which he calls a Small Brafilian Quill Lo- 
culi:, called there Arumatia* It is greenifh, 
with fpotted legs : the body is like a birchen 
twig, long and {lender. Marcgravius hath, 
given two different fpecies of this infe& : 
fee his Nat. Hift. of Brafil, p. 251. 
The original fubjecls, from which the 
figures on this plate were taken, were 
brought from the Cape of Good Hope in 
fpirits of wine, and are now preferved in 
the cabinet of the worthy John Fothergill, 
M. D. of London. 
rique . Pet her a donne la figure d'une efi 
pece differ ente de la mi curie *, quil appelle 
Petite tauter elle du Brefil, en forme de 
Puyaude Plume, et qu on y appelle Arumatia. 
Get infeBe eft vert, et a les jambes marquetees : 
le corps referable d une petite branche de bou - 
lean, longue et menue. Marcgrave a donnd 
les figures de deux differ entes efpeces de cet 
injeffe 
Les fujets originaux , d y apres lefquels les 
figures de cctte planche ont ete tirees , font 
venus du Cap de Bonne Efperance , dans de 
Vcfprit de vin , et font a&uellement conferves 
dans le cabinet du cell hr e M. Pother gill, 
Medecin , d Londres ... 
* Gazophyl, p. LX. 
f Voi. fon Hilt. Nat. du Brefil, p. 251. 
C H A P. LXXIX. P L A. 289. 
The Greater Cat-Fish. 
^T^HESE figures were worked on the 
^ copper-plate immediately from na- 
ture, of the fize of life. The two upper 
figures are fuppofed to give the lize of 
the filh, when it is only a few days old : 
the lower figures are of their bignefs at 
the time of their exclufion from the egg, 
part of the contents of the egg Hill adhering 
to one of them by the navel-firing. 
The Cat-fifh is a leffer fpecies of the 
Shark. I think I have feen it in the 
Britifli Channel, where our feamen call 
it the Sea-Dog. The fkin of it feems to 
be what our Joiners, &c. ufe to ffnooth 
and finifh their work. The upper fide or 
back is of a brownifh colour, variegated 
Le Chat de Mer Major. 
E S figures ont etc travaillees fur la 
^ planche immediatement d' apres les fujets 
memeSy et de grandeur naturelle. On fup- 
pofe que les deux figures juperieures montrent 
la grandeur du poifl'on , quand il n a encore 
que quelques jours: les deux figures inferieures 
le reprefentent au fortir de l' ceufi partie de 
ce que Vceuf coni lent, tenant encore d Run 
d'eux par le cordon du nombriL 
Le Chat de Mer efi une petite efpece de 
Rcquin. Je crois en avoir vu dans la 
Manche , ou nos mat dots V a ppellent Chien de 
Mer . La peau men paroit etre celle dont 
nos Menuifiers, &c. fie Jervent pour polir et 
finir leurs ouvrages. Le defies cu le dos efi 
brundtre , marque cn travers de barres irre- 
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