3 a OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



Gobiits Eleotris, by the Chinefe called Sum- 

 has, is a greenifh, almofl round fifli, which is 

 fomewhat lefs than the preceding. The mem- 

 brana branchiojiega has five rays : the dorfal- 

 fins have from fix to eleven rays : the pectoral- 

 fins have eighteen rays : the ventral-fins have 

 eight rays, and are joined together into one in- 

 fundibuliform fin : the entire tail has twelve 

 rays : the body is almoft round, covered with 

 little rhomboidal green fcales : the lower-jaw 

 is the, longed : the teeth are fixed in four rows 

 in the mouth, are fmall and very fharp : the 

 eyes are in the upper part of the head. 



The 27 th of December, 



In the afternoon I went in the floop along 

 the fhore, and palled by the Lion-tower. Here 

 Was a great mountain on the fhore where a 

 reddifh fand-ftone appears, which is here 

 fquared, and afterwards fent to Canton and other 

 places hereabouts for coffins, flags, ftone- 

 dykes, walls, &c. The workmen had erected 

 a number of little houfes in the quarry, which 

 made the mountain on the fide towards the fea 

 look like a little town. The mountain was 



covered 



