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founding it with the numerous family of mullets of the Mugil 
GJEMus, 
THE WHITE PERCH. 
This fish is found at the mecting of salt and fresh waters all 
along the coast from Cape Cod to the Carolinas, and, though 
sinilar in essential marks, it differs in shade and symmetry 
either according to its food or the waters it inhabits. Itis a 
little fish at best, ranging all the way from three ounces to 
three pounds. Of course you throw the small ones back if 
you do not hook them in the gills. The back is neutral-tint- 
ed, sides a silvery lustre, and belly white. The first dorsal is 
spinous, and the others soft-rayed, except the first anal. The 
head is small, and, with its silver-plated eill-covers, small 
mouth, and little teeth, looks pretty, bites freely, and resists 
the angler merrily. This fish is peculiarly adapted for the 
sport of juveniles. It is a pan-fish, white-meated, flat, easily 
scaled, and quite a delicacy in November, for it is one of our 
latest biting fishes. Angle for it with light bass-tackle, and 
it is generally to be found near where a creck of fresh water 
empties into salt water, or in brackish waters over springs 
which bubble up from the bottom of a pond or river, <A 
white perch which weighs but a pound affords sport with 
light tackle, and, when weighing three pounds, it plays very 
vigorously. 
Tue Wuire Prercu. 
