O FT 3 <S!'.lo R N-‘W A L L. . K K
countryfmitJIs 5dii pwpofe.to catch them; , they Breath through holes
ors|upes on eaMh/ffileobetwixt -the mojuth and ihe peroral fihs, not
through gill^nj
rrucaf-the-fliajlfkind. (befides Othersk which have'beem reckoned By
Mr. Ray, whgcarriu to Pfenzi|ce?oai purp'oTe to^Wftgmd examine
the foksrlof oi£p Goriiifh feaMfhjgwe r have '.tKofea^fdx, ^ulpecda}
ab Sima ^ « ^ 4 o fh k h o r s ^thisUaiik wet'ealh the Mihreftaer, from
the'fea|ion of^jsrfcri^'foxdilcd tail' .With'.'^hiclnEtf.hriMes'or threfhes
its larger an|ilifs'agile eneS^ fhe? grampus-,pwhehefeer„id:r^aGhes,to
of tthb'water ta jbwfclta'-' ^hxbengageiuehc laftsire^eral
hours as. I haveb'been ihfotme&by aa.eVe-withefs,1.
* We haye-rllfo another ihark; ’ which tWe call Ithej^P’orbeagie^lf
which*; I give ad’icdn.Plate xxvi, Pig! iv : frpm;%*fag™ it being
very different&nMiape frdmran^ *m:Willugl%i !oh anothe r Iehthy-
ologtft I have fekiminedi ,
J Gfh the < flat and broad, cartilaginous* add ^)inous, obefides. .the s e c t . iv.
more common ikaites and flaires,* which* we call tH|y’Sjc(we have oneFktfflh,
in- Cornwall called; thb Cardinal .Triloft"5c6d-,thrde-tailS5 ^<t^ br°ad’ **
condlyyla Britton or'. Burton fkate without- ^ny«'|fpings,f excepting
only ; a few on its^tail; the Rata oxyrmchos j& vis' p f Jago’; Ray,
page 16.5, I n - B *
The monk or angel-fifh, (otlierwife termed the Mermaifl-filh, as
Artedi lays) the Sguhtina Rm&eletii, page 367 ; 'Ray, page 26y .of,
which uncommon fifh, of a middle nature, ;'partaking both. of. the
c^g-fifhl-arid ray; I 'add the 'icon1;- Plate, x x ii. !F ig lv . ,,.Twd' of"*
thefe fifties, ftdde four ifefct feven inches dong; rtKel other.; Imali, ’were
taken; in a tramdr.net at Penzance, 'July! 11 n S H K v That 1 U tp
defcribeid is-of a middle fize, the belly» white,* the. hack -of i the coA
lodriof;a_ Idle; ’without flxeaks. of* white, as in. ..a. drawing I
feeh -of Mr. Jago; and without the* Lined df^era in .the!middle *of
the; back;!-its in Ronddetius, K b .x i i . chap, x x i.'an d Mr. Ray;"
page 3 7 .' ' n \
. Afiiong the papers 6f Mr. I met with an accurate drawing
of jthe Rana pifcatrix of Rondeletius, Willughby, and;Ray,W<C..
the Lppbiusjormpirrofi dF Arefli, . (G.. Pifc. ^ f) which,*: becaufe it is
little known, and not faithfully ffeprefented in the books I have leen,
I have given the icon of, Plate x x v i i . Fig. ;xfe:tadjufted tb the fhale ,v
of.the dolphin, ^2?c. with the exadt number of the appendixes at -
the edges, and. ftiffenings of the pedtoral fins according to Jago.
But yeiy different || the Rana pifcatrix jfAnglic^ frbg^fifli, or lea-
„ k The tope, picked-dog. ffiiooth or ilnprickWh* * 1 The Reverend Mr. Dyer, Vicar of St. Clare,
hound, bounce, aliJs greater cat-filh, in theComiftf* * - - In the Corhifl^’Jaheuk^'/ffffii^ih*!; three
■ norgt, that is, fea-dog, &c. Ray, Syn; page 2m tails. (Jj -
Y y y devil)'*