THE GARR. 
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tiling thofe of the mackrel. The jaws are produced like 
thofe of the garr, but are of equal length, and terminate 
in a very Ibarp point. The upper mandible is flightiy 
iucurvated, and the length of each is one inch. The 
eyes are large ; the body anguilliform, but towards the 
tail it grows fuddenly fmall, and tapers off into a very 
(lender point *. Some years ago, a Ihoal of thefe fillies 
appeared in the Frith of Forth, and great numbers were 
caft alhore upon the fands At Leith, where the inhabitants 
called them Egyptian herrings. 
* Britifn Zoology, genus 33. 
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