A inerii a n Ga me- Fishes 



Large mouthed, or Oswego, Black Bass. 



dark back is olive-brown or purple-black, 

 its sides are purple and silver, glinting like 

 nacre as it turns in the light, which makes 

 its spots now black, now purple. 



These are the noblesse of game-fishes, 

 and they are game for the few as well. 

 They multiply and grow, in fresh water 

 at least, so slowly that unprotected they 

 soon disappear from thickly settled regions. 

 To seek them in their remote and seques- 

 tered homes demands an expenditure of 

 time and money proper only to the relatively 

 few. The personal preservation of fishing- 

 waters jars a little our democratic notions ; 

 but without such care the game cannot 



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