. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. 4i8 AMERICAN FISHES. It is very interesting to a fish culturist to visit the sites of mediaeval abbeys in England and trace out the remains of the immense stews or ponds in which the provident monks of old were wont to rear Carp and Tench and eels. The pond culture of England in the Middle Ages was very extensive, but has not been resumed in later days. On the conti- nent, especially in Germany, however, it has been continued, and there are man
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. 4i8 AMERICAN FISHES. It is very interesting to a fish culturist to visit the sites of mediaeval abbeys in England and trace out the remains of the immense stews or ponds in which the provident monks of old were wont to rear Carp and Tench and eels. The pond culture of England in the Middle Ages was very extensive, but has not been resumed in later days. On the conti- nent, especially in Germany, however, it has been continued, and there are many excellent treatises on " ;. THE TENCH. The Tench, Tinea vulgaris, the Schleihe of Germany, and the Tanche of France has already become acclimated in our waters, particularly in the Potomac, and will soon be available for the uses of anglers. It frequents streams and ponds with muddy bottoms, and is partial to weedy places. It is exceedingly tenacious of life, and even when grown in foul water has delicate white flesh, which many prefer to that of the Carp. Both Tench and Carp are better if kept in clear, cool water for a few days, and the slime should be washed off their scales with warm water before they are cooked. I have eaten the Schlei in Bremen, and can speak well of it for in flavor and texture it resembles the American bluefish. My praise is, however, but feeble compared with that of Badham, who writes: " In spite of the prejudice entertained by some Italian doctors, and all the old women of Italy, who believe this fish to be so impregnated with marsh malaria as necessarily to engender ague. Nessuno mangia tenca I Che febre non senta. At Florence it is held superior to any fishy food which enters the market, and in the Neapolitan pescheria yields to very few finer marine species. A. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of th
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