Of Fijhes. Part I. 
The Tail a foot and two inches long, at the Root about 
an inch and t over, the extremity very fmall like a Shoo- 
makers Thread. The Skin not very thick, nor ftubborn, 
( now ) of a yellow colour on the back, on the Belly ftraw- 
colour'd : every where very fmooth , excepting on his 
Tail, where there are fome few very fhort prickles. 
Whether this be not a young Fifh, and upon that ac- 
count only wanteth the Radius ( as the lharp Saw upon the 
Tail is called ) to me is uncertain. With this Radius he is 
faid to ftnke and kill his Prey, for which he lies as it were 
dormant, till it fwims within his reach. Mian, cited by 
Rondeletius, faith, That he fometimes flies. Which that he 
may do a little above the water, as the flying Fifties, feems 
pollible by the horizontal production of all his Fins, and 
their extenfion all along his fides. 
The Chine fes and Moors eat this Fifh greedily. 
The nether LIP of the fmooth CAT-FISH, two inches 
long. 
The BRASILIAN FROG-FISH. Rana Pifcatrix minor. 
In Brafile, GUACUACUYA. The figure which Johnfton 
gives is tolerable 5 but his Defcription very defective. The 
length of this is eight inches. His Mouth open makes a 
Circle * of an inch over. His Lips, in the ufual place of 
Teeth, are rough 3 as alfo is his Tongue. He hath a black 
Horn on his Forehead, ftooped forwards, round, an inch 
and 5 long, one third over at the bottom , pointed, and 
having little Spikes round about it. What Johnfton means 
by the Cuteus Nervus, appears not. At the top of his Head, 
juft under the Horn, ftandhis Eyes a ? of an inch over, and 
( here ) no more diftant. The Noftrils a little before the 
Horn. 
His Body two inches and ? long, and four broad 3 be- 
fore, Semilunar. His Back convex, his Belly flat 3 with a 
Border or Fin all along each fide ? an inch broad. Behind 
are fubjoyned a pair of Fins almoft two inches long, and 
an inch and wide. In the middle of his Belly are two 
other leffer clofe together,above an inch long,but not more 
than \ broad. 
The length of the Tail four inches and i At the root 'tis 
round, and an inch over 5 at the end, with the fides com- 
prelfed , and ? an inch high. The Tail-Fins three, one 
above, 
