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THB SOCKING FISH. 



m on the rocks, the diingev of their being 



^oAmi by temped fetiptefe ftom ilmf tritial 

 aiidt test» TBis fish is also destitute d sui 

 air-bladder. 



Tlifi Rtunora was supposed, by tlio aiiriont?;, 

 to have the power of arresting the progress 

 l)f «fe utider ftiU sail ; and, by <^tbers, their 



body of tlie shark, or from any sub- 

 stance to which it adhered : all tlicse ehiiiieras 

 have, however, been long since dispersed. Their 

 food hm b^ fiiuild (from the examination of 

 the contents of ^ atOBtaqhs (si ^ spi^mens 

 captni^d) to be minute marine insects, &c. 



I have seen the Remora of a very hiro-e size. 

 Daring a visit to the island of Tongatalni, one 

 of tlie Friendly group, on August 1st, 1829, se- 

 veral were brought on board for sale, by the 

 natives, whieh measured tliree feet and upwards 

 in length. They had taken them witli a hook 

 and line. I'hey were cooked, and found deli- 

 cate and well-tasted. During also our passage 



Iht^b tiiie iti^li of Bt. 'BmmtMn to M^isSla^ 

 geveral; of a }ai)ge wem seen ^wimiteing 

 about the ship^ bnt their movements we^ slow 



and heavy. 



The most usual size taken from the body of 

 a Bhntkr, m from six to twelve inclies, The lii* 



