466 Fisuinc in AMERICAN WATERS. 
from the size of a minnow, or shiner, to the length of nearly 
a foot. It is a very active and vigorous bait-fish, as scintil- 
THE SUADINE. 
lant asa diamond. It is taken in great numbers in the bay- 
ous of New Jersey, where it is preserved in olive-oil, and put 
up like sardines. It is a new luxury; but it is here intro- 
duced as the best bait-fish, for either trolling or still-baiting 
in a swift tideway, of any on the Atlantic coast. 
Tue Sritver, or Gray Mutter. 
This is a beautiful fish, white and scintillant below the 
lateral line, with infinitesimal scales. Its favorite feeding- 
ground is along the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, and the 
Carolinas; its weight is from a quarter to two pounds; very 
tender, toothless mouth; to be fished for with fly-hooks, like 
the smelt, baited with a bit of fish or clam. Back of head, 
black; dorsal and candal fins, dark-gray; lower fins, very 
light. 
The white mullet is taken in the bays and saline estuaries 
of the Carolinas and Virginia, in night-time, by rigging a 
punt with boards painted white and attached to boat at 
each side, and lighted by a pine-knot fire on the bow of the 
boat, when one person rows gently, and a second person raps 
with his hands each side of the boat. Attracted by the 
light, the white boards at the sides, and the thumping noise 
