86 Of Fifhes. Part I. 
He is faid to defend himfelf from the Whale with his 
Saw. Wherewith, by its ftructure, 'tis plain, that he fetches 
his ftroak backward or fide- ways, the Spikes being bended, 
pointed, and edged, and fo made to prick and cut, that 
way. 
The SAW or SPIKED SNOUT of the SAWFISH, 
'Tis a very large one, four feet long, or above an El'n by 
three inches. Its Bafis, excluding the Spikes, feven inches 
broad. On each fide are feventeen Spikes, molt of them 
two inches and x * long, and figurd as above defcnbed. 
The length of the Fifh before defcribed,from end to end, 
if compar'd with the Saw is as four to one. Therefore the 
Fifh, to which this Saw belong'd, was near five yards and 
half long. Again, the number of Spikes in the Saw of the 
Fifh now defcrib'd, compared with thofe in this great Saw, 
is fomewhat more than as three to two. Therefore had 
the faid Fifh liv'd to the Age of this to which the great 
Saw belonged , it would have been eight yards in 
length. 
Five more fuch like SAWS, fomewhat lefs. 
The HEAD of the RAPIER-FISH ; called Xiphias. By 
the Brafilians, Araguagua. He is pretty well defcribed by 
Rojideletius. Grows fometimes to the length of five 
yards. The Sword, which grows level from the Snout 
of the Fifh, is here about a yard long, at the Bafis four 
inches over, two edged, and pointed exactly like a Rapier. 
He preys on Fifhes, having firft ftab'd them with this 
(a) chari. Sword. 60 The Whale, faith Ligon, to fhake off the Sword- 
Onom.Zok. Fifh and The/hall, his two mortal enemies, leaps, fometimes 
(b) Bijuf more than his own length above water, (b) He is taken 
Barb. P . 6. frequently in the German Ocean 5 as alfo in the BlackzSea 5 
and fometimes in the Danuby. 
The HEAD of the TUCK-FISH. Of the Sword-filh 
kind, but a different Species from the former. Whether 
it be any where defcrib'd, feems doubtful. The hinder 
parts of the Head are here broken off. The Snout is not fo 
flat as in the Rapier-fifli, but thicker and rounder, more like 
a Tuck., from whence I take leave to name it. 'Tis half 
a yard long $ near the Head, two inches over 3 about the 
middle, one. Not with a flat point, but one perfectly 
round. The upper part hereof is fmooth , the nether 
rough, 
