THE GLOBE, 
m 
Tie dole * 
f His fifli is feldom a vifitor of the Britijh coa.fl ; one, 
however, of the fpecies was taken at Penzance in Corn- 
wall. Its more common refidence is off the fhores of 
Carolina. It is of an oblong fhape, of a foot and eight 
*nches in length ; the length of the globular belly, when 
extended, is above one foot, and its circumference, when 
ln that flate, is above two : This Angular power of in- 
flating its belly, till it acquires a globular Ihape of fuch 
Magnitude, feems to have been intended by Nature as the 
defence of this animal ; it is then of a fize lefs eafily laid 
A°ld of by its enemies, whilft the great number of fpines 
w ith which its belly is furrounded, renders it an objedt of 
terror *. 
The globe, upon the back, is of a rich deep blue $ the 
fldes and belly are white, fhagreened or wrinkled, and 
e ; et with innumerable fmall fpines, each attached to the 
ln by four procefies. It has two pedtoral fins ; a dorfal 
ne far back behind tlxe globe, and oppolite to that an a- 
«al fin. 
v 
Tstrodun tavigatus Lin. Syft. 
■f Pennant. Clafs iv. gen. o . 
