CHAPTER X. 
OF THE STRIPED BASSE, OR ROCK-FISH. 
Tins noble and highly prized fish is peculiar to our own 
country, and to particular parts of it. As an object of sport, 
for perfect symmetry and beauty of appearance, and as a 
dish for the table, it is considered second only to the salmon. 
They are found iu tho rivers, bays, and inlets, from the Capes 
ot the Delaware to Massachusetts Bay, and also in the rivers 
and bays of Florida. They appear in the greatest abundance 
in the Chesapeake Bay, # and in the rivers, bays, inlets and 
creeks in the vicinity of New-York, and are taken in large 
quantities, from the size of a common trout to the weight of 
upwards of a hundred pounds. 
In addition to the above described names, they are some- 
times called Perch. The late learned and distinguished Go- 
vernor De Witt Clinton, who was a member of the Philoso- 
* A friend who angles in Chcsnpeako Bay, below Baltimore, says that 
ho has seen them as long ns a crow-bar! This is not quite so bad as bo- 
Ing as big as u lump of chalk, as the crow-bar was in sight at tho time, 
and measured about fivo foot six inches. 
