86 Book of the Black Bass. 



Length. Girth. 



20 in. 14 in. 

 22 in. 17 in. 

 19% in. 16 in. 

 22% in. 14% in. 



21 in. 14% in. 



20 in. 17 in. 



21 in. 18 in. 

 21% in. 15% in. 



22 in. 16% in. 

 20% in. 

 19% in. 14% in. 



20 in. 15 in. 

 20% in. 13% in. 

 19% in. 14 in. 



21 in. 14% in. 

 18% in. 12% in. 

 21% in. 14% in. 

 21% in. 16 in. 

 20 in. 15 in. 

 20% in. 14% in. 

 18% in. 



Mr. H. W. Eoss, when in Florida, caught, in a " clear, 

 deep, lily-bound lake," near Altoona, in that state, a large- 

 mouth black bass which, he stated, weighed twenty-three 

 and one-eighth pounds, and measured, from tip of nose to 

 tip of tail, thirty-seven and one-half inches, and in girth, 

 twenty-nine and one-half inches. The head of this fish 

 was sent to the office of " Forest and Stream," in New 

 York, and its dimensions were given by the editor as 

 follows : 



"Its maxillary bone measures four and three-fourths inches; 

 the head is seven and one-half inches from the tip of the upper 

 jaw to the end of the opercle, and the lower jaw projects one 

 inch. The greatest girth of the head is sixteen and one-half 

 inches." 



