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In the Indian Zoology, tab. xiii. xiv, are engraven the wild 

 goofe and duck of Ceylon ; I refer to that work for their haunts 

 and hiftory. 



The Anhinga^ tab. xv, clofes this brief ornithology. It is the Anhinga. 

 terror of pallengers ; it lurks in thick bullies by the water fide, 

 and, darting out its long and llender neck, terrifies them with 

 the idea of fome ferpent going to inflifc a mortal wound. 



I WILL not attempt to enumerate the fiflies of C^v/o;z ; there Fishe:. 

 do not feem to be any that are local. It appears to me, that thofe 

 of India fpread from at left the parallel of Cape Comorin, over 

 the vaft fea that comprehends the fj)ace from thence to the Mo- 

 lucca ifles, fills the Bay of Be}igali and furrounds the great ifles 

 which form the hidian Archipelago. In the courfe of this 

 volume I fiiall point out thofe which, in form or colors, ex- 

 hibit the moft wonderful proofs of the operations of nature. 



I SHALL here only mention the few which I received from 

 Sir Jofepb Banks and Mr. Loten^ as authenticated fpecies. The 

 firft is the tiger-fhark, Ind. Zool. tab. xvi, fifteen feet long, 

 finely marked with white bands on a duiky ground, faid to feed 

 on fliells and cruftacea. 



A Balijies, the Kangewena of the Cingalefe, with one horn BAtHTiSi 

 on the forehead ; it grows to the length of two feet, and is 

 efteemed good eating. 



Balijles maculofus, or Pot toe bora, elegantly fpotted, alfo a 

 good fifh ; grows to the length of fifteen inches. 



Balijles truncatus^ feemingly cut in two, like our Mola. 



A Diodon, a fingular fpecies, armed with Ihort ftrong fpines. 

 The Ikon Toetomba, or box-fifh of-ihe Malayans. 



A VERY 



