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CYPR1NIDJ-:. 



THE GOLD CARP. 



Cyprinus auratus, LINNJEUS. 



,, ,, BLOCK, pt. iii. pi. 93, 94. 



,, Gold Carp. PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 490. 

 ,, ,, Golden Carp, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 185, sp. 3. 



,, ,, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 272. 



,, Golden Carp, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 403. 



THE date of the first introduction of the Golden Carp, or 

 Gold and Silver Fish, as they are more frequently called, is 

 differently stated by authors; 1611, 1691, and 1728, are 

 each recorded as the particular year in which they were first 

 brought over. The earliest seen in France were sent there 

 for Madame Pompadour. 



Pennant says, " In China the most beautiful kinds are 

 taken in a small lake in the province of Che-Kyang. Every 

 person of fashion keeps them for amusement, either in porce- 

 lain vessels, or in the small basins that decorate the courts of 

 the Chinese houses. The beauty of their colours, and their 

 lively motions, give great entertainment, especially to the 

 ladies, whose pleasures, from the policy of that country, are 



