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VEncuirasse, it is so named from its sharp scales 

 ranged in straight lines, similar to the tiles on the 

 roof of a house. The flesh of this fish is very 

 white, and its taste similar to veal ; it weighs 

 commonly about forty pounds. 



In mild weather the Chinese fish for another 

 sort of fish, which, from its whiteness, they call 

 flour-fish ; it is most remarkable for its black 

 eyes, which seem surrounded by two circles of 

 brilliant gold ; it is taken in great numbers, as 

 many as four hundred pounds at a time. 



The province of Tchekeang abound in a fresh 

 fish similar to ling, which is consumed in great 

 numbers, and salted the same as herrings ; it is 

 thus preserved and transported into the farthest 

 provinces of the empire. 



Docility of Fish. Mr. Stowe, of Lexden, Es- 

 sex, had fish ponds in which he kept carp and 

 tench, and which he fed regularly with bread and 

 milk, the fish coming to the sides of the pond to 

 his call, and feeding out of his hands ; he also 

 took them up in his hand. 



Sporting Magazine, vol. vii. N. S. 



Double Fish. A pair of cat-fish, a species of 

 Siluris, were taken alive in a shrimp net at the 

 mouth of Cape Fear river, near Fort Johnson, 

 N. C. in August, 1833, and presented to Professor 

 Silliman. One of them is three and a half, and 



