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soft maple and cherry logs; or they bait with minnow or 
crawfish. The red bass is a good biter, and a wondrous 
saucy fish on the hook, leaping, running, and jerking as if 
greatly astonished. 
The first dorsal includes seven spiked rays, the anal one. 
The soft-rayed fins are distinctly illustrated. The tail is 
square, or, rather, rounded a trifle at the end, the reverse of 
lunated. It is armed with a forest of small teeth, as an in- 
side border of the mouth, a half-inch wide or more, and there 
are teeth in the throat. I am not aware that the fish has 
been classified; but as an angler’s fish it is a luxury. It 
takes the troll readily, especially the feathered spoon of 
McHarg. 
The back of the fish is a dark-brownish purple, fading to a 
pink at the lateral line, with a white abdomen. The dorsals 
and upper part of the caudal are the same color as the back, 
while the pectoral, ventral, and anal are a light pink. The 
top of the head is black, with a tinge of red; large eyes. 
The meat is entirely white, juicy, and flaky; more rich, 
sweet, and juicy than any other fresh-water bass. 
Orseco Lake Bass.—Corregonus ulosa. 
This is a very delicious whitefish. Once in a great while 
it is taken on a feathered or small silver spoon, by trollers ; 
but its mullet mouth is too tender to hold a hook, and it is 
eminently intended to be caught in nets. 
This whitefish has been called the Otsego Lake bass for a 
hundred years, and it is only within the past ten years that 
the propriety of this appellation was questioned; but with 
the inauguration of fish-culture in this country, the stock of 
