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the name to the whole genus *, I think to be an 
unknown fifh in England. The fpecies of Sturgeons 
are more numerous than one is at fir ft aware of; and 
it would therefore be of fome utility, that perfons, 
who have an opportunity of examining all the various 
kinds at Vienna, and in Ruffia, might do it with 
more care than has hitherto been done. Some of 
the forts which I have feen, I have fo defcribed 
that they may be known again ; fome I did not fee, 
and gave their characters from books, and from the 
reports of fuch perfons as had examined them. Mr. 
Klein, a very ingenious naturalifl, has enumerated ten 
Sturgeons, in his 4th Mijfus Pifcium , p. 1 1 — 16. and 
CountMarfigli,in his fplendid work about theDanube, 
Tom. IV. gives the names of at lead fix Sturgeons, but 
the characters are not fufficiently fettled in both thefe 
works. Klein faw but two kinds of Sturgeons, and 
a third in fpirits ; and Count Marfigli was not enough 
of a naturalifl to give adequate defcriptions of thefe 
fifh. Therefore it is certiin that a careful examina- 
tion and accurate account of the leveral fpecies of 
Sturgeons would greatly illuflrate the Natural Hiflory 
of this genus. 
The fecond of the Hudfon’s Bay fifh, is called, 
by the wild natives of that country. Mar thy , and is 
nothing elfe than our common Burbot, Gadns Lota , 
Linn, only vaflly fuperior in fize. The defcriptions 
* The Germans cal! this fifh Stoer y from the old Teutonic 
word Star or Stukr, which ficnifieS great , as this filh grows to a 
very large fize. Thus likewife the Scotch call the Tunny , Mac- 
krel Siure. Vide Mr. Pennant’s Tour in Scotland, p. 192. 
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