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by the Bras'Uians Iaberete ; and that it is like- 

 wise found in the Sicilian seas. I once received 

 the tail of one from that island, corresponding 

 with the description Mr. Travis gave : I must 

 also add, that it was entirely covered with hard 

 obtuse tubercles. 



[A Ray is figured in the 114th plate of Mr. Dono- 

 van's History of British Fishes, under the name of the 

 Starry Ray, so called from the radiated divergent pro- 

 cesses, "which constitute the base of some of the larger 

 spines. The length of the subject described, does not, 

 exclusive of the tail, exceed three inches. The back is 

 of a deep brown color, thickly beset with spines : a 

 single series extends down the back and tail. Ed. 



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