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ROOM XI. 
Nat. Hist. 
ROOM XII. 
sword-fish,, which is a native of the Mediterranean 
Sea, and is much esteemed as an article of food ; 
the broad-finned sword fish of Shaw, from the 
Brasilian seas, where it grows to a very large size, 
and is said to have been known to attack a ship, 
and that with such force as to drive the horn or 
sword through the timbers ; a specimen of wood 
so perforated by some other species is preserved 
in the large case ; lepidopus Lusitanicus, a very 
rare fish found in the Mediterranean and British 
seas, it has been described by Shaw under the 
title Vandelius Lusitanicus or Lusitanian Vandel, 
and by Montagu as Ziphotheca tetraodens. 
TWELFTH BOOM. 
This room contains a general and extensive 
collection of fishes, serpents, tortoises, lizards, 
frogs, &c. as well as many specimens of quadru¬ 
peds, preserved in spirits. 
Among the quadrupeds the most remarkable 
are, a very fine specimen of the three-toed sloth, 
the two-toed ditto, the slender-limbed macauco, 
the least ant-eater, and the silky monkey. 
Among the most curious of the fishes, are the 
torpedo, the electric gym note or electric-eel, 
the remora or sucking-fish, the flying-fish, &c. 
Among 
