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give both names. It is a splendid fish for angler or 

 epicure,, and comes to the New York market weighing 

 from half a pound to sixty pounds and over. The 

 small ones are called "pan bass/' and sell for more per 

 pound than the larger fish, which go to restaurants for 

 boiling. All the large ones are females and come to 

 market filled with spawn in May and June. The big 

 fish winter under the ice in the Hudson about Sing 

 Sing, and are caught there in great numbers. Where 

 they spawn in great numbers is not known. If there 

 is any grander fish, so easily hatched and so neglected 

 by the fishculturist, I don't know what it is. 



Several men, as well as myself, have hatched this 

 fish by accidentally catching them when hatching shad 

 and were fortunate enough to get a pair. I did this 

 at Castleton, on the Hudson, and at Fish Haul, on the 

 Pamunky River, V irginia ; but it was accident that 

 brought them. They spawn in fresh water, but no 

 man seems to know where to get them in quantity. 



Some years ago Mr. S. G. Worth, of the United 

 States Fish Commission, reported that spawning 

 striped bass could be found in numbers in the Neuse 

 River, North Carolina, and I think he hatched some 

 there. They may be handled and treated as we treat 

 shad eggs. 



This closes the list of strictly fresh-water fishes 

 which we propagate that have free or non-adhesive 

 eggs. All the near relatives of the striped bass, such 

 as white bass, R. chrysops; yellow bass, Mo rone in- 

 terrupta, and white perch, M. Americana, have adhe- 

 sive eggs. 



