p- 



U M B LA MINO R, marina maxillis lon^oribus. 



Vide Sloan, Hift. Jam. Tab. 247. Fig. 3. 



Barracuda. 



HIS Fifli grows to a large 

 Size; fome of them I have 

 feen ten Feet in Length, and 

 fome I was told are much lon- 

 ger, tho' the more common 

 Length is that of about fix or 

 eight Feet It is long in Pro- 

 portion to its Thicknefs. And 

 in Shape refembles fbmewhat the European Pike ; 

 the Eyes are large and bright, the Mouth is very 

 wide, having the under Jaw longer than the up- 

 per; the upper Jaw is armed with four large 

 Teeth, placed at the fore Part of the under Jaw ; 

 Next the Head are placed ten fmalier Teeth, 

 being five on each Side; and in the fore-part of 

 the fame Jaw grows one fingle large Tooth. On 

 the Back grow two fhort Fms, diftant from one 

 another, with fix Ribs in each Fin ; near the Gills 

 grow two more at a like Diftance, lower on the 

 Belly, was another Pair, and a fmgle one a little 

 behind the Anus ; in all feven Fins . The Tail wide 

 and forked. 



This Filh was covered with thin Scales of a'mid- 

 dling Size ; dark brown on the Back, lightning gra- 

 dually to the Belly, which was white. It is a 

 fwift Swimming, and very voracions Fifh, preying 

 on moft others ; and fome of the largeft Size have 

 frequently attacked and devoured Men as they were 

 wafhing in the Sea. They are in great Plenty in 

 all the fhallow Seas of the Babama-Ijlands, and in 

 many other Places between the Tropicks, the Flelh 

 has a very rank and difàgreable Savour both to the 

 Nofe and Palate, and are frequently poifonous, 

 caufing great Sicknefs, Vomiting, and intolerable 

 Pain in the Head, with lois of Hair and Nails ; 

 yet the hungry Bahamians, frequently repaft on their 

 unwholefome Carcafles. 



E Tcifin clev/ent fcrt grand \ 

 fen ai va de dix pieds de l ni". 

 & l\m ma dit qiiil y en avait 

 de he an coup plus grands y quoy 

 quordinc(ireme).t ils ne joient 

 pas de plus de fx ou huit pieds. 

 Sa grojjeur ne repond pas à fa 

 longueur^ ^ il rejjenihle ajjcz 

 au Brochet d^ Europe \ jes yeux [ont grands & éni- 

 lants, fa gueule eH fort large, ^ la mâchoire infe^ 

 rieureeBplus longue que la juperieure', la mâchoire 

 fuperieure eH armée de quati e deids fort grandes, 

 placées au-devant Je la mâchoire injerieure; / roche 

 de la tête on trouve dix petites dents, cinq de chaque 

 côté, & au-devant de la même mâchoire une feule 

 grojfe dent. Il a fur le dos deux nageoires fort 

 courtes, éloignées ïttne de l'autre, '^ compofées cha- 

 cune de fix coBes; il y en a deux autres proche des 

 Oîàes, également éloignées ; un , peu plus has fur le 

 ventre il y en ci une autre paire, & une feule un 

 peu au-de-là de Vanus ; en tout fef t nageoires. La 

 queue efl grande ^fourchue. 



Ce Toifon etoit co'ivert d' écailles minces de m'^y en- 

 ne grandeur^ d'un h run foncé fur le des, & qui s'é- 

 clairciffoient à mefure quelles approchaient du ven- 

 tre, qui étoit hlanc. Cefl un poijjon vorace, & qui 

 nage fort vîté. Il fe nourri B de la plufpart des aw 

 très poiffonSy & quelques uns des plus grands ont 

 fouvent attaqué des hommes qui fe haigncient dans la 

 Mer. Ils font en grand nomhre dans tous les Bas- 

 fonds des Ijles Bahama, &" en plufieurs autres en- 

 droits entre les Tropiques'' leur chair a un gouB 

 rance ^ def agréable qui offenfe également le palais 

 & l'odorat, & quelquefois c'efl une efpece de poifon, 

 qui rend très malade, caufe des vomijjements (3' des 

 douleurs de tête infup ortah les, ^ fait tomber les che- 

 veux ', cependant les Bahamiens affamés ne laifent 

 pas de manger affez fouvent d'un mets fi malfaifant^ 



PU LP IS BdHAMENSIS. 



TH E Length of this Fifti is ufually about 

 fixteen Inches and very fmall and tapering 

 towards the Tail, which is remarkably 

 wide and forked : The Mouth is pretty wide with 

 a fingle Row of fmall fharp Teeth in each Mandi- 

 ble. It is covered with fbmewhat large thin Scales 

 of an Umber Colour on the Back and whitifh on 

 the Belly. It hath five Fins, one on the Back, ano- 

 ther a little below it on the Belly ; and another be- 

 tween that and the Tail, with a Pair under the 

 Gills. 



A longeur de ce Toij/cn efi environ de [eize 

 pouces, il efi fort mince &" pointu vers /a qiteus, 

 'qui efl fort large ^ jour c hué : Sa gueule 

 eB affes fendue, & n'a à chaque mâchoire quun 

 rang de petites dents pointues, il efl couvert à'écaiUes 

 cffez larges ^ minces, de couleur d'ambre fur le 

 dos, ^ blanchâtres fir le ventre', il a cinq na- 

 geoires, une fur le des, une autre un peu plus bas 

 fur le ventre', une trcifiéme entre ccllc-cy ^ la 

 queue, ^ une paire fous les Qu'ies, 



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