104 ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



A fishmonger in Clare Market exposed for sale 

 a bushel of carp and tench in the same dry vessel ; 

 but a small proportion of these could be daily 

 sold ; therefore, they were exposed for several 

 successive days, and continued in good health. 

 D. B.Phil. Trans. 1771. 



Though the carp is generally thought to be a 

 river fish, ancient zoologists ranged it among the 

 sea fish ; and I know instances of its being caught 

 near Dantzic. I have great reason to believe that 

 many other fish, of which it is commonly sup- 

 posed that it can only live in the sea, may also 

 exist and breed in fresh water. 



J. Forster, Phil. Trans. 1771. 



* # * Might not these be the sea carp ? Editor. 



GOLD FISH. 



" This variety of the carp appears to be a native 

 of Tche-Kiang, in China, where it is domesticated 

 and kept for ornament. The Chinese breed these 

 carp in small ponds made for the purpose, and 

 even in porcelain vessels. This fish is said to be 

 no larger than a pilchard ; but the writer of this 

 article saw some much larger, rolling about in the 

 shallow water of the botanical garden at Ghent ; 

 they were so tame, that they took their food out of 

 the hand. Their spawn appears to be a consider- 

 able source of trade to the Chinese, as described 

 in this book elsewhere. The gold fish has been 



