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of the fea, having caught a fifh of this kind en paf- 

 fant 9 as an eternal memorial of the fact, left the 

 impreflions on its fides to be tranfmitted to all 

 pofterity. 



In our own country it was very long before this 

 fifh attracted our notice, at left as an edible one. 

 We are indebted to that judicious actor and 

 vivant the late Mr. §htin 9 for adding a moft deli- 

 cious fifh to our table, who overcoming all the 

 vulgar prejudices on account of its deformity, has 

 effectually eftablifhed its reputation. 

 Place. This fifh was fuppofed to be found only in the 



fouthern feas of this kingdom, but it has been dis- 

 covered laft year on the coaft of Anglefea. Thofe 

 of the greateft fize are taken in the Bay of Bifcay^ 

 off the French coafts : they are alfo very common 

 in the Mediterranean -, Ovid rnuft therefore have 

 ftyled it rams Faber, on account of its excellency, 

 not its fcarcity. 

 Descrit. yh e f orm f tn is fifh is hideous: its body is 

 oval, and greatly compreffed on the fides : the head 

 large : the fnout vaftly projecting : the mouth very- 

 wide : the teeth very fmall. 



The eyes great : the irides yellow. 



The lateral line oddly diftorted, finking at each 

 end, and rifing near the back in the middle : be- 

 neath it on each fide is a round black fpot. 



church of Notre Dame at Paris, and a flill larger at Auxerre : 

 the laft we think is near feventy feet high. His hiftory is in 

 his name, xprofogos, being faid to have carried our Saviour* 

 when a child, over an arm of the fea. 



The 



