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FISHING IN AMERICAN WATERS. 



THE OSWEGO BASS. 



those of many of the Western States teem with it, as do 'the 

 chain of lakes on our Northern border, and the rivers and 

 lakes in the western part of Canada, and most of the waters 

 of the Northwestern wilderness. In some places it is known 

 as the yellow bass, and at others as the white bass. 



BLACK BASS OF THE SOUTH. 



To the casual observer this fish very nearly resembles the 

 black bass of the North. Its habits are indeed similar, and 

 so are its fins and color ; but it has a larger head, and in all 

 points excepting contour it is like the Oswego bass. The 



BLACK BASS OF THE SOUTH. 



rivers in Florida are alive with this fish, and it is not difficult 

 to take several hundred pounds of them in one day. It is 

 taken there in winter, when the sport may be varied by shoot- 

 ing deer, ducks, wild geese, an occasional brown bear, and an 

 alligator, and all from the same trolling-punt. 



