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mine, who had eaten part of a Barbel, though, as I 

 had cautioned him, he abstained from the spawn, 

 was seized with such a violent purging and vomit- 

 ing, as had like to have cost him his life." Not- 

 withstanding this observation, Dr. Bloch affirms 

 that the Barbel, when not overgrown, is a suffici- 

 ently delicate fish, and even assures us that he 

 himself, together with his whole family, had eaten 

 the roe or spawn without any bad effect. Like 

 most other fishes, the Barbel probably differs very 

 much in different situations. It usually spawns in 

 May, or June, according to the warmth or cold- 

 ness of the season. At that period it rushes up 

 the rivers, and deposits its eggs in stony places in 

 the most rapid part of the current. Dr. Bloch in- 

 forms us that the Barbel, among other baits, is 

 fished for with leeches, which are collected by the 

 country people, and dried, and on immersion in 

 water, are sufficiently restored to their natural ap- 

 pearance as to be used with success for this pur- 

 pose. 



CYRAL BARBEL. 



Cyprinus Capito. C. cirris quatuor, pinna: dorsalis radio tcrtio 

 utrinque post ice scrrato, dorso acufo, latcribus pinnisque infcri- 

 oribusalbidis. Lin. Gniel. Guldenst. NOT. Comm. Pcfrop. 



Carp with four beards, sharp back, third ray of the dorsal fin 

 serrated on both sides, and whitish lower fins. 



VERY much allied to the Barbel, but rather more 

 compressed, and with a longer and broader head in 



