146 THE SEA PORCUPHvE. 



a piece of fea crab : The animal approaches the hook 

 with its fpines flattened; but when hooked and flopped 

 by the line, all its fpears are inftantlj ere£ted, and the 

 whole body is arnned fo completely at all points, that it 

 is impoffibie any where to lay hold of it ; it is therefore 

 dragged to feme diilance from the water, and there it 

 quickly expires. 



The body of this fpecies is about tv/enty inches long, 

 and twenty-nine in circumference round the thickell part. 

 The mouth is a little proipiuent, and when opened, about 

 three inches in diameter ; the eyes are pretty large, and 

 rendered horrible in their afpecl;, by four fpines riling 

 immediately above each of them. The two pectoral tins 

 are about three inches long, and five broad ; the dorf^l 

 and anal fins are nearly of the fame dimenfions *, 



? yide GU'.Cum apud Will. p. 140. 



