876 PEAIKIE AND FOREST. 



initiated in the necessary mysteries can, at the proper 

 seasons, confidently expect a heavy basket as a reward for 

 his trouble, and that within sight of the numerous spires, 

 storehouses, and business haunts of their handsome 

 western metropolis. 



Great and unprecedented trouble has been lately taken 

 successfully to introduce salmon and trout to the southern 

 hemisphere. With how much less difficulty could this 

 fish be transported here no tropics to cross, only one- 

 fourth or fifth the distance to traverse, and steam-ships to 

 be found sailing almost every day of the week. Certainly 

 this matter is worthy of consideration, for not only would 

 thousands find amusement and health in their capture, but 

 a wholesome and excellent article of food be provided for 

 our immense population. 



BLACK BASS are found in the vicinity of the Thousand 

 Islands on the St. Lawrence, the Niagara River, Lake Erie, 

 and in fact nearly all streams and lakes that are situated 

 near the line which separates Canada from the United 

 States, also the tributaries of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. 

 I am informed that they are also most abundant in the 

 Potomac, into which river they were introduced twenty 

 years ago by a keen fisherman who possessed property on 

 its margin. The artificial fly, spoon bait, or trolling with 

 minnow, will all be found successful in their capture. 

 From their great activity, strength, and vitality, very strong 

 tackle must be used in fishing for them, such in fact as 

 g'-n, -rally is employed for sea-trout. It is very much to be 

 regretted that the efforts made of late years to introduce 

 black bass into English waters by myself first, and Mr. 



