fitfæ- FM NA T H R A L / H I S T O R Y M
Banks,, which, afford an agreeable Profpea; it is in Several
places, of a great Depth, and produces many lands ofFifln,
as the Char, Salmon, T i\e ,B d fs, Tearch, Eeles, &c. iThis
Rake by fon?U is plac’d m Lancdfhire, bufeby othdrs in
Wejlmoreland, which is the more likely,;ifo fe t t e ’Filhefy
thereof beiongsf;to the B a r p n y ? h f i # TuWfeof j§Ibat
iXlJade, particularly r for’ Cottons, and the njoft noted in
that Gouifty.. This' Méfeiyis the ljKgsftriSs England;- and
looks i‘^s„ i f it was*-. pav’d o r :flagg d at the bottom with
fquare Stones, I a fight diverting enough in Fiftiing. - Our
learned Clarenceux was impos’d upon, when he
fince in Coningflon-Meer, within five Miles, a Char much
fairer and more ftrvfeabls; is eaughfe g
■ The Char: is a fort Fiffi About a; quafiterylbhgjofemeT
5®ha|-tMkpC: a Trout, and generall^fiedyleü^’é * there.are
three forts, the Male,! which is lafge, with a tefl Belly;; .but
is-, call’d thpMEting-Char ; -the.'Female C^tris,Targgydbut
notfofod-hefly-’d, thefFkffini^i^ry^,redj;iwhhirytelng full
of^hard Roes^r-SpaFife -Which „our Phitefqphers^ in'ithlk
Difcoveries fufficientlyidemonftrat^tO'¥)the0 ^ ,j o r ^ ^ s
the Fifh> which .are fecundated foy upMilfc mj:e<Mr on
.them by the Male, and perfefted by the kind influence of
the Sun: thzOva thus impregnated, are buried hy.-the, Female
in Slutchor Sand near the adjacent Banks, and fo; re-
eeivo Invlgoration, theft are ii commonly, call d thé Moidttg
Chdrrs j the third for t having no Roe, isicommonly call d
the Gelt Char.. \ Theft >G¥rr.?; differ from - the WelfkTor-
go&ghf ^ ilh i taken in GaxnarvdfaJCdre,, and the Switger-
lanSEentely theft being probably the fame.with the Cafe,
a fortfof Filh, fomething like the Chat, but fpawning at a
different time, and ’caught in’the River Br'atihy;, that runs
into Winder-Meer. The Char is not to be caUght by
Angling, ©Rany other Miethodxbut by Nétsy they keep generally
in the deepeft parts of the Water, and are moffc commonly
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moniy Taught in the coldeft WCathek, ■ when the Banks are
cover’d with Snow ;:tfle fi/fcznnever fwimiout of the Meer j
but'the Gap is taken in divârsîRivërs., i
Thê River iir^-iVreiUarkabiëTor Edes-, which I think
I may affirm, to fixe the* fattefl: in England, and indeed' tO
that.degree.of fatneffcthat they?almaft.naufeate ; and this
a late Author,, a Gentleman p f a- confifferable^Eftatf' near
M'anehe/hvy chiefly;attributeà to the Fat, Greafie, and OylsQ
which by, the WokeiMills are ewprefffed'from thé? Woolen
Cloathsifîand fo mixed with', the' Water,*: > And indeed cou-
fidering the .numbei: Of “ thëfe Millsvfhindingitupon that
Rivief^ and the extraordinary fatrfefs of thG'Eelei; *1 do not
think cthp £onjec\ure amifs: !A
It may,now beworth our- time to make .Enquiry into the
manner of the Generation o f this/Jfod^or Fifh : -I éèûld
not.in theft,• ifyiany Difîèdtion 1 ever madeÿVdbftryfe^the
diftindtion of Male tand Fendàle, which has giyen occafidh
toifoiUe to conjecture they oamefoom the middle Region,
fin.G.eJE’onds iand Pits are found frequently full o f theih, in
wA nope had.everbeen degofitcd,and therefore itis Concluded
that their being fo fmall as not to be diftorn’d by ocular
InlpeCfiqn, they might be exhal’d with thé Watërsç and cofl-
fÿquehllyîfall down with the Rainsy and whenithêfë'feàp-
pen’dtolfall into Rivers and Ponds, theyi by th# influence
p f the,Sun, h^m and .compleatitRèir.' Génération. Büt
whence aroft thofti Ova: fas be tlfosaMxhaldAfthèjr mbit
needs claim fome„Ofigin 'or Formation befbrbtbey iafejSiîdèà
to „the iliiddleiRegion ; thÊre is nofloulJt but thfe :RâiUs;aie
oftentimes faturated with Osvd of divefs ^Species, • dâ'foay
be feeh by Putrifadtion of the WateiV l. in which an? infinite
number of fmall Worms.are difeerh’d, thefe indeed may bè
fmall Ova wafted up by the Winds] and-defending with the
Rains.. It is affirm’d in Ruffia and Lithuania, after excelfive
Showers, that the Ground i s ; alrnoft cover’d with Creatures
not unlike Mice, which often produce by their corrupting,
peftilential Fevers, which infome occàfion’d the
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