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figured in Sowerby's Naturalist's Miscellany, to which work 

 it was communicated by Alexander M'Leay, Esq. who dis- 

 covered it in Zetland. It is there stated that the fishermen 

 fancy it is sometimes seen with spines a foot long. The 

 Zetlanders call it Piper, comparing the spines to the drones 

 of a bagpipe. My friend, Mr. Thomas Edmonstone, tells 

 me it is also called King of the Sea-Eggs, and that it is 

 found in the " furthest haaf," the term applied to the deep 

 sea fishing in deep water. It probably inhabits rocky 

 ground, as it is never found but in company with Tusk 

 (Gaclus brosmus), which is caught on very rocky ground. 

 " Two or three intelligent seamen whom I have spoken to 

 on the subject, 1 " 1 says Mr. Edmonstone, " say they generally 

 draw up several entangled among their hooks every sea- 

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