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IV. RHINA. 



i. Rhina: five Sqvatina omnium autorum. Sqvalus pinna ani ca- 

 rens , ore in apice capicis , Artedi. Kingflone Anonymi , 

 Defcript. of Ibme curious and uncommon creaturcs omitted 

 in the Defcription of three hundred Animals &c. Londomyjp 

 p.47; &i figura maris. Foeminae fupinae &pronz, exmu- 

 T* h f l leo olimnoflro, figuras vid. in Tab Il.f.j.o, cauda in fu- 



'* periori parte bipenni; caret femina appendicibus, qvae in 



maribus mentulac funt, prout in rajis. Artedits negat pin- 

 nam ani, qvam Wil/ugbbejus& reliqviautores piici tribuunt: 

 ille : „itiferius pinnarum par circa exitum excremcnto- 

 „rum fitum obtinens,,; per medium dorfi habet lineam 

 afperam , prout integrum corium adeo afperum eft , ut illo 

 alpera ligna & eburna poliantur; Ravif Lib. 7. c. 41. The 

 Skin of the Back is very rough , ib as to polishwood orlvo- 

 ry, Anonym.all.loco. Exillo corio Turca; & aliar gentes en- 

 litim vaginasconficiunt, qvas iagrinas, vou Cbagrin, vocant 

 Willugh. p. $0. Ad hominis aliqvando magnitudinem pifcis 

 excrelcit : Some times Weighing a Houndred and fixty 

 pound. Anonym. ib. conferatur Willugbb.fg. Tab. D.j. cum 

 noflra , illi anteferenda. 



2. Rhiria pedata qvafi; cauda in fuperiori parte tripenni. Mer- 

 moid of the Siren Anonymi citati p. 43. Rhina appendici- 



, bus ad ortuin cauda: pedes mentientibus ; with fmall Feet. 



The Fin oneachSchoulder in Shape famethinglikethe wings 

 of a Cherubim ; the fkin of the Back was rough, and of a 

 dark - colour; the Mouth large and placed at the very ex- 

 tremity of the Head &c. vid. ulteriorem defcriptionem &fi- 

 guras pifcis proni & fupini ibid. Autor hunc pifcem pro.SV- 

 rene Antiqvorum agnolbit; qvi anno 1737, menfe feptem- 

 bri captus & Londini expofitus fuit ; fed vereor, ne lucri 

 caufa mentula: diflortae & in pedum iimulacra, ope filiferrei 

 vel aenei , eftbrmata; fuerint ; adeo hujus pifcis defcriptio 

 convenit cum prarcedenti; nifi qvodtres pinnas ia cauda, & 

 qvafi pedes habeat. 



AD LATERA PINNATA 



SPIRACULO UNICO. 

 §. XII. 



In qvibusdam funt pinnac laterales vel binae aliae fub gutture (fecun- 

 dum Willughbejum) talpae pcdibus firuiles, unde apparet (qvicqvidcavilla- 



tur 



