. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . nto RuJJia^though Polijh Pi-uJJla, which is probably their native coun-try, is at no great dillance: There they abound in all therivers and lakes, and are taken of fuch vafl fize, thatthey have become a valuable article of commerce. Themerchants purchafe them from the lakes and rivers be-longing to the Polijh Noblejfe, and tranfport them inwell-boats to Siveden and RuJJia. In imitation of them,fome of the Engli/Jj gentry have begun to turn their filh-ponds to account, by regularly felling their carp t- The carp is
. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . nto RuJJia^though Polijh Pi-uJJla, which is probably their native coun-try, is at no great dillance: There they abound in all therivers and lakes, and are taken of fuch vafl fize, thatthey have become a valuable article of commerce. Themerchants purchafe them from the lakes and rivers be-longing to the Polijh Noblejfe, and tranfport them inwell-boats to Siveden and RuJJia. In imitation of them,fome of the Engli/Jj gentry have begun to turn their filh-ponds to account, by regularly felling their carp t- The carp is, perhaps, the mofl remarkable among thefpinous fiihes for longevity: An inftance is recorded ofone in the palatinate of Germany, that lived an hundredyears in )Jjee furrounding a fort |j. Their lite in fomecountries is faid to correfpond to this extraordinary lon-gevity j feveral being taken iu tlie Lacus Lariiis^ of two hundred * Cyprinus Carpio, Ljn. Syfi:. La Carpe, Belon. f Britifli Worthies, Suffex, 113. \ Brit. Zool. gen. 40, U Gefner de pifcib. 21?. ft Ilafe XXX.
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