Pa r t I. 
Of Fifes. 
rough, die fmooth and rough parts continu’d obliquely 
from the Point to the Root. Both the Chaps are alfo 
rough in the fame manner, in the place of the Teeth, 
which this Fifh hath not. The nether Chap hath alfo a 
different fhape from that of the Rapier-Fifh: this being 
not above four inches over, that half a foot ; yet both 
are a foot long. It is compofed of two Bones, lo joyned 
together, for the fpace only of an inch and half, as to make 
a fharp point. 
Marggravius and Pifo (and out of thefe Johnfton) de- 
feribean American -Fifh by the name of GUEBUCU, of kin 
to this, the Head whereof is here defenb’d. But cannot be 
the fame, unlefs both the Pictures which they give, and 
Marggraviuss Defcription (who particularly faith, That 
the Snout is fixteen inches long, the nether Chap, ten) be 
falfe. For in this Head, the nether Chap is broader, and 
comparatively not near fo long. 
The HEAD of the UNDER-SWORD-FISH. It is de- 
feribed by no Author that I have perus’d. The Fifh feems 
to be a fmaller kind. The Head is of a triangular figure, 
having one acute Angle below, and a blunt one on each 
fide. An inch and quarter high; the Forehead an inch 
over, flat, and fealy. In length ’us about two inches and 
a quarter. The Eyes, proportionably , exceeding great, 
fc. three quarters of an inch over. The Snout half an inch 
broad, not above ? of an inch long, a little ridged in the 
middle. The Chaps, inftead of Teeth, are rough with 
many little Afperities, almoft as the skin of a Scare. 
The Sword grows in a level, not from the upper but 
the under Jaw, from whence we may give the Fifh his 
Name. In length three inches ; near the Jaw half an inch 
over, from whence growing narrow all the way, it endeth 
in a Point like that of a Sword. It is not round, but flat, 
as that of the Rapier-Fifh, and in like manner two-edged. 
It feemeth to be compofed of two Bones, but very firmly 
coherent edge to edge all the way. Whether this Fifh be 
Viviperous, is uncertain; yet being of the Sworded-kind, 
I have ventur’d here to deferibe the Head. 
A pair of the MANATEE-STONE’S. Taken out of 
the Head of the SEA-COW, by the Indians called Manati. 
Bigger than the biggelt fort of Walnuts 5 with feveral 
knobs 
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