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the eyes, transversal with large angular teeth. Pec- 

 toral and abdominal fi[n]s trapezoidal. Dorsal and 

 anal fin equal longitudinal with many rays. Tail 

 obtusely and regularly bilobed. The whole body 

 covered with large stony scales lying in oblique 

 rows, they are conical pentagonal and pentaedral 

 with equal sides, from half an inch to one inch in 

 diameter, brown at first, but becoming of the colour 

 of turtle shell when dry : they strike fire with steel, 

 and are ball proof ! 



