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The relation of this uncommon a&ion of this 
cunning fifh railed the governor’s curiofity ; though 
it came well attefted, yet he was determined, if pof- 
iible, to be convinced of the truth, by ocular de- 
monftration. 
For that purpofe, he ordered a large wide tun to 
be filled with fea- water ; then had fome of thefe fifh 
caught, and put into it, which was changed every 
other day. In a while, they feemed reconciled to 
their confinement j then he determined to try the ex- 
periment. 
A ilender flick, with a fly pinned on at it’s end, 
was placed in fuch a direction, on the fide of the 
veflel, as the fifh could ft r ike it. 
It was with inexpreflible delight, that he daily faw 
thefe fifh exercifing their (kill in (hooting at the fly, 
with an amazing velocity, anrl never miflfed the 
mark. 
In looking over that noble work of the Mufeuin 
of the king of Sweden, printed anno 1754 , 1 met with 
this Jaculator, well engraven, and defcribed, by the 
learned Baron Linnaeus, under the title of Chaetodon, 
pag. 61, plate 33. 
Baron Linnaeus’s Defcription. 
Acanthopterygii-chaetodon. 
Chaetodon roftratum, pinna dorfali poftice macula 
fufca. 
Corpus ovatum, compreflum ; fafcia grifea perpen- 
diculars fecat caput per oculos. Fafcia grifea perpen- 
diculars ab initio pinnae dorfalis defcendit ante pec- 
torales ad ventrales. Fafcia grifea perpendicularis in 
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