374 G O L p F I S H. Class IV. 



178. Gold- Kingo, the Gold Fifh. Kam- tranfverfa bifurca. Lin.Jyft. 



EN. pfer Hift* Japan^ I- 137' S^?* Faun, Suec. tab 2. 



Kin-yu. Du Halde Hift, Grono'v, Zooph. No. 342. 



China. I. 19. 315. Gold Filli. Ed=w, 209. 



Cyprinus auratus. Cyp. pin- Kin-yu, iive carpio auratus. 



na ani gemina, Cauda Bafier fubfec, II. 78. 



THESE HQi are now quite naturalized in this 

 country, and breed as freely in the open 

 waters as the common carp. 



They were firft introduced into England about 

 the year 1691, but were not generally known till 

 17285 when a great number were brought over, and 

 prefented firft to Sir Mathew Dekker, and by him 

 circulated round the neighborhood of London, from 

 whence they have been diflributed to moft parts of 

 the country. 



In China the moft beautiful kinds are taken in a 

 fmall lake in the province of Che-Kyang, Every 

 perfon of faftiion keeps them for amufement, 

 either in porcellane vefTels, or in the fmall bafons 

 that decorate the courts of the Chinefe houfe^. The 

 beauty of their colors, and their lively motions, 

 give great entertainment, efpeciaily to the ladies, 

 whofe pleafures, by reafon of the cruel policy of 

 fhat country, are extremely limited. 



In form of the body they bear a great refem- 

 blance to a carp. They have been known in this 



ifland 



