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NATURAL HISTORY. 
is of a bright red colour from the top of the head to 
the middle of the body ; the rest is of a gold colour. 
The female is white, but her tail and half of her 
body have the lustre of silver. 
52. The body is covered with large scales, and 
the tail is forked ; there is no fish in which the fins 
vary so much. The colour of the Gold Fish changes 
with age. The first year it is black ; in the course 
of a few years silver spots appear ; and then it turns 
red, and becomes more beautiful the older it grows. 
53. These fish are natives of China, and the hand- 
somest species is found in a lake not far from the 
mountain of Tsienking, near the city of Tchangou, 
situated in the province of Che Kiang. 
54. From this place they were transported to 
Europe, and were first brought to England in 1661. 
They may be seen, both in England and the United 
States, ornamenting the parlour, in a glass globe 
filled with water 
THE COD. 
55. Cod-fish are found only in the seas of the 
northern parts of the world ; 'and they are most 
abundant on the sand-banks of Newfoundland, Nova 
Scotia, and New England. 
56. These shallows are their favourite situations, 
Where was the Gold Fish brought from ? 
Where are Cod-fish found ? 
