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third fin, near the very end of the tail, in the form of a neat 

 film. 



Skin slimy and scaleless. It is beset with prickles in spots 

 or patches. There is a patch in front of each eye, reaching 

 along the inner orbit, and likewise occupying the space between 

 the eyes. Two lines of spines proceed, one from each ocular 

 patch, to the tip of the snout, where they join, in the form of 

 the letter V inverted. The cheeks, or lateral pouches, are 

 covered with prickles, so as to bear some resemblance to 

 whiskers. 



Behind the eyes, and on the back part of the head, there is 

 a patch of prickles, in the shape of an equilateral triangle, with 

 one of its sides backwards, and an angle forward. 



On each wing, or flap, is a patch of catspaw prickles, of the 

 retractile quality, mentioned in the definition. From the 

 moustaches, the skin of the flaps, along the edge, and for a 

 small distance beyond, is roughtened by a set of more minute 

 prickles. 



Along each side of the back is a row of stiff and short 

 spines, proceeding towards the tail ; and smaller ones near 

 them, with a rather irregular distribution. On the tail they are 

 much more numerous, distinct, and strong; distinguishable in 

 two main rows, or lines, with a smooth scaleless and spineless 

 stripe between them, reaching to the dorsals. The lower side 

 of the tail, and the whole belly, are quite smooth. There is a 

 trifling roughness on a patch of each caudal appendage. 



Eyes half covered and elegantly curtained. Behind them 

 open and ample orifices, or ears. Nostrils distinct, and con- 

 nected with the mouth, through fissures, to the upper lip. 

 Teeth, in both jaws, associated, compact, and sharp-pointed. 



The lower or belly side of this fish exhibits a bending, or 

 inflexion of the margin, all the way round to the ventral fins, 

 of such a kind that when, even after death, it lies upon its 

 back, there is a rising, or rim, like that of a cup or basin, 

 capable of preventing the escape of water. 



Article IX. 



On Climate, considered loith regard to Horticulture. By John 

 Frederic Daniell, Esq. FRS. &c.* (Communicated by the 

 Author.) 



The following observations were committed to paper, and 

 submitted to the consideration of the Horticultural Society, at 

 the particular request of their Secretary. The author would 



' From the Horticultural Transactions. 



