cluding gorgeous white herons, and 
cranes to match. 
“Looks like a snakey kind of place,” 
said Sonnyboy, coming up from the 
shore after cleaning bass, “and alliga- 
tors, too. I always imagined they lived 
in just such holes as that—ugh!” 
And it was at this unseasonable hour 
that we discovered the wormy condition 
of our black bass from the canal—al- 
though there had been intimations by 
the dredge-tender. We threw the last 
of them off into the slough, where, in 
a second, they were surrounded by a 
piping, gabbling flock of birds. 
“Take a shot at a limpkin or snipe,” 
was my suggestion. 
We used our rifles to advantage and 
managed to get four of the sand snipe, 
which we dressed and spitted over the 
fire. Frankly, they more than made up 
for the bass. But then we had other 
supplies in plenty. 
The conversation turned to bass. I 
told S b y trip to the Gulf rare 
citer oer see | Now Proved by Sportsmen 
luck, when it came to the big-mouthed es N 
: — Chhis Better WAD 
variety of Lake Butler, off Freeman’s 
Landing. Thirteen beauties in a little 
more than an hour and the majority 
over six pounds! OR four years, Cork-Tex wads have been 
tested by experts and are offered for use solely 
on their merits. The success they have had in 
actual use has fully established their value. 
These fish are one of many species 
of valuable food- fishes of the perch 
Therefore, the use of Cork-Tex wads in stand- 
ard ammunition is not an experiment. They can 



family, extraordinarily abundant in 
the ponds and lakes of the Pinellas 
peninsula. It is a family which in- 
cludes, in this section at least, striped 
bass, black bass, or “black-fish” as the 

natives know them, and the rock sea- be considered a standard product, being manu- 
“a8n : DAL 7 factured in a well equipped plant upon the spec- 
seems strange to n ac ass . . 5 at 
ee ars ociakes, as welleas ification of those who are in position to test 
outside,” Sonnyboy remarked. He had and judge the quality and efficiency of a wad. 
Bae ws. f i | Greet ; Made of resilient cork, with a scientific bind- 
y some oO (3) ass tribe preter Fi a. ‘ 3 
pee ee ar thom Gaalt ing material containing an effective lubricant, the 
water,” I answered, “has never been sealing efficiency of this better wad protects the 
satisfactorily explained, to my knowl- moisture content of the powder from change. 
Rte ney. nie ike.the.sheeps- Cork-Tex wads, through their power of expan- 
head, mackerel and other salt-water 3 ; 
Be ht fn frechiwater springs slong sion, effectively prevent the escape of gases dur- 
the coast. I have heard it’ said, Son, ing discharge. 
that there are numerous subterranean 
rivers beneath Florida and isn’t it In every way a better wad, Cork-Tex now 
natural to suppose that these investi- stands squarely on its merits with the sportsmen 
gative fellows have, at some time or of America. 
other, ventured inland and to the lakes, 
gg strange. course? BOND MANUFACTURING CORPORATION _ { 
“Sea bass are bottom marine fish, 513 Monroe St., Wilmington, Deleware Be 
with sturdy, slightly compressed bod- 
ies, unusually large mouths, no supple- NOTE: We do not make shells, but make Cork-Tex wads for shell manufacturers. 
mental bones, smooth tongues, weak 
canine teeth, long and slender gill- 
rakes, short dorsal fins, fleshy filaments 
on the tips of their dorsal spines, and % ; AY AY 
are a northern species, the southern oe : #, 
limit of whose range is Florida. It’s : ae PS oe 
one of the very best known and most Th WAD = 
important fish between here and Massa- ay, ae 
chusetts. There are special fisheries of 
them in ten States.” 
The last vestige of the camp fire was 
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