jof. ANGLER. S T U R G E O K. 



Iharp-pointed teeth *. The number of teeth varies with age. The fkifl- 

 rough J above of a deep afhj below white. Doftor Grew fufpefts that 

 this fifh may grow to the length of eight yards f. 

 Elaceu Inhabits all Teas, from Greenland to thofe of the Brafils : is found' in 



thofe of Africa, and of the Eaft Indies. It is an innoxious animal : its 

 faw is only a weapon of defence. The two orifices on the head make iiE, 

 connefted with the cetaceous fifh. 



VII. ANGLER. Br. Zooi: m.i^o. GenUs Vlli 



69. Common* Common Angler, Br. ZooU vol. iii. N' 55^- 



Vlir. STTJR'-- Br. Zool. iii. 124. Genus VIIL 



GEON. 



70. European.- Sturgeon, j5>-. Zoo/, iii. N°'5 j. • 



'T^ H T S is the fame fpecies with the Ez^o/'faw. They are found Ih- 

 great numbers, during fummer, in the great American rivers. They 

 are very common in thofe of Carolina, but very rare in thofe oi Florida. 

 Are ftruck with fpears in the night, attrafted by the light of torches 

 made of the wood of the black pine. The fhores of the rivers are often, 

 covered -with dead Sturgeons, which have been wounded, and died af- 

 ter efcaping from the harpoon. They are often obferved to leap to a 

 confiderable height out of the water, and have been known to fall into 

 the fmall boats or canoes, and fink them; fo that it is very dangerous 

 to pafs in the places which are much frequented by thefe fifh, as there 

 have been many inltances of people lofing their lives. In fome of the 

 rivers of Virginia they are found in fuch multitudes, that fix hundred 

 have been taken in two days, with no more trouble than putting down = 

 a. pole with a hook at the end^ to the bottom, and drawing it up again,, 



• Marcgratie, 160. • ■ \ Grtw''sMufeum, 86. 



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