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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 Pree Percn 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 Percu, Perca Americana, is a very handsome 
