RED FLAM M A N T. ^ 505- 



They ftand upright, and in a row; fo at a di fiance look like a file 

 of foldiers. They feed on the feeds of water-plants : not fifh. Their 

 flefh is good, notvvithflanding it is lean, and looks black.' Damper 

 alfo bears witnefs to the delicacy of the tongues ; which,i fays he, are 

 ]arge, and furnifhed with a knob of fat at the root, the fo much 

 boafted morfel. Jpicius, a Reman, probably cotemporary with 

 'Tiberius, had the honor of firfl introducing them to table : the fame 

 perfon whom Pliny fo forcibly fligmatifes with the title of Nepoium- 

 altijfimus gurges *. 



The Flammant inhabits feveral parts of the old world : fuch as Places in Eu- 

 fomeofthecoaHsof the Mediterranean Cea-y the Cape De Ferd idcunds; ^°^^ anb Asia, 

 and the Cape of Good Hope. They are common on the fhores of the 

 Cajpian fea, on the Perfian and 'Turcomannian coafts : repairing in 

 flocks to the mouth of the river Temba; and fometimes to that o£ 

 the Taik ; and alfo to that of the Volga, below JJirasan,. 



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