* H A T ,I^ R A 'L>| H I S T 0 >R**Y .
; Bulchardo \Qo^nubienji, ;ken&A vptJ&eqii^ifè^, j f IkAIfiïg.
ij?» 40 M i o Hjgfrwlnit' i fir Tiifti^r^fyiife j ^ |
of fifli bifinqed on the .hack, with | foft a R ^ e ^ lA ^ a ^ %v-Very
rare onerwas -takeutyin Mount’^ a y , January 2$, 17563: J tJ jj^ ?
Dmcunculus, RondeLs Jib^-^chap^Xii., T l^ to44pe^^Jits fhape,
and the heauty*o£ its colour, induced to give dja^itigsj $ f
it, Plate, xxvi- ^pig^x. and xi. It is genotally^g^q^ed a ni^dite^
fanean ;fifh,, in wvhich feas; Mr, Ray found.=it.; bu3t}, ,^ |a^ | i^ ] , the
laze of the Cornifti one. It ia/alfopdifferièpt Ffpm tfiedcpn pf I&qnr
deletius : its upper mandible projected muchpbpyond the lower; it
was fharp, bony, and bent forwards like thé* beak of a rayen j jjs
, pyes large, clofe together, placed in t|e,upper part ofr th^bpj.di.;. .its
head large in proportion tp the other parts, and /ome^yhat G^mj
preffed'5 the firft radius fiLthe, anterior back-fin, A^T»haijÖ[ar ^ j^
ipg ^ckvvards ria? far. as the tail j .the
with four radius. * * the belly-fin had th^fa|pe number; it had four
peótpral fins, two immediately under, and two poAejipr^tqjhe gills;
they are horizontal at their infections, from which one. would imagine,
that-they were, ufed in time of danger for, flying J;; the body
is round, tapering to a point at the tail, which is a^fin p f ,^ m
rays.s When it was firft taken, its. coloprs .tyere^xfoh, yellow, pearl-
colour, and blue.
.p,pjg, rtx. Plate xxvi. is. the Draco m a rm u s^ (^ ^ 0 Ü ^W ^ 7
que), in our feas fcarce; it is badly, defigned in, Willughby,
who, as well as other authors who have, defcribed, this, ihh, .has
not taken'notice op the deep fulcus on the, back, in^hich, .as. the
ingenious Mr. Dyer, who fent it me 1 757, obferves, this, fif^qan
conceal the poifonous foines of his doifol-finSj when >,thcy are
reclined, that he may exert them occafionally with the greater execution.
I have given a drawing of it by the general fealc. §
sECT.vm. 1 Some fifh bifinned on the back have the former fin radiated with
prickly points, among which the balfe claims the firft place; its
elegant fhape and compact ftruéture (equally adapted for ftrength
and agility) inclined me to give its icon, from a large well-fed ipe-
rimen, Plate xxyi. Fig. xix. This is the Lupus of moft authors;
the Perea, fpecies q'ma. Percarum Artedi, page 69.
. The mullet is generally taken with us in fmall nets near the
Ihore.
Some of thefe fi£h are named Cuculi by the Latins, from the
found of the voice, which refembles that of the cuckow-bird, by
the Englifti called Gurnards (from their grunting like a fow, fays
w Mr. Ray, page 87, fays the fifh of the cuculine kind fometiftfes' employ their fins to the üfe of flying,
though chiefly deiignea for another purpofe.
