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is in its grcateft fplendor when the fifli is in its higheil 
feafon *. 
a Thc Gudgeon f , 
% 
T HE gudgeon, according to Willoughby, is preferred by 
the Englijh to mod of the river iifh ; it is taken in gen- 
tle dreams, and is generally of a fmall fize, meafuring 
only about fix inches * In the Kennet and Cole, they are 
of fuperior bulk to thofe of every other place, and fomc- 
times weigh half a pound f. They are aflembled by ra- 
king the bed of the river, which makes them crowd in 
ftioals to the fpot, expefting food from this diflurbance. 
This fpecies is mentioned by driflotlc ||, and is therefore 
probably an inhabitant of the rivers of Greece : We know 
from the accounts of travellers, that it is found in Syria 
and thus exhibits a remarkable inftance of the capacity 
of fillies to accommodate themfelves to different climates. 
River water mud always correfpond with the tempera- 
ture of the country through which it flows ; while that 
of the fea is of a much more equal heat in different lati- 
tudes ; and hence we find fea fifli travelling into a greater 
variety of latitudes than thofe of frelh water. 
There 
♦ Bfidfll Zoology, gen. 40 . 
f Gobio FluviatiliB, Rond. Cyprinis pinna ani radiis 4. bin. SyRi 
i Brit. Zoology, ubi fupra, |j Lib. viii. cap. 19 . 
§ Dr. Ruffe!, p. 7 S- 3 
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