. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. BONY FISHES. 335 row of spinous rays belonging to the first dorsal fin have wounded the hands of many an incautious angler. It is extremely voracious, so much so that after all the legiti- mate bait has been exhausted, it is a common practice for the fish- erman td place on his hook the eyes of the perch already taken, which are as eagerly bitten at as the worms were formerly. An anecdote is related of a gentleman who
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. BONY FISHES. 335 row of spinous rays belonging to the first dorsal fin have wounded the hands of many an incautious angler. It is extremely voracious, so much so that after all the legiti- mate bait has been exhausted, it is a common practice for the fish- erman td place on his hook the eyes of the perch already taken, which are as eagerly bitten at as the worms were formerly. An anecdote is related of a gentleman who struck at a perch, but anfortunately missed it, the hook tearing out the eye of the poor creature. He adjusted the eye on the hook, and replaced the line in the water, where it had hardly been a few minutes before the float was violently jerked under the surface. The angler of course struck, and found he had captured a fine perch. This, when landed, was disco- vered to be the very ,-/yv-A,-^. ^ fish which had just been mutilated, and which had actually lost its life by de- vouring its own eye. It is quaintly ob- Pereh. served in Izaak Wal- ton, that " if there be twenty or forty in a hole, they may be at one standing all caught one after another, they being like the wicked of the world, not afraid though their fellows and compan- ions perish in their ; The Perch seldom exceeds two pounds and a half in weight, and a perch weighing a pound and a half is considered a very fine fish. The Mackarel.—The elegant shape and resplendent colors of the Mackarel point it out as one of the most beautiful fishes known. Nor is it only valuable for its beauty, as it is highly prized as an article of food in most parts of the world. When the fishermen employ the line for the capture of the Mackarel, the hook is baited with a strip cut from a dead mack- arel, and is suffered to trail overboard. The fish bite eagerly at. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pa
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