212 Mr. James Hov's Account of the Trichiurus Lepturus. 
pectoral fins had been attached, were perceivable very near the 
gills. "here were no ventral nor anal fins; but the thin edge of 
the belly was closely. muricated with small hard points which, 
although scarcely visible through the skin, were very plainly felt 
all along it. Both sides of the fish were white, with four longi- 
tudinal bars of a darker colour; the one immediately below the 
dorsal fin was about two inches broad; each of the other three 
about three-fourths of an inch. The side-line straight along the 
middle. B 
As the fish appeared to be very fresh, a cut of it was boiled, 
which I tasted, and found to be very good, approaching nearly 
in taste to the Anarhichas lupus, which I had an opportunity of 
tasting only a few days before. | 
Gordon Castle, 
January 9, 1813. 
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