ifia HISTORYOF 



2* Flat fifh, comprehending the torpedo the 

 flcaite the fharp-nofed ray the rough ray the 

 thornback and the fire flare. 



3. The (lender fnak'e-fhaped kind : as the lamprey 

 the pride and the pipe fifh. 



4. The fturgeon and its variety the ifinglafs fifh, 



5. A variety of fifh of different figures and na- 

 tures, that do not rank under the former divifions ; 

 as the fun filh the lump fifh the tetrodon the 

 fea fnail the chimera 'and the fiftung frog. 



The third general divifion of fifties is into that of 

 the fpinous or bony kind. 



Of this clafs are already known above 400 fpecies, 

 of which the following are a part, viz. the eel, cod, 

 ling, hake> tuflc, haddock, whiting, pollack, doree, 

 holybutj falmon, trout, herring, mackarel, pike, 

 perch, charr, mullet, carp, fhad, tench, dace, roach, 

 gudgeon> pilchard, fmall fprat, tunny, turbot, plaife, 

 foal, flounder. 



The fourth divifion confifts of the fhell kind, as 

 the tortoife or turtle, lobfter, crab, prawn, cray-fifh, 

 fhrimp, oyfter^ mufcle, and cockle, 



Of the Fifheries* 



The origin of the Scottilh herring fiflieries is loft 

 in the obfcurity of antiquity. Boethius mentions 

 Inverlochy at the head of the Linnhe Loch, having 

 been a town of confiderable magnitude, a feat of the 

 Scottiih kings previous to the conqueft of the Picts 5 

 and to which both French and Spaniards reforted^ 

 on account of trade, but moft probably to purchafe 

 herrings and falmon. At the fouth entrance of the 

 Loch ftood the antient Beregonium, fuppofed to 

 have been the largeft town of the weflern Caledonians* 



Its fituation was remarkably favourable for the 

 filheries, being almoftfurrounded with lakes and fmall 

 bays. It ftood in the neighbourhood of Dunftaff- 

 nage, another royal feat, of which a confiderable part 



ftill 



