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the anal fin confifts of thirteen rays, the hind- 

 moll being the fhorteft ; it is flabelliform and 

 eonne&ed with the eight little fins : the colour 

 of the fecond dorfal fin, of the anal fin, and 

 of the eight little ones, is yellow at top and 

 at bottom : the tail, which has thirty rays, is 

 longer than that of the bonnet, but not fo 

 much expanded. The length of the fifli is' 

 not quite two feet : the body is compreffed, has- 

 flat fides, is white below to the llneq lateralis 

 and above it, with little fcales : the head is lefs 

 fliarperied : the mouth is wide; the lower jaw 

 longer than the upper : the forehead fome- 

 what pointed : the teeth and tongue are fimilar 

 to thofe of the bonnet, however the former 

 are more diftant from each other : the opercula 

 branchiarum confift, of two large round plates i 

 the eyes are large, round, and filver coloured. 

 It trembles as it dies. The yeffel that is the 

 Conduit to the gall is formed like a worm, and' 

 is blueiih. The belly is oblong. 



The tunny is caught in the fame places,- 

 and nuch in the fame manner, as the 

 bonnet ; they are equal in fize, and are both 

 eaten, 



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