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This theory is sustained by the fact that 
I have been unable to find any of this 
substance later on in the season at the 
points where it was abundant earlier in the 
season. These masses arc frequently as 
large as a quart measure, almost trans¬ 
parent in appearance and hold in suspen¬ 
sion thousands of eggs. That they are so 
wonderfully prolific is the only reason why 
they have survived the ruthless netting to 
which they have been subjected ages out 
of mind. In reporting to the State Fish 
and Game Commission some years since 
on the effects of ice fishing on our food 
fishes, I had the head waters of Barnegat 
bay placed under surveillance for a con¬ 
siderable period of time, and learned that 
from one haul of a single seine after sort¬ 
ing out all marketable size fish more than 
thirty thousand of the immature ones were 
left on the ice to waste. This testimony 
was given by three men of unimpeachable 
character who took the trouble to count 
out the lots in piles of one hundred each. 
And there were many of these nets work¬ 
ing each day when the weather was all 
suitable and each one contributing a cor¬ 
responding waste. 
W HEN transplanted to fresh waters the 
White Perch thrives well but does 
not reach the size of those met with 
in their natural habitat. Perch of two and 
even two and one-half pounds have fre¬ 
quently been taken; still that size is rare 
and one weighing one pound is regarded as 
a “good one” and is welcome to the rod of 
the man who practices the right art. 
The range of the White Perch extends 
from Nova Scotia to about South Carolina. 
Statements some years since that they had 
been found in the inland waters of Flor¬ 
ida were found on investigation to be er¬ 
rors of identification, as the specimens 
proved to be a species of Bream, a variety 
of a very numerous family in those waters. 
The Perch seems to be in greatest abund¬ 
ance in the Cheseapeake where at times 
the waters teem with them. As a table 
fish however they are preferable when 
taken from more northern waters. As be¬ 
fore mentioned, this fish thrives so well 
in fresh waters it would seem that their 
transplanting to such localities would be 
more generally adopted by the Fish Com¬ 
missioners of the different states, as they 
are the peer in every respect of the Yellow 
Perch or Pike Perch besides being much 
more prolific than either. 
In the Delaware, they are also found in 
the greatest abundance and are continuous¬ 
ly sought by all ages and both sexes; but 
like so many of our smaller fishes they 
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as the shrimps are taken from the water 
cover them over with the sawdust. They 
need not be deeply covered, just enough 
to keep them separated somewhat, occa¬ 
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