PtATE XIV. 
scntlng from that opinion has been already given iri the descriptmri 
of the latter, plate 2. of this work. Its greateft length Is mentioneci 
at nineteen inches, and our specimen is much smaller j it feeds on 
shell fish and crabs, and inhabits moll of the European shores ; but 
at the same time it must be observed that on those of Great Britain it 
is very uncommon! 
In the course of our enquiries respecting the Cornish fisheries we 
cannot learn that it is known on that coast. Mr. Pennant observes,- 
that the Cornisli fishermen are said to whistle and make use of the 
•words Bacf, Bod Vean, when they are desirous of taking this fish, as 
>f by that they facilitated the capture; in the same manner as the 
Sicilian fishermen repeat their Mamussu dipajmu, &c. when they 
are in pursuit of the Sword fish. 
The first dorsal fin consists of one ray, and many very obsolete; 
the second of forty. nine rays ; the pectoral fin of fourteen rays : ven- 
tral of SIX rays ; anal of forty rays ; and tail of twenty-four. 
