CRAWFISH AND PBAWNS. 



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for most descriptions of salt-water fish. Used with a lettuce- 

 salad or cooked macaroni and cheese, they are a fine relish. 

 The little children take them with a stick and a string, to 

 which is attached a small piece of meat. 



They are found in nearly all the fresh-water rivers and 

 lakes at the North, are used as a bait for black basse, and 

 do not attain to over three inches in length. The prawn is 

 merely a large-sized shrimp. They are both good boiled, 

 and are taken in some parts of the Southern coast, and in the 

 Gulf of Mexico, in great abundance. 



A friend who has lived at the South many years says 

 that he once took two bushels of prawns in half an hour in 

 the bay west of the South Pass lighthouse, that averaged 

 two and a half to three inches. 



