166 BROWN WHISTLE FISH. Clafs Iv. 
ferved the number of beards in the fpotted kind not 
to exceed three, nor the number in the brown kind 
to be leisthan five. The firft ray of the firft dorfal 
fin is very long. There is alfo fome difference in 
the form as well as color, this fpecies being rather 
thicker in proportion than the former. 
Excepting thefe particulars, and the number of 
beards, there is a general agreement in the parts of 
both. The beards on the upper jaw are four, viz. 
Two at the very end of the nofe, and two a little © 
above them: on the end of the lower jaw is afingle 
one. . 
Thefe fith are of a deep olive brown, their belly 
whitifh. They grow tothe fame fize as the former. 
The Cornifh fifhermen are faid to whiftle, and make 
ufe of the words Bod, Bod vean, when they are de- 
firous of taking this fifth, as if by that they facili- 
tated the capture. In the fame manner the Sicilian 
fifhermen repeat their Mamaffu di pajanu, &c. when 
they are in purfuit of the Sword Fifh*. 
* Vide p. 1276 
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