THE SUCKER. 



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taken in large quantities by spearing. They are both highly 

 prized for the table, when properly boiled or fried. 



In the Delaware river is found a kind known by the name of 

 the Large Scaled Sucker. He is similar in appearance to 

 others of the species, except that he has larger scales. Some 

 of the members of this large family are highly esteemed as food, 

 and others might be, if properly cooked. They are undoubt- 

 edly placed in the fresh water streams, where the monsters rove 

 not, for the use and benefit of man, and not made, as some 

 others of the tribe are, to fatten on their own species. The 

 most sport is had by spearing them, both in lakes, ponds, and 



