284 Fisuing In AMERICAN WATERS. 
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THE Osweco Bass. 
those of many of the Western States teem with it, as do the 
chain of lakes on our Northern border, and the rivers and 
lakes in the western part of Canada, and most of the waters 
of the Northwestern wilderness. In some places it is known 
as the yellow bass, and at others as the white bass, 
BLACK BASS OF THE SOUTIL 
To the casual observer this fish very nearly resembles the 
black bass of the North. Its habits are indeed similar, and 
so are its fins and color; but it has a larger head, and in all 
points excepting contour it is like the Oswego bass. The 
Brack Bass oF THE Souru. 
rivers in Florida are alive with this fish, and it is not difficult 
to take several hundred pounds of them in one day. It is 
taken there in winter, when the sport may be varied by shoot- 
ing deer, ducks, wild geese, an occasional brown bear, and an 
alligator, and all from the same trolling-punt. 
