Class IV. 



TENCH. 



359 



Tinea. Aufonius Mofella^ 123. 

 Tinea. Joqjius, 124. 

 Tinea, Tenea. Sal^ian, 90. 

 La Tanche. Belo?i, 325. 

 Tinea. Rondel. Jlunji at. 157. 



Gefner pifc. 984. 

 Schley, Siye. Schone-veUey 76. 

 Teneh. Wil. Icth. 2^1, Raii 



fyn,pifc. 117. 

 Cyprinus mucofus totus ni- 



grefcens, extremitate caudse 



aequali. Arted. fynon. 5. 



Cyprinus pinna ani radiis 25, 

 Cauda integra, corpore mu- 

 cofo, cirris 2. Lin. fyji. 

 526. Grono'v, Zooph, No, 

 328. 



Suture, Linnare, Skomakare. 

 Faun. Suec. No, 363. 



Schleihe, Schlegen. Wulff Bo- 

 rufs, i\''o. 55. 



167. Tench. 



THE tench underwent the fame fate with the 

 barbel, in refpedt to the notice taken of it 

 by the early writers \ and even Aufonius^ who firft 

 mentions it, treats it with fuch difrefped, as evin- 

 ces the great capricioufnefs of tafte ; for that fifh, 

 which at prefent is held in fuch good repute, was 

 in his days the repaft only of the Canaille. 



^is non et virides vulgi fohtia Tineas 

 Norit? 



It has been by fome called the Phyfician of the 

 £fh, and that the (lime is fo healing, that the 

 wounded apply it as a ftyptic. The ingenious 

 Mr. Diaper^ m his pifcatory ecloges, fays, that 

 even the voracious pike will fpare the tench on 

 account of its healing powers : 



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