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The Perch 



the live bait. When one drops his bait among a shoal of them he 

 picks them out very rapidly. Proceeding in shoals they are easily 

 netted, and I have seen hundreds taken at one draw of the net. 

 The finest specimens to be got in central Scotland are caught in 

 Lindores Loch. I have seldom got them here less than i^ lbs., and 

 on many occasions from 2 to 3 lbs. in weight. In the " Loch o' the 

 Lowes " near Dunkeld, too, are some very large perch. Large ones 

 are also to be found in the river Isla and the river Earn, but they are 

 seldom fished tor. Perch thrive in stagnant water where trout could 

 not live. 



Fig. 207. — Sea Lice. Life size. 



