ILLUSTRATIONS 



Portrait of the Author Frontispiece 



FACINO 

 PACK 



Breeding-Ponds for Black Bass or Sun-fish 8 



An Ideal Pond for Brood-Bass 8 



Bass Hatchery at Mill Creek, Mich., Showing Retaining 



Wall to Prevent Flooding 12 



Large-mouthed Black Bass (Micropterus salmoides) . . 24 

 Small-mouthed Black Bass (Micropterus Dolomieu) . . 24 



Cribs Surrounding Bass Nests 42 



Pond for Calico, or Grass, Bass, at Linlithgo, N. Y. . . 48 

 The Pumpkin-Seed or Sun-fish (Lepomis gibbosus) . . 54 



The Long-Eared Sun-fish (Lepomis auritus) 54 



The Calico, Grass, Bass (Pomoxys sparoides) .... 56 



The Rock-Bass (Ambloplites rupestris) 66 



Yellow Cat-fish (Leptops olivaris) ........ 60 



Common Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) . . ... ... . 60 



Methods of Shading Trout Ponds . . ... . .... 96 



Intake from a Trout Pond . . , : >- : ., : ., > . ; . . 104 

 A Dam and Covered Raceway . . ; . 3 > : m M w > .104 



A Trout Hatching-trough 116 



Feeding Mature Trout .... : . ;.. ... >: ... ... - H6 



Chain-Pickerel, in an Aquarium ... : . ( .... 200 



Striped Bass (Roccus lineatus) . 214 



Common, or White, Sucker (Catostomus teres) . . . .214 



