S^S - G W I xN I A D. Class IV. 



The Gwiniad is a fifli of an inlipid taftc, and 

 muft be eaten foon, for it will noc keep long; thofe 

 that choofe to preferve them do it with fait. They 

 die very icon after they are taken. Their' fpawn- 

 ing feafon in Llyntegid is in December, 



It has long ago been obferved in Camhden^^ that 

 thefe fiih never wander into the Dee^ nor the fal- 

 nion never ventures into the lake : this mud be 

 allowed to be generally the cafe \ but by accident 

 the firft have been known to ilray as far as Llan- 

 drillo^ fix miles down the river, and a falmon has 

 now and then been found trefpaiTing in the lake 7. 



The largell: G'ujimad we ever heard of weighed 

 between three and four pounds : we have a Ferra 

 we brought with us out of Switzerland^ that is 

 fifteen inches long; but thefe are uncommon fizes : 

 the fiili which we defcribe was eleven inches long, 

 its greatefl: depth three. 



The head fmall, fmooth, and of a duflcy hue: 

 the eyes very large : the pupil of a deep blue ; 

 the nofe blunt at the end : the jav/s of equal 

 length : the mouth fmail and toothlefs : the bran- 

 chioftegous rays nine : the covers of the gills fil- 

 very, powdered with black. 



The back is a little arched, and fiightly carinat- 

 ed : the color, as far as the lateral line, gloffed with 

 deep blue and purple, but towards the lines aflumes 



* Vol. IL 790. 



t Ho7i. D. Barrington'-r Letter to Dr. Watfon. Phil. Tranf. 

 1767. 



a filvery 



