THE COMMON ANGLER. 13s 
inftruments Be/on afferts, that the animal walks at the 
bottom of the water. 
Another pair of fins is placed farther out, at the verge 
°f the body, and below there are the apertures of the 
§ l Us, differing fo .coniiderably from thofe of other fifli, 
*hat they have been fuppofed by fome, to be a retreht for 
*be young. They are large orifices, and at the bottom 
B Ppears the branchias, refembling the teeth of a comb. 
Thefe fifties grow to an extraordinary fize > fome are 
ta ken near Scarborough , between four and five feet in 
length, and whofe mouth are near three feet wide. The 
bftiermen no looner take them, than they give them their 
liberty, from the fuppofition that they deftroy the dog 
; and in fupport of that idea, fome of thefe voraci- 
011:3 animals have been found in their ftomachs. 
Willoughby has four different fpecies, which he has 
faffed under this genus ; three of which are Brazilian 
Hibes, defcribed by Margrave , the Guacucuia, the Gua- 
b' e r?ia, and the Acaramucu : Of thefe the Guacucuia 
° r Brazilian water bat, refembles our fiihing frog, in the 
l^ape of its body and the fins ; but differs from it in the 
li^allnefs of the mouth, in wanting teeth, and in the 
l° !1 g protuberant fnout, that refembles a horn. The 
'''bole body is variegated with white and black fpots, of 
"'hicb the pencil, and much lefs the pen, is unable to 
e ° nve y any adequate idea *. 
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' 'Hough, page 89. 
