n8 OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



Bonets and tunnies were more fcarce at 

 prefent ; but appeared in moals the next day 

 towards evening. To-day, as well as the fol- 

 lowing days, the afore-rnentioned natural cu- 

 riofities were caught in the Grafs-fea, and put 

 into fpirits, to be brought home. 



The 20th of May, 2 8°. 34'. N. L, 



Among other fifh we met with the Dorado., 

 which is about a yard long, and very like the 

 dolphin, for which reafon Artedi makes it the 

 fame fpecies of Coryphana. But that which 

 we caught at this time was different in the fol- 

 lowing particulars : 



Coryphana Equifelis. The dorfalfin, which 

 extends from the middle of the head to the 

 tail, has fifty-three, the pecloralfins have 

 nineteen, the ventral-fins have fix, the anal- 

 fin has twenty-three, the membrana branchio- 

 Jlega fix, and the tail has twenty, rays. This 

 Dorado is in general much more fcarce than all 

 the reft, fo that many people have often 

 been in the Eafi Indies, without ever having 

 feen it. 



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