Part I. 
1 18 Of Ftfloes. 
and a third in the middle. The Forehead almoft flat. His 
upper Chap Elliptic!;. The Orbits of his Eves round, i of 
an inch over, an inch behind his Nofe-end, ’ diflant. A 
little before the Eyes, two large holes like Noftrils. His 
Mouth a little prominent, near' an inch over. His Lips 
m the place ot Teeth, only rough. His lower Jaw and 
Belly flat. His Body before, an inch and I broad, an inch 
and 4 high, his Back round, the Sides ending in two Angles. 
His Tail taper’d, and with the Sides a little flat. 
One halt ot the Gills opens on the tides,the other under¬ 
neath in the Breaft. The Fins are eight. The Gill-Fins of 
an unufual ftrucTurc, having their utmoft Spine or Bone 
very rough, thick and itrong, above an inch and Hon- 
flat and crooked, almoft like a Reaping-HooT, feven or ei-ht 
times as big as any of the reft of the Fin-Bones. The Befly- 
Fins much lets, and above an inch behind. Juft over thefe 
the Back-Fin. On the Tail one above, underneath, and 
at the end: But the two hrft are here broken off. 
His Head is cover’d with a brown and rough bonv Hel¬ 
met. His Back, Sides and Tail with Scales of the fame 
colour, but a little lighter, rough, engraven with fmall 
parallel Lines, and of a Rhomboidal figure. His Breaft; 
and Belly only with a thin limber Skin. 
The BRASILIAN NEEDLE-FISH 5 by the People of 
fra file called TIMUCU. Acm Brafdienfis. Marggravim 
hath defenbed and figur’d it well. ’Tisa long flender fi(h, 
Irom whence its Name. It hath alfo a pair of Chaps like 
a long Bill. He only omits the two fcaly Lines which run 
along the Belly and fail of the Fiih, which every where clfe 
hath a naked Skin. 
... The CHAPS (perhaps) of the GREENLAND NEEDLE- 
f .BH. The Teeth which ftand in tingle Rows on the 
Edges of the Chaps arc thick and ftrong, yet very (harp. 
In the lower Chap, near the two edges, are two furrows, 
into which the Teeth of the upper Chap ftnke. The two 
Bones which compofe the Chap, are joyned together by an 
indented Suture, moft curious to look upon. The fith 
ieems next a kin to the common great Needle-Fijh , or the 
which is defenbed by Ron de let ins, Aldrovandus , 
(*) Hi it. others, and pictur d by JohnJton , Tab. 15. 
Amm. It is an Obfervation ot Arifiotles , (a) That moft fifties 
having 
