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Syngnathus Hippocampus. Sea Horfe. Head bent down 
towards the belly: body as far as the vent heptangularj the belly 
edged with a narrow black web: from thence to tne tail aie four 
angles; the belly being fwollen and rounded: tail quadrangular; 
and generally curled downwards: along the ridges a row of tuber¬ 
cles: the whole animal fpeckled. D. 15. P. 15. A. 4. 
Befides the above animal, whofe native place I am ignorant of, 
there are two other kinds: one is common in the Mediterranean 
fea and Weflern ocean; and in the place of tubercles of the above 
has fhort fpines: the other is fmooth and without fpots, and is 
found in the Streights of Sunda in the Eaft Indies, 
