. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . w, and drives it again from thedeep; till at length, the poor little creature is seen to dart to shorter dis-tances, to flutter with greater effort, and to drop down at last into the mouthof its fierce pursuer. But not the dorado alone—all animated nature seemscombined against this little fish, which seems possessed of double powers,only to be subject to greater dangers; for, though it should escape from its Exocetusevolavs, Block. The genus Exocetus ha
. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . w, and drives it again from thedeep; till at length, the poor little creature is seen to dart to shorter dis-tances, to flutter with greater effort, and to drop down at last into the mouthof its fierce pursuer. But not the dorado alone—all animated nature seemscombined against this little fish, which seems possessed of double powers,only to be subject to greater dangers; for, though it should escape from its Exocetusevolavs, Block. The genus Exocetus has the head covered with scales ; teorays in the bronchial memlirane; eyes lar£fe ; jaws furnished with small pointed teeth,and the pharyngeal bones with fiat ones; pectoral fitis as long as the body. 93 62* 738 PISCES—CARP. enemies of the deep, yet the tropic bird and the albatross are forever uponthe wing to seize it. Thus pursued in either element, it sometimes seeksrefuge with a new enemy ; and it is not unfrequent for whole shoals of themto fall on shipboard, where they furnish man with an object of uselesscuriosity. THE Polish Prussia is the chief seat of the carp; they abound in the riversand lakes of that country, particularly in the Frisch and CurischhafT, wherethey are taken of a vast size. They are there a great article of commerce,and sent in well boats to Sweden and Russia. The merchants purchasethem out of the waters of the noblesse of the country, who draw a goodrevenue from this article. Neither are there wanting, among the Englishgentry, instances of some who make good profits of their ponds. The carp is a prodigious breeder; its quantity of roe has been found sogreat that, when taken out and weighed against the fish itself,, the formerhas been found to preponderate. From the spawn of this fish caviar ismade for the Jews, who hold the sturgeon in abhorrence. These fish are extremely cunning, and on that account are by some styledthe river fox. They
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