THE TORSE* 
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rays of each are but indiflin&ly perceived, on account of 
the thicknefs of the membrane that covers them. 
From the extremity of the lower jaw there hangs a 
lingle beard ; the colour of the head is dufky, that of the 
fides and back is yellow, and of the belly white ; the 
pe£toral fins are brown ; the dorfal, caudal, and anal fins? 
are dulky, furrounded by a white margin. 
