H 4 SHAR P-N O S E D RAY. Class IV. 



took one of this fpecies whofe length was near feven 

 feet, and breadth five feet two inches -, when juft 

 brought on more, it made a remarkable fnorting 

 noife. 



The nofe was very long, narrow, and fharp-point- 

 ed, not unlike the end of a fpontoon. 



The body was fmooth, and very thin in pro- 

 portion to the fize-, the upper part afh, colored, 

 fpotted with numerous white fpots, and a few 

 black ones. 



The tail was thick ; towards the end were two 

 fmall fins, on each fide was a row of fmall fpines, 

 with another row in the middle, which run fome 

 -way up the back. 



The lower part of the fifli was quite white. 



The mouth very large, and furnifhed with 

 numbers of fmall fharp teeth bending inwards. 



On its body we found the hirudo muricata, 

 which adhered very (Irongly, and when taken off 

 left a black impreffion. 



This fifh has been fuppofed to be the Bos of the 

 antients, which was certainly fome enormous fpecies 

 of Ray, though we cannot pretend to determine 

 the particular kind : Oppian ftyles it, 



Ei/fVTar(§H <7ravTS<T(ri /ust' ixfiwiv, 

 Broadefl among fifties. 



He adds an account of its fondnefs of human 

 flefh, and the method it takes of deftroving men, 



by 



