THE BULL-HEAD, SUCKER, AC. 219 
sylvania. Their length is not usually over ten inches, and the 
common size about six. In England and Germany they are 
sometimes taken weighing eight pounds. They may be taken 
with the same degree of caution, and with the same kind of 
tools as those used for trout. They are attracted also by 
similar bait : in the spring they will take the worm, and later 
in the season, the grasshopper, and the natural and artificial 
fly, of every description. In the fall they are again taken at 
the bottom, in the deep holes, with the worm, cheese, or 
bread-paste, salmon roe, &c. They yield considerable sport, 
and are worth the angler’s toil, often being taken and placed 
as an edible on the table — they are not bad to take with the 
knife and fork. 
OF THE BULL-HEAD AND SUCKER. 
These are fish usually found in the same ponds and streams 
with perch and pickerel. They are sought after more as an 
object of sport, among the boys, than as forming an article 
of food, although they are sometimes cooked for the table. 
The sucker is also speared in largo quantities by torch light. 
OF THE BREAM, ROACH, DACE, BLEAK, AND 
GUDGEON. 
* These are all described by Smith as natives of the waters 
of the Eastern States. They aro quite small in size, are all 
good and nutritious food. They are taken, with ordinary 
caution, with trout and perch tackle ; but from their size, 
do not afford much sport. They grow much larger in Eng- 
land and Scotand, and find favor as a game fish, in English 
works and among English anglers. 
OF THE HERRING. 
A species of fish called herring, is taken by the angler, in 
