go PRIDE/ Class IV. 



is high and angular, then grows narrow, furrounds 

 the tail, and ends near the anus. 

 Color. The color of the back is brown or dufky, and 



fometimes mixed with blue ; the whole under fide 

 iil very. Thefe are found in the 'Thames , Severn, 

 and Dee, are potted with the larger kind, and are 

 by fome preferred to it, as being milder tailed. 

 Vaft quantities are taken about Mortlake, and fold 

 to the Butch for bait for their cod fiihery. Above 

 450,000 have been fold in a feafon at forty mil- 

 lings per thoufand. Of late, about 100,000 have 

 been fent to Harwich for the fame purpofe. It is 

 faid that the Butch have the fecret of preierving 

 them till the Turbot fifhery. 



Pride. Une Civelle, un Lamproyon. pifc 35. 



Belon, 6y. Petromyzon branchialis. Lin. 



Lampetra parva et fluviatiiis. fyfi. 394. 



Rondel, pifc. fl. 202. Lin-ahl. Faun. Suec. No. 291. 



Lampreda minima. Gefaer Petromyzon pinna dorfali pof- 



pifc. 598. teriori lineari, labio oris 



Pride. Plot, Oxf. 182. Plate latere poflico lobato. Ibid, 



X. Uhlen. Kram. 384. 



Lampern, or Pride of the IJis. Grono<v. Zoopb. No. 160. 



Wil. Iclh. 104. Raii jyn. 



WE have feen thefe of the length of eight 

 inches, and about the thicknefs of a fwan's 

 qui], but they are generally much fmaller. 



They are frequent in the rivers near Oxford, 

 particularly the Jfis, but not peculiar to that coun- 

 ty* 



