Defer. . 
Color. 
162 Gor NG ja 
that it is not reckoned a fizeable fith, and confe- 
quently not entitled to the bounty. on exportation ; 
fuch are called Drizzles, and are in feafon all fum- 
mer. 
The ufual fize of a ling is from three to four 
feet; but we have heard of one that was feven feet 
- long. 
The body is very flender; the head flat; the up- 
per jaw the longeft; the teeth in that jaw {mall and 
very numerous ; in the lower, few, flender, and fharp: 
on the chin is a fmall beard. 
The firft dorfal fin is fmall, placed near the head, 
and confifts of fifteen rays: the fecond is very long, 
reaching almoft to the tail, and confifts of fixty-five 
rays: the pectoral fins have fifteen radiated rays, 
the ventral fins fix; the anal fixty-two: the tail is 
rounded at the end. 
Thefe fifh vary in color, fome being of an clive 
hue on the fides and back, others cinereous; the 
belly white. 
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