NATURAL HISTORY 
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DACE. 
The Dace is a very lively and active kind 
of fish. The body, which is slender, seldom 
exceeds nine inches in length ; and the tail 
is forked. The back is of a dusky colour, 
and somewhat tinged with green and yellow; 
the sides are of a silvery cast; the belly 
similar. During the summer months they 
may be seen in abundance, sporting near 
the surface of the water, busily engaged in 
catching (lies and other insects, which they 
seize upon while floating down the stream, 
or skimming along tlfc surface. About the 
month of March they deposit their spawn; 
and are, it is said, very prolific. They are 
considered to be very insipid. 
