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bill is furrounded by a circular month which 

 has ragged incifions (os laceruni) ; round the 

 mouth ten arms are fixed, whereof eight are 

 trigonal, pellucid, thread-fhaped, ending in 

 a point, at the outward end warty and dentat- 

 ed ; the two others are round, thread-fhaped, 

 longer, fmooth at the bottom, but warty at 

 top. The Jhell is foft, cylindrical, thicker 

 before, fmooth, and red fpotted : the eyes are 

 large and black : the head and tentacula are 

 tranfparent, marked with little black dots : 

 the back is of a golden colour, inclining to 

 brownifh ; and tranfparent towards the tail, 

 with black dots : the belly is pale red : the 

 tall is {harp pointed, and covered with a foft 

 rhomboidal fin. The animal is faid to contain 

 an ink-like juice in a bladder ; it is eaten by 

 the Chinefe. 



The bonnet, from the Spaniih Bonito (fine;., 

 is a fpecies of fifh which is always very plen- 

 tiful within the tropics, and lives upon fiying- 

 fifhes and ink-fillies. The bonnet is a fpecies 

 of mackarel, but much larger than our fort. 

 It is eaten, although its flefh is very dry. It 

 is caught in the following manner : you take 

 a fifh made of lead or tin, put on a large full- 

 ing- hook and fallen the tops of two feathers 



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