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the crawfish and the minnow; he prefers them, and they are 
easily procured. On them he will wax and grow fat, increase 
and multiply. The man who alleges that he depopulates the 
streams of valuable food fishes, or asserts that he “kills for the 
love of it,’ has never looked into the mouth of the bass with his 
eyes open. 
Mr. Enpicotr.—I have listened with great agtention to the 
interesting paper by Dr. Henshall, and I feel constrained to take 
issue with him on the subject of introducing the black bass into 
trout waters. Dr. Henshall is well known as the apostle of the 
black bass, and he therefore defends him against all charges of 
bad habits. It is a deplorable fact that the introduction of black 
bass into some of the Adirondack waters, notably in Raquette 
Lake, has resulted in the thinning out of the trout, so that ang- 
ling for bass is all that can be looked for with any certainty of 
sport. There is no doubt of the value of the bass in all waters 
that are not inhabited by trout, but the latter is so far the 
superior of the bass as a.game fish that it is vandalism to place 
bass in trout streams or lakes. In regard to large shad rivers I 
can agree with Dr. Henshall, for those rivers contain other pre- 
datory fish which may be kept in check by the bass, for it is well 
known that in many waters the bass have thinned out the savage 
pickerel. The learned doctor, living far from trout streams, 
and having caught the bass for years and learned to love them, 
does not seem to place as high a value upon the trout as we do, 
for he evidently considers the bass the equal, if not the superior, 
of the trout. This is an assumption which I cannot assent to, 
nor will trout anglers generally. Years ago while fishing in 
the Adirondacks for trout I was annoyed by the cuntinued rise 
and capture of small black bass, and turned to my companion 
and said: “The trout must go, for the black bass is more fatal 
to them than the sunfish are.” 
Cot. McDonatp.—I agree with Mr. Endicott concerning black 
bass in trout waters, but do not think they have any bad effect 
in shad rivers. 
Mr. Enpicorr.—l regard the black bass as the bluefish of 
