OE, THE HOME-CULTUEE OF FEESH-WATEE PLANTS. 
complete works on our British fresh-water shells, 
such as those of Turton and others. 
The cleansers haying been duly located to keep the 
apartment in order, like the neokorio of the celebrated 
temples of Greece, the fish may he introduced. 
I shall speak of Gold and Silver Pish in a separate 
place, and commence my description of the British 
species suited to our purpose with the Perch. (Plate 
IV., No.l.) He is a fine fellow, and we should take 
care to make his acquaintance, and know some¬ 
thing about him before requesting his company in 
the little glass palace to which he is about to be 
invited. Baron Cuvier, in his great work, has 
chosen the common Perch as the type of his order* 
"Perea —an honour to which his finely marked charac¬ 
teristics fully entitle him. His distinct markings, his 
strikingly erect dorsal fin, and fine hold movement 
in the water, early attracted the notice of ancient as 
well as modern naturalists, and we thus have him 
accurately described under the name of Trep/cy 
(perJce) by the great Greek physiologist Aristotle. 
He was the Perea of the Bomans, as Mr. Yarrell 
tells us in his beautiful work; and his ancient name 
has been but little mutilated in his modern titles. 
Pergesa , in Italy; Persche , in Germany; Perche , 
in Prance; and more briefly Perch , in "England. 
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