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TORS K. Class IV. 



The figure agrees with that Mr. Low favoured mc 



with. 



The Torjk, or as it is called in the Shetlands, 

 "Tujk and Brifmak is a northern fifti ; and as yet 

 undifcovered lower than about the Orknies^ and 

 even there it is rather fcarce. In the feas about 

 Shetland^ it fwarms, and forms (barrelled or dried) 

 a confiderable article of commerce. 



The length of the fpecimen, Mr. Low defcribed 

 for me, was twenty inches, the greateft depth four 

 and a half. 



The head final], the upper jaw a little longer 

 than the lower : both jaws furnifhed with multitudes 

 of fmall teeth : on the chin was a fmall fingle beard : 

 from the head to the dorfal fin was a deep furrow. 

 The dorfal fin began within fix inches from the tip 

 of the nofe, and extended almoft to the tail. 



The pectoral, fins fmall, and rounded *, the ven- 

 tral fhort, thick and fleihy, ending in four cirrhu 



The belly from the throat grows very promi- 

 nent: the anal fin was long, and reached almoft 

 clofe to the tail, which is fmall and circular. The 

 number of rays could not be counted with accuracy 

 by reafon of their foftnefs, and the thicknefs of the 

 fkin : the fide line fcarcely difcernible. 



The color of the head dufky : the back and fides 

 yellow : belly white : edges of the dorfal, anal, and 

 caudal fins white ; the other parts dufky : the pecto- 

 ral fins brown. 



1 flatter myfelf, that in a fmall time, the pub- 



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