A LUXURY LONG MISXAMED. 491 



soft maple and cherry logs; or they bait with minnow or 

 crawfish. The red bass is a good biter, and a wondrous 

 saucy fish on the hook, leaping, running, and jerking as if 

 greatly astonished. 



The first dorsal includes seven spiked rays, the anal one. 

 The soft -rayed fins are distinctly illustrated. The tail is 

 square, or, rather, rounded a trifle at the end, the reverse of 

 lunated. It is armed with a forest of small teeth, as an in- 

 side border of the mouth, a half-inch wide or more, and there 

 are teeth in the throat. I am not aware that the fish has 

 been classified ; but as an angler's fish it is a luxury. It 

 takes the troll readily, especially the feathered spoon of 

 McHarg. 



The back of the fish is a dark-brownish purple, fading to a 

 pink at the lateral line, with a white abdomen. The dorsals 

 and upper part of the caudal are the same color as the back, 

 while the pectoral, ventral, and anal are a light pink. The 

 top of the head is black, with a tinge of red ; large eyes. 

 The meat is entirely white, juicy, and flaky; more rich, 

 sweet, and juicy than any other fresh-water bass. 



OTSEGO LAKE BA.SS. Corregonus alosa. 



This is a very delicious whitefish. Once in a great while 

 it is taken on a feathered or small silver spoon, by trollers ; 

 but its mullet mo.uth is too tender to hold a hook, and it is 

 eminently intended to be caught in nets. 



This whitefish has been called the Otsego Lake bass for a 

 hundred years, and it is only within the past ten years that 

 the propriety of this appellation was questioned ; but with 

 the inauguration offish-culture in this country, the stock of 



