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the tributaries of the Dumibe, wliich Imvo tlu'ir 

 Bourot' ill vi'py colli rt'i^ioiis, abinimla tliroii<;liout 

 Europe. It also Dci-urs in Asia, in tho great 

 islands of the Pacific Ocean, niid iu ^forth 

 America. Strictly spoakini;, it ia a fresh-water 

 fiah, iu which it can pernianenlly Bubaist. 

 Its habits aro nocturnal, and tiie larj;eat and 

 finest aro usually cauglit with niglit-linea. 

 They give little amuaeinent to anglers accus- 

 tomed to the more eleuiant branches of their 

 art, as they are a troublesome iish, and from 

 their great tenacity of life, and their tortuous 

 motions, often destroy tho tackle of tho 

 lisher. 



TIIE PERCH. 

 This is the last fish we shall hero notice. 

 "When it attains to three pounds iu weight it 

 is considered of a large size. It thrives well, 

 both in lakes and rivers, in the latter of which 

 it prefers the sides of the streams to the 

 more rapid parts of the current. It is very 

 common in temperate climates, and generally 

 abounds throughout Europe. In the sOuth of 

 England, AVales, Ireland, and in the lowlands 

 of Scotland, it is common. Mr. Selby says 

 that it is a rare fish in tiie north of England, 

 and still rarer in the northern parts of Scot- 

 land, being met with only sparingly in the 

 lochs north of the Forth ; and, in several in- 

 stances, when found in these localities, its 

 introduction can be traced to no remote period. 

 " In all the almost countless waters," he adds, 

 *' of the northern counties, it is wanting." It 



is gregarious in its liabitH, and is angled for 

 with H worm or minnow. In the winter it is 

 very abateiniou^, but in tho Buiniurr it is a bold 

 biter. AVIumi the weatluT in cool and cloudy, 

 with a rullliiig breeze from tho aouth, perches 

 will bito tho whulo of the day. The be»t 

 fishing-houra, towarda the end of ppring, aro 

 from seven to eleven in tho morning, and from 

 two to six in the afternoon. In warm and bright 

 Bumnur weather, a good time ia from («unri«o 

 till six or seven in the morning, and from aix. in 

 the evening till aunsct. 



In closing this, tho last divi.sion of ErnAL 

 Life, we think wo cannot do better than quote 

 the following lines, from a fishing poem nearly 

 two centuries and a-half old, and respectfully 

 recommend them to the perusal of the angler. 



•* The lofty woods, the forests wide and loni^, 



Adorn'd with leaves and branches fresh and green, 

 In whose cool bowers the birds, with many a song, 

 Do welcome with their quire the summer's Queen; 

 The meadows fair, where Flora's gifts among. 

 Are intermixed with verdant grass between ; 

 The silver-scaled fish that softly swim 

 Within the sweet brook's crystal watery stream. 



" All these, and many more of His creation. 



That made the heavens, the Angler oft doth see; 



Taking therein no little delectation, 



To think how strange, how wonderful they be 



Framing thereof an inward contemplation, 



To see his heart from other fancies free ; 



And whilst he looks on these with joyful eye, 



His mind is rapt above the starry sky." 



THE EKr. 



