318 G W I N I A D. Class I 



The Gwiniad is a fifti of an infipid tafte, and 

 mufl be eaten foon, for it will not keep long ; thofe 

 that choofe to preferve them do it with fait. They 

 die very foon after they are taken. Their fpawn- 

 ing feafon in Llyntegid is in December. 



It has long ago been obferved in Cambden*, that 

 thefe fifh never wander into the Dee, nor the fal- 1 

 mon never ventures into the lake : this muft be 

 allowed to be generally the cafe j but by accident 

 the firft have been known to ftray as far as Lhn- 

 drillo, fix miles down the river, and a falmon has 

 now and then been found trefpafiing in the lakef. 



The largeft Gwiniad we ever heard of weighed 

 between three and four pounds : we have a Ferra 

 we brought with us out of Switzerland, that is 

 fifteen inches long ; but thefe are unco .imon fizes : 

 the fifh which we defcribe was eleven inches long, 

 its greateft depth three. 



The head fmall, fmooth, and of a dufky hue: 

 the eyes very large : the pupil of a deep blue : 

 the nofe blunt at the end : the jaws of equal 

 length : the mouth fmall and toothlefs : the bran- 

 chioftegous rays nine : the covers of the gills fil- 

 very, powdered with black. 



The back is a little arched, and (lightly carinat- 

 ed : the color, as far as the lateral line, glofTed with 

 deep blue and purple, but towards the lines afiumes 



* Vol II. 790. 



t Hon, D, Barrington'j Letter to Dr. Watfon. Phil. Tranf. 

 1767. 



a filvery 



