18 HALF-HOURS IN THE GREEN LANES. 



microscope, it may be as well to introduce magnifier* 

 figures of others to the general reader or student 

 before noticing at greater length the fishes tn em- 

 Bel ves. The Koach and Dace are well-known objects, 

 but their enlarged scales may not be so, and we 

 therefore give them. Let it be understood, howevei, 

 that the scales taken from the backs of all these 

 fishes differ very considerably in their form, from 



Fig. 6. 



Scale of Koach, X 10. 



those obtained from the belly. To thoroughly 

 understand them all, it will be necessary to get 

 them from both parts. Those given above are the 

 prevalent forms. Often associated with the roach is 

 the " Budd," or " Eowd," as it is indifferently called 

 in Norfolk, where it is more abundant, perhaps, 

 than in any other part of Great Britain. Its name 

 is uudoubtedlv derived from its red colour, and it is 



