AND FISHING. 157 



The natives of Sinde believe th&tjfish-diet pro- 

 strates the understanding ; and in palliation of 

 ignorance in any one, they often plead, he is but 

 a fish-eater. Mirror, vol. xxv. 



SOUBATKA, A RARE FISH. 



In the autumn there is to be seen in the River 

 Airgoun, in Mongolia, a very rare fish, named by 

 the Kossacks soubatka, from the number of its 

 teeth ; its body is about an ell long, and one 

 foot in width, its back is humped towards the 

 head, its width diminishes towards the tail, on 

 which it has large fins ; it is of a bluish colour, 

 its scales are very small, its teeth very strong, the 

 two front teeth and the grinders are larger than 

 the rest, and a little curved. 



Pallas' Voyage, 4to. vol. iv. 



SPARUS. 



A fine specimen of the four-footed sparus of 

 Donovan was lately captured, by a carrier, in 

 shallow water, at Cambois Burn. It measured 

 five feet three inches in length ; and weighed 

 seventy-nine pounds, being three pounds heavier 

 than any previously seen by naturalists ; it is con- 

 sidered a very rare species in the British seas. 

 Newcastle Journal, Nov. 23, 1833. 



