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NATURAL HISTORY 
PERCH. 
„ii T r el V, e numerous species of this fish, 
all of which are considered of a voracious 
nature; worms, insects, fish, &c., falling 
indiscriminately a sacrifice to their appetites 
it seldom exceeds two feet in length, and 
five or six pounds in weight; but generally 
it weighs about one or two pounds. The 
body is oblong, and of a beautiful green 
colour, divided with blackish stripes; the 
scales are rough; the fin covering the gills 
has seven spines; the fins in some are 
jagged, rile females deposit their ova in 
shallow parts, upon weeds and other sub- 
stances, about the middle of April. The 
Perch is to be found in rivers, deep places, 
and fresh water streams. 
