9i DEVIL FISHING. 



salacem, ut solet genus squalus, ipso contactn 

 corporis, tune sine dubio exerctiere. Ferire, ob 

 distantiam non licitum, aut duos cephelopteras, 

 solo ictu transfixisse, gloria inopinata mihi con- 

 tegisset. Cymbam appropinquanteni, hastamque 

 minantem, circumspecte evitant et, in profundo 

 paulisper latentes, iterum, dextra emergunt, ludos- 

 que lascivos repetunt. Tune, quasi deliciis satiati, 

 saltatione in aere, utrinque facta apertum mare 

 petivere. Hoc concursu tarn raro notato antennis 

 albis, cum nigris admixis utsi lacertis imago foedi 

 et immundi coitus, nudi Africani cum Cauca- 

 siana, plane prsefigurabatur. 



The devil-fish, as they frequent indifferently the 

 deep and shallow portions of the coast, do not seem 

 in their normal state to dread the attack of the 

 sharks. They probably defend themselves by the 

 blows of their formidable wings, or protect them- 

 selves by their superior swiftness from the terrible 

 jaws of that sea-scourge. But the case is different 

 when the devil-fish has been harpooned; the sharks, 

 attracted by the scent of his blood, then surround 

 him, while striving to disengage himself from the 

 fatal harpoon, and taking him at disadvantage, 

 attempt to destroy him. This we know, from the 



