Class IV. PRIDE LAMPREY. 107 



or dusky, and sometimes mixed with blue ; the 

 whole under side silvery. 



These are found in the Thames, Severn, 

 and Dee, are potted with the larger kind, and 

 are by some preferred to it, as being milder 

 tasted. Vast quantities are taken about Mort- 

 lake, and sold to the Dutch for bait for their 

 cod fishery. Above 450,000 have been sold 

 in a season at forty shillings per thousand. 

 Of late, about 100,000 have been sent to 

 Harwich for the same purpose. It is said 

 that the Dutch have the secret of preserving 

 them till the Turbot fishery. 



Une Civelle, im Lamproyon. Syst. 394. Gm. Lin. 1515. 3. Pride. 



Belon, 67. Lin-ahl. Faun. Suec. No. 291. 



Lampetra parva et fluviatilis. Petromyzon pinna dorsali pos- 



Hondel.pisc.fi. 202. teriori lineari, labio oris la- 



Lampreda minima. Gesner tere postico lobato. Ibid. 



pise. 598. Uhlen. Kram. 384 v 



Pride. Plot, Oxf. 182. Plate Gronov. Zooph. No. 160. 



x. Le Lamprillon. Bloch. icht. 



Lampern, or Pride of the Isis. iii. 37- tab. 78. Jig. 2. 



Wil. Ichth. 104. Raii Syn. Le Petromyzon Lamproyon. 



pise. 35. De la Cepede. Hist, des 



Petromyzon branchialis. Lin. Poissons. i. 26. tab. 2. Jig. 1. 



W E have seen these of the length of eight 

 inches, and about the thickness of a swan's quil, 

 but they are generally much smaller. 



