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teeth are in two rows in the gums, and on the 

 tongue : the upper jgw is the fhortefi: : the 

 eyes are (mall ; their iris is white. From the 

 foremqft point of the head, to the point of 

 the pectoral and yentral fins, runs a JZin, or 

 elevated flat Jhield, which is oblong, hangs on 

 the back, is as broad if not broader than the 

 fifh itfelf, but its fmooth margin is never f ali- 

 ened. This fifth fallens itfelf on the belly or 

 bread of the dog-fifh with this ikin, which 

 coniiiTs of eighteen rough, douMe-crefr-like, 

 tranfverfal lines, cut in-two length-ways by a 

 middle line. The fifh which Artedi defcribed 

 was much larger than I ever found any. It 

 often flicks fo fad to the dog-fith, that it is 

 pulled upon deck along with it. 



April the 3th, 2° 49' N. L. 



Pilots are a fort of fmall fifh which are 

 finrilar in ihape to thole mackarels which have 

 a tranfverfal line acrofs the body. Sailors 

 give them the name of pilots, becaufe they 

 ciofely follow the dog-fifh, fwimming in great 

 ihoals round it on all fides. It is thought that 

 they point out fome prey to the dog-fifh ; and 

 indeed that fifth is very unwieldy. They are 



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