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D 



E. 



Class IV. 



Old Walton fpeaks of fome that weighed two 

 pounds. In a lift of fifh fold in the London mar- 

 kets, with the greateft weight of each, communi- 

 cated to us by an intelligent fifhmonger, is men- 

 tion of one whofe weight was five pounds. 



The roach is deep, but thin, and the back is 

 much elevated, and iharply ridged: the fcales 

 large, and fall off very eafily. Side line bends 

 much in the middle towards the belly. 



173. Dace. Une vandoife, on Dard. Be* 



Ion, 313. 

 Leucifci fecunda fpecies. 



Rondel. 192. Gefnerpifc. 26. 

 Dace, or Dare. , Wil. Icth. 



260. Rait Jyn. pifc. 121. 

 Cyprinus decern digitorum, 



rutilo longior, et angufti- 



or, pinna ani radiorum de» 

 cem. Arted. fynon. 9. 



Cyprinus leucifcus. Cyp. pin- 

 na ani radiis 10. dorfali 9. 

 tin. fyfl. 528. 



Laugele. Meyer's An. II. tab, 

 97- 



THIS, like the roach, is gregarious, haunts 

 the fame places, is a great breeder, very 

 lively, and during fummer is very fond of frolick- 

 ing near the furface of the water. This fifh and the 

 roach are coarfe and infipid meat. 



Its head is fmall : the irides of a pale yellow : 

 the body long and (lender : its length feldom above 

 ten inches, though in the abovementioned lift is an 

 account of one that weighed a pound and an half: 

 the fcales fmaller than thofe of the roach, 



The 



