Part I. 
Of Fijhef. 
Belly, & e contra. The ufe whereof feems to be, To ena- 
ble him to make a more direct and fudden defcent $ that 
fo when any Ravenous Fi(h makes full fpeed at him, he 
may in an inflant ftrike himfelf under his way, and fo efcape 
him. It may alfo be noted, That being a tall Fifh, and 
with his fides much compreffed, he hath a long Fin upon 
his Back, and another anfwering to it on his Belly : by which 
he is the better kept upright, or from fwagmg on his 
fides. 
Another MOON-FISH of the fame Species, but fome- 
what leffer. Neither of thefe is above ? a yard long. But 
that which Salvian defcribes,was above an hundred pounds 
weight. They are taken, as Mr. Ray faith, about St. Ives 
and Penfans in Cornwall. 
CHAP. II. 
OF OVITEROVS FISHES, particularly 
fucbasare NOT-SCALED. 
HTHe HEAD of the RIVER-WHALE. Caput SilurL 
Johnfton gives the figure of this Filh, but without a 
Defcription. That of Rondeletius is not full. This Head 
is j a foot long, as broad, and half as high. The Snout flat. 
Both the Chaps before of a Semilunar figure. Armed with 
an innumerable company of prickly Teeth, handing like 
thofe in a Card wherewith Women Comb Wooll. The 
nether Chap flands out above an inch before the upper. 
The Eyes round, and for fuch a Head, very fmall, fcarce the 
third of an inch over. Diftant three inches and 3. An 
inch above the corners of his Mouth, he hath two firings, 
fmooth and round, here ( for they are broken ) ? a foot 
long, about the thicknefs of an Earth-Worm, taper d and 
bended backward 3 outwardly nervous, inwardly Cartila- 
ginous or Grifly. His Gills defcending almofl from the 
top of his Head, meet under his Throat. 
What may be the ufe of thefe firings is uncertain, and 
to be collected only from obferving their communication 
with other parts, and the manners of the Fifh. But the 
intent 
