The history of esculent fish . e Shad: many of thefe aretaken in tliofe months only; but none of the emaciated Shadare ever caught in their return. The Thames Shad does not frequent the liver till the monthof July, and is thought a very coarfe, iniipid fifh. At thattime, the Twaite, a variety of Shad which makes its appearancein Gloucefter, and is taken in great numbers in the Severn, butheld in as great difrepute as the Shad of the Thames. Thereal Shad weighs fometimes eight pounds; but in generalfrom four to five. The Twaite, on the contrary, weighsfrom half a pound to two pounds, which it n
The history of esculent fish . e Shad: many of thefe aretaken in tliofe months only; but none of the emaciated Shadare ever caught in their return. The Thames Shad does not frequent the liver till the monthof July, and is thought a very coarfe, iniipid fifh. At thattime, the Twaite, a variety of Shad which makes its appearancein Gloucefter, and is taken in great numbers in the Severn, butheld in as great difrepute as the Shad of the Thames. Thereal Shad weighs fometimes eight pounds; but in generalfrom four to five. The Twaite, on the contrary, weighsfrom half a pound to two pounds, which it never exceeds. Itonly differs from the fmall Shad, by having one or more blackfpots on its fide, which are generally placed one under theother. The ( 23 ) The TENCH IS, in I&hyology, the Englifh name of the Tinea of the modernauthors; but, according to the Artedian and Linnaean fyftem,a fpecies of the Cyprinus. It is diftinguifhed by Artedi bythe name of the blackifh, mucous, or flimy Cyprinus,with the end of the tail The
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