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Among those to whom acknowledgments are due the following may be specially 

 mentioned : 



Mr. William Arandel Morehead City. 



Mr. C. S. Brimley Raleigh. 



Mr. H. H. Brimley Raleigh. 



Dr. W. R. Capehart Avoca. 



Mr. Charles P. Dey Beaufort. 



Mr. A. V. Evans Manteo. 



Mr. Daniel G. Fowle Washington. 



Mr. Mason B. Gowdy Beaufort. 



Dr. E. W. Gudger Greensboro. 



Mr. Charles Hatsel Beaufort. 



Mr. George N. Ives New Bern. 



Mr. Joseph Lewis Beaufort. 



Mr. William A. Mace Beaufort. 



Mr. J. H. Potter Beaufort. 



Mr. A. B. Riggin Marshalburg. 



Mr. W. A. Sanders Wilmington. 



Mr. Allen Taylor Wit. 



Mr. R. W. Taylor Morehead City. 



Mr. C. S. Wallace Morehead City. 



Mr. Alonzo Thomas Beaufort. 



Prof. H. V. Wilson Chapel Hill. 



Mr. Frank Wood Edenton. 



Mr. W. N. Yopp Wilmington. 



Mr. A. H. Baldwin, the well-known fish artist, has made especially for this 

 work a series of water-color drawings of some of the more important and char- 

 acteristic fishes of the state. These drawings were based on living specimens 

 and faithfully represent their colors; and in the accompanying plates made 

 therefrom by Messrs. Hoen & Company the colors have been accurately repro- 

 duced. 



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- THE THREE PHYSIOGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE STATE. 



The surface of North Carolina is naturally divisible into three great sections, 

 or provinces, each with a peculiar character of waters and more or less sharply 

 defined fish fauna. These sections are the coastal plain, the Piedmont plateau, 

 and the Appalachian mountain regions. 



The coastal plain region begins at the seashore and extends inland for 120 

 to 160 miles, embracing an area of about 25,000 square miles. A large part of the 

 eastern portion of this region is very low, poorly drained, and hence covered with 

 extensive swamps , the streams being sluggish and discolored by vegetable matter ; 

 the western part is more elevated, with a more irregular surface, is better drained, 

 and the streams are more rapid. More than three-fifths of the region is wooded , 

 the trees of the uplands being chiefly pines and those of the swamps deciduous. 



