G 0 LB-FI 3 H. 
to the nobility. The beauty of their colours and lively 1 
motions, give great entertainment, efpecially to the la- 
dies, v.'hefe pleafures are extremely circumfcribed, from 
the cruel policy of that people *. 
In fliape, thefe fillies bear a great refemblance to the carp ; 
and in their native lakes theyare perhaps not greatly inferi- 
or in fize ; for they are faid to equal ourlargeli herring f. 
Beautiful coloured drawings of them have been executed 
by Edwards f ; their prevailing colour is gold, of a mod 
amazing fplendour ; there are varieties marked with 
fine blue, brown, and bright filver ; the moll beautiful 
arc faid to be taken in a fmall lake in the province of 
Che-Kyang ||.. 
The Chub «f. 
i. HERE are five fpecies, or rather varieties, of this fifli 
^numerated by K illoughly, after the ancient naturalrfts : 
That fifli known in the Englijh rivers does not grow to 
a large fize, feldom exceeding five pounds. The chub is 
a very cearfe fills, and full of bones ; it frequents the 
deco holes of rivers, and, during fummer, commonly lies 
on the furface, beneath the fhade of a tree or bulb. It 
is a very timid fifb, finking to the bottom on the fmallefl 
alarm, even at the paying of a ihadow, bat foon refumes 
2 its 
* Brit. Zoology, ger,. 40. t Vide Du Halde, p. 316. 
$ X 3 . 309. II Brit. Z00U ubi fupra. 
*5 Cyprinus Cephalus, Din. Syil. Cephalus Fluviatilis, Rondel. 
