38 NOTES ON CERTAIN FISHES, ETC., 



Sometimes wee meet with a mola or moonefish"' so 

 called from some resemblance it hath [from crossed out] 

 of a crescent in the extreme part of the body from one 

 finne unto another one being taken neere the shoare at 

 yarmouth before breake of day seemed to shiuer & 

 grunt like an hogge as Authors deliuer of it the flesh 

 being hard & neruous it is not like to afford a good dish 

 butt from the Liuer wch is [white crossed out] large white 

 & tender somewhat [wee crossed out] may bee expected 

 [for crossed out] the gills of these fishes wee found thick 

 beset with a kind of sealowse. [Added subsequently] 

 in the yeare 1667 a mola was taken at monsley wch 

 weighed 2 [p crossed out] hundred pound. 



The Rana piscatrix or frogge fish^' is sometimes found 

 in a very large magnitude & wee haue taken the [paynes 

 crossed out] care \writteii above] to haue them clend 

 & stuffed, wherein wee obserued all the appendices 

 whereby the[y] each fishes butt much larger then are 

 discribed in the Icons of Johnstonus tab xi fig 8. 



\Fol. 26] The sea [wollf crossed out] wolf or Lupus 

 nostras of Schoneueldus remarkable for its spotted 

 skinne & notable teeth incisors Dogteeth & grinders 

 the dogteeth [in the crossed out] both in the jawes & 

 palate scarce answerable by any fish of that bulk for 

 [strength crossed out] the like disposure strength & 

 solid itie. 



'* This fish (Orlha^oriscus mola), which we know as the Sun-fish, 

 has been repeatedly talcen here. For an account of its parasites see 

 Cobbold on the " Sun-fish as a host," " Intellectual Observer," ii., p. 82 ; 

 also Day, " Brit. Fishes," ii., p. 275. According to Dr. Spencer Cobbold 

 the Sun-fish is infested by nine species of Helminths, three of which are 

 mostly found attached to the gills, while a fourth adheres to the surface of 

 the body. 



" Both this species and the Wolf-fish are well known upon our 

 coast. 



