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BURBOLT. 



BURBOT. EELPOUT. 



Lota galloriim, Jonston; Table 29, f. 10. 



Mustela fiuviatilis, Willoughby; p. 125, table H 4. 



Gadus lofa, Linn^us. Bloch; pi. 70. 



Donovan; pi. 92. 



Garde lote, Lacepede. 



Mulva lota, Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 192. 



Lota vulgaris, Jenyns; Manual, p. 448. 



" Yakkell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 267. 



The Burbolt is the only one of the extensive family of the 

 Codfishes Avhich has its residence in fresh water, vs^here it is 

 distinguished by exhibiting some of the manners of the eel, by 

 which it has obtained in some places the name of Eelpout; but 

 the habits in which these last-named fishes agree are so few 

 as to shew little more than a distant analogy, while the difference 

 of shape is a proof of the little foundation there is for Lacepede's 

 opinion that there is a real affinity between them. 



In England at least this fish is thinly distributed; which 

 circumstance may arise from its finding congenial haunts only 

 in deep and slowly-moving streams; but it may also have been 

 caused by its having possibly been an imported fish; which the 

 excellency of its flesh, and its power of sustaining with proper 

 care long absence from its native element, render not improbable. 

 None are found in Scotland, although from its hardy nature 

 the cold of that country can offer no difficulty. But it is found 

 in tlie rivers of Yorkshire and Durham, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, 

 and Cambridgeshire; and also the Tarne, but not further west- 

 ward, nor in Ireland; to the lakes or ponds of which it might 

 be easily conveyed with much profit to the public. A con- 



