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taken by the hook. Its flesh is white, tender, fat, and very 

 much esteemed, and Ray assures us that it is preferable to 

 turbot. It is also asserted that the carangues enter by night 

 into the rivers. 



On Vomer, generally, we have nothing of sufficient in- 

 terest to add to the text. 



Zeus proper is established upon a fish which the French 

 call doree, from the general tint of the body, which is a mix- 

 ture of green and gold. It was also c ailed forger on in French, 

 and in \aX\wfaher (blacksmith), from this external covering, 

 having a smoked appearance by means of some black tints 

 on the back and other places. 



It is also called in French Poisson St. Pierre, from an odd 

 notion that it was a fish of this species that St. Peter caught 

 at the command of his Master, to take from its mouth a piece 

 of money for the purpose of paying the tribute. On this sup- 

 position, it is believed that all the individuals have, on each 

 of their sides, a round and black spot, because the fingers of 

 the Prince of the Apostles were applied upon an analogous 

 place. 



The modern Greeks call it the JisJi of St. Christopher, or 

 XpioTotyopov, from one of their pious legends, according to 

 which, St. Christopher, in traversing the sea with Jesus 

 Christ upon his back, seized hold of this fish, and left upon 

 its sides the impression of his fingers. From a passage in 

 Athenseus, and the researches of Rondelet, it appears that 

 the ancient Greeks named it x.ci\kvq. 



In the same manner as certain balistae, cotti, and triglae, 

 it can compress its internal organs rapidly enough to cause 

 gases violently pressed to issue forth through the apertures 

 of the gills, come in collision with the opercula, and thus 

 produce a slight noise like a sort of grunting. 



The zeus or dory is a very excellent fish, found both in 

 the Mediterranean and the Ocean. It sometimes weighs more 



