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fhoulders: in the plains, green and brownifh lizards are verycommon; they perfectly refemble thofe of Europe, but are ofa more confiderable fize. Of frogs, this country produces thelarge fpecies, which 1 have formerly defcribed*, and an abund-ance of fpotted, croaking toads f: the green frog is rare, andof a very beautiful colour.—Two fpecies of land-tortoifes arefound in the moift, low grounds.

The frefh waters of Crim-Tartary contain but few fifh, theprincipal of which is the trout: it is taken in fome of themountain-ftreams, that alfo afford a fmall kind of barbel, thegroundling, and the Couvieres of the French. In fome lakes,near Kaffa, the Cyprinus Mus is alfo caught, and is here mif-taken for carp. The Euxine Sea, and that of Azof, aboundwith fifh: but too few fifheries are eftablifhed, to fupply thepeninfula; on which account great numbers are, during thewinter-fafts, ftill imported from the Dniepr. The raoft con-fiderable fifhery is that of the Greeks inhabiting the fhore ofthe Bofphorus, where two fpecies of fturgeon are caught inlarge numbers. Some perfons have alfo eftablifhed fifheriesnear Arabat; where, in profperous years, efpecially in winter,the Sandres of the French, and the fmall bream, or Wimba tare taken in large quantities. The moft produktive fifhery onthe Black Sea is in and about the port of Akhtiar, where manynaval officers permit their boats'-crews to fifh with drag-nets,and amply to fupply the markets. Lately, a fifhery with drag-

* Rana ridilunda. Pallaa's Former Travels, Vol. I. Suppl. p. 458. No. 14.German edit.

\ Rana vefpert'ma. Ibid. No. 15. Rana variabilis, Spicileg. Zool. Faßte. VII. p. 1.Tal. 6. Fig. 3, 4.

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