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nnd none at all for a week nft.TwanK tin* lish having bean aroused to a sense of their danger, 



and <!-< limiu- t.i imildle with anything th.ii looks us if it inijhi lii-lc it hook. Kv.-n the net, 



that is -.., .'tT.Ttual with >. is ,,fi.-n u.%>liM against the ready wiles of the Carp, ln< h 



uill -iiii.'tiin.-s liury it.'lf in th<- mini at* tin- p-munl lino approaches, so as to allow the net to 



paw OV.T it ; or. if the ground be too hard for such a nuimiMivn*. will shoot Itoldly from tin- 



iNittoiu "f tin- \\ut.T. leap over tli.- II|.|T edge of the net, and so escape into the water beyond. 



\ tine Carp, say of six or seven IN. undo, is a truly handsome fish, its largo shining scales 



on its |,,h in tli.- most beuutifiil regularity, and gleaming with olive-brown washed with 



irol.l. The abdomen is white, with a tiru,"- "f \.-llow. 



The beautiful GOLD-KISH (Cypriniu aural iu\ so familiar as a pet and so elegant as it 

 mores round the glass globe in which it is usually kept, is another member of this huge and 

 important genus. It seems to hare been brought fn>m China, und has almost acclimatised 

 itself to the cold seasons of some countries. Its habit* and splendid .1. .thing are too well 

 known to need description. 



Another well-known member of the same genus is the BARBEL, a fine but not brilliant 

 fish, which Is common in many of th> Kun>|*in rivers. 



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This fish may easily be known, from the four fleshy appendages, called beards or 

 barbules, which hang from the head, two being placed on the nose and the other two at 

 each angle of the mouth. It is one of the mud-loving fish, grubbing with its noHf> in the 

 soft tanks for the purpose of unearthing the aquatic lame of various insects which make 

 th. ir home in such places, and U-ing, in all probability, aided by its barbules in its search 

 after food. The Barbel is sometimes so deeply occupied in rooting about th.- bank, that un 

 acrompHsh.-d swimmer may dire to the bed of the rirer, feel for the Barbel along the banks, 

 and bring it to the surface in his bare hand. 



THE TENCH prvft-rs the slowest and muddimt rivers, and tli riving well in ponds ami 

 lakes, or even < lay pits. Xo water, indeed, seems to be too thi'k. muddy, or fv-n Mid. 

 for the Tench to inhabit, and it is rather curious that in such cases, eren where the 

 fishermen could scarcely endure the stench of the mud adhering to their nets, the fish 

 were larger sized and of remarkably sweet flavor. 



In the winter months the Tench is said to bury ifcwlf in tin- mud. and there to remain, in 

 a semi-tor]. id condition, until the succeedinir spriiii: calls it opain to life and action. The color 

 of the Tench is greenish-olire, darker above tliHii Mow, and with a fine golden wash. 



