TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Introductory Remarks 11 



The Game Fish of North America 17 



Salmonidje, or the Salmon Family ...... 34 



The True Salmon 54 



The Brook Trout 86 



The Greatest Lake Trout 104 



TheSiskawitz 112 



The Lake Trout 116 



The Salmon Trout 120 



The Masamacush 126 



Back's Grayling 131 



The American Smelt 136 



TheCapelin 139 



The White-Fish 141 



The Otsego Bass 145 



Esocms, or the Pike Family 149 



The Mascalonge 151 



The Great Northern Pickerel 154 



The Common Pickerel 157 



The Long Island Pickerel' ljSl 



ClPRINmE, or the Carp Family 164 



The Common Carp 164 



The American Roach 170 



The New York Shiner .172 



The American Bream 174 



Minnows 176 



Chiptd^:, or the Herring Family 178 



The Herring ... ..i... 180 



The Shad 180 



Silurit^, or the Cat-Fish Faimly 182 



The Cat-Fish 182 



AnGUILMDJE, OR THE EEL FAMILY 185 



The Bel . . ....]. 185 



Percidje, or the Pearch Family * 187 



The American Yellow Pearch 187 



The Striped Sea-Bass 189 



The Yellow Pike Pearch .... . 192 



