THE YELLOW PERCH. 
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be taken with tlie net or the hand. In mere wantonness 
and desire to diminish their numbers I destroyed all I 
could, hanging them on strings with the spawn stream- 
ing from them. The eggs, which were almost trans- 
parent, were in the water in masses, kept together by 
a glutinous substance, and each marked with a black 
spot, and could be taken up in the net, straining slowly 
through the meshes. 
Yellow perch will take worm or minnow, preferring 
the former, and it is probable destroy numbers of 
young trout. Their flesh is coarse, white and tasteless. 
They are pursued only by boys and ladies. 
