ANGEL FISH. 
also by the name of the Monk Fish. But 
neither in it's form, nor it's habit?, are we 
enabled to trace the propriety of such a di- 
vine application of that fierce and voracious 
creature, unless we are to look for it's proto- 
type in the fallen host of angelic beings ; for 
it is universally described as having peculiar 
rnalignancy in it's aspedl ; the eves being ob- 
long, placed lengtiiway in the head, and over- 
hung by a skin. It grows sometimes to nearly 
a hundred weight ; preys chiefly on flat-fish ; 
and tears, in a terrible manner, such fishermen 
as incautiously lay hold of it. Perhaps, the 
intelligent reader, if he agree with us, rc- 
speftlng it's claim to the appellation of angelic, 
may also, with us, discover a stronger ana- 
logy to the Monk, than to the Angel, in these 
characteristic traits; without adverting to the 
cowl-like appendage which veils the eves, and 
from which it more obviouslv appears to have 
derived it's canonical denomination. 
