O F F I S H E S. 



is a pretty fifh, of a flender roundifli body ; the mouth fmall ; 

 the iris of the eyes filvery ; the head of an obfcure olive tinge j 

 the fcales large, in an elegant imbricated order. 



42. The Chub or Chevin (r) is frequent in the river Tyne, in large 

 holes under the trunks of trees, where it grows to a good fize, 

 fometimes to the length of twelve inches. The fcales are large, 

 angular, and beautiful ; the fins bluifli ; the iris of the eyes fil- 

 very, tinged with yellow. 



43. The Roch (s) is taken in fome of our lakes from fix to nine 

 inches. Within the jaws are five teeth ; the lateral line bending 

 towards the belly ; the fcales large, filvery on the fides, in a re- 

 gular imbricated order. 



44. That admired little fifh, the Smelt (t), is taken in great 

 abundance in the Tyne, and in our other rivers towards the fea. 



45. The Ri 'ver-Eel (u) is frequently taken from two to three feet 

 long in our alpine ftony rivers ; not fo grofs and corpulent as 



(r) Cephalus Fluviatilis. ITdl Fife. Raj. Syn. Fife. Capito fluviatilis. CHUB. CHE- 

 VIN. POLLARD. Charlet. Fife. p. 37. 



(s) Rutilus f. Rubellus. fluviatilis. Cbarlet. Fife. p. 39. n. 20. WilL Fife. p. 262. Raj. 

 Fife. p. 122. Cyprinus iride pinnifque ventris ac ani pkrumque rubcntibus. Artcd'i, gen. 3. 

 Syn. 10. Sp. 10. Cyprinus pinnae ani radiis duodecim rubicundis. Linn, Faun; Suec. 

 p. 124. n. 329. 



(t) Eperlanus. Rond. Fife, ii- p. 196. Charlet. Fife. p. 34. Will. Fife. p. 202. Tab. 

 N. 6. n. 4. Raj. Syn. Fife. p. 66. Ofmerus radiis pinnas ani feptendecim. Artcdi. gen. 10. 

 Syn. 21. Linn. Faun. Succ. p. 118. n. 311. 



(u) Anguilla. Rond. Fife. ii. p. 198. Sah. Pi r c. p. 65. Ca.vl.-t. Fife. p. 54. JVM. Fife, 

 p. 109. Raj. Syn. Fife. p. 37. Murxna unicolor, maxilla longiore. Artedi. gen. 24. 

 Syn. 39. Spec. 66. Linn. Faun. Succ. p. 109. n. 290. 



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