128 ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



the centre, their tails all diverging at equal dis- 

 tances, which gave them the appearance of a 

 flower half-blown. Cowpers Letters, 1793. 



Minnow Tansies. To make these tansies in 

 the spring, wash them well with salt, cut off 

 their heads and tails, take out their inside with- 

 out washing, fry them with yolks of eggs, flowers 

 of cowslips and primroses, and a little tansie, and 

 they prove excellent eating. Walton. 



LOACH. 



The Loach breeds and feeds in small, clear, 

 swift brooks, and lives there on the gravel, and 

 in the sharpest streams. It is in general not 

 more than three inches long, has a beard similar 

 to the barbel, and is successfully angled for with 

 a small red worm, on the bottom, close to the 

 ground. It is considered by Gesner and other 

 physicians as a very nutritive fish. Walton. 



The loach is found in greater abundance in France 

 than in this country. This fish was exported from 

 Germany to Sweden by order of the king. Donovan . 



