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any trouble about the worll of river fi£h, when 

 they negledled the mod delicious kinds ; all their 

 attention was dire<^ed towards thofe of the fea: 

 the difficulty of procuring them feems to have 

 been the criterion of their value, as is ever the cafe 

 with effete luxury. 



The chub is a very coarfe fifh and full of bones i 

 it frequents the deep holes of rivers, and during 

 fummer commonly lies on the furface, beneath the 

 fhade of fome tree or bufh. It is a very timid fifh, 

 finking to the bottom on the left alarm, even at 

 the pafTing of a fhadow, but they will foon refume 

 their fituation. It feeds on worms, caterpillars, 

 grafshoppers, beetles, and other coleopterous in- 

 fe6b that happen to fall into the water ; and it will 

 even feed on cray-fifh. This fifh will rife to a fly. 



This fifh takes its name from its head, not only 

 in our own, but in other languages : we call it 

 Chub, according to Skinner^ from the old Englijh, 

 Cop^ a head, the French^ ^ejiard-, the Italians^ 

 Capitone. - 



It does not grow to a large fize ; we have 

 known fome that v/eighed above five pounds, buc 

 Sahianus fpeaks of others that were eight or nine 

 pounds in weight. 



The body is oblong, rather round, and of a 

 pretty equal thicknefs the greateft part of the way % 

 the fcales are large. 



The irides filvery ; the cheeks of the fame color : 

 the head and back of a deep dufky green • the 



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