The Conger.} OF ORKNEY. 187 



ling sometimes, but especially congers, which are oftener seen 

 amongst the deep hollows of the rocks than farther to sea. 



They are never caught in such a quantity as would be 

 worth while to cure, or send to a market ; and if they were, 

 our people have no method of curing them. 



The largest conger I ever saw here measured about six feet, 

 but probably there may be larger ones caught ; Mr Pennant 

 .records some that were got on the coast of England ten feet 

 and a half long, and eighteen inches in circumference in the 

 thickest part. 



GENUS X— THE WOLF-FISH. 



Gen. Char. — Blunt head ; long body; one dorsal fin, reaching almost from head 

 to tail : fore-teeth conic, and larger ; grinders flat and round. 



Species l.—The Sea-Wolf. 



Cat-Fish, Sib. Scot. III. 25, tab. 16. Wolf-Fish, Sea- Wolf or Woof, Wil.Icth. 

 130. Rail Syn. Pise. 40. Anarhichas Lupus, Lin. Si/s. 420. Brit.Zool. 

 119, tab. 7, vol. 3. Ore. Swine- Fish. 



This very dreadful and ugly fish is often caught in our 

 seas, and sometimes thrown ashore in storms. None of our 

 fishermen love it, either hating the colour or the great teeth, 



