PLATE LIII. 
teftimony of a late observer ; notwithstanding Lorenzini is disposed, 
to contest the veracity of this ancient philosopher. M. Saunier of 
La Rochelle, upon opening a very large Torpedo, on the 10th of 
September, discovered floating in the left matrice, nine foetuses quite 
formed, near two inches long, and distinct from them nine eggs in a 
state of forwardness ; and in the right matrice were four foetuses, 
and nine eggs, in the same state as the former. Aristotle was there- 
fore right in asserting that the Torpedo brings forth her young at 
the autumnal equinox. 
The Torpedo is distinguished from all other species of the Ray 
tribe, by the perfect smoothness of the skin all over. Near the ex- 
tremities a vast number of minute pores may be observed. The eyes 
are small : and the whole appearance of the fish is inelegant, if not 
disgusting. 
