Rockies. He is a cosmopolite as well, cruising the Amazon, the 

 Nile, the Thames, and the Ganges in many sizes and variations. 

 There is on record the case of a mammoth catfish taken from 

 the Danube that had swallowed a small dog. In this country he 

 ranges in size from one to more than 100 pounds. He is caught 

 by hook, spearing, and is even wrestled by hand. 



