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same size. It is of a deep greenish brown color, and has 

 ten spines in the first dorsal and fourteen rays in the sec- 

 ond dorsal fin. This fish is known as the salmon in the 

 Susquehanna, which river is not visited by the true salmon, 

 as the white salmon in Virginia, and as the Welchman in 

 the inland waters of North Carolina. It has been taken 

 in the waters of Western New York, though not frequent 

 in them, but abounds in many of the Western States. 



The Pike Pekch or Sandre, Lucioperca Americana, 

 deserves mention as an admirable fish on the table, and a 

 favorite with the angler, both for its beauty, strength, and 

 boldness of biting. It is a true perch, and has nothing 

 of the pike but its elongated snout, whence it derives its 

 name. It has thirteen spines in the first dorsal, and one 

 spine and twenty-one soft rays in the second. Its general 

 color is yellow, beautifully mottled with purplish brown, 

 zigzag lines above, and pure silver below. It rises to 

 nine pounds weight, is a fish of the western waters, lov- 

 ing quiet pools under mill-dams or at the foot of rapids, 

 and retires in the summer into the depths of the clear cold 

 lakes, or quiet shadowy places in rivers, amid water grasses 

 and weeds. 



There are many other varieties of fish, of greater or 

 less value to the angler, found in all the waters of the con- 

 tinent, from the abominable and gigantic catfish down to 

 the diminutive breams, shiners and killy fish, which afford 

 so much sport to boy fishermen, but with the exception of 

 the perch and eel, there are none others which require 

 especial notice. 



The Perch, Perca Americana, is a very handsome 



