I making efforts to eltmb on the boat Of* right the vessel futile. Hundreds of bass, big and little, cut the water around tho nearly submerged fishermen, dashing i against them, biting and fighting. For fully fifteen minutes the men were in the water, endeavoring to drive away, their tormentors and yelling lustily in the , meantime. Another fishing party neari the cries and came to the rescue just in time. Both Perkins and Harkness were severely scratched and lacerated, but wlt;*re able to work the next day. They say it is the first time they ever knew . Cedar Lake was inhabited by man-eating fish.■I i