24 FOOD OF FISHES. 



JElian again tells us, that the chad is allured by the 

 sound of castanets, and in Germany they take this fish 

 by means of nets, to which bows of wood hung with 

 a number of little bells are attached, in such a manner 

 as to chime in harmony when the nets are moved. 

 The chad when once attracted by the sound, will not 

 attempt to escape while the bells continue to ring. 

 They are likewise in the habit, on the continent, of 

 calling the gold fishes, as well as those kept in ponds, 

 to be fed at the sound of a bell. 



" At Rotterdam," says Mr. Bradley, " in a garden 

 belonging to M. Eden, a very curious gentleman, I 

 had the pleasure of seeing some carps fed, which he 

 kept in a moat of considerable extent ; the occasion 

 of my seeing these creatures was chiefly to satisfy me 

 that they were capable of hearing. The gentleman 

 having filled his pocket with spinach seed, conducted 

 me to the side of the moat, where we stood mute for 

 some time, the better to convince me that the fish 

 would not come to us till he called them. At length, 

 being desirous to see the event, he called in his usual 

 way, and immediately the fish gathered together from 

 all parts of the moat in such numbers, that there was 

 hardly room for them to lie by one another, and then 

 he flung some spinach seed amongst them, which they 

 devoured very greedily. This alone would have satis- 

 fied me that fish had the sense of hearing; but upon 

 relating the story to some curious gentlemen, I was 

 told, that at Sir William Bowyer's near Uxbridge,, 

 there is a pond of pikes or jacks, which they call 

 together at pleasure, and, I think, this is more surprising 



