caught in rapid A reams generally cut 

 white, but thofc that are taken in flow, 

 <leep rivers, cTpecially "\vLcn . they run 

 through boggy or turbury lands, -are red 

 as falmon, \vhich*|ifli they lefemble more 

 than any other in fhape. Their backs are 

 afh-color, the poflcrior fin -adipofc, the 

 fides yellow, beautifully decorated with 

 Ted fpots \vhen in fcafon, which is from 

 March to September, and in* feme livers 

 till October. The ipouth is large, and 

 aimed with a great number of teeth ; 

 fpawn in November, and as that feafon 

 approaches, like the falmon, make the 

 ^icatcft efforts to gain the fource of the 

 aiver, after which feafon they fpeedily 

 return, but not to (port in the ilrcarns, 

 as from that time until February they 

 pafs their time in folitude in the mo ft 

 retired places they can find, lean, unfa- 

 vory, and un whole fome, fcldoin can be 

 feen, and a prey to vermin* that feeui 

 to grow on their fides, in numbers in- 

 calculable. Thus paffes nearly one fourth 

 cjf his exiftence -"the monarch of the 



* The Pcdiculus Aquaiiciis 



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