Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . e np|)er part ot tjic lish is a finehliie, with f^reen and other reflections, when viewed in differentlij^hts ; the lower part ot the side and helly sihcry white ; thecheeks and irill-covers sihcry. l)ors:d and eatidal fins dnsky ;till- fins on till lowei- parts of tlu- hody almost \\hite. ThehnM-r jaw is nuieh lon;:er than the other, with five or six smallteetli extcudinj; in a line haekwards on each ^ide from the ante-rior point; fonr rows of small teeth on the eintral nppersnrface of the tonj^ue,
Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . e np|)er part ot tjic lish is a finehliie, with f^reen and other reflections, when viewed in differentlij^hts ; the lower part ot the side and helly sihcry white ; thecheeks and irill-covers sihcry. l)ors:d and eatidal fins dnsky ;till- fins on till lowei- parts of tlu- hody almost \\hite. ThehnM-r jaw is nuieh lon;:er than the other, with five or six smallteetli extcudinj; in a line haekwards on each ^ide from the ante-rior point; fonr rows of small teeth on the eintral nppersnrface of the tonj^ue, and a few snndl teeth on the centralsurface of the u|)per jaw. l)ranchiostegous rays are eitrht innumber; pectorals, sixteen; ventrals, cij;ht ; anal, ;doi*sal, nineteen ; and cauchii, eifjhteen. The scales are aindal fin deeply forked. Se%cml other species of Ili-rrinj, arc common to the waters ofthe United States, hut this is the only one which is taken withthe tly, or can be accounted as <;ame to the s[)ortsman. 214. CLUPEIDJ;. THE SHAD. A losa PrcvstahilU— The Shad. This delicious and well-known fish, which is by many per-sons esteemed the queen of all fishes on the table, has been,until very recently, regarded as one that could be taken onlywith the net, and therefore of no avail to the angler. It is, how-ever, now clearly proved that, like the Herring, the AmericanShad will take a large gaudy fly freely, and being a strong,powerful, and active fish, affords great play to the sportsman. It is undoubtedly the fact that, until within the few lastyears, fishing in the United States, except of Trout, havingbeen practised rather as a means of providing the table, than asa matter of sport, it has been taken for granted that manyspecies of fish, which are easily captured by the sean, will nottake the bait or the fly; and few species have been pursued asgame except those which are not easily caught otherwise thanwith the hook. Fly-fishing, moreover,
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