426 
black bass were not in the least shy, but 
they were not hungry, and they were not 
on spawning beds. I had been taking bass 
in another part of the lake, but utterly 
failed of catching these fish. 
I have often found a_ substance like 
black mud in the stomach of a fish, but I 
never till that day saw one eating it. We 
RECREATION, 
both saw a bass of possibly 114 pounds 
with a lump of black muck in his mouth, 
close by a floating bog of that kind of mud, 
The fish was so near as to be plainly seen, 
and the lump was nearly as large as a 
hen’s egg. I have since learned that a va- 
riety of beetle of which bass are fond lives 
in the floating muck. 
A DISGRACE TO OREGON. 
I have just obtained the enclosed photo 
which shows part of a catch of 400 trout 
made in Coos county, Oregon. I am sure 
you will take great pleasure in roasting 
these men. The 3 on the left of the pic- 
ture were the boat pullers and are not re- 
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Dr. Byler, Mayor Bennett, Prof. Ford 
Young Bennett, 
They salted the fish and brought them to 
town, for which they are commendable, as 
others do not even trouble to clean their 
catches. Such slaughter is an outrage. I 
hope you will skin these people as they de- 
serve. E. B. Seabrook, Marshfield, Ore. 

Capt: Norris, Pete and Walter, boat pullers. 
- Young Tower, 
PART OF A CATCH OF 400 TROUT IN COOS COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE, 1903, 
sponsible for what occurred. The others 
are Professor Ford, principal of the Alle- 
gany high school of this county; Dr. Byler, 
a prominent physician of North Bend; J. 
W. Bennett, mayor of Coos; and 2 boys. 
The entry in the fish hog book reads: 
Dr. Byler,’ No. 4,010;:. “Prot. - Ford; Na. 
1,011; J. W. Bennett, 1.012; Young Ben- 
nett, No. 1,013; Young Tower, No. 1,014.— 
EpiTor. 
Professor—What do you know about the 
ibis ? 
_ Stfident—The ibis is the part of the eye 
immediately surrounding the cuticle.-—Chi- 
cago Tribune. 
