THE TENCH. ig$ 



Js In its greatell fplendor when the fifh Is in Its higheft 

 feafoQ *, 



1%e Gudgeon f. 



JThe gudgeon, according to Willoughhy, is preferred by 

 the EngUjJj to mod of the river filli; it is taken in gen- 

 tle llreams, and is generally of a fmall fize, meafuring 

 only about fix inches : In the Kennet and Cole^ they are 

 of fuperior bulk to thofe of every other place, and fome- 

 times weigh half a pound J. They are aflembled by ra- 

 king the bed of the river, which makes them crowd, ia 

 Ihoals to the fpot, expelling food from this difturbance. 



This fpecies is mentioned by Arijlotle ||, and is therefore 

 probably an inhabitant of the rivers of Greece : We know^ 

 from the accounts of travellers, that it is found in Syria\\ 

 and thus exhibits a remarkable inftance of the capacity 

 of fifties to accommodate themfelves to dilFerent climates. 

 River water muft always correfpond with the tempera- 

 ture of the country through which it flows ; while that 

 of. the fea is of a much more equal heat in different lati- 

 tudes ; and hence we find fea fifli travelling into a greater 

 variety of latitudes than thofe of frefii water. 



There 



• Bjitifh Zoology, gen. 40. 



f Gobio Fluviatilis, Rend. Cyprlnis pinna ani radiis a. Lin. Syft; 

 \ Brit. Zoology, ubi fupra, [j Lib. viii. cap. 19. 



§ Dr. Ruffcl, p. 75. 3 



