PIKE. 



145 



Caujby, ii. 2.— Efox vulpes, Lin. 515. - 177. Yo%^ 



T) With a wide mouth, and fmall fharp teeth : body covered with 

 large thin fcales j brown above, white on the belly : tail very 

 much forked. Length above fixteen inches. 



Inhabits the feas of the Bahama ifles. Place, 



Catejhy, 11. I. I78.BARR ACUDA» 



■p With the body and head very much refembling the European Pike : - 



eyes large : mouth veiy wide : under jaw longer than the upper : 

 four very large and fharp teeth in the front of the upper jaw j in that • , 

 of the lower, a fingle great and fharp tooth : two dorfal fins : tail large 

 and forked : color a deep brown, whitilli on the belly. Grows to the 

 length often feet. 



Found in abundance about the feas of the Bahamas, and as far as Jamais - Place, 

 ca. Swims exceedingly fwift, and is of dreadful voracity: will attack and 

 devour men when they are bathing. The flelh has a difagreeable fmell 

 and tafte, and is frequently poifonous ; caufing great ficknefs, vomit- 

 ing, intolerable pains in the head, and lofs of hair and nails : yet the 

 hungry Bahamans formerly were under the neceffity, at times, of feeding 

 on it. 



This fpecies, the Mullet, N° 1 85, the Grunt, N" 141, Snapper, N" 1 13,, 

 Tarrot, N° 98, Old Balifles, N° 73, and the Globe Tetrodon, N° 77, 

 extend to the coaft of Guinea -, probably many others, natives of the 

 vrarm parts of America, reach to congenial feas» 



Wax 



