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THE SPOTTED BASS OR SPECKLED HEN. 
This is a common fish in the fresh waters of the Western 
States; it is also taken in the waters of the western part of 
the Dominion of Canada, where it is known as the speckled 
hen. This is one of the numerous small pan-fishes of the 
Western waters which naturalists have not yet classified. It 
ranges In weight from a quarter of a pound to two pounds, is 
blackish-green on the back, greenish-yellow on the sides, with 
a white belly, and dotted in black similar to some of the dace 
genus of Western streams. It is an excellent breakfast-fish, | 
either rolled in flour and fried in butter, or in sparkling hot 
fat of salt pork. Sweet or olive oil is the best juice for fry- 
ing fish in, but seldom used in America for the purpose ex- 
cept by Israelites. 
Tue Spotrep Bass or SpecKLeD HEN. 
ROCK BASS OF THE LAKES. 
This is rather better game than the “speckled hen,” bites 
freely at a feathered squid troll, or to any shiny revolving 
spoon bait ; it also bites at the apple-worm, white grub, grass- 
hopper, or shiner. This may also be said of the speckled hen. 
The Buel feathered spoon of smallest size and brightest feath- 
ers is a cavtivating lure for both the spotted bass and the 
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rock bass. This fish inhabits all the lakes in the centre of 
the state, and is regarded as an excellent pan-fish. It is green 
on the back, orange at the sides, and cream-color on the abdo- 
men; the mottled spots are black and green. This is emi- 
