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of ship, il will iidliere with iis forehead to the pkiiks of the 

 vessel} and should jt Bitck to any ooe^s arms or legs, It is 

 with dtfficuUy separated. People eut ofT the sucker and pre- 

 serve it, saying that it is good in cases of diUculi labour, 

 Some limes also I here are two I i lite fishes adheriug to the 

 cheeks of the first, wfiich accompany it wherever it goes j as 

 ^ certain sea fish is attended by shrimps. Whan the larger 

 fiflh is taken, the Little fellows will not separate, but stick the 

 faster, which may be regarded as an imiaoce of faithful 

 altachinsnl among the finny tribe. 



THE SHAUK, OR ^ S ANO-FlSH, 



Is of various kinds, some large aj)d others smafl, differing 

 slightly in fonii, but ae they have all a eandy skin, filled 

 with tubercles, ihey are called ^ g§[ sand-fisb ; some 

 call them ^ If dog-fi*h. There it one species with a 

 large belly, and a cavity about the navel, where the young 

 swim in and out in groups, as it were making their nest in the 

 tno therms navel. Ib not thit strange ! 



THB FLYING-FISH, OR ^ ^ SWALLOW FtSH, 



Has a skin as blaek as ink ] it is withoyt scales, but is 

 provided wfth fins, about six tnche? long, and a tail divrdcd 

 into two parts, like a swallow's tail ; the fish is more than a 

 foot in length, and can fly out of waterj but not very high. 

 When ihe winds and waves are boisterous, it flies against 

 the wind, and darts along like an arrow. 



^ "^"^ iVLLIGATOa 



Is of tlie lizard tribe, but large, being from ten to iweniy 

 feet in length. Its head resembles a p^g's snout : it has a 

 mouihj but no tongue ; its back is rugged, and its eyes are 

 slanting ; its tail lapers to a pointj and iu claws are very 

 sharp ; ii climb? on shore without cauaing a wnve^ and dives 

 into the water without ieaviag a wake. Whenever it de- 

 vour* men, people call a native doctor, or dukwn (-^ ^ lo* 



