O P A H. Class IV. 



one in Filey-Bay^ T'orkjhire \ and a fifth was caught 

 at Brixham^ in Torhay^ in 1772. 



The laft weighed a hundred and forty pounds. 

 The length was four feet and an half: the breadth 

 two feet and a quarter : the greateil thicknefs, 

 only four inches. Its general color was a vivid 

 tranfparent fcarlet varnifh, over burnifhed gold, 

 befpangled with oval filver fpots of various fizes : 

 the bread was an hard bone, refembling the keel 

 of a fhip : the fiefh looked, and tailed like beef *. 



I find a more ample defcription of another, by- 

 Mr. Rchert Harrifcn^ of Ne^jocaftle, 



Newcajlle^ Sept. 12. 1769-, On Saturday laft was 

 thrown upon the fands at Blyth^ a very rare and 

 beautiful fifh, weighing between feventy and eighty 

 pounds, fhaped like the fea bream. The length 

 was three feet and an half ^ the breadth from back 

 to belly almoft two feet^ but the thicknefs from 

 fide to fide not above fix inches. 



The mouth fmall for the fizeof the fifh, forming _ 

 a fquare opening, and without any teeth in the jaws. 

 The tongue thick, refembling that of a man, but 

 rough and thick fet with beards or prickles, pointing 

 backwards, fo that any thing might eafily pafs 

 down, but could not eafily return back, therefore 

 thefe might ferve inftead of teeth to retain its prey. 

 The eyes remarkably large, covered with a mem- 

 brane, and fliining with a glare of gold. The cover 

 of the gills like the falmon, 



f This defcription was fent to nie by a gentleman, who 

 faw the fiih loon after it was taken. 



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