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In this genus there are five tranfverfe branchial apertures placed clofe to each 

 other at the alas of the breafl fins. 



RAJA i. Minor corpore nebulato glabro, aculeo unico 



bar bat o in caudd. 



The Maid. 



RAJA 2. Major nebulata, aculeo quandoque dupl 



majori barbato in caudd. 



The Sting- ray 



RAJA 3. Media cceruleo-mifcella, lingud ofl'ed, aculeo ma- 



jori barbato in caudd impinnd 



I The Whip-ray 





Thefe fpecies, efpecially the firft 



and when well dreffed are liked by molt peopl 



frequently brougl 



to 



ble in 7 



RAJA 4. Maxima armata. 



The Threfher or Father-Lafher. 



This fpecies grows to a monftrous fize, and is feldom obferved fo far as J 



the fouthward 



faid to combine with the fword filh to attack the gramp 



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ELPHINUS I. Corpore fubtereti oblongo, roflro prcdutfoi rj, h p r 



acuto. Delphinus Will. t. 1. f. 1. \ ineror P eJs 





PHYSETER 1. Pinna dorfi altijjima, apice dentium piano 



Art. Syn. 104. 



The Gramous. 



This large monfter is common in all thefe fouthern feas, and may be frequently 

 feen between Hifpaniola and Jamaica. 



BALENA 1. Fiftuld in medio vert ice, rojiro obtufiori fur- 



fum repando. 



The Bottle-nofe. 



There are great numbers of thefe large fifhes in the fouthern feas, but we could 



not hitherto remark any thing particular concerning them. 



CATODON Fijiuld in nucha, dorfo topho inJlruBo. The Sperma-ceti Whale, 



This monftrous creature is generally from fifty to fixty feet in length, when full 

 grown j and proportion ably broad and corpulent. The teeth are ftrait, of a conic 

 form, near eighteen inches long, and about the thicknefs of a man's wrift: and 

 the back is furnifhed with a large bump ; but this is of no regular fhape to de- 

 ferve the name of a fin. People have of late found the art of reducing the very oil -of 

 this fifh to fperma-ceti, which is likely to prove of fervice to the world, as it is now 

 very much ufed in candles. 



We are at prefent chiefly fupplied with fperma-ceti and whalebone from Nan- 

 tucket in North America, about which thefe fifties are found in great abundance. 



I have obferved great numbers of them in 42 1 north latitude, and 40 weft 



They are eafily known at a diftance by their frequent and continued 



longitude. 





expirations, for they fometimes fpout out the water thirty or forty times 

 before they difappear. 



running 



THRICHECUS 1. Mammis peBoralibus binis. The Manatee. 

 Thrichecus. Art. - 



This creature has an exquifite hearing, and lives commonly about the opening 



of g 



rivers near the fea 



It 



is 



freq 



fleih is much efteemed ; but it is not often brought to J 



gh near the main, where its 



It has two regular 



fal aperture 



fo many fmall ear-holes ; and the 



ch 



3 very 



thick. 



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