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the fore-part is feldom eaten. The fkin and 

 fins are made ufe of in polifliing, and are 

 called Jbagrcen £ ; they are found in plenty in 

 the Chinefe apothecaries mops, and in other 

 places. In the head, above the eyes, in two 

 cavities, is a thick white matter, which, the 

 ikin being taken off, is taken out, dried, re- 

 duced to powder, and ufed as an Emmena* 

 gogue. 



This dog-fifh had two companions : 



Echeneis Remora, Linn. 



The membrana branchioflega has nine par- 

 allel bent rays, which are black, as well as 

 the opercula branchiarum. The length of the 

 fifh is about one fpan : the dorfal fin has twenty- 

 two rays; the pedora I fins twenty-fix each: 

 ■the ventral fin, which is joined together by a 

 ikin, has five rays : the anal fin is oppofite to 

 the dorfal, and has twenty-one rays : the tail 

 is fickle-ihaped, and has about fixteen rays. 

 The whole body is covered with a black ikin ; 

 but young ones have a greyifh-white ikin, 

 fliaded with black. The head is flat : the 



f True fhagreen is part of the fkin of a wild afs, and is 

 brought from Turkj, 



H 4 teeth 



