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would be glorious, and several New York anglers so equipped 
have enjoyed it this winter. 
“Besides the bass, we caught at the Indian River Inlet 
the black snapper. Resembles in form the tautog, and be- 
longs, I think, to the Wrasse family; large mouth, strong 
teeth, bites eagerly at mullet, and pulls hard; is silvery in 
color when first taken, then turns red, and afterward black: 
a rich and savory fish—four to sixteen pounds. 
“Cavallo.—This fish is in form between a dolphin and a 
mackerel ; has the brilliant hues of the former; very active; 
a surface fish, going in schools; takes a red rag or spoon as 
well as mullet bait—from two to fifteen pounds; in taste 
like the mackerel. 
“Sargent Fish.—A yapacious fish, in form like the pike- 
perch, with underhung jaw like the pickerel; silvery sides, 
with a black stripe from gill to tail, whence its local name; 
lies under the mangrove bushes for prey—weight, from two 
to twenty pounds. 
“Croaker.—In form like sheepshead, but not so thick; col- 
or, silvery; bites eagerly, and pulls hard. A good fish for 
the table. 
“Of the following we heard, but did not catch them: 
drum, hogfish, bluefish, from six to fifteen pounds—same as 
the Northern fish of the name; Spanish mackerel, two to six- 
teen pounds; Jezyfish, twenty to one hundred pounds; bezu- 
g@, said to be the best fish in these waters except the pom- 
pano—weight, one-half to one pound. 
“Pompano resembles the cavallo in form; does not take 
the hook; is always taken in a net by night; best fish in 
Southern waters; bones boil soft. 
“We found in the St. Johns River the ‘black trout,’ as 
they call it, but which is almost identical with the black 
bass of the North-west. It grows to the weight of twelve 
pounds, and is very plenty in that river, so that we caught 
numbers of them by trolling with a spoon from a small 
steamer, with one hundred yards of line. Game in this re- 
