which twoiorts of Fifh, the Jewes will not eat, as forbid- 
den by the Law of Mofes Deutr. lo, 14, &c. 
I examined the fkins of thefe Fifties, after I had cleared 
tliem of their flime; and found them covered with Scales, 
as much as other River Fifti : for the Scales, altho' very 
thin, and fmall, lay orderly;, and clofe faftned one over 
the other. Befides thefe Fifties are alfo provided with 
Fins , like other Fifti ; for they have6n each fide of the 
head , a perfect Fin j the whole hinder part, or Taile, 
is as well above as under, furniftied with a continued 
Fin. And for as much as this may feem ftrangc to 
fome, andcheiflyto thejewesj who for want of a more 
neerfearch, into the conftitution of this Fifli, have been 
diverted from fo relifliing a food : I caufed one of thofe 
Scales, which I had taken from under the Belly, where 
they are the leaft, to be drawn out, as viewed by a Micro- 
fcope: but while the Artifl was imployed in the doing 
thereof, he faid, he could as loon cut it in a Plate,as draw 
it, and I therefore caufed him foto doe: of which you 
have here the Print Fig. 8. ^BfD. is the Scale taken 
from the Belly of agreatEcle, the Circumference of 
whofe head, was neer 7 Inches,- but the Scales on the 
back, and fides are larger ; the greateft part of this Scale 
^Z)r. was covered by two other Scales: the part 5, lay 
extended towards the Tail : the reft lay aftet the fame 
manner. Thefe Scales are' for the moft part, cenftitu- 
ted of round Balls, and fome oblong, in which Balls, in 
many places, appear figures, like a fpiderswebbj which 
fortheextreamfinefs and fmallnefs, could not be imi- 
tated: the Olobules conftituting each Scale, are very 
tranfparcnt, but fome more then others: and in each 
Globule, appeared a darkifh lpot ; thofe left tranfparcnt 
Globules, lay one by the other, and made diflFerent Cir- 
cular lines in the Scales : altho' all the Scales, are not juft 
of the fame fhape , I have yet obferved, in many of them, 
^ I judged, the fame number of Circular lines. From 
whence 
