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HABITS OF THE DACE. 



perch with strong tackle, and get your prey out 

 of the water as quietly and with as little disturb- 

 ance as possible. If you fancy perch-poaching, 

 act as follows : get a very large wide -mouthed 

 glass bottle ; half fill it with clean water, and put 

 a dozen lively minnows in it. Give them air by 

 inserting a quill, open at each end, through the 

 bung of the bottle, which sink in a pond, or in 

 the whereabouts of perch in a river. The bottled 

 minnows will attract perch to them. In about 

 twenty-four hours or more after you have laid 

 down your decoy, come with a paternoster-line, 

 baited with live minnows or small gudgeons, and 

 you cannot fail in capturing many of the assembled 

 perch. 



THE DACE. Cyprinus Leuciscus. 



This little yellow silvery carp serves as a 

 practical primer to the young angler. He is a 

 reckless little fellow, and will snap at your worm, 

 gentle, or paste near the bottom of the water, or 



