THE ANGLER, 
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Section VI, 
Genus VIII. '"the Angler . 
1 he fillies of this genus were by the ancients called 
lea frogs *, from their refemblance to that animal : The 
Engli/b have given them a ftill more hideous name, that 
°f fea toads, or fea devils ; appellations which thefe ani* 
Rials feem to merit, by their extraordinary deformity. 
Of all the monfters contained in the ocean, they are per- 
haps the moft ugly and deformed. Their head and body 
&re joined together, forming one round flat mafs f . The 
head and mouth are far larger than all the reft of the 
body ; the latter being in fome a yard wide, and furnilh- 
ed all around with an infinite number of fmall teeth, 
The peAoral fins are broad and thick j behind each veil- 
fial fin there is one aperture. 
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* Ariftot. Oppian. Rana pifcatris, Pliny and Ovid, 
t Willough. Ichtchyel, page 83, 
