222 The Perch 
the live bait. When one drops his bait among a shoal of them he 
picks them out very rapidly. Proceeding in shoals they are easily 
netted, and I have seen hundreds taken at one draw of the net. 
The finest specimens to be got in central Scotland are caught in 
Lindores Loch. I have seldom got them here less than 14 lbs., and 
on many occasions from 2 to 3 lbs. in weight. In the “Loch o’ the 
Lowes” near Dunkeld, too, are some very large perch. Large ones 
are also to be found in the river Isla and the river Earn, but they are 
seldom fished for. Perch thrive in stagnant water where trout could 
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Fic. 207.—Sea Lice. Life size. 
