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BdH'^tcs, morv cuuinioiilv known by tli*- uuiiu! uf 

 Leaf /at' Jac/fcf,^,^ IVom tliL' great tou<i,liiioss of 

 tlidr skius, uf various sizes were obtained. TJii.s 



from Mti«g i^mr hook into two paita. It was 



probabh tbis circnmstanco tliat caused tbe name 

 of FUe-fi^ih to be eout't^rrcd upon tbeiii. Tlieir 

 flesb is not used by Europeans ; but tlie blacks 

 e&t Aem. S^ir^sral ating-ray s ( Trygon pastmmi f 

 of (Jttider) -were also <saiigfat, toge^er mtb no- 



merous specimens of Dm$mi Sygiiathus^ and 

 two species of Mftlius ; one was tbe Mtdkfs har- 

 hatuSj Linn., of a bright-red colour, Le Rou- 



so e^il^ated for tibe^^e^ of its Ibvoxir, an 

 well as tbe pleasure the Romans took in contem- 

 plating the changes of colour it experienced wlula 

 dying. 



The ** Cat-^K^ (Silurus^) said to have the 

 power i)f ^li^ng with llie tefit£teuli& or feelers, 

 which pend feoai about tbe external j^art of the 

 nioittb, large rpiantities of tbe Cfmtodon fm- 

 eiafji, or Baiuled Cboetodon, and several species 

 of bream, were caught in this and other coves 

 ^ nnmennis In M^mdM im^m of Port 

 Jackson. 



Several large ce]>balopo(bms animals, Loligo 

 of Lamarck, Les Calmais of Cuvier, were he- 



