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“ however informed me, that he had been fifhing in 
“ this pool, but never caught a trout of this extraordi- 
“ nary kind. He had likewifefifhed in Llyn March- 
“ leyn, and Llyn Bochlwyd, and though he caught 
tc fome fifh with crooked backs, never took any that' 
« had but one eye. He concluded his account by 
<c faying, that there is a brother-in-law of Pritchard 
<e now alive, who will confirm Pritchard’s teftimony ; 
<* and that it is generally believed in Lanleched 
“ parifh, there are fifh which have but one eye, in 
“ fome of the pools of the neighbouring mountains.” 
If by this I have not eftablifhed the exiftence of 
fuch monocular fifh in the Carnarvonshire lakes, I 
hope you will at lead; think that Giraldus’s account is 
not to be fo immediately rejected as impoffible, efpe- 
cially when I fend you an extract from the Hiflory 
of the French Academy of Sciences, which contains 
following proof of nearly as extraordinary fifh in a 
lake of France. 
“ Monfieur le Marquis de Montalembcrt a fait a, 
tl l’Academie l’obfervation fuivante. Dans la fontaine 
<c du Gabard en Angoumois, on peche fouvent des 
“ brochets aveugles, & jamais aucun qui ne foit 
“ borgne. Ceux qui ne font que borgnes, le fonttous 
“ de l’oeil droit, &; dans ceux qui font aveugles on voit 
“ aifement que 1’oeil droit a ete attaque le premier, 
«* & eft beaucoup plus endommage que l’autre. 
“ Cette fontaine eft une efpecede gouflre, dont on ne 
<c peut trouver le fond ; plufieurs petites files de 
“ rofeaux, qui fiottent a fa furface, empechent qu’on 
“ ne puifte fe fervir de filets, pour y pecher, ce qui 
“ rend cette peche tres longue, & tres difficile. 
M. de Montalembert fut afl'ez heureux pour at- 
“ traper, 
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