11. ANIMALS.— Pisces. 148 



Shagreen ray, Raia tuberculata. Skin dried, sharJis skin^ 

 shagreeHi knobby, used to cover boxes. 



RousETTE, Raia sephen. Skin dressed, galuchat, fish skin, 

 transparent, used to cover boxes, cemented on green stained 

 paper, the tubercles tiled down, polished, and the skin stained 

 with verdigris, spots, circular, large, very beautiful. 



*RouGH HOUND, Squohts catulus (the male). Spotted dog fish, 

 S. canicula (the female), Chien de mer. Skin dressed, shark skin, 

 rough, used for polishing wood and ivory. — Sugre, Aiguillat, 



Squahis spinax ; — Porc^ S ; — Melandre, S. galens. Skins 



dried, and used either as fish skin for covering, or for polishing 

 wood. 



♦White shark, Squalus carcharias. Liver pressed for 

 the oil. 



♦Sturgeon, Acipenser sturio. Flesh pickled in brine, or sliced 

 and frozen, runckel ; the back bone soft, fat, preserved by smok- 

 ing, chinoUa^ spinachia ; sounds made into isinglass ; roe of the 

 female, which sometimes weighs 200 lbs., made into caviare ; skin 

 dressed for leather, those of the young fish transparent, used for 

 windows ; fat collected. 



Beluga, Acipenser huso. Sounds make the greatest part of 

 the isinglass that is sold. 



Tetraodon ocelatus; — T, sceleratus ; — T, lineatus. Flesh 

 poisonous. 



DiODON atinga. Sounds made into isinglass ; gall poisonous. 



•Eel, Murcma angnilla. Skins dried, used as leather; liver, 

 hepar anguiUce, used to facilitate labour, 3j in a glass of wine ; fat 

 collected by roasting them. — * Conger , M. conger. Flesh, after 

 the fat has dropped from it, salted ; fat collected for use. 



♦Cod, Gadus morhiva. Three fins on the back ; flesh split and 

 dried, stock fish, salted, salt fish ; sounds pickled in brine, also 

 made into isinglass ; liver boiled for its oil ; spawn made into 

 caviare. 



•Haddock, Gadus (Eglefinus, Flesh split and dried ; small 

 bones in the head, tooth shells ; sold at the china shops, used as a 

 stimulant to warts, with vinegar. — * Whiting, G. mcrlangus. Flesh 

 split, and dried. 



•Ling, Gadus molva. Two fins on the back; flesh split and 



lA^ed, stock fifh, salted, salt fish, 



W^k •ToRSK, Gadus hrosme. One fin on the back ; flesh split and 



IHb-icd, stockfish, salted, salt fish. 



W^k •Mackarel, Scomber scomhrus. Flesh preserved whole in brine, 



W^^dckled mackarel ; also cut in slices, and preserved with vinegar 



