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low spring-tide along the south and west. On the north coast it 
has been found at St. Ives, and in August, 1905, a single speci- 
men was obtained under a stone at the Black Rock, Widemouth 
Bay, Bude. The Hippocampus or Sea-horse (Hippocampus 
antiquorum, Leach) was taken some years ago in a ground-seine 
at St. Mawes (Rice). On Sept. 14th, 1899, one was captured at 
Porthleven, on Mount’s Bay. An attempt was made to bring it 
alive in a pickle-bottle to the Technical Schools, Truro, but it 
died on.the way. 
The Carp (Cyprinus carpio, L.) is common in ponds through- 
out the county, and the Golden Carp or Gold-fish (C. carassius, L., 
var. auratus, Bl.) thrives in ornamental ponds and fountain- 
basins. Both are, of course, introductions. The Gudgeon 
(Gobio fluviatilis, Flem.) is mentioned by Couch as having been 
introduced into some ponds near Penzance, but Cornish knew 
nothing of it, and there is no subsequent record; so that it has 
probably died out. Dace (Leuciscus dobula, L.) was recorded by 
Couch as confined to the Tamar and its tributaries, and Miss F’. EK. 
Tripp describes one that was caught in the Linney. In spite of 
assertions to the contrary, it does not appear to have been taken 
either in the Camel or the Fowey. The Minnow (Leuciscus 
phoxinus, L.) has not been seen by the writer west of Truro, 
though it occurs locally in that neighbourhood, and is probably 
plentiful in the streams of the east, as Couch, who knew the 
latter well, says it is common in many of the rivers, but not in 
all. It is certainly abundant at Trebartha, and in most of the 
tributaries of the Lynher. It also occurs in Dosemary Pool 
(J. D. Enys), and in the stream at Harlyn, near Padstow. The 
Tench (Tinca vulgaris, Cuv.), first introduced by Sir Rose Price, 
Bart., into the ponds at Trengwainton, Penzance (R. Q. Couch), 
is now a common pond-fish throughout the county. The Loach 
(Nemachilus barbatulus, L.) is evidently scarce in the middle and 
west, but is reported as plentiful in the east. Miss F. EK. Tripp, 
in some MS. Notes on the Natural History of the Altarnum dis- 
trict, speaks of it as a familiar object in the Linney, and it is 
found in some of the tributaries of the Fowey. It has been 
reported from one of the Looe streams, and from the Perranar- 
worthal stream at Ponjeravah, near Constantine. The Salmon 
(Salmo salar, L.) is chiefly confined to the Tamar, the ane 
Zool. 4th ser. voi. XII., January, 1908. 
