Clafs IV. GIOVE, D810) See, 319 
Dan Phe: “Gy Ou). beth oi aS fet. 
Kingo, the Gold Fith. Kemp- _ bifurca. Lin. f/t. 527. Faun, 
fer Hift. Fapan. I. 137. Juec. tab. 2. Gronov. Zooph, 
Kin-yu. Da Halde Hif?. China. No. 342. 
Lei Tg Gold Fifh. Edw. 209. 
Cyprinus auratus. Cyp. pinna Kin-yu, five carpio auratus. 
ani gemina, cauda traniverfa Bafler, fubjec. Wl. 78. 
HESE fifh are now quite naturalized in this 
country, and breed as freely in the open wa- 
ters as the common carp. | 
They were firft introduced into Exgland about 
the year 1691, but were not generally known till 
1728, when a great number were brought over, 
and prefented firft to Sir Mathew Dekker, and by 
him circulated round the neighborhood of Lon- 
don, from whence they have been diftributed to 
moft parts of the country. 
In China the moft beautiful kinds are taken in a 
{mall lake in the province of Che-Kyang. Every 
perfon of fafhion keeps them for amufement, 
either in porcellane vefiels, or in the fmall bafons 
that decorate the courts of the Chinefe houfes. The 
beauty of their colors, and their lively motions, 
give great entertainment, efpecially to the ladies, 
whofe pleafures, by reafon of the cruel policy of 
that 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 to arrive at the length of eight inches; in 
their 
Defcr. 
