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THE GUDGEON. 
There are two fpccies of the gudgeon, a larger and a 
fmaller; the former is an inhabitant of our rivers, the 
latter of thofe of Germany, where it is called wapper. 
The Britijh gudgeon upon the hack is du!ky ; the belly 
of a dirty white : It is diftinguifhed by nine or ten large 
fpots of a blackilh colour, upon the lateral lines ; others 
of a fmaller fize, being irregularly fcattered over the back 
and fins. 
At the angle on each fide of the mouth, there is a 
fmall beard of a quarter of an inch ; near the eyes are two 
large apertures of the nofe : Neither jaw is furniihed with 
teeth ; but at tbe entrance of the throat there are two 
triangular bones, that perform the office of grinders, re- 
fembling thofe of the carp. There is a fingle dorfai fin, 
with nine rays ; the pectoral have each fourteen, and the 
ventral eight or nine ; the tail is bifurcated. 
The Bream *. 
The bream is one of the freih water fifli, in no high re- 
putation ; its flelh is foft and infipid. It is of a rhem- 
boidal fhape, and in the lakes of Italy is found fometimes 
three feet in length, by two in depth. The hack is great- 
ly arched, and the fides ftrongly comprefi’ed : The lateral 
lines which proceed from the gills, are bent downwards, 
curvated 
1 * Cyprinus Bran, a, Lin, Syfl:, La Bremme, Bclon, 
