250 ISLES OF SUMMER. 
Catesby says that this fish is sometimes three feet long; that 
it is shaped like a rolling-pin, and tapers towards the head and 
tail; that it can raise, and point backwards and forwards at its 
pleasure, the tapering sharp pointed bone that is found a little 
behind the eyes, but that this bone is brittle and easily broken. 
He also states that this fish feeds on shells and coralline sub- 
stances, and is considered poisonous, and is found where corals 
are plentiful. 
The Cow jish is from five to twenty inches in length. The 
appearance of this fish is exceedingly queer and comical. This 
is especially true of its face, which is that of its great namesake 
in small miniature. Whether this shell fish has infringed upon 
the cow’s facial copyright, or the cow upon that of this odd fish, 
we are unable to decide. Its body is shaped like a beech nut, 
being triangular. The shell in which it is entirely enclosed (ex- 
cept the lips, base of fins, hind part of tail and eyes), is composed 
of hexagonal osseous scales; the parts excepted are covered with 
a soft skin; over each eye there is a prominent conical spine, 
which points straight forward, and helps much to give the face 
of the fish its cow-like appearance. On each neutral ridge there 
is a flat spine directed backward. The caropace is of a rich, 
bright blue color, with brown lines, and is very beautiful when 
seen in a good light, but it changes a good deal and the colors 
soon vanish after death. Its motions are slow and cautious, and 
it sometimes ejects water from its mouth to a distance of four 
feet. 
The Triangular fish or Cuckold Shell-fish, (as it is called by 
the natives), is about twelve inches in length, and sometimes 
weighs two pounds. The integuments of the body are modified 
into a three ridged caropace, composed of hexagonal osseous 
scales. The snout-like mouth, the basis of the fins, and the 
hind part of the tail are covered by soft skin, On each neutral 
