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among the small fry of fish particularly so. It is 

 said to be an excellent fish for the table; but 

 when much fished for it readily becomes a very- 

 shy fish to the angler's lures. The chief objection 

 to it is that it will only answer in our best rivers, 

 where we have abeady much better fish, which its 

 presence would hardly be advantageous to. Under 

 these circumstances I think its introduction would 

 be a questionable advantage, and I would advise that 

 we improve and increase to the utmost our salmon 

 and trout, and leave the huchen alone, lest we sacrifice 

 the substance to the shadow. 



There is, perhaps, one fish mentioned by Lloyd, 

 in his " Scandinavian Adventures," which it might 

 be worth while to learn something further about, 

 viz. the Ide. This is a river fish ; it grows to eight 

 or nine pounds weight in the Scandinavian waters, 

 though it is not often taken above five or six pounds. 

 It is a good fish for the table, lives chiefly upon aquatic 

 plants and insects, and affords good sport to the 

 angler. It somewhat resembles the shad in appearance. 



The Black-bass of America is another capital river- 

 fish worth some attention. It is excellent for the 

 table, and gives good sport to the angler, and in our 

 white-fish rivers would no doubt be valuable. It is, 

 however, very voracious, and some care and consi- 



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