THE HERRING. 365 



there is also in regard to his class, some writers classing 

 him with the salmon, and others with the herring family. 



Mr. John C. Hooper, of Winneconne, Wisconsin, says of 

 the ci8C0 and siscowet, which are often confounded to- 

 gether : " As to the ' Cisco,' they are very distinct from the 

 siscowet. The word is spelled 'cisco.' In Northern New 

 York vast numbers of them are and have been taken for the 

 last fifty years around the shores of Lake Ontario, especially 

 at the lower end of Chauruont Bay, and around the mouth 

 of the St. Lawrence. They are herring. I never knew of 

 the cisco of the East taking the hook." Many people think 

 that the ciscoes and siscowet are hybrids or crosses between 

 the salmon, salmon-trout, and herring, a subject that fish- 

 culturists, ichthyologists, and naturalists, with the new sys- 

 tem of water-farming, will have an opportunity to scientifi- 

 cally investigate. 



The art of pisciculture, when thoroughly understood, may 

 lead to the cross-breeding of many species, and the variety 

 of the finny family may be greatly increased as to objects of 

 sport and food. 



THE HEREING, 

 Clupea mtxrmgv&. 



This fine little commercial fish, so much respected abroad, 

 and so little thought of in its American home, is about re- 

 ceiving the attention it deserves, not only as an object of 

 food, but also of sport. 



They are found in great abundance in both fresh and salt 

 water, in rivers as well as lakes, and with the uninitiated are 

 called by a variety of names (see page 219). At certain 

 seasons of the year, generally during the summer months, 

 they appear in large schools, and are taken with a small 

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