De cornu pifcis phne finguhri &c< 207 



aSfcion! aquae f cui Parifienfe dlu expofitum fjjifle neceffe e& 

 IHud vero, quod Berolini fcrvaturi pifci capro refeStumfuic 

 fine dubio, Sed & tuberculata fuperficies in Parifienfi obli- 

 terari potuit eadem ratione aliisve injuriis , fi quis volueric 

 conftantem efFe naturam in minimjs circa externum habi- 

 tum, 



Jam itaque quaeritur cufiisnam pifcis fpolium fit defcri-' 

 ptum cornu Mufei Sdcietatis Regiae, Non adnotatum eft f 

 unde & qua ratione aliatum fuit; nequeex adjunfta fchedu- 

 la quidquam deterrninare licet, ita enlm infcribitur ; ©tt 

 £0W toOttt $tf$ $at), kfctt $aut feer Chagrasn. Atque 

 in Catalogo cie eodem ; (gin VVLtittt fpttjtger @d)nabet Wtt 

 &em gtfdj $a\) r fcefifett £>a\lt &er Chagrain. Scio Carcha- 

 riam pifcem dentibus valere y cornu autem armatum qui di- 

 xerit > novi neminem, Cererum acceffifle dicitur Mufeea 

 Societatis ex colleftione Nob. Dni D, GUNDELSHEIMER. 



Unicus eft, quantum fciam, ClarifT. GREW, qui fimile 

 defcribit cornu mAIufai RegaL Part*L$e£t* V*p.86<\\\s qui- 

 dem verbis: The head oftbe Tuckfifb* Of the fuuordfifh 

 kindy but a different fpecies from deformer (RapierfifhyVe- 

 tber it be any uuhere defcribed feems doubtfulL the hin* 

 derparts of ihebead are bere broken off* flie fnout is not 

 fo flat as in the Rapierfifh y but tbicker and rottnder y more 

 licke a tuck y from uuhenceltake leaue to name it. Tis balfa 

 yard long; near thehead y tuuo incbes ouer y aboutthe middle 

 one. Not uuhith aflat point y but oneperfecily round. Tljeupper 

 part bereof is fmooih y the nether rough y tbeefmootb and rougb 

 parts continu y dobliquely from tbepointto theroot* Both the 

 chaps are alfo rough in thefame manner - - - - The nether 

 chap batb alfo a dijferentfhape from tbat of the Rapierfifh: 

 this being not aboue four inches ouer y that balf afoot y yet 

 boih are a foot /onr. It is coyniofedof tuuo bones y fo joy- 

 nedtogetber y jor the fpace oniy ofan incb and balf y as to mai 



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