THE HAKE. 187 



infe£ls which conftituted their food, are either deftroyed 



by it, Of driven into deeper water *. 



There are three varieties of the hake found in our 

 feas, befides that above defcribed ; the greater and lef- 

 fer forked hake, and the three forked fpecies : The laft, 

 Linticeus has omitted in the Syllem of Nature ; and the 

 two former he has placed among the blennies. The 

 bifurcated hake is about twelve inches in length ; the 

 colour a deep brown, excepting the colour of the lips, 

 which are fnow white ; thefe furrounding a broad flat 

 fnout, give the animal a ftrange appearance, fufficiently 

 chara^eriflic of the fpecies. 



The Zi/igy. 



J KIS fpecies is longer than the river pike, being frcnv. 

 four to fix feet ; the fides and back in feme are olive- co- 

 loured, in others cinereous ; and the whole figure of the 

 body nearly refembles that of the fiili laft defcribed : the 

 upper jaw projects beyond the lower, both being exafpe- 

 rated with feveral rows of ihort teeth ; tlie p;ilale is arm- 

 ed in the fame manner, with parallel rows of fniall teetli, 

 here and there interfperfed with a few of fuperior iize, 

 llrength, and fharpnefs ; the mouth and tongue are large ; 

 from the corner of the lower jaw there hangs a finglc 

 A a 2 br;rb 



* Brit. Zool. Clai"? iv. gen. 19. 



■{■ Alelius longus, Will. Gadu5 niolva, I,in, Syft, 



