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{coregonus) of the Great Lakes ; but when fresli-water 

 bass or j)erch are skinned, this muddy, or weedy, taste is 

 not found, and therefore some things which I have said of 

 perch and of skinning fish a dozen years ago should be, 

 and hereby are, recanted. 



That the perch is a very predaceous fish nobody can deny, 

 but, like the black bass, its menu comprises many things 

 beside lish, and as gravel is not necessary for it to spawn in, 

 it can thrive where the latter cannot. It was a favorite 

 with Walton as it is with many an inland angler to-day, 

 and where trout will not live it is worthy of cultivation. 



TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE FISHES. 

 By William P. Seal. 



The problems involved in the transportation of fishes, 

 owing to the rapid fouling of water thus used, and of the 

 difficulty in procuring suitable water in transit in some 

 parts of the country, especially as sometimes happens 

 where recourse must be had to the water of artesian wells, 

 are among the most interesting and perplexing encountered 

 in the practical work of fish distribution, as well as in the 

 collection and transfer of specimens for exhibition and ob- 

 servation. 



In the case of the transportation of salt-water fishes 

 inland it is impossible to provide for a change of water, 

 and thus artificial aeration alone must be relied on. 



A patent recently granted for a system by which it is 

 claimed fish may be transported in hermetically sealed 

 vessels by charging the water with air under compression 

 has led to considerable discussion and speculation. The 

 varying conditions resulting from differences of tempera- 



