The history of esculent fish . form, it very much refembles theHerring; only it is flatter and broader, and grows to a cubitlong and four inches broad. The back is convex and ratherfharp ; the head Hoping considerably from it. The body growsgradually lefs to the tail from thence. The lower jaw israther longer than the upper; the teeth very minute. Thedorfal fin is fmall, and placed very near the center: the mid-dle rays are the longer!. The pectoral and ventral fins arefmall; the belly very fharp; the tail forked: the body is ofa duiky blue. Above the gills is a line of black (pots, whichmark
The history of esculent fish . form, it very much refembles theHerring; only it is flatter and broader, and grows to a cubitlong and four inches broad. The back is convex and ratherfharp ; the head Hoping considerably from it. The body growsgradually lefs to the tail from thence. The lower jaw israther longer than the upper; the teeth very minute. Thedorfal fin is fmall, and placed very near the center: the mid-dle rays are the longer!. The pectoral and ventral fins arefmall; the belly very fharp; the tail forked: the body is ofa duiky blue. Above the gills is a line of black (pots, whichmark the upper part of the back on each lide. The numberof thefe fpots is different in different fifh, from four to ten. It is very common in many of our feas, and in fome of ourrivers which lie near the fea. They run up there in greatnumbers, and are then very fat; they afterwards become lean,and go down to the fea again. They ufually fwim in large.(lioals together. The Shad is in higher perfection in the Severn than in any: other. ( 27 ) other river in Great Britain. It appears there in May, and invery warm feafons, in April ; it continues about two months,At its firft appearance, it is efteemed a very delicate fi/li; efpe-cially at Gloucefter, where it fells dearer than Salmon. TheLondon fifhmorigcrs diitinguiin it from that of the Thames bythe French name of Alofe. Whether they fpawn in the Severnand Wye, is not determined, as their fry has not yet been as-certained. The old hfh come from the fea in full roc. The fifhermen imagine, very erroneouily, that the Bleak,which appear in multitudes near Gloucefter in the months ofJuly and Auguft, arc the fry of the 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 g
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