so* 



NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Extreme beauty Fierceness. 



either in defending themselves against the shark, 

 or darting after the smaller fish. It is chiefly 

 found in the tropical climates ; is about six feet 

 long, yet not thicker than a salmon ; and, fur- 

 nished with a full complement of fins, cuts its 

 way through the water with amazing rapidity. 

 Its eyes are placed on each side of the head, 

 large and beautiful, surrounded with circles of 

 shining gold ; the back enamelled all over with 

 spots of a blueish green and silver ; the tail and 

 fins of a gold color, and all together possessing 

 such a brilliancy of tint as nothing but Nature's 

 pencil could produce. It is an enemy to the 

 winged flying fish. 



THE SEA-WOLF 



IS a most ravenous and fierce fish, and, when 

 taken, fastens on any thing within its reach j 

 the fishermen, dreading its bite, endeavor, as 

 soon as possible, to beat out its fore teeth, and 

 then kill it by striking it behind the head. 

 Schoneveld relates, that its bite is so hard, that 

 it will seize an anchor, and leave the marks of it* 

 teeth in it. It seems to be confined to the nor- 

 thern part of the globe, being found in the sea 

 of Greenland, in those of Iceland and Norway, 

 on the coasts of Scotland and of Yorkshire, and 

 lastly, in that part of the German ocean which 

 washes the shores of Holland. 



