Part I. 
Of Fifes, 
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long, and near as much over, (here ) with feveral Angles 
or Ridges: His Mouth five inches over, his Lips almoft 
Semilunar. 
Each of his Jaws are armed with about fix and thirty 
Rows of molt fharp Teeth, and in every Row there are 
four Teeth. So that in all they are about two hundred four - 
fcore and eight, all couched a little inward. 
About three inches behind his Nofe-end ftand his Eves, 
as it were on the top of his Head, and three inches and l 
diftant. Proportionably very fmalL/o not above i an inch 
over. About an inch and quarter behind his Eyes, and a 
little lower, he hath two Spouts, one on each fide, above 
an inch long, and convex before. His Neck i a foot over, 
z His Back before, three inches above a foot, expanded (here) 
on both fides, as if it were Ihoulder’d. His Middle or Wall 
about eight inches. The lower part of his Back, ten inches, 
fpread like a pair of Buttocks. From his Shoulders to the 
bottom of his Buttocks about a foot and The length 
of his Tail, as much: the forepart whereof above four 
inches over, growing fienderer all the way to the end. 
He hath feven Fins. His Shoulder-Fins with Cartilagi¬ 
nous Rays, expanded * a foot out like a pair of Wings, and 
almoft fquare. His Buttock-Fins prolonged hinderly i a 
foot, ftand continguous to the Tail on both fides. On 
the top ol his Tail, two Idler 5 three inches high, and 
couched backward. At the end a forked one i a foot 
long, and almoft as high. From hence half a foot forward, 
the Skin is as it were pinched up into a little Ridge or 
Doublet on each fide. 
Above he is very rough with innumerable fmall Prickles, 
efpeciallv felt upon drawing your hand forward. And the 
edges of the four fide-Fins are all thorny. But underneath 
the Skin is fo thick or clofely cover’d with little hard round 
knobs, as it feems almoft fmooth. j 
This Fi ft hath two Spouts, like theSaw-Fifh, becaufe of 
the breadth of his Head. His Teeth admirable for taking 
fure hold of the moft flippery Prey. Thofe Doublets on 
the fides of his Tail, feem to add ftrength to the Mufcules 
which move the Tail-Fins. And fo in fome other Fifties. 
By the pofture of the Fins he feems to make at die Prey,not 
by a forward ftroke, but by afcending as a Dog to his 
O Meat, 
