•ifiE CARP. 
Ihe Carp *. 
.This fpecies was 'introduced, according to Fuller, into 
England in the year 1514, by Leonard Mafcal\ ; but 
before that time, we read a dcfcription of it in the book 
of St, Albans , printed in 1496. It is by means of tran- 
fportation that they have been naturalifed in mod coun- 
tries of Europe , as is the cafe in Szveden , England, and 
France. They have not yet found their way into Ruffin, 
though RoliJJj Pruffta, which is probably their native coun- 
try, is at no great diftance : There they abound in all the 
rivers and lakes, and are taken of fuch vafl fize, that 
they have become a valuable article of commerce. The 
merchants purchafe them from the lakes and rivers be- 
longing to the RolijJj Ndbkjfe , and tranfport them in 
well-boats to Sweden and RuJJia. In imitation of them, 
fome of the Englifb gentry have begun to turn their filh- 
ponds to account, by regularly felling tbeir carpj. 
The carp is, perhaps, the mod remarkable among the 
fpinous fillies for longevity : An inllance is recorded of 
one in the palatinate of Germany , that lived an hundred 
years in the/offee lurrounding a fort [] . Their fize in fome 
countries is faid to correfpond to this extraordinary lon- 
gevity ; feveral being taken iu the Lacus Larins, of tw® 
hundred 
* Cyprimis Carpio, Lin. Syft. La Carpc, Belon. 
f Bridfh Worthies, Suflcx, 113. J Brit. Zoo!, gen. 4?, 
Jj Gefner de pifeib. 3 IS. 3 
