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devil, and appeared to ferve him as pilots, 
were alfo of the remora kind. But this at 
leaft I can aflert, that they appeared to ftick 
as firmly to the extremities of the arms I have 
mentioned, notwithftanding the arms were in 
X continual motion. I muft obferve, however, 
that, if thefe white fifh had a flat furface Uke 
that by which the I'emora adheres to other fifli, 
it muft have been on the lower part of the 
body, and not on the upper, fmce the animal 
continued in its natural pofition, and had no 
occafion to turn over to fix itfelf at its port. 
It would have been highly gratifying to me, 
if thefe fi£h had remained at their ftations, and 
allowed themfelves to be taken with the fea- 
devil, as I fhould then have had an opportunity 
of examining them : but the moment the firft 
harpoon was thrown, they let go their hold 
and difappeared. 
I hoped, however, that we might per- 
chance catch one of thofe that ferved as fen- 
tinels to the other two monfters, which, by all 
the noife we had made, had not been driven 
away. Different baits were tried for them, 
but to no purpofe : when the hook was thrown 
into the water, they came and examined it, 
and immediately returned to their pofts. 
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