77/ /: ///"/. w. i i //:. 





brownish ol.long object* mi tin- In-a.-h--. |M\ imr four amis, which .-ling to seaweeds aometi mm. 

 These are the eggv Fin.- examples will !- s,-,- M ,,n pai:.- i-.o. and in tin- plate near the close of 

 this \olume. .-ntiil.-d f/cvpon/rt rrmicosn ; the "harrows" are Men coiling on tin- l-ranches. 



Tin- KiirN- Kays form another family. ha\iii)j three gwnt-ni and twi-nty s|M--i.-s. 



Tin- Cou-noae Rays urv IIICIII|M-IS, ,,f t |,j s fiunily. Some of them are very tuitidaome 

 r.-all\ liH.kin^ like large liut(Ttli-s \\hil.- s\\iininin^, IHMIIJJ alM.iit a ft>ot wide, with j>ur wliit.- 

 ami dfliratf K ni . v Iwks. 



TIIK Rays are well ri-|.i---.-nt.-d by several large and curious species. One of tin- 

 examples is tin- TII<>I:MIM-K. s; KV | K or RAT, so called from the lnrg 



TIldlUIBACE 8K ATI - 



This 



of thoniy pnjM-tions whirh are scattered over ita l>ack, and ei)ecially along the spine. 

 sjHTii's is ii-pivsentdl |>y th> illustration. 



Tin- Tliomltack is on.- of the common Rays, and is taken plentifully on the shores of 

 northern Hum]^. As is th- <"! with many of the same genus, tin- tl-'-li is considered nitln-r 

 good, aiicl is eaten lK>th when fresh an<l when salted for consumption during storm\ wejither. 

 Autumn and winter an- the best seasons for procuring 'lii s tish. as the flesh is then finn and 

 white, while durini: the rest of the year it Is rather liable to become flabby. Thornbarks 



taken in Xo\.-mlT are thought to be the best. 

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