BASS. 
Lupus, 
Perea labrax, 
Bass, 
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Lahrax lujpust 
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JoNSioN; c. 2, t. 23, 1 3. 
Willougiiuy; p. 271, tab. r. 1. 
Link.j:us. 
UOHOVAN; pi. 43. lllSSO; p. 213. 
Tlemisg; Br. Animals, p. 213. 
OuviEE, wlio separates this fish into a new 
genus, because its tongue is rough, which 
that organ in the genus Perea is not. 
Jenyns; Manual, p. 331. 
Yakrell; Br. Fishes, v. 1, p- 8. 
Gu:NTaEB; Catalogue of Fishes in the Br. 
Museum, vol. i, p- 63. 
The Bass was known to the Romans by the name of Lupus, 
or the Wolf; a designation which has been supposed expressive 
of its great voracity. But it appears to me that the word des- 
cribes the manner in which it deals with its prey rather than 
merely the eagerness with which it pursues it. Let the weathei 
he stormy and the water turbid, and the Bass of largest size 
wdl hunt along the shore, and even m very shallow J^ter for 
whatever it can find, but especially for onisci and other crus- 
« sucl. circa— of- <1-™ 
from their hitUns-placcr. ia crevice, of the rock,. J? Mermen 
who emplo, hand lines from the shore, me aware ol th.s, . 
choose this lime, at the Sood tide rather than “ ' 
most successful fishery. It they are able from 
the wa«r to discern the hottom, they do 
to take the hook. At other seasons the Bass will assume 
“at— some sheltering rock, and there 
nassing prey. Suddenly it rushes on its v ctim, and aga 
” with it to its former shelter to devour .It remanung sull 
near the same haunt until the appetite is satisfied, or its eipectation 
opinion of several ancient anthers this 11, h displays 
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