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there is to it. To be sure, they recognize the fact 

 that some bass are larger than others, but the 

 process of differentiation begins and ends with 

 the table of weights and measures. Skegemog bass 

 belong to the small-mouth family, and there is as 

 much difference between these and the big-mouth 

 variety as between a split-bamboo rod and a saw- 

 log. The small-mouth is the aristocrat of the bass 

 family. He is more dainty in his tastes, more 

 plucky, and has more brains than his brother of 

 the more generous facial opening. 



And the small-mouth bass are not all alike. The 

 marked differences seen in children of the same 

 family are duplicated in the individuality shown 

 by fish belonging to the same species. The bass 

 whose home is in swift waters is a stronger, more 

 tireless fighter than his brother of the lake. Of 

 two bass living side by side in the same water, one 

 may be logy and lazy and indisposed to strenuous 

 exertion when hooked, while the other is brought 

 to net only after he has tried every dodge known 

 to fishdom and exhausted every atom of his 

 strength. 



It was while fishing on the reef just west of 

 the Point that the invalid bass was taken. Each 

 fisherman has his favourite method of capturing 

 bass. One uses live frogs and casts close to the 

 edge of the rushes or weeds along shore. Another 

 trolls with many yards of line out, and a piece of 

 pork-rind or a minnow fastened to the spoon. 



