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The 2 4 2dof April, 5 . 23'. N. L. 



Little wind. Thick air. 



In the tunnies (Scomber Thynnus), we found 

 two forts of fi(hes, befides the Sepia Loligo, or 

 cuttle-fifh. The one was very like a Crufian. 

 It was 



Clupea Tropica. The membrana branchiojlega 

 has feven rays : the fingle dorfal-fn runs from 

 the middle of the back to the tail, and has 

 twenty-fix rays : the pecloral-fins have feven- 

 teen rays : the ventral-fins fix, and the anal- 

 fin, which is the length of the dorfal, twenty- 

 fix rays : the body is (harp, deep, with white 

 fcales : the lateral-line is ftrait, and runs away 

 near the back : the belly is ferrated : the head 

 is obtufe : the lower-jaw is longer than the 

 upper : the month oblong, great : the teeth 

 are in one row in the jaws ; they are nume- 

 rous, fmall, and (harp : the eyes are near the 

 mouth : the opercula branchiojlega confifl of 

 two orbiculi, which are both covered with 

 fcales: the tail forms a wedge, and has 

 twenty rays. This is a new fpecies. 



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