THE YELLOW PERCH. 



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be taken with the 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. 



