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the lion has been routed out of his bed and is making away, with the 

 dogs in close pursuit. The hunter knows when the lion is finally treed, 

 by the changed note in the baying of the dogs and by the fact that the 

 baying comes continually from one place. On arriving at the tree, he 

 can see anywhere from 100 to 160 pounds of cat, standing among the 

 branches, usually about 30 feet above the ground. The lion may be 

 just watching the dogs with interest, or he may be very angry, which 

 is indicated by his constant growling. 



At the crack of the gun, out he goes, and even though shot through 

 the heart he may still be able to seriously injure a dog. For this 

 reason it is best to tie the dogs before shooting. 



It is quite an exciting experience to see a wounded adult lion on the 

 ground, trying to hold at bay from two to four frantic dogs. Every 

 moment will be full of action, as the dogs attack from different direc- 

 tions and the lion continually turns to meet each attack. All the while 

 he is growling and spitting savagely, his ears flat back, mouth wide 

 open, claws unsheathed and hair and tail standing up. If the dogs 

 crowd him too closely he turns over on his back and fights with his 

 mouth and all four feet at the same time. Now is the time for the 

 hunter to rush into the fray, shove his gun between the frantic dogs 

 and get in a fatal shot. 



BLACK BASS SHIPMENT TO MEXICO. 



By George Neale, Executive OiHcer, California Fish and Game Commission. 



In 1909, at the request of the Mexican government, Mr. Chas. A. 

 Vogelsang, at that time chief deputy of the California Fish and Game 

 Commission, made arrangements for the shipment of black bass to Lake 

 Chapala, Mexico. 



The California Fish and Game Commission's distribution car No. 1, 

 in charge of the writer, left Fresno early in December, 1909, with 

 ninety-two cans containing about 1800 adult black bass. Some weighed 

 as much as three pounds. After many delays, Ocotlan, on the shore of 

 Lake Chapala in the Mexican state of Jalisco, was reached. Here the 

 first planting was made. Seventy-two cans were transferred to lighters, 

 which were towed liy launches to the south end of the lake, where the 

 fish were liberated. Some of them innnediately began feediug on the 

 minnows. 



We were then taken to the governor's palace on the shore of Lake 

 Chapala, and were lavishly entertained ])y Governor Landa. Accom- 

 panied by the governor's quartette of guitarists, we returned to Ocotlan 

 after midnight in a terrific blow. 



•Lake Chapala is a magnificent body of water, lai'ger but not so beau- 

 tiful as our own Lake Tahoe. It contains a food fish known as the 

 whitefisli, which differs from our whitefish in that it is transparent. 

 But it furnishes a fine food for the black bass, wliich food is most neces- 

 sary to insure increase. Lake Chapala is also said to contain carp, but 

 we did not see any. This lake sliould now (eleven years after the plant- 

 ing of these black bass) be an anglers' jiaradise for those who know 

 how to lure tlie fisli, which are, as Dr. Ilenshall states, "inch for inch, 

 pound for pound, the gamiest fish that swims." 



