ili ikE SCARU3. 



fore part refembiing the human, and fitted, as 13 fuppoi^" 

 ed, for cutting the fubaqueous plants upon which it 

 feeds *. Along the b?.ck. there is a fingle fin, exafperat- 

 ed by {lender fpines. The belly is furniflaed with four 

 fins :. In this fpecies it is uncommonly large, and filled 

 with juicy fca-weeds. The intellines and liver are taken 

 out, with all the feces, and made into a kind of fauce, 

 with fait and vinegar, with which the fiefh of the fcarus 

 is drefled and eaten. This is ilill a favourite repaft 

 among the modern Greeks ; who, when they fet in for a 

 debauch, take large morfels of this dilh, in order to give 

 a more cxquilite relifh to their wine. The fcari are 

 caught in nets, into wliich there are introduced a numbet 

 of green leaves of a certain flirub, of which thefe animals 

 are fond. 



Tbe PFraJef. 



1. HE ufual refidence of our wraffe is the deep rocky 

 fliores, where it is taken with a bait; though its ordi" 

 nary food is fmail cruftaceous fiflies. Of all fifli, this is 

 mod liable to vary in colour; in fome, it is of a dirty 

 red ; in otliers, it is beautifully ilriped, efpecially about 

 the head, with the richeft hues of red, blue, .and yellow. 

 The lateral lines, oppofite to the extremity of the dorfal 

 fin, are incurvated : This fin is fupported by twenty-fix 

 rays ; the firft fifteen fpinous, and the remainder foft. 

 Tlie pcdloral fins are large, and yellow coloured ; each 



of 



* Willough. p. 306. 



f Labruo Tinea, Lin. Syfl:. Turdiis Viilgatifilmus, Will. 



