CHAPTER XIII. 



CENTRARCHUS HEXACANTHUS GRASS BASS ROACH. 



This fish for beauty is hardly excelled by any 

 other species of the Eass ; and, as a pan fish, is 

 thought by many to equal the best. It is per- 

 fectly adapted to artificial ponds, as it prefers 

 sluggish to running waters. 



WHERE FOUND. 



It is found in great abundance in the bays of 

 Lake Erie, and in the mouths of its tributaries ; 

 also in the little lakelets lying south of the 

 lake. I presume it is distributed throughout 

 our entire Western country. Wherever I have 



