216 STRIPED BASS. 
is content to listen to reason. By this course you will 
avoid feeling often that sinking of the heart that follows 
when the strain suddenly ceases on your line, and you 
know he has escaped. 
That fine game fish of the southern States usually 
called bass or red-fish, belongs to another family, and is 
the Corvina ocellata^ or branded corvina. It is distin- 
guished by a peculiar black spot, like a drop of ink, near 
the tail. It furnishes noble sport and excellent eating, 
abounds in the neighborhood of the Chesapeake Bay, and 
is highly prized at southern tables. 
