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small lake, full of rocky islands and rapids, and arc a great impedi- 

 ment to navigation. It was formerly called the Cherokee riv« 



SMALLER BRANCHES. 



The fifty foiur small rivers and large creeks, flowing into the 

 Ohio are the following, of which thirty three empty on the right 

 and twenty one on the left. They arc all over thirty miles long 

 in their natural course. 



In Pennsylvania, 3. Right bank, Little Beaver; and on the 

 *eftbank Chartier's Creek, Raccoon Creek. 



In Ohio, 17. Big Yellow creek, Warren creek, Indian Wheel- 

 ing creek, Captina creek, Sunfish creek, Opossum creek, Lit- 

 tle Muskingum river, Duck creek, Shade river, Kaygers creek 

 Campaign creek, Raccoon creek, Symmcs' creek, Brush creek, 

 Little Scioto river, Eagle creek, White Oak creek. 



Iv Virginia , 7. Short creek, Wheeling creek, Big Grave 

 creek, Fishing creek, Stony creek, Big Sandy creek, Little Guy- 

 andot river. ^"fc^WB^*-* 



In Kentucky, 12. Little Sandy river, Tygert creek, Kinni- 

 conick, Gunpowder creek, Bigbonc creek, Harrod creek, Bear" 

 grass creek, Otter creek, Sinking creek, Blackford creek, High 

 land creek, Tradcwater river. 



In Indiana, 12. Tanner's creek, Houghan creek, Loughcry 

 creek, Indian Kentucky, Silver creek, Buck creek, Covydon 

 creek, Big Blue river, Little Blue river, Anderson river, Little 

 Pigeon creek, Big Pigeon creek. ■ -». 



In Illinois, 3. Lusk's creek, Bigbury creek, Cash river. 



FISHES OF THE OHIO. 

 FIRST PART. THORACIC FISHES. 



Having complete gills, with a gill cover,and a branchial mem. 

 brane. Lower or ventral fins situated on the breast or thorax 

 under the pectoral or lateral fins. 



1 Genus. Perch. Pf.rca. Perchc. 



Body elliptical, scaly; head without scales, mouth large, jaw 

 YfUh unequal acute teeth, gill cover with a serrate prcopercul e 



