THE HUSO OF GERMANY. 
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parchment ; when it is rolled up, and exported in the fhape 
in which we fee it in the {hops of the venders *. 
The fnout of this fpecies is remarkably long, and fur- 
triihed below with fmall barbs ; on the belly are two pair 
of fins, on the back one ; above, the body is black ; the 
lower parts yellow, as in the perch ; the whole furface is 
fieftitute of fins, and the flelh is fupported by cartilages 
inftead of bones f. The genuine icthyocolla that produ- 
ces the ifinglafs is fuppofed by Willoughby , to be a dif- 
ferent fifti from the hufo. 
* Goldfmith’s Nat. Hid. 
t Vide D. Will, apud F. Will. Ichthyol. p. 24 5. 
Voi. III. 
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