HALIEUTICA, I. 142-152 



Horse-mackerel " and the race of the late-dying 

 Merou,* which of all others on the earth remain 

 longest alive and ^\Tiggle even when cut in pieces 

 with a knife. 



Others '^ in the deeps under the sea abide in their 

 lairs ; to wit, the Sea-sheep •* and the Hepatus * and 

 the Prepon/ Strong and large of body are they, 

 but slowly they roll upon their way ; wherefore also 

 they never leave their own cleft, but just there they 

 he in wait beside their lair for any fish that may 

 approach, and bring sudden doom on lesser fishes. 

 Among these also is numbered the Hake,^ which 

 beyond all fishes shrinks from the bitter assault of 

 the Dog-star in summer, and remains retired within 



M.G. yai8ovp6;papov] vocitant, ovem facit," Gesner, p. 770. 

 One of the Cod-family (Gadidae) ? 



• A. 508 b 19 has few caeca ; Ael. xv. 11. ri yaXri oi, (paLtis 

 tiv airr'f/i' etvai rbv KoKovfievov TjTraroj'" . . . /cot t6 ftiv -,iv€iov 

 ?X«' ToO T)TraTov /xel^ov ; Athen. 108 a ((TtI 8i Kal IxOvs t«j ^iraros 

 KaXovfievoi 6v (pri<nv Ei'jSoi'Xot . . . ovk ex^'-" X'^^V" • • • Syqo^- 

 acdpos 5 . . . iv Ty Ke<pa\rj <pT]<TL rbv fprarop Svo XiOovs ex^"' '''V 

 tih> aiiyy /cat tw xP'^,ttttTi irapair\Tj<Tiovs rots oarpeiois rtjj Si axVf^"-''''- 

 po/x/3oet5ets ; id. 300 e 'Zir€v<ninroi TrapairXriffid <pT](Tiy eivai ipdypov 

 ipvffivov TJiraTov ; t'rf. 301 c TtiraTo%=\f^iai (for which rf. Athen. 

 118 b, Hesych. s. Xi^ia, Poll. vi. 48); Marc. S. firaToi 

 ayKv\68ovTes ; Plin. xxxii. 149 hepar; Galen, De aliment, 

 fac, iii. 30 tovs ijirdToi's KaXovfihrovt /cot toii dWoi's, 5<roi's ^fxi^e 

 rots TTfTpaiois re Kal tois wtcr/coty 6 ^iXcrri/xos fv t« ijuecrtf) Kadecrrrf- 

 Kivai yivixiffKe tGiv 6' CLira\o<rdpKuv Kai tQv (XKKripoadpKwv, Cuvier 

 ii. p. 232 (who, however, wrongly says '* dans un autre 

 endroit [xvi. 11] Elien fait entendre que c'est un poisson 

 court, dont les yeux sont rapproches," that being said not of 

 the hepatus but of the ya.\rj) thinks most of the indications 

 point — in spite of the " few caeca " — to Gadus egUfimta, the 

 Haddock. 



f Only here, Ael. I.e., Suid. I.e., Marc. S. 8, One of the 

 Gadidae ? 



' Introduction, p. Ixii. 



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