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The mouth is rather small, it has two dorsal 

 fins, attains to a weight of three pounds, and 

 goes in large schools. 



The long-eared "robin" or red-belly is fre- 

 quently met with, but it is a worm feeder and 

 slow biter, and, moreover, a lazy, don't-care, 

 ewallower of bait. 



On the contrary, the "wannoiith," known by 

 every other sort of a Christian name attached to 

 the surname "mouth" is everywhere, although 

 not abundant anywhere, will readily take any 

 sort of bait, and take it in such a manner you 

 think you have got a whale until he quickly 

 gives up and comes in without a kick left to flop 

 good-bye with. If your fist is small enough you 

 can jam it in one of these six-inch allmouths. 



It is often called "goggle-eye," has ten spines 

 in the dorsal fin, and hardly ever exceeds ten 

 inches in length. 



We also have "fliers" in the Neuse Eiver ter- 

 ritory, which bite strongly and make a skittish 

 fight; but they are not often caught with hook 

 and line. The "book" says they are night feed- 

 ers, which probably accounts for so few of them 



