Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 165
s the loveliest crawfishing. I once knew a boy—yes; same! — to catch five pretty sun-perch in one of these big ditches,pack them alive in some fresh Spanish mosswell wetted, put them into a covered tin bucket,carry them three miles in the hot summerweather, turn them into a tiny pond at hishome,… … THE ORCHARD-ORIOLE. I893-] NEW ORLEANS. 153 and which from two or three specimens hadincreased to thousands. One pretty fact aboutthe sun-perch is that he marries. Yes, thesefish mate in pairs as birds do. They evenhave a simple sort of sandy nest. One of thepleasantest things I ever observed in…
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