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some other color, and coiild not be the simon-pure article. 

 Now, one species is not more real than the other; the small- 

 mouth bass is regarded as the type species because it was 

 the first to be described by a naturalist, and given a specific 

 and generic name. 



The term "black bass," then, is distinctive, and should 

 always be used when alluding to the genus generally. The 

 different species should be mentioned as the small-mouth 

 black bass or the large-mouth black bass, as the case may 

 be, no matter whether the color be black, green or yellow. 

 One will then know exactly what is meant, and the confu- 

 sion and uncertaintv alluded to will be cleared away : 



" Not chaos-like, together crush'd and bruis'd. 

 But, as the world, harmoniously eonfus'd. 

 Where order in variety we see. 

 And where, though all things differ, all agree." — Pope. 



