3^ Ot FISHES IN GENER>iL. 



That between the carp and tench was produced hy mix- 

 ing the milt of the former with the fpawn of the latter j 

 the offspring, whicli was examined by Mr. Pennant, 

 bore a greater refemblance to the male than the female 

 parent *. 



It is remarkable, that fo few fpecies of this clafs of 

 the animal kingdom have been tranflated from their pri- 

 mitive haunts, and made fubfervient to man by domef- 

 tication. Only three kinds have been tranfported from 

 foreign parts into Britain ; the carp, the tench, and tlie 

 goldfifli. Double that number are domeflicated with 

 fuccefs upon the continent ; but even this, in all proba- 

 bility, is but few to what might eafily be rendered fub- 

 fervient to the fame purpofe, by the induftry of man. 

 There can at leafl be entertained no doubt that thofe 

 domeflicated upon the continent would thrive eq^ually In 

 Britain, 



The caprinus corufius is found indigenous in many of 

 the rivers in England, where it is called the rudd. It 

 is reckoned a funerior flfh to the carp in many refpc^ls, 

 yet it has never been domeflicated in its native country, 

 though reared with great advantage in the fifli ponds of 

 Sweden. The cobetus fofTilis is a filli unknown in this 

 country ; but is domeflicated, with profit, in the ponds 

 at Stockholm, and might, vv'Ith equal propriety, be tranf^ 

 lated into thofe of Scotland. In the fame manner, the 

 cobetus barbatula, which was Introduced into Sweden by 

 Frederick I. might be made an inhabitant of our artifi- 

 cial ponds. The falmo tymalis of Liitnccus, known in 

 Enghmd by the name of graylln, Is one of the befl fillies 

 both for fport and the table, and might cafily be tranf- 

 ported here from the ftreams oi DcrbyJInre, its native 



■refidence. 



• rUc Bik. Zcol. \<A, III. dafs iv. p. 356. 



