5«5 GOLD-FISir. 



to the nobility. The beauty of their colours ana lively 

 motions, give great entertainment, efpecially to the la- 

 dles, vvhofe pleafurcs are extremely circumfcribed, froni 

 the cruel policy of that people *. 



In fliape, thefe fillies bear a great refemblance to the carp ; 

 and in their native lakes they are perhaps not greatly inferi- 

 or in fize ; for they are faid to equa,! ourlargeft herring f- 

 Beautiful coloured drawings of thein have been executed 

 by Edwards X ; their prevailing colour is gold, of a mod 

 amazing fplendour ; there are varieties marked with 

 fine blue, brown, and bright fih^er ; the mofl beautiful 

 are faid to be taken in a fmall lake in the province Oi 

 Che-Kjang |j. 



The Chuo «if. 



J. HERE are five fpecies, or rather varieties, of this fi/h 

 enumerated by WillougJjhy, after the ancient naturalilts '. 

 That fifli known in the Englipj rivers does not grow to 

 a large fize, feldoui exceeding five pounds. The chub is 

 a very coarfe fifli, and full of bones ; it frequents the 

 deep holes of rivets, and, during fummer, commonly lies 

 on the furface, beneath the fliade of a tree or butli. It 

 is a verj' timid fifii, finking to the bottom on 'the fmallell 

 olarm, even at the palling of a ihadow, but foon refumes 



2 its 



* Brit. Zoology, gen, 40. f Vide Du Kalde, p. 316. 



\ P. 209. II Brit. ZooL. ubi fupra. 



^ Cyprinus Ceyhalu?, Lin. ?y:1. Cephalus Fluviatilisj Rondel. 



