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64 SHARP-NOSED ‘RAY. Clafs IV. 
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Bes? Arif. Hift. an. libsvec. Wil. Icth.71. Raii fyn. pife. 26. 
5. Oppian Halicut.ii.141. Raia oxyrinchus. Lin fj. 
Bos ovidit? g4. Plinii lib. ix. 395° 
C+ 24. Raia varia tuberculis decem 
Raiaoxyrhinchus. Rondel. 347. aculeatis in medis dorfo. 
Gefner pifc. 792. Arted. fynon. 101. 
N fifhing in the Menai (the ftrait that divides 4x- 
glefea from Caernarvonfbire) Fuly 1768, we 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 {norting noife. 
The nofe was very long, narrow, and fharp-point- 
ed, not unlike the end of a {pontoon. 
The body was fmooth, and very thin in pro- 
portion to the fize,; the upper part afh-colored, 
fpotted with numerous white {pots, and a few black 
ones. 
The tail was thick; towards the end were two 
fmall fins, on each fide was a row of {mall fpines, 
with another row in the middle, which run fome way 
up the back. 
The lower part of the fifh was quite white. 
The mouth very large, and furnifhed with num- 
bers of fmall fharp teeth bending inwards. 
On its body we found the hirudo muricata, which 
adhered very ftrongly, and when taken off left a 
black impreffion. 
This fifh has been fuppofed to be the Bos of the 
antienis, which was certainly {ome enormous fpecies 
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