3G0 ACCLIMATISATION OF THE ORFE. 



full of them, too full, in fact, for them to grow to a large 

 size ; but I have had them, from a small pond where 

 there were but few, of 41bs. weight. — Higford Burr." 



Golden tench have also bred freely at Woburn Abbey 

 and also in Norfolk. I trust eventually they will be 

 established in the Norfolk Broads. 



The gold schlei is a very beautiful variety of the 

 ordinary tench, of a most lovely yellow colour mixed 

 with the gleam of gold — as the Germans have it, gold 

 (iJajizende. His beautiful court di'ess is spotted with black 

 spots which, like the patches as worn by ladies in 

 George the Third's reign, tend very much to set off the 

 hues in his magnificent colouring. 



CYPRINUS ORFUS. 



Local names : Ci/prinus Orfiis, Leuciscus Orfiis, Idns Melanotun. 

 German : Der Goldnerjiing, Die Goldgelbe, Gose, Botheorfe, 

 Orfus Germanorum. 



In March, 1874, Lord Ai-thur Kussell WTote me as 

 follows: "Ever since I first saw these splendid fish, 

 Cyprinus Orfus, in the ponds of the Imperial Palace, 

 Laxenbm'g, near Vienna, I determined to introduce 

 them if possible into England, and I was encouraged 

 by your successful introduction of the golden tench. 

 My fii'st attempt a year ago was unsuccessful, two gold 

 orfes only survived of the batch my brother had ob- 

 tained at Berlin. They are still living in a pond at 

 Woburn Abbey. My second and successful attempt has 

 been accomplished with the assistance of Mr. Kirsch, 

 Director of the Association for Pisciculture at Wiesbaden ; 

 he sent me one hundi'ed and fourteen golden orfes of 

 last year's breed, about 2in. long each, and two large speci- 

 mens. They travelled from Wiesbaden in two tin cans 



