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paved with polished marble, This fish never 

 exceeds fifteen or sixteen inches in length ; and is 

 spotted like a Trout : and has scarce a bone, but on 

 the back. But this, though I do not know whether 

 it make the angler sport, yet I would have you take 

 notice of it, because it is a rarity, and of so high 

 esteem with persons of great note. 



Nor would I have you ignorant of a rare fish 

 called a GUINIAD ; of which I shall tell you what 

 Camden and others speak. The river Dee, which 

 runs by Chester, springs in Merionethshire; and, 

 as it runs toward Chester, it runs through Pemble 

 Mere, which is a large water: and it is observed, 

 that though the river Dee abounds with Salmon, and 

 Pemble Mere with the Guiniad, yet there is never 

 any Salmon caught in the mere, nor a Guiniad in 

 the river. And now my next observation shall be 

 of the Barbel. 



