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HIS Fifli is eighteen inches in length. 

 The fins fix in number, viz. one on 

 the fore-part of the back, which ter- 

 minates in a ftiff hair or briftle, four 

 nches long: a pair of fharp-pointed 



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grow under the gullet, and 



ther pair under the middle of the belly; with a 



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^ a fix nageoires^ fi^avoir unefur /| 

 devant du dos^ ' laquellefe termini en 

 U77e efpece de foye rude ^ roidede la 

 longueur de qu<itrepouceSy deux autre^ 

 fous la gorgCy qui finijfent en point es 



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fingle one behind the 



The number of teeth 



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pper jaw had cig 



teeth ; the two fecond being much 

 Other fix; each having an angular bending 

 ends. The two fore teeth of the under j 



atguesy deux autres fous le milieu du corps^ ^ enjifi 

 une fizieme derriere V anus. Le nomhre de fes dents 

 neft pas egal a chaque gencive : la Juperieure en. a 

 it ; ^ les deux fecondes de chaqu^ chk font plus 



que les autres^ chacune ay ant une 



lon?-ues 



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moft of equal length with thoH 



igulaire pres du bou 



Les deux dents de devant de 



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of the upper la gencive infefieurefont a peu pres de la longueur de 



Thefe four large teeth being too long to be contained 



without thofe bendings. deux fecondes de la gencive fup 



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within the mouth, are, at the fhutting it, excluded ; grojfes dents etant trop Ungues^ pour etre renjermees 



thofe of the upper jaw lying c!ofe to the under 

 d thofe of the under jaw lying clofe to th 



f the head. It is without fcal 



da^^s la houche^ demeure?tt en dehors^ lors que le Pmjfc 

 la ferme : celles de la gencive fuperieure font joint eS 



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f a brown colour* refembling 



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celles de la gencive inferieure a let 



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f the common Viper ; but when juft taken out of Vet at ou je le requs^ il etoit d' une coukur brune^ ajfe 



they are, as I am told, of a g 



but marked all over with fmall hexangular divifi 

 This odd Fifh was fent me from Gibraltar. 



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preferved in the celebrated repofitory of Sir H 



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ejem-blante a celle d une viper e commune^ quoi qu on 



il ejl verdy &^ 



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m ait ajfure^ qu en fort ant de I eau^ 



marque par tout de petit es divifions exaitgulairt 



Poijf'on extraordinaire me fut envoy e de Gibralt 



iil avoit ete peche dans le port mime ; ^ prifeHtemen, 



il efi conferve dans lefameux cabinet de rareth de Mr 

 Le Chevalier Sloane. 



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g, and ibout four Thread. ' /^E Poijfon avoit dix pditces ^6 hng^ ^ en^lrdn ^dtr^ ie Urge, 



Toute la partie fuperieure du corps etoit cmverte d'os. Les 

 The eyes were large ; the mouth was fmall, and void yeux itoient grands \ & la boiiche petite^ & fans dertts. Surie 



\_ The whole upper part of the body was covered with 

 bone. The eyes were large ; the mouth was fmall, and void 

 of teeth. On the back flood, reclining towards the tailj a 

 rat-pointed bone three inches long, and ferrated on the tipper 

 edge ; which being fixed in a focket, the FiHl could ered and 

 deprcfs at pleafure. Under each gill was placed another fuch 

 like lx)ne ; except that both edges were ferrated j the teeth on 

 one iide {landing retrograde to the teeth of the other. The 



'^os il avoit un os plat & pointu, de trois ponces de hngueUr^ qui 



'.penchoit Vers la queiie^ & dont la partie fuperieure etoit en forme 



de fcie : com me cet os etoit arrets dans un fubaffement^ il pouvoit 



le drcfjer ou le baifjer comme il vouloit. Sous chaque ouye itoit 



place un autre os-^ ^ pcu pres femblabky except e que fes deux bords 



Hoient deitteles^ les dents dhm cote etant comme retro^f^ades akx 



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■fore-part of the body and head was covered intirely with bone, ' dnits de V autre. La tete & le devant du corps etolent entierement 



converts d'os^ & marques de phfieurs Ugnes rigulieres^ qui for- 



if^arked with many regular line?, forming OiJlagons^ pentagons, 



'tfr. The hind-part of the body was alfo covered with bone^ 



but in a different manner, l;/^;. with thin narrow plates of 



,bonc, extending lengthways from the back to the bellyj and 



■jnoient des pent agones^ des oStogones^ &c. Le derriere du corps itQit 

 •aufji convert d'oSy mats differ emrnent^ c^ efi -a dire de lanies niinces 

 & etroites^ qui setendoient deputs le dos jifquau Centre ^ C^ etoient 

 lapping over one another. ' Each fide of this Fiih had about 'coucbies les unes fur les autres. Chaque cote duPoiffonaVoit ertvirm 

 .thirty of thefe bones, which gradually diminifhed in fize to- ' trente de ces os^ qui diminuoient par degres jufqu'd la queue^ Le 

 .ward the tail j the middle of every one of thefe bones had a milieu de chacun de ces os avoit une point e plat te ^ aigue^ comme 



flat fharp point, like that of a lancet, which, flanding hori- 

 zontally, and clofe to one another, formed an even line on 

 each fide. On the hind-part of the back, in the place of a fin, 

 for about half its length, extended a ridge of a cartilaginous 



celle d'une lancette^ C? ces point eSy drejjees horizontalement ^ prH 

 les lines des autres-^ forntoient Une ligne egak de chaque CQtL Stir 

 le derriere du dos^ au lieu d'une ndgeoire^ skendoit^jur environ la 

 ■inoitte de fa longueur ^ une eminence dhine fubflance cartitagineufe^ 



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fubflance, ending at its tail. The belly only vvas membranous;, qui /e terminoit a la queUe. 11 ny avoit que le ventre^ Qui jut 



and void of bone. 



It had five fins; a very fmall one under each of tlie gill^i 

 one on each fide of the abdomen; and a fingle one licar the 



tnembraneux^ & fans os. 



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// avoit cinq nagecires^ ff avoir une tres petite fous chaque ouye^ 

 une a chaque core de VabdGmen^ & une autre pi^es de la queU^\ Ce 



'tail. This Fifh being one of thofe called leathtr-wouthed^ and ' PoijJon,'cta?2t un de ccux qiion noninu bouche de cuir, Gf n'avant 



aucunes dents four fa dcfenfe^ il fembk que WNature ait compenfc 

 ce defaut en hi donnant des armcs^ & une ar mure entiere des plus 

 ^ extraordinaires. li jut pris fur la cote de la Nouvelle Angle- 

 tcrre, & fe voit prefentement dans le cabinet deMonf le Chevalier 

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having no teeth for defence, Nature feems to have compcn« 

 fated that deficiency by giving him weapons and armour in 

 a very extraordinary manner* It was taken on the coaO: of 



.New England^ and is depoiiled in l\\^ Mufaum of ^^ir Hans 



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