CHAPTER XII. 



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THE " TOM-COD" - ITS ANNUAL ARRIVAL IN THE GULF - FISHING THROUGH 

 THE ICE - FREEZING AND RESUSCITATION - THE YELLOW PERCH - 

 VARIETIES - THE BLACK-BASSE - FLY-FISHING FOR - BLACK-BASSE 

 PECULIAR TO NORTH AMERICA ITS COLOUR, FORM, AND WEIGHT, 

 - WHERE FOUND GREGARIOUS CHARACTER - EASILY TRANSPORTED, 

 WORTHY OF ACCLIMATIZATION THE ROCK-BASSE - ITS SIZE AND 

 COLOUR - ITS QUALITIES AND ABUNDANCE THE WHITE-BASSE COMMON 

 IN UPPER LAKES A BOLD BITER THE STRIPED-BASSE COMMON TO 

 SALT AND FRESH WATER ITS GREAT SIZE MARKINGS AND COLOUR - 

 THE OSWEGO BASSE - ERRORS CONCERNING IT - THE COMMON LAKE 

 SHEEPSHEAD - THE BLACK SHEEPSHEAD - CONFINED TO THE UPPER 

 LAKES - ITS RESEMBLANCE TO PERCH EXCELLENT FISH - THE 

 STURGEON ITS IMMENSE GROWTH ABUNDANCE IN ONTARIO 

 ABSENCE IN NORTHERN RIVERS - STURGEON MEAT. 



