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sylvania. Their length is not usually over ten inches, and the 

 common size about six. In England and Germany they are 

 sometimes taken weighing eight pounds. They may be taken 

 with the same degree of caution, and with the same kind of 

 tools as those used for trout. They are attracted also by 

 similar bait : in the spring they will take the worm, and later 

 in the season, the grasshopper, and the natural and artificial 

 fly, of every description. In the fall they are again taken at 

 the bottom, in the deep holes, with the worm, cheese, or 

 bread-paste, salmon roe, &c. They yield considerable sport, 

 and are worth the angler's toil, often being taken and placed 

 as an edible on the table they are not bad to take with the 

 knife and fork. 



OF THE BULL-HEAD AND SUCKER. 



These are fish usually found in the same ponds and streams 

 with perch and pickerel. They are sought after more as an 

 object of sport, among the boys, than as forming an article 

 of food, although they are sometimes cooked for the table. 

 The sucker is also speared in large quantities by torch light. 



OF THE BREAM, ROACH, DACE, BLEAK, AND 

 GUDGEON. 



These are all described by Smith as natives of the waters 

 of the Eastern States. They are quite small in size, are all 

 good and nutritious food. They are taken, with ordinary 

 caution, with trout and perch tackle ; but from their size, 

 do not afford much sport. They grow much larger in Eng- 

 land and Scotand, and find favor as a game fish, in English 

 works and among English anglers. 



OF THE HERRING. 

 A species of fish called herring, is taken by the angler, in 



