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of them have been engraved to illustrate his book on Whales, and his 

 Natural History of Scotland. On the inside of the board of the 

 volume there is written — '* Hie liber olim viri docti D. llobcrti Sib- 

 baldi Eq. Aur. fuit, et multorum variorum apud nos piscium icones 

 continet." The title is written within a square border, very neatly 

 ornamented. In the centre of the top there is a clam-shell with a 

 figure of Neptune, his trident, and horses ; and on each side a clas- 

 sical Dolphin. To the right, a figure of the Sepia is suspended over 

 an upright figure of the Loligo sagittata, with a Crab between ; and 

 on the left, the Sturgeon and the Tusk make the border, with the 

 Turritella terebra as a piece of separation. 



Folio i. A characteristic figure of the Scad or Horse-Mackerel.— 

 Fol. ii. " Piscis in lacu Mabano seu vandosus ;" and " a Whale cast in 

 at Rosyth castle." The Vendace is very unlike the figure of that fish 

 in Yarrell ; nor can I identify the whale with any figured in Bell's 

 work on the Mammaha. It appears to be a species of Beluga. — 

 Fol. iii. Balsenoptera Physalus. — Fol. iv. " A Sperma Ceti Whale." 

 Two figures, viz. a side and a back view. There is written on the 

 paper— "Whale at Moryfurth, Feb. 23, 1703. Side, but it did lay 

 halfe vpon the side that one Ey and a httle of the bellie was sanded. 

 57 foots long, and 56 round, booth under and all the skin blackish blew 

 werie smooth and as thick as a bull's and all white fat within and nixt 

 the skin." — Fol. iv. A rude figure of Coronula diadema: a better figure 

 of the Vendace : and "a horse niarkrett" — which is something I 

 cannot decipher. — Fol. v. A whale cast in at a place which is ille- 

 gible. The whale is Balsenoptera Physalus, and is about 50 feet 

 long. — Fol. vi. Probably a species of Hyperoodon. It is called a 

 North-Caper. — Fol. vii. Fig. sup. Scorpio marinus nostras=the long- 

 spined Cottus, Yarrell. Fig. med. Galeus l8evis=Acanthias vulgaris 

 or Dog-Fish. Fig. inf. Cataphractus nostras =Aspidophorus euro- 

 pseus. — Fol. viii. A repetition of the figure of the Beluga? — Fol. ix. 

 Fig. 1 . The Cat-fish. (2) Gymnetrus Banksii ! (3) Galeus nostras 

 =The Dog-fish. (4) Gobius maculis undatis nostras =the unctuous 

 Sucker. (5) Aculeatus marinus major nostras = the Fifteen-spined 

 Stickleback. — Fol. x. A good figure, and appears to represent the Cook 

 Wrasse of Yarrell. — Fol. xi. The Hiatula = the Ballan Wrasse. 

 —Fol. xii. The Bonnet Flooke. This is the Holibut.— Fol. xiii. A 

 very rude and unfinished figure of a " Salmon Stour " ? " taken in 

 Sanda in Orkney." The figure is one of the Tunny. There is, on 

 the same folio, the figure of a Tusk without the head, as it is salted. 

 — Fol. xiv. Teeth of the Spermaceti Whale-;-" Dentes Balense macro- 

 cephalse." — Fol. xv. "Loligo," viz. L. media; and Raia vulgaris = 

 the Common Skate. -^ Fol. xvi. "Polypus nostras," viz.=Eledone 

 ventricosa. — Fol. xvii. " Sepia nostras " = Sepia officinalis. Both 

 this and the preceding are excellent figures. — Fol. xviii. Loligo sagit- 

 tata : good. — Fol. xix. A Fossil Nautilus. — Fol. xx. Fossil Nautilus, 

 two species. — Fol. xxi. " Vulva marina, supina fascies"=an Ascidia. 

 " Favus marinus " — The ovisacs of the Fusus antiquus on a stone 

 covered with a Serpula. — Fol. xxii. "The Harper Crab" = Hyas 

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