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me think they bring forth pretty late in the year, as these did 

 not seem near ready to be excluded ; those I saw were of the 

 piked dog. Others cast their purses, called here Crow-pur- 

 ses, in Avhich I suppose their young are included ; but with the 

 generation of these I am not so well acquainted, having ex- 

 amined several of them, and found nothing like the rudiment, 

 and only full of a sort of milk. 



GENUS FI.— THE STURGEON. 



Gen. CAar.— One narrow aperture on each side ; the mouth placed far below, 

 tubular, and without teeth ; the body long, and often angular. 



Species 1. — The Sturgeon. 



Sturgeon, Wil. Icth. 239. HaiiSyn. Pise. 112. Accipenser Sturio, Lin. Si/s. 

 403. Brit. Zool. 96. Brit. Zool. Illus. 74. tab. 89. Sib. Scot. 25. 



The Sturgeon has a place here upon the authority of Mr 

 Wallace and others, who say they are drove ashore upon our 

 rocks. I never saw any of these, but heard of one which 

 came ashore in one of the north isles of Orkney some time 

 ago. Upon the whole, I believe it is but a stray fish of this 

 kind that is ever seen in the Orkneys. 



