HALF-HOURS IN THE GREEN LANES. 



halls, &c. In these sluggish waters it would live to 

 a great age, and attain an immense size. Although 

 we consider its flesh undoubtedly coarse, yet the 

 carp has been a favourite article of food since the 

 days of Aristotle. The scales of the Common Carp 

 and the Crucian Carp are given below, and tLe 

 difference in their markings is plainly seen. The 

 latter sometimes goes by the name of the " German 



Fig. 10. 



Scale of Gudgeon. 



carp." Neither of them are indigenous to England, 

 but the exact time when they were introduced is 

 not known, although an old distich says 



"Turkeys, Carps, Hops, Pickerel! and Beer, 

 Came into England all in one year." 



Yarrell tells us that the common carp is mentioned 

 vu the 'Boke of St. Alban's,' printed in 14&6. 

 fcud, in a post-glacial river deposit at Mundesley, 