Ray,
Ray .(page 8‘y ); the Voice of feme is thought to referable that ;of
a pipe; it is .therefore called in Cornwall a Piper.' Of thefe We
have the grey gurnard, the tub-fifh, the red . gurnard or rocket, the
piper, the ftreaked gurnard (j'ago, Ray, page 165); and that I
wdk'MbUfer^ffifh'i a^df eicSfeW ^the^Tdf < What '
is called in London the Horfe mackrel, the Cornifti call Scad, a
filh meanly accounted of; not fo the doree (■ qha/i^Dedufdtas, Mr
gildedfofifh, K&dU0 ^mtnWs
atithsrikm. TMsv ‘fiftP is $)f^fifl||^^ foWt
rathetydtyvin dilbplrifoii^ft thWbfo'-'and turbot1”.’ ‘Hl
O f xfifhtfe ni$Jabhle'atdl,''<ft^gPdlfinfied Ori t'K^bkek^^^'hale^M sect.ix
comber,' (Jag^^Ray^pa^ j dyaffifo ' h’emfig,'||§Pl raefofoiifehiifef1*
th&'ifwb* laft j^fferally known; Pifohafd
‘(df which ntor^dft the fequd^T^in^a f]?ai&lf^M^5fe*1E8f^Waifl]
thefey k^ftave? tne’fha’d ,! <hv rilbtlfef^of 'herrings!' ( R ^ f f e ^ t o ^ p
and the> Iprat or ipkrling^ o f which l,twd”l foift^§i^*i&bfef'ved!^ffi the
Gornifh'Tegs’ I 8nB thb"offspring the! fpfte fed f
herring,‘fand ‘eaflly !ta' be’ diftihgtiiftied;^fome - filhermen h’owbVdr'*
think1 the fprats a diftindt kind bfofoh frbriifoitfety^die' fiell^ ofy^d
one bei% ‘ljiaooth,‘i<i>f the Other tOugh a.
b OP’th^g&r-fifodfor hoili-fifh', There'are tw^d^lOTs’ in 'CldrSwali,
fkys Mr. Ray;'(pagi^b^bhd etflled^'the’C^fodfe,’(4fte^ OthefhfKe
SKtppeo,'' a filh which mol*es ifs tipper jaw; iaS&fpjW^Gdr’mPtW- #
Jium corruption <Uocis Jkofifler roftro brexpore quam AcUSriMlpaf'is\
f&rfan Saurus Ronde^etiif iiB^'S^^cMj^f^.”*^jfe^^Ray^^^^- 'rW^F
Of^fhes fpifioiis;>fingle-fidn'edf<Sii
hOr§51byrMr. Ray, (from pdge‘ 127) '&d.J and-'tHofe*ribm^mSidiraftp
by Mr. jggd ,' dhd publifhecf in the end of'Ms^SynOpfis,' (Irqhf'paWe
i6t3-r) tve have a fifh which, in Mr. Jago’s ?plfpers;' ‘P find -'calfed1
the Blaek^fifh^^ and ■ thus deferibed: ‘ p If Is'lmbdm,' ^^j^feall'''"
thM folks, infomuch, that they Will not fie5takeh'WOtfoe otywithbut
^aife.ti^^i6n'f''‘'fiftedi incB^lpng, thibe'^-i^^r^^of an5?iflbh
broad beftdts the fin; heaid ' and Ihofe1 * life a* peSl* ’ Or tf duty^little
ihiMth, very- fmall teeth,* a fit® dnd brigfiPeJ^ !diiI^0^rfe(6Si'lh6'
backy beginning from the ^ nofe, ‘four fnche^ arid ’ thfeex*^bart3 ^ ’’
near fi^?^riehes lorigy^a' forfetl- tail,‘5 a' largo“*dOhbf^ridlMl 'Two
taken at Loo, May 26, 1721, itt the Se'dn, near'tfe’f l i^ ih .M fly
ground witl, fmall ore-weed1 iri"fiis po'fi” As this fifh ap^ar’s to
w It is common on our coafts in the pilchard 11 ? AsitiSe^fea-breainv^ th4 cha<|.o^yQlfhg\b'ream5i_
feafon, when you may buy of the'largeft at Pen- the wrafle, butter-fifh, the father lafher, the gold- fo' ,
zance generally for about fix pence each. h' ” jinny, the cook, the corkliriq. v
* See Hift. of 1 1 ' ■ / " ' ; 'fofotfo?; I f ' I H i l S i l $$$$
me