an8 MULLET chpiv, 
Genus XXXVIII. Body and covers of the gills 
clothed with large fcales. 
Six incurvated branchioftegous 
rays. 
Teeth on the tongue and in the 
palate only. MuLLeT. 
fT. <The: M UA see 
Kepuros, Kespius. Arif?. Hit, Cephalus. Rondel. 260. Ge/rer 
an. ib. V. c. 11, &E. oie ee roe Dhit 
TELS 333, Mullet. Wil. Icth. 274. Rait 
Keseeus. Oppian. Halieut. it. © Gpehgte sais 
98. Athenzus lib. viz. 306. Mack ae ye 
: : : enise ATM. . /ynon. SZ: 
Mugil Owd Halieut. 37. Plinit M ugil cephalus. M. ‘paca 
Bb.3x,..¢..8. ig. fali anteriore quinque radia= 
Cephalo. Salwian. 75. oS ; 
Le Mulet, Belz. 205. a 
oph. No. 397- 
HE mullet is juftly ranked by Aifotle among 
. the Pifces Eiztorales, or thofe that prefer the 
fhores to the full fea: they are found in great plenty 
on feveral of the fandy coafts of our ifland, and 
haunt in particular thofe fmail bays that have in- 
fluxes of frefh water." They come in ereat fhoals; 
and keep rooting like hogs in the fand or mud, 
leaving their traces in form of large round holes. 
They are very cunning, and when furrounded with 
a net, the whole fhoal frequently efcapes by leaping 
over it, for when one takes the lead, the others aré 
fure to follow : this circumftance is taken notice of 
by Oppian; whether the latter part of his obferva- 
tion is true, is what we are uricertain. A 
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