:s« D O R E E. Class IV. 



of the fea, having caught a fifh of this kind en paf- 

 fant^ as an eternal memorial of the fadl, left the 

 imprefiions on its fides to be tranfmitted to all 

 poflerity. 



In our own country it was very long before this 

 fifn attraded our notice, at left as an edible one. 

 We are indebted to that judicious actor and hon 

 vivant the late Mr. ^An^ for adding a mod deli- 

 cious filh to our table, who overcoming all the 

 vulgar prejudices on account of its deformity, has 

 effeftually eftablifhed its reputation. 

 Place. This fifh was fuppofed to be found only in the 



fouthern leas of this kingdom, but it has been dif- 

 covered laft year on the coaft of Ayiglefea, Thofe 

 of the greateft fize are taken in the Bay of Bifcay. 

 off the French coafts : they are alfo very common 

 in the Mediterranean \ Ovid muft. therefore have 

 flyled it rams Faher^ on account of its excellency, 

 not its fcarcity. 

 Descrif. -pi^g £qj,j^ ^f this fifb is hideous: its body is 



oval, and greatly comprefled on the fides : the head 

 large : the fnout vaftly projedling : the mouth very 

 wide : the teeth very fmall. 



The eyes great : the irides yellow. 



The lateral line oddly diftorted, finking at each 

 end, and rifing near the back in the middle: be- 

 neath it on each fide is a round black fpot. 



church of Notre Dame at Paris, and a ftill larger at Auxerre : 

 the laft we think is near feventy feet high. His hiftory is in 

 his name, %f'rc^afo,', being faid to have carried our Saviour, 

 "^'hen a child, over an arm of the fea. 



The 



