THE JEW. 357 



siTijiti.<n .r t.-u-kk'. A trout-bait rod with a fine line, and 

 article attenuated down to a good-sized trout-hook, 

 baited with a grub, red angle-worm, cricket, or grasshopper, 

 if cautiously u.-ed, will generally tempt him from his element, 

 and when caught he is in appearance much like a carp in 

 form, and feature, and disposition of fins. Color, dark-grayish 

 on the back, the baek changing to a white on the belly. Dor- 

 sal and ventral tins directly opposite. Head and mouth 

 small, latter lined with very fino teeth; scales quite large. 

 Is good on the platter. 



"A capricious little fish, 



Thar swims in pond aud stream, 

 And a dainty on the di?h. 

 Is the cautions, cunning bream." 



THE JEW 



Is caught in the Gulf cf Mexico from the coast of Florida 

 to Texas ; weighs from twenty pounds up among the hun- 

 dreds. One taken near Galveston, in the summer of 1874, 

 led over four hundred pounds. The French at New Or- 

 leans call him " Un Grand Poisson." He is caught hi deep 

 water with extra strong lines and heavy hooks, and comes 

 out of the water without resistance, as if terra Jirma was a 

 matter of indifference to him; but when brought to land 

 shows his dissatisfaction by groaning and flapping his tail. 

 When of large size he is cut up into steaks after the manner 

 of the halibut of the North. The Jew is an excellent chow- 

 der-fish, and whether boiled, baked, or fried, is considered 

 second to none, not even the boasted pompano. 



