AND GLEANINGS. 5 



not, from that air, and a tongue and throat, form 

 vibrations and sounds, too nice for our ears, but 

 might be heard in every species. There are many 

 sounds in the air which we do not hear ; how 

 much more in the water noises insensible to us ; 

 and fishes by that means speak, without being 

 audible to us. Gent. Mag. ix. 228. 



Mr. Thompson of Hull says, it has been often 

 remarked that fish have no voices. Some tench, 

 which I caught in ponds, made a croaking, like a 

 frog, for a full half hour, whilst in the basket at 

 my shoulder. When the herring is caught, it 

 utters a shrill cry like a mouse. Also, the gur- 

 nard will continue to grunt, like a hog, some time 

 after it is taken, and, some say, make a noise like 

 a cuckoo, from which he takes one of his country 

 names. Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. iii. 



Mr. Yarrell observes : The maigre, a large 

 sea fish, when swimming in shoals, utters a grunt- 

 ing or purring noise, that may be heard from a 

 depth of twenty fathoms ; and, taking advantage 

 of this circumstance, three fishermen once took 

 twenty maigres by a single sweep of their net. 



The coasts of Great Britain do yield such a 

 continued sea harvest of gain and benefit to all 

 those that with diligence do labour in the same, 

 that no time or season of the year passeth away 



