MINNOW, PINK, or MINIM—Cyprinus Phoxinus. Is the smallest of the Cyprinus genus, being in general little more than two inches long. They are not very prolific, spawning but once in two or three years. They frequent the shallow parts of rivers and brooks, and arc bold biters. With the capture of the minnow, the school-boy commonly commences his career in the art of angling ; he is seldom nice in his apparatus, contenting himself with a hazel wand for a rod, a flaxen thread for a line, a piece of cork for a float, and a crooked pin for his hook. This is perhaps the happiest stage of all his fishing days, for all then is new, and every thing can please. A small brandling is the best bait for minnow's, and they in their turn serve as excellent allurements for the trout and pike.
PERCH--Perca F/uviatitis. The colours of this fish are beautiful and finely shaded, and although hog-back ed, his shape is very agreeable to the eye. They gene
rally measure fipom nine to fourteen inches. They are gregarious, and deposit their ova in the month of May. They inhabit our small lakes, and sonic of our rivers. The ponds in pleasure grounds arc often stocked with them, and there they breed abundantly. They are greedy and bold feeders, but do not bite freely until about the arrival of the swallow and the cuckoo ; and from that time to midsummer, they may be taken at every hour of the day. They are far from being nice in their baits, as they will even seize the eyes of their own species, when pulled out of their heads. The most successful lures for them are the red-worm and brandling : it is necessary to use a float : They never rise to a fly.