%o Mr. Wray to Mr. Lifter. 



to tantum , alarumque thecis, deftinguebatur animal* 

 euli corpus: fubter, aliter resfe habet. Tres pedum 

 tenuiffimorum ordines, ad fabricam & fimilitudinem 

 vulgaris mufcse nigrse fa6fci : quorum duo mox infra 

 caput rubcnti collo inferebantur. Tumet thorax, ro* 

 tundus, laevis, fplendens j cujus bad alteram pedum 

 par adhaerent. Denique venter fex annulis imbrica- 

 tim venufnffime difpofitis conftabat : quorum ultimis 

 ifte liquor bipartitus ad inftar aquas marinas lucens 

 micanfque inerat. De die caput furfum tollere gau- 

 det : lente & raro fe loco movet: Utrumque more 

 Bufonis. Vale. 



Col. Divi Johannis, 6° Cal. Julii 1667. 



Mr. Dent to Mr. Wray. 

 SIR, / - ; ' : y^uyu 



MR, May fetid could not procure anydry'dMayds 

 or Thornback at the Mart, he helpt me to a 

 frefh Thornback, which he faid was full grown , its 

 weight was 10/. it was Female, and had very many 

 Eggs in it, all exaftly round, of different bignefs $ 

 the largeft as big as a little May Cherry, paler colour'd 

 than a Hens Egg, of that bignefs, otherwife not dif§ 

 ferent to the Eye. I have dryed the Fifh a little 

 with Salt, &c. yet not fo much but that it will re- 

 cover its Form if foaked in hot Water. The Tail 

 (a Foot long) was cut off (as ufually) when catcht, 

 which (they fay) was full of pricks, both above and 

 below, to the very end. Maydes (they fay) are of two 

 forts, the larger fort (much fmaller thanThornebacks) 

 properly called Flayre Maydes; fmooth as Flayre s 

 pale colour'd, not dappled or waved 5 the lefs call'd 

 Thorneback Maydes , full of pricks , dappled , but 

 paler colour'd than the Thorneback. It feems a full 

 grown Flayre is a very large Filh$ Mr. Mayfeild told 



me 



