from their gelatinous texture. Their limbs bud- 
ded out fucceffr/ely, after leveral amputations: nay, 
feme of them being diffedled through the body, the 
bans, together with that part of tne ftump which 
was left, fui vived, and projefted new limbs, and 
the animals foon began to move> and eat bits of 
mufcles, their ufual food. They appear toi have a 
confiderable degree of heatj and to live in a va- 
cuum, or at lead in a very rare air; arid, foracon- 
flderatjle time, they require no other fubfiftence 
than what they find diffeminated in the falt-water. 
The Anemonies are irritable to a very high de- 
gree; and thxey are exceffively affefted by the light,' 
though to appearance they have no eyes : the Abbe 
has accordingly miade ufe of them to indicate the 
different changes of temperature in the atmofphere ; 
and of this new kind of barometer he favours us 
with the Hibfequent account. 
The fea-water in which the Anemonies are for 
this purpofe placed muft be daily renewed; this miift 
be their only nourifliment; and the oblervation 
fhould be made at intervals equally diftarit from 
the time of each renewal. If the Anemonies be Ihut 
up and contrafted, there is reafon to apprehend an 
approaching ftorm ; that is, high winds, and confe- 
quently an agitated fca — when they are all Ihut, 
but not remarkably contrafted, they indicate wea- 
ther fomewhat lefs boifterous; but, neverthelefs, at- 
tended with gales, and a rough fea — if they appear 
in tlie leaft open, or alternately and frequently open- 
ing and clofing, they indicate a medium ftate both of 
the winds and waves — if they are quite expanded, 
tolerably fine weather, and a calm fea, may be 
expefled — and when their parts are confiderably 
extended, and their limbs divergent, they infallibly 
prognofticate fixed fair weather, and a very tempe- 
rate fea. The glafs in which they ar-e depofited 
fhould be IV/ung at fea, in the fame manner as the 
compafs, that the rolling of the fhip may agitate 
the water as little as poffible. 
Thefe animals are viviparous ; , feveral of them 
having brought forth eight or ten young ones in the 
Abbe's hand. They feed on wandering nettles or 
fea-gellies, and are all proper to be eaten. Being re- 
moved into frefh-water, they acquire a pale colour, 
their external covering becomes flabby, and they 
very foon die. See Act i n i a . 
ANGEL FISH. A beautiful filh in Sir Afhton 
Lever's Mufeum, where it was depofited by the late 
Captain Cook. The body is about fourteen inches 
long, and ten wide; beingwholly of a very dark olive 
green, except the centre, which is of a deep yellow. 
The tail, and linall fins behind the gills, are of a 
deep orange red, tipped with yellow ; and the large 
fins, the biggeft of which is on the back, are alfo 
of a dark olive green. 
ANGEL FISH. The ufiial Englifh name for 
the fquatina of Pliny, called alfo the monk-fifh by 
fome naturalifts. This fifh, though it feems to 
conneft the genus of rays and fharks, partaking of 
the charafter of both, is neverthelefs an exception 
from each in the fituation of the mouth, which is 
placed at the extremity of the head. The head is 
large, the teeth are broad at their bafe, but flender 
and very ftarp above, and difpofed in five rows 
round the jaws. By means of mufcles uniting them 
to the jaws, the teeth are capable of being raifed 
and deprelTed like thofe of the other fhark tribe, 
not being lodged in fockets as thofe of cetaceous 
fijh are. The eves are fmall ; the pupils being of a 
pale green, the irides white andfpotted with brown; 
and behind each eye is an orifice in the form of a 
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crefcent. The back is of a pale afh-coloiir, arid ex- 
tremely rough, having a prickly tuberculated line 
down the middle; the belly is white and fmooth; 
the peftbral fins are I arge, and extend from the body^, 
in a horizontal pofition, to a confiderable diftance, 
bearing fome relemblance to wings. The ventral 
fins are placed after xhe fame m.anner; arid in thefe 
the double penis is fituated, which forms a diftin- 
guifhing charafter in the males of this geniis. The 
tail is bifurcated, the fuperior lobe being a little 
longer than the inferior; and on the back, not very 
far from the extremity, are two fins. 
This fifti grows to a great fize, fometimes weigh- 
ing near a hundred pounds; and is frequently caught 
on the Britifli coafts, where it preys like others of 
it's fpecies. It is extremely voracious, and feeds on 
flounders and flat-fifh, which keep at the bottom 
of the water. Itisexfceedingly fierce, and dangerous 
to approach ; and infl:ances have occurred of it's 
tearing fifhermen in a terrible manner, when they 
have chanced to inclofe it in their net, and incau- 
tiouPy laid hold of it. It has a peculiar malignity in 
it'safpeft; the eyes beingoblong, and placed length- 
wife iri the head, funk,- and overhung by the Ikin. 
The ancients made ufe of the fkin of the Angel 
Fifli to polifli wood and ivory; and efl;eemed it's 
flefl:! the greatefl; delicacy of all the cartilaginous 
tribe, as appears from Athenreus : but the moderns 
difregard it, on account of it's coarfenefs and rank- 
nefs. 
ANGLE SHADES. An Englifh moth, the 
caterpillar of which feeds on nettles, chickweed, 
and fome other plants; where it may be found 
full fed about the middle of April, when it appears 
large and ftrong, and of a fine tranfparent green, 
v/ith an opaque ftreak down the back. It changes 
to a chryfalis widiin a fpinning on the furface of 
the eartli; and, in the Ijpace of thirty days, the moth 
appears. The chryfalis is of a fine deep glofly red 
colour, and is remarkable for having two fharp 
points at the extremity of it's tail. The moth foon 
lays it eggs, which produce caterpillars that arrive 
at maturity about the beginning of July, chano-e 
to chryfalides, and appear in the moth flate about: 
the middle of September. This brood foon after 
depofit their eggs, which remain during the whole 
winter in a caterpillar ftate, and are full fed about 
the end of April. 
_ ANGLER, COMMON. A very Angular fpe- 
cies of fifh, known to the ancients by the name of 
batrachos, and kana; and to us by that of the 
toad-fifli, frog-fifli, or fea-devil. It refembles a 
frog in it's tadpole ftate, from which it derives one 
of it's common appellations, and often grows to the 
length of four or five feet. It is one of the mofb 
deformed fifh in nature. The head, which is con- 
fiderably larger than the whole body, is round at 
the circumference, and flat above; and the mouth 
is fometimes a yard wide. The under-jaw is con- 
fiderably longer than the upper; and both are full 
of flender fliarp teeth. In the roof of the mouth are 
two or three rows of the fame ; and at the root of 
the tongue, oppofite each other, are two elliptical 
bones, thick fet with very fliarp teeth. The no- 
ftrils have no external orifice, but there are two laro-e 
internal ones in the upper part of the mouth, which 
fupply their place. On each fide of the upper- 
jaw are two fliarp fpines, befides others which are 
fcattered over the upper part of the head. Exaftly 
above the fnout, are two long tough filaments ; and 
on the back are three others, to which Pliny gives 
the name of corniculse, and fays it makes ufe of 
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