86 
Part I. 
(aJ Chari. 
Onom. Zoic. 
(b) Hifi.of 
Barb. p. 6 . 
Of Fijhes. 
He is faid to defend himfelf from the Whale with his 
Saw. Wherewith, by its flructure, ’ns plain, that he fetches 
his ftroak backward or lide-ways, the Spikes being bended, 
pointed, and edged, and fo made to prick and cut, that 
way. 
The SAW or SPIKED SNOUT of the SAWFISH. 
’Tis a very large one, four feet long, or above an El’n by 
three inches. Its Bafts , excluding the Spikes, fcven inches 
broad. On each fide are feventeen Spikes, moft of them 
two inches and a long, and figur’d as above defcribed. 
The length of the Fifh before defcribed,from end to end, 
if compar’d with the Saw is as four to one. Therefore the 
Fifh, to which this Saw belong’d, was near five yards and 
halt long. Again, the number of Spikes in the Saw of the 
Fifh now defcnb’d, compared with thofe in this great Saw, 
is fomewhat more than as three to two. Therefore had 
the faid Fifh liv’d to die Age of this to which the great 
Saw belonged, it would have been eight yards in 
length. 
Five more fuchlike SAWS, fomewhat lefs. 
The HEAD of the RAPIER-FISH; called Xiphias. By 
the Brafilians , Araguagua. He is pretty well defcribed by 
Rondeletiws. Grows fometimes to the length of five 
yards. The Sword, which grows level from the Snout 
of the Fifh, is here about a yard long, at the Ba[is four 
inches over, two edged, and pointed exadtly like a Rapier. 
He preys on Fifhes, having firfl ftab’d them with this 
Sword, (a) The Whale , faith Ligon , to fhake off die Sword- 
Fifh and TheJhall , his two mortal enemies, leaps, fometimes 
more than his own length above water, (b) He is taken 
frequently in the German Ocean; as alfo in the BlacfSea ; 
and fometimes in the Danuby. 
The HEAD of the TUCK-FISH. Of the Sword-fifh 
kind, but a different Species from the former. Whether 
it be any where defcnb’d, feems doubtful. The hinder- 
parts of the Head are here broken off. The Snout is not fo 
flat as m the Rapier-fifh, but thicker and rounder, more like 
a fuel, from whence I take leave to name it. ’Tis half 
a yard long; near the Head, two inches over; about the 
middle, one. Not with a flat point, but one perfectly 
round. The upper part hereof is fmooth, the nether 
rough. 
