SHARP-NOSED RAY. Class IV. 



took one of this fpecies whofe length was near feven 



feet, and breadth five feet two inches ^ when juft 

 brought on fhore, it made a remarkable fnorting 

 noife. 



The nofe was very long, narrow, and fharp-point- 

 ed, not unlike the end of a fpontoon. 



The body was fmooth, and very thin in pro- 

 portion to the fize-, the upper part afh colored, 

 fpotted with numerous white fpots^ and a few 

 black ones. 



The tail was thick ; towards the end were two 

 fmall fins, on each fide was a row of fmall fpines, 

 with another row in the middle, which run fome 

 way up the back. 



The lower part of the filh was quite white. 



The m.outh very large, and furniilied with 

 numbers of fmall fharo teeth bendins; inwards. 



On its body • we found the hirudo muricata^ 

 which adhered very ftrongly, and when taken off 

 left a black imprefiion. 



This fifh has been fuppofed to be the Bos of the 

 antients, which was certainly fome enormous fpecies 

 of Ray^ though v/e cannot pretend to determine 

 the particular kind : Oppian ftyles it, 



Broadell among fiihes. 



He adds an account of its fondnefs of human 

 fielh, and the method it takes of deftroying men, 



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