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2 6 . Remora, Sloane’s Nat. Hift. of Jamaica^ 
Vol. I p. 28. TheSucking-Fifh. This is thatFifh 
fo famous for flicking to the Sides of Ships, of 
which fo many fabulous Stories have been related, 
particularly, that fuch a fmall Filh as this, being 
leldom more than a Foot in length, is able to flop 
a Ship under Sail, or a Whale when fwimming : But 
our Author very juftly remarks, that even ieveral 
of them together can do no more than what Shells 
or Corals, and other Foulneffes of the fame Bulk, 
which make a Ship fail fomewhat the flower ; and 
indeed in the fame manner they may be fome fmail 
hindrance to a Whale. He fays, he hath taken five 
of them off of the Body of a Shark, and hath feen 
them fwimming about a Shark’s Mouth, without 
his offering to devour them. 
B/jylanthos , Americana plant z,fiores ad foliorum 
Crenas proferens. Hoit. Amftel. Tom. I. 121. 
This grows on many of the Bahama Iflands. 
27. Solea Lunata^B pun flat a : The Sole. This 
is much like our common Soles, only the Back is 
beautifully fpotted with blue Spots, moft of them 
in Form of Crefccnts, with the hollow Part and 
Cufps flanding oppofite to each other. 
28. Orbis Ixvis variegatus : The Glob-Fifh. 
Cornus , fohis Salicis Lauren acuminatis , ftor 'tbus 
albis , fru£fn Saffafras. 
Bhajeolus minor laBefcens , jiore purpureo, 
Sloane’s Nat. Hift. Jam. Vol. I. p. 182. 
29. BJittacusTifcis^viridis, Bahamenjis : The 
Parrot Fifli ; fo called from the Shape of the Head, 
and its beautiful Variety of Colours, green, blue, 
red, and yellow. It is not much efteemed for Food. 
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