440 Fisning In AMERICAN WATERS. 
knowledge that it is the most voracious of all fresh-water 
fishes, the story gains credence. 
It is a bottom-feeding fish, like the catfish, and, like that, it 
No.1. Estuary Catfish. No.2. The Silure, or Silurus glanis of the Danube. 
is a great gormandizer, thinning off the frogs, and proving a 
perfect terror to all young fishes of the ordinary families. 
As fattening this fish for market is very expensive, it would 
scarcely pay to import it for stocking any of the American 
waters but the Mississippi and Missouri, where it would form 
one more family of the catfish species, and make up their sum 
to six varieties of this ugly-looking delicacy. The London 
Times states that the Silurus glanis rises to the ponderosity 
of over 300 lbs., and “has been known to reach the enormous 
weight of 54 lbs. in four years; that its flesh somewhat re- 
sembles veal in appearance, and partakes of the rich flavor 
of the eel.” 
SECTION THIRD. 
FISHES FOR ACCLIMATIZING IN AMERICAN RIVERS. 
The Inpp, a fish somewhat resembling the shad, grows to 
the weight of nine pounds; subsists on aquatic plants and in- 
sects; affords good sport to the angler. It is found in Scan- 
dinavian waters. 
