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When first introduced into England. 



country, are extremely limited, and who take 

 great delight in feeding them. About the year 

 1691 they were first introduced into England, 

 but were not generally known till 1728. A great 

 number were then brought over and presented to 

 Sir Matthew Dekker, by whom they were distri- 

 buted in the vicinity of the metropolis, whence 

 they have found their way to most parts of the 

 country. They are now perfectly naturalized, 

 and breed as freely in open waters as the com- 

 mon carp: a large quantity are bred in the gar- 

 dens of Bagnigge Wells, near Pancras, Middle- 

 sex; the water in which they live being a mix* 

 ture from the chalybeate, and cathartic springs 

 of this place; in all probability these waters are 

 congenial to their nature. They have also been, 

 introduced with some success into France, Hok 

 land, and several cities of Germany, where they 

 grow very fast. On this subject M. Oelrichs of 

 Bremen, says, " I possess a considerable number 

 of gold fish, the offspring of eight which I re- 

 ceived from M. Rouwe. 1 keep them in a small 

 basin about thirty-six feet long, which 1 had 

 made on purpose for them, and where they live 

 extremely well. I have not observed that a sin- 

 gjeone has died. The eight first, which were only 

 about half the length of a man's finger when I 

 received them, have grown so much that two of 

 them are now the size of small herrings. The 

 young ones do not grow very fast, .perhaps, be- 

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