OF FISHES. 
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SEA OWL. 
, The Sea Owl, or Lump, is about twelve 
inches in length, und ten in breadth. The 
flesh is considered but indifferent food. It is 
a thick odd-shaped fish; its colour, from a 
blackish and faint red, varies; the belly is 
ted. It has no scales, but is on all sides 
rough, with sharp black postulcs, or warts ; 
on each side it has three rows of sharp 
prickles ; it has two fins on the back. The 
Sea Owl is taken in many places about 
England, and may frequently be seen in the 
London markets. On account of the very 
curious form of its mouth, it has by some 
been called the Sucker. 
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