FOUND IN THE FRITH OF FORTft. 54? 



i8oo, and is still preserved in the museum of P. 

 Walker, Esq; at Coats. Another was caught 

 shortly after. A third was taken near Inch Colm 

 in July 1806, and brought to me. The fisher- 

 men informed me, that when they observed it, it 

 was swimming slowly along, sidewise, with its 

 back-fin frequently above water. It seemed to 

 be a stupid dull fish : it made little or no attempt 

 to escape, but allowed one of the sailors to put his 

 hands under it, and lift it fairly into the boat. 

 The sunfish has been generally mentioned as re- 

 markable for its phosphorescence ; but this speci- 

 men did not exhibit that phenomenon so distinct- 

 ly as a haddock or a herring. — It is perhaps 

 scarcely necessary to observe, that the Diodon 

 Mola of Gmelin is a very different species from 

 that here alluded to, and, indeed, is found only in 

 tropical seas. 



SYNGNATHUSo 



S. Acus. Sea-needle ; Needle-fish ; Gaugnet. 



This is found lurking among the sea- weeds, in 

 shallow water, very common. 



S. Hyphle. Shorter Pipe-fish. 



Found along with the preceding, to which it is 

 nearly allied. 



S. Ophidion. Sea Adder. 



This is occasionally found among the rejecta* 

 menta of the Newhaven boats. 



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