. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . [s a gregarious fish, and loves deep holes, and gentle streams. It is a mostvoracious fish and eager biter; if the angler meets with a shoal of them, heis sure of taking every one. It is a common notion, that the pike will notattack this fish, being fearful of the spiny fins which the perch erects on theapproach of the former. This may be true in respect to large fish; but it iswell known the small ones are the most tempting bait that can be laid forthe pike. Th
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . [s a gregarious fish, and loves deep holes, and gentle streams. It is a mostvoracious fish and eager biter; if the angler meets with a shoal of them, heis sure of taking every one. It is a common notion, that the pike will notattack this fish, being fearful of the spiny fins which the perch erects on theapproach of the former. This may be true in respect to large fish; but it iswell known the small ones are the most tempting bait that can be laid forthe pike. The perch is a fish very tenacious of life; we have known them carriednear sixty miles in dry straw, and yet survive the journey. These fishseldom grow to a large size. THE The mackerel emits a phosphoric light when fresh from the sea. Whentaken out of the water, it soon dies, and even in the water, if it advancewith too much impetuosity against the net. It is caught with that instru-ment, or with a hook baited with bits of red cloth, or small herrings, andpieces of other kinds of fish or flesh. In some places it is taken by linesfrom boats, as during a fresh gale of wind, it readily seizes a bait; it isnecessary that the boat should be in motion, in order to drag the bait alongnear the surface of the water. There is a great fishery for mackerel onsome parts of the west coast of England. This is of such an extent, as to 1 Perca Jluviatilis, Lin. The genus Perca has a snout without scales, not advancing-•eyond the lips; second dorsal fin not sensibly longer than the first; ventral fins on thethorax; prae-operculi dentated; operculi spinous. 3 Scomber scomber, Lin. The genus Scomber, or mackerel, has a projecting ridge oneach side of the tail,and a row o
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