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bumie and also in Crabtree Creek, near Eal- 

 eigh, but for some unaccountable reason it has 

 become so scarce in recent years that it is not 

 sought after. Indeed it has become almost ex- 

 tinct in these waters. Possibly the habit of 

 going in small schools made it more easy to 

 exterminate them, because if the fisherman once 

 struck such a school he might readily play havoc 

 with it. 



