Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . ries of mucous orifices. The general coloui is hair-brow^n, varying to glossy bluishgreen, above, and coppery yellow varying to silver white below,according to the purity and brightness of the waters which theyinhabit. They may be taken with a hook and angle-worm, but it is anasty slimy business, and affords no sport to compensate thedisagreeable nature of the labour. The Eel-spear, the set-line,or the Eel-pot, is the true mode of taking them, and their trueplace is not in the creel of the genuine a
Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . ries of mucous orifices. The general coloui is hair-brow^n, varying to glossy bluishgreen, above, and coppery yellow varying to silver white below,according to the purity and brightness of the waters which theyinhabit. They may be taken with a hook and angle-worm, but it is anasty slimy business, and affords no sport to compensate thedisagreeable nature of the labour. The Eel-spear, the set-line,or the Eel-pot, is the true mode of taking them, and their trueplace is not in the creel of the genuine angler, but on theboard of tlie elaborate epicure, en matelotte, or a la tartare,according to individual preference. With this fish, our list of the soft-rayed species is brought toa close, and I shall now proceed to the Acaiithopterygii, orspiny-finned fishes, among which are several of our finestspecies, both of fresh and salt water, both for sport in thewater, and excellence on the table. FAMILY OK TIIK IKltCI iW ri:i:(ii)j:. THE AN ^ Ilrni FUivfJiccM- :i;(. Yi-llow Trrch. This is a very connncMi li>li, uidrly dilluscd, with sninllvariation of size, shape, toriii and cuh)nr, throni^h :dl the inhmdiVisli waters of tlic whoK- I nitcd States, ran^in^; tlinm^^h alltlie hikes and rivers of the conntry from the eastern part ofMaine to the watei-s of the ()hio, into which it has gainedaccess throni^h the Ohio Canal, and wheiwe it will nndonbtcdivere long make its way nit«) the Mississippi. There are severalsubordinate varieties of this fish, which dilVir in size, colour,and sli^htly als«t in the number i»f lin-rays, in tliflVrent waters,and these have been created into distinct sj)ccie», under thetitles of the Rough Yellow Perch {Perca Cerrato-Granulata) : 240 PEECID^. the Rough-headed Yellow Perch {Perca Granulata); the Sharp-nosed Yellow Perch [Perca Acuta); the Slender Yellow Perch[Ptica Gracilis); and the White Perch {Perca Pallida). Itdoes
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