THE GRASS-SEA. 1752. 107 



It is Syngnathus argenteus. The membrana 

 branchiojlega has one ray: the dorfal-fin, 

 which extends from the head to the tail, has 

 forty-fix rays : the fecloral-fins are near the 

 head, and have fourteen rays : the ventralfin 

 confifts of a fingle very fmall officle or ray, 

 which Hands under the belly very near the 

 breaft : the anal-fin is an inch and a half be- 

 fore the end of the tail, and has twelve rays : 

 the tail is entire, and has twenty-four rays : 

 the head is pointed, and is fomewhat above 

 an inch long : the lower-jaw is the longeft : 

 the teeth are (harp-pointed, Hand in one row ; 

 thirty-one of the largefl (land before in the 

 upper-jaw: the eyes are great: the body is 

 narrow, of the thicknefs of a finger: the 

 fcales are fmall. 



Some of our failors faid, that when they 

 were at Aynom in the fliip called The Queen, 

 they had eaten a fpecies of dried fifties which 

 were very like this ; that if they were eaten 

 frefh they would do no hurt, but would be 

 more unwholefome if dried. 



An eclipfe of the fun, which could not be 

 obferved in our country, was very confiderable 

 here. The clouds hid the fun from us before 



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