THE OBLONG DIADON". £4! 



The {hort diadon is fllU a more aukward figure thaa 

 this ; it is fliorter and thicker, having the anal and dor- 

 fal lins fet Hill higher, which gives the body a more ab- 

 rupt appearance. The flefh of both thefe is rank and un- 

 favoury: When boiled, it turns into a kind of glutinous 

 jelly, refembling boiled flarch after it is cold j and from 

 experiments made upon leather and paper, it has beea 

 found to anfwer the purpofes of glue *. Linnaus has e- 

 ;iun^erated fevcn fpecies belonging to this genus f . 



* Brhifli Zwjlo^. -f Syft. Nat. 4x4. 



