LETTER I. 19 



Head is entirely of the mofl lively A^ure Blue. 

 From the top or rather back part of his Head 

 all along to his Tail, is one continued Fin of a 

 very light brov^^n colour, which fomewhat re-» 

 fembled Black Crape that was almoft worn out^ 

 marked pretty full of round coal-black fpots like 

 little Patches fet thick on a Lady's Face; and 

 his Tail (if I remember rightly) is the very famd. 

 He has two large Fins below clofe to his Gills^ 

 whofe colour I do not fo well call to mind, thd* 

 I verily think that they refem,ble his Back Fin. 

 I dare not infift upon his other Fins, for both 

 their Colour and Number have flipped out of my 

 memory, and unluckily were not fet down in my 

 book of Remarks. From his Back Fin down to 

 the middle of his Body on each fide, his Skin (tha^ 

 has no Scales) is of the fineft Azure Blue imagina- 

 ble, though fome People infift upon its being a 

 blueifh Green, ftrewed thick all over with bright 

 gliflTening Stars of Gold, Scarlet, (ic. and from 

 the middle of his fide quite down to his Belly and 

 fb up again to the middle of his other fide, is the 

 Colour of the faireft beaten Gold, but if I may 

 be allowed the term (as I do fincerely believe I 

 may,) infinitely furpafling it in beauty, and with- 

 out either Stars or Spots of any Sort : A fight 

 worthy of the greateft Monarchs attention ! He 

 lives in compleat beauty for about the fpace of 

 three minutes, after he is taken out of the Water: 



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