TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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IsTKODiTCTOKY Remarks 11 



The Game Fish of North America 17 



SALMOKlDiE, OR THE SALMON FaMILT 34 



The True Salmon 54 



The Brook Trout . • 86 



The Greatest Lake Trout 104 



The Siskawitz 112 



The Like Trout 116 



The Salmon Trout 120 



The Masamacush 126- 



Back's Grayling 131 



The American Smelt 136 



The Capelin 139 



The White-Fish 141 



The Otsego Bass, 145 



ESOCID^, OR THE PlKE FaMILT 149 



The Mascalonge 151 



The Great Northern Pickerel 154 



The Common Pickerel 157 



The Long Island Pickerel 161 



CypRism^, OR THE Carp Family 164 



The Common Carp 164 



The American Roach 170 



The New York Shiner 172 



The American Bream 174 



Minnows 176 



ClxjpidjE, or the Herrinc Family . _ 178 



TheHeiiing ... .'.*... 180 



The Shad 180 



SlLURIDiE, OR THE CaT-P^H FaIMLY lOT 



The Cat-Pish 182 



Ahguillid^, or the Eel Family 185 



The Eel . . . , 185 



PERCIDiE, OR THE PeARCH FaMILY 187 



The American Yellow Pearoh 187 



The Striped Sea-Bass 189 



The Yellow Pike Pearch .... . . 192 



