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water was like that of a Wormfish, ( ' Syngnathus,} but, they 

 never sought to hide themselves among weeds or under stones. 

 They seemed to prefer sandy ground, on which they would 

 lie for hours in a waved or crooked posture. They were 

 obtained near the shore on sandy ground, and not in rough 

 weather; and there seems reason to believe that they were 

 bred near where they were found a circumstance the more 

 likely, as Mr. Edwards believes that six or seven years before 

 this he found the remains of a large example on the shore 

 near the same place. It measured nine inches in length 

 without the head, which was lost; but the breadth was 

 scarcely more than in the smaller examples, two of which 

 have been transferred to the British Museum. Cuvier notes 

 it as found in the Mediterranean. 



