216 STRIPED BASS. 



is content to listen to reason. By this course you will 

 avoid feeling often that sinking of the heart that follows 

 when the strain suddenly ceases on your line, and you 

 know he has escaped. 



That fine game fish of the southern States usually 

 called bass or red-fish, belongs to another family, and is 

 the Oorvina ocellata, or branded corvina. It is distin- 

 guished by a peculiar black spot, like a drop of ink, near 

 the tail. It furnishes noble sport and excellent eating, 

 abounds in the neighborhood of the Chesapeake Bay, and 

 is highly prized at southern tables. 



