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soonest tamed, will even eat out of the hand, in 

 consequence of this kind of fish being obliged to be 

 often fed with live baits, such as worms, &c. &c. 

 Phil. Trans, vol. xliv. 



Fish killed by Heat. The excessive heat of 

 July, 1750, caused the fish in the Thames to 

 gather in shoals to the bank side, and to bury 

 themselves in the ooze and mud ; they were easily 

 taken in great quantities. Loads of fish also 

 perished in the fens of Cambridgeshire ; one per- 

 son lost 300Z. by the death of jack or pike. 



Ichthyophagi, or Fish-Eaters. This denomi- 

 nation, which frequently occurs in Herodotus, and 

 other ancient authors, was applied to such nations 

 as lived partly on fish, and probably intended as 

 a mark of contempt, or to express their mode of 

 subsistence. Quin thought differently of fish diet, 

 as well as many others who have invented very 

 savoury sauces, which bear their names to this 

 time. See in this book, under the head " Eel," 

 from Spallanzani, that consumptive persons have 

 been cured by fish diet. Editor. 



Diodorus mentions a race of men that lived 

 near the strait which joins the Indian Ocean to 

 the Red Sea, who were fish eaters; they were 

 naked, and lived entirely on catching and eating 

 fish ; they also went up the country in large com- 

 panies, to drink fresh water. 



